Posts filed under Sports is human life in a microcosm

October 19, 2008

Yeesh, this cannot be good for my productivity tomorrow

….but I don’t feel the least bit tired, and it’s game seven of the ALCS, and the Sox are down by two in the bottom of the eighth, and I kind of secretly want the Rays to win (even though the Red Sox are my American League team, and why yes, you can have favorites [...]

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March 31, 2008

Baseball is what gets inside you

Oh my god y’all we were down by five in the bottom of the ninth and then the Pirates walked in two and Chipper drove in two and then Texiera hit a pop fly for the second out and then McCann hit an easy fly that should have been caught BUT THEN JASON BAY DIDN’T [...]

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October 1, 2007

Woohoo!

Mets left speechless after collapse.
The Phillies are the NL East division champions, courtesy of a historic meltdown in New York.
I even feel a little sorry for Tom Glavine, that he only lasted 1/3 of an inning, that he got booed off the field (really, Mets fans? shut up), and that those things happened in what [...]

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September 27, 2007

See y’all next spring

I’ve had a bit of a conundrum this week. You see, the Braves are in the wild card race for the playoffs (the division title is sadly too far out of reach), and this week they’re playing the Phillies who are ahead of them for both the wild card and the division title.
Normally, it’d be [...]

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April 2, 2007

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend

Baseball is back! And today, despite their best efforts, the Braves even managed to eke out a win against the Phillies. I can’t wait until the home opener, even if there’s a really good chance the Mets will win. I never really feel like the season’s started until the Braves have played at home, and [...]

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February 15, 2007

Three Beautiful Things Thursday

1. Pitchers and catchers reported today. You know what that means: Baseball is back! Pitchers and catchers reporting is only a short step away from everybody reporting, which is only a short step away from spring training, and then, before you know it, we’re in April, looking at Opening Day. I can’t wait.
2. Believing in [...]

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June 29, 2006

Priorities are important!

I know we’re going fruit-picking this Saturday, but we HAVE to be back in time to watch England play Portugal at 11 a.m. We just have to.
In other news, the adapter on my Dell Inspiron 4100 (I know, I’m old school!) has suddenly died, which means my personal laptop is pretty much dead too. I [...]

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June 25, 2006

Blur

I’ve had several posts in my head over the last week, but I haven’t actually written any of them out to completion, partly because of work and partly because of carpal tunnel and partly because I’ve simply haven’t had time to write things down lately.
I had a piece half written about World Refugee Day and [...]

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April 13, 2006

I miss Leo

Where have you gone, Leo Mazzone? A city turns its lonely eyes to you as you rock slowly back and forth in Baltimore, surrounded by seafood and within spitting distance of the President.
We head to Turner Field, expecting our Braves to show up and play like they usually do, and instead the pitchers who take [...]

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April 3, 2006

Guess what day it is!!!

Oh, come on. Guess! It’s so easy. Surely, surely you have been counting down to this day since mid-February. Maybe even earlier.
Guess!
It’s not exactly sporting to give up so quickly, but okay. I’ll enlighten you. It’s Opening Day!!! Not that ridiculous “Every day in Atlanta is opening day!” slogan the city’s marketing team unleashed upon [...]

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