The Silver Lining

One, we get our $750 back.  Two, now that I know I’m available Wednesday night, I can safely announce that we are playing a gig.  Come join us at Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, at 543 W. Hoffman Ave. in Lindenhurst.  We expect to go on at about 10:30 or so.  Hope to see you [...]

Does Willie Read The Paper?

It’s the seventh inning, after a 2 hour and change rain delay. Carrie and I were out to dinner with friends, and so we didn’t get to see the first six innings. So, imagine my surprise to find Lastings Milledge in the lineup, one day after he blew up at home plate umpire Jim Joyce. [...]

On Irrational Panic

An interesting post on Baseball Prospectus today, imploring Red Sox fans not to panic because their divisional lead is slipping away, even to the Yankees, as October approaches, because they seem certain of locking down at least the AL Wild Card.  The article’s author, Joe Sheehan, tries to remind fans that not only is the [...]

On The Topic Of The Mets…

Meanwhile, in actual baseball news, the Mets seem to be blowing this season big time.  Since Mets2Moon over at The Ballclub seems to be reading my mind, enjoy his thoughts about this rapidly-decaying season.

An Open Letter to the Good People of Philadelphia*

*if there are any Carrie and I attended Saturday’s Mets-Phillies game at Shea.  Now, we’ve been around the same collection of Mets fans for eleven Saturdays, and though we don’t really know anybody, we know quite a bit about a lot of them.  There’s a whole group of class clowns and cut-ups, including the guy [...]