BASEBALL
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This week four teams have been competing in the NLCS and ALCS. So far, this baseball fan has only gotten to see one of the games. That’s right, just one. And why is that? Because even though I have a number of subscriptions to streaming services, including MLB.TV, all but one of the games have… Read more
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October means playoff baseball. In most years, if your team is not in the playoffs, it simply means you root for other teams and enjoy the extra month of the ultimate summer game before the long darkness kicks off. This year, unfortunately for us all, there is yet another looming lockout for America’s Pastime. That… Read more
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“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.”― Leo Durocher Read more
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On this day in 1993, Rickey Henderson of the OAKLAND Athletics opened both games of a doubleheader with a homer, the first player to accomplish the feat in 60 years. In his Hall-of-Fame career, Rickey Henderson led off a game with a homer 81 times. That is the MLB career record. The active player with the most career… Read more
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Already mid-June and I find that I have only managed to get to one baseball game in person so far this year. That was this past Sunday at Target Field when the Twins beat the Cardinals 5-4. Normally by this time of year, I would already have been to a number of games—Major League, Minor… Read more
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Last week I wrote about how three of my favorite things (Baseball, Fly Fishing, and Jazz) are Arts of Failure. This week now I have been thinking about other ways they are connected. The most obvious connection is that all three have a peculiar relationship with Rhythm and Time. Baseball Ultimately, baseball has no time… Read more
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Summer has come to the North Country with a vengeance. Increasing humid days in the 80s with humid nights in the 60s. Growing up as I did the semi-arid West, humidity is something I have never really been able to make peace with. In my mind, you should always be able to step into a… Read more
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On this day in 1965, the outer Astrodome ceiling was painted because the sun’s glare made fielding fly balls hazardous. The cost of painting it was $20,000. Painting the roof caused the real grass turf to die and spurred the introduction of artificial turf. So far this season, most of the Minnesota Twins home games… Read more
