Baseball

The Little League World Series is the best sporting event ever.  Yes, better than the Super Bowl, the Olympics, March Madness, and even the real World Series. I’ve enjoyed watching this yearly event ever since I was in Little League myself.  This is why it’s great: The players are 11 and 12 years old.  One [...]

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August 18th, 2011

The resemblance isn’t as good as Eric Wedge and Ron Swanson, but still pretty close.  And now that Wedge has lost the mustache, it makes it a little tougher. -Nick

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June 27th, 2011

Bryn travels to Albuquerque for work quite a bit, and last week she brought home this sweet Albuquerque Isotopes hat for me.  Ever since I learned they were a real team I’ve been wanting some swag. The Isotopes are the AAA team for the Dodgers, but the name comes from The Simpsons, which is why [...]

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June 14th, 2011

This week a friend pointed out the similarities between Mariners manager Eric Wedge and Parks and Recreation star Ron Swanson (played by Nick Offerman).  I took the liberty of putting together some pictures: Living in California I don’t get to hear Wedge speak much, but I can imagine him talking in a similar no-nonsense tone, [...]

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June 2nd, 2011

No trip to St. Louis would be complete without seeing the 10-time World Champion Cardinals play at home.  They’ve got a beautiful new park that opened in 2006.  It felt similar to Safeco and the other new-style parks.  We went on Memorial Day, braving the steamy 90-degree weather and sellout crowd. (Everyone else is still [...]

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February 28th, 2011

“My Oh My” — Sweet Dave Niehaus tribute video by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.  Goosebumps. -Nick

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