Firstly I'd like to apologize for not updating in so so long. Road trips, alien abductions, etc. For now I'm back.
Secondly... oh, hey, the baseball season started. Like, for real.
I suppose the season really started when Boston and Oakland met a few days ago in Japan (choosing, I guess, to play in a stadium between the two cities, but on the OPPOSITE side of the globe). When those games aired live in the eastern time zone I was either at work or at sleep so I could only catch highlights. They re-aired those two games during more suitable hours, but I can't watch a pre-recorded baseball game unless it's at least a decade old. Anyway, everybody looked like they had a lot of fun (except for Jason Veritek... 0 for 8, six strikeouts) and I'm not so much of a fogey traditionalist that I wouldn't encourage more of the same in the future. Opening more seasons in Japan? Sure!
However, Japan is stuck in some weird continuum where space and time don't matter, and so the REAL opening day took place Sunday in DC. Although I wouldn't pick a Braves/Nationals matchup to ordain a new season I'll take what I can get. Unfortunately I was at work (I should really just quit) and only caught the last couple innings. But what an exciting last couple they were. A come-from-behind tying (via a passed ball... oops), and Atlanta hope squelched by a game-winning walk-off home run. Good stuff.
But of course making the Youtube rounds is video of the Washington crowd saying BOOOO-urns to the President. God bless a nation where its citizens can openly heckle the leader of it's country, and God bless a President who can throw a ball sixty feet without bouncing it.
(Not Youtube, but there's less of a chance of this getting yanked by the MLB deities.)
I couldn't get a good look at the Nationals' new stadium, but I didn't mind what I saw. Centerfield is a bit pointy (and a lot of batters will curse that extra few feet) and the light fixtures are huge (a lot of fielders will curse instant blindness). Maybe during some DC trip in the future I'll be able to catch a game.
A game I'll catch for sure is this Friday's Blue Jay home opener against the Red Sox. Our seats are way up in the mesosphere (possibly atop the CN Tower), but it'll still be an enjoyable experience.
Baseball-wide opening day games will be starting soon (like, in minutes). I'll be splitting television time between the KC/Detroit game and the NY/Toronto game. If I'm up to it I'll liveblog whatever my viewing habits permit me to watch, but you should be in front of the TV yourself.
My schedule may have just filled up for the next seven months.
Secondly... oh, hey, the baseball season started. Like, for real.
I suppose the season really started when Boston and Oakland met a few days ago in Japan (choosing, I guess, to play in a stadium between the two cities, but on the OPPOSITE side of the globe). When those games aired live in the eastern time zone I was either at work or at sleep so I could only catch highlights. They re-aired those two games during more suitable hours, but I can't watch a pre-recorded baseball game unless it's at least a decade old. Anyway, everybody looked like they had a lot of fun (except for Jason Veritek... 0 for 8, six strikeouts) and I'm not so much of a fogey traditionalist that I wouldn't encourage more of the same in the future. Opening more seasons in Japan? Sure!
However, Japan is stuck in some weird continuum where space and time don't matter, and so the REAL opening day took place Sunday in DC. Although I wouldn't pick a Braves/Nationals matchup to ordain a new season I'll take what I can get. Unfortunately I was at work (I should really just quit) and only caught the last couple innings. But what an exciting last couple they were. A come-from-behind tying (via a passed ball... oops), and Atlanta hope squelched by a game-winning walk-off home run. Good stuff.
But of course making the Youtube rounds is video of the Washington crowd saying BOOOO-urns to the President. God bless a nation where its citizens can openly heckle the leader of it's country, and God bless a President who can throw a ball sixty feet without bouncing it.
(Not Youtube, but there's less of a chance of this getting yanked by the MLB deities.)
I couldn't get a good look at the Nationals' new stadium, but I didn't mind what I saw. Centerfield is a bit pointy (and a lot of batters will curse that extra few feet) and the light fixtures are huge (a lot of fielders will curse instant blindness). Maybe during some DC trip in the future I'll be able to catch a game.
A game I'll catch for sure is this Friday's Blue Jay home opener against the Red Sox. Our seats are way up in the mesosphere (possibly atop the CN Tower), but it'll still be an enjoyable experience.
Baseball-wide opening day games will be starting soon (like, in minutes). I'll be splitting television time between the KC/Detroit game and the NY/Toronto game. If I'm up to it I'll liveblog whatever my viewing habits permit me to watch, but you should be in front of the TV yourself.
My schedule may have just filled up for the next seven months.
