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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Midsummer has arrived, and I have written little about baseball yet this season. But even more, I have written little of anything at all, period. This writing dry spell is the longest of my adult life. For those counting, that is 45 years of “adulthood.” But I am beginning to see a light at the… 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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Yesterday I took the morning off from work and went fishing again. I have been out 6 times so far this year and have caught a grand total of just one trout. That is right, just one! And that was on my first day out this spring. In many ways, trout fishing has always been for me… 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
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As we move into mid-April here in the North Country, sunshine and warmer weather have finally returned. During the month of April, we gain somewhere between 60–80 minutes of daylight. Against all expectations, my Local Nine, the Minnesota Twins, have the best record in the American League. The combination of more light, warmer weather, and… Read more
