So strange to watch Kodi Whitley make his major league debut in front of empty seats. Such is baseball in the time of COVID-19. It’s still an escape from the monotony of mostly quarantining, and the anxiety caused by visiting…
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Welcome back. I was supposed to be on a plane today but postponed my flight because I had a cold and didn’t want to fly to the PNW considering certain factors. Besides, American Airlines will call you back in a…
Behold. First published in similar form on a previous blog of mine in late October 2011. I bought a standing room only ticket for the World Series in St. Louis, arriving at noon for the 7 pm start. It was…
Albert Pujols visited St. Louis for the first time since he left for the LA school systems after the 2011 season. He was greeted with standing ovations for each plate appearance. From the heavenly realm of Busch cheap seats, I…
I got to the ballpark half an hour early to watch puppies and their parents parade around the stadium. The people smiled and the dogs sniffed my camera lens and waited for scratches. A Naturals hitter cracked a ball far…
“Oh? You’re working with the summer league up there?” a broadcaster asked. “No, I’m just … going there,” I said. Oh. Fairbanks? Beyond – to Bettles, pop. 12 on Wikipedia and 7 in reality. It’s a village 35 miles north…
Baseball is back. Swoon! Check out some photos I took during last night’s home opener between the Springfield Cardinals (AA-StL) and Midland Rockhounds (AA-OAK) at Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Louie doing the hula. Minor league baseball. Onward and upward….
A few days after writing the last post I drove a couple of hours south, planning to spend two days writing and living in a tent. River Pretty is a retreat held twice a year, but I’d never been. Feverish from…
I’m working on an MA in nonfiction writing. In 2015, I wrote a research paper concerning happiness levels among Boston Red Sox fans after their beloved team finally won a World Series. The Hedonic Treadmill principle, essentially, maintains that humans adapt to…