Entries from May 2009

May 24, 2009

I Was There: Mets v. Pirates 5.10.09

Mother’s Day Game? Wasn’t that like two weeks ago? Well, when you’ve been laid up with bronchitis and then having to travel for college graduations, yeah, it was two weeks ago.
The Pre-Game Pre-Game – a friend of a friend of mine was at the Saturday game and parked over by the marina. [...]

May 2, 2009

Review: Ron Darling’s The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound

This past week I finished reading Ron Darling’s new book:

The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound
. I liked it & thought it was pretty good. Every chapter of the book deals with a different “inning” and attempts to take you into the game and into the mindset of [...]