We are a forgiving people. It’s one of America’s most redeeming qualities. You screw up —> you come clean —> you apologize —> you are forgiven by most, if not all. That’s the way it is supposed to work and more often than not that is exactly the way it […]
This week, I again boarded a plane with my dad to watch baseball. And again it was a White Sox road game. And again the Indians were involved. That has to be more than a coincidence.
It was almost two years ago that my father turned 70-years old. In celebration of Father’s Day 2008 and of reaching that lofty number, I took him up to New York to see the final game ever played between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in ‘The House that […]
MLB Umpire Jim Joyce screwed up. That’s putting it mildly. Armando Galarraga threw a perfect game last night, whether the record books ever signify it as such isn’t really the point. Anyone with a TV or an internet connection saw it and many hopped online immediately afterward to talk about […]
Every year, the Bear has been home with me on April’s 1st Monday. Didn’t matter if she was enrolled in a daycare that we were paying for and it doesn’t matter now that she is in kindergarten The 1st Monday in April is a special day, far too special for […]
Sticking with the Baseball theme… The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York is a great family destination. The Hall itself is a wonderful walk through the history of the game but the surrounding shops, restaurants, and townspeople are what makes this such a great place to take […]
