“The baseball mania has run its course. It has no future as a professional endeavor.” — Cincinnati Gazette editorial, 1879
“A man once told me to walk with the Lord. I’d rather walk with the bases loaded.” — Ken Singleton
Ah, Spring! Instead of spending my leisure hours indoors, drinking beer and watching old movies, I can spend them outdoors, drinking beer and watching baseball.
For years we had a little wooden plaque hanging on our kitchen wall that my wife found at a craft fair, inscribed with the missive “We interrupt this marriage to bring you the baseball season.” Today? It’s not that the more things change the more they stay the same, it’s that some things never change. At any rate, my wife will be out riding her horse every weekend while the weather is nice, so who’s ignoring whom? We interrupt this blog to bring you the baseball season…
Hope springs eternal.
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Thanks for the following…will check it out. 🙂
Enjoy! My season is football, so I’ll sit here quietly (except for the draft and training) until August.
Oh, I’m an NFL fan as well. Go Giants!
This cartoon should encourage Sox fans….
Over my dead body!!
I absolutely love the quote from the Cincinnati Gazette! Sharing this blog with my baseball loving friends (me? I love the outside with beer part … but don’t follow a team)
You ought to root for the Milwaukee Brewers, then. It would be a natural fit! 😀
Love that comic. Waiting for first pitch!!
I never liked playing rounders as a kid at school and never understood the American version.
You need a sensible game, such as cricket.
Oh, I saw a great video recently–the subject was “what cricket looks like to Americans” I’ll have to see if I can find it again.
Aha, I found it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEH4ahCCrJo
That was marvelous. Funniest five minutes I have spent in a while. And so true!
Thank you.
🙂 Glad you like it. Thanks for stopping by an commenting.
Nicely done! I’m a big time baseball lover. When I was growing up, it was unusual for a girl to be such a sports fanatic, but I am and proud of it. There is nothing like going to the park and watching a game, especially if your team is fortunate enough to win. Mine did yesterday. Thanks for stopping by and the like of my post “Hovering”.
I have a pal that works for the KC Royals; the field was covered in snow this week.