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I got a chance to watch some Saturday baseball on Fox today. It was a pretty good game between the Cubs and Cards. Since we live five hours from the closest MLB team (the Mariners) I haven’t been to a game this year and it got me thinking about my summer options. I’ve got two chances [ READ MORE ]
I made it back from Orlando Friday. I had a really good week at the PHP conference. I think I learned quite a bit. I am not going to talk about tech here anymore, so no details… On Saturday Rachel and I went to her friend’s house. I had the greatest time. Early in the evening [ READ MORE ]
I was reading over ESPN’s baseball headlines this morning and found the combination of these two funny: Pujols ties Helton for second fastest to 1,000 hits and Rockies’ Helton hospitalized with stomach pains. [ READ MORE ]
For about as long as I have been alive, my dad and a neighbor from LA, Jerry, have participated in their own baseball bet. Not Pete Rose style, this bet consists of each picking two “winners” and two “losers” from each league. They then get a point for each win by a winner and a [ READ MORE ]
While the Final Four isn’t over, my bracket is. I don’t have any teams left, which means I am stuck at 54 points. For that matter, no one in The Eightfivethree Classic has any points left to get. So even before the games get underway this weekend, a new Classic champion has been crowned. Congratulations [ READ MORE ]
Looking at spring stats I see that the Royals and Dodgers tied for first in the Cactus League. It doesn’t look like spring results are any indication of the team’s actual talent, though. I doubt that last year’s worst team (the Royals) and last year’s best team (the White Sox) can switch positions in just [ READ MORE ]
Kansas City has a pretty important sales tax hike vote (bi-state, I am guessing) coming up soon. Not only will they get a Super Bowl if it passes, but MLB just announced that they will get an All-Star game too. I haven’t followed the sales tax proposal at all, but I feel like passing it is [ READ MORE ]
I am in New York for a quick trip and got to play with the company basketball team in their Wednesday night league at BasketBall City. First, BasketBall City is awesome. It’s this huge domed building that sits out over the water at the Chelsea Piers. Tons of basketball. We played on the top level and [ READ MORE ]
The Eightfivethree Classic isn’t going so well. After the first weekend, I am in last place. I still have all four of my Final Four teams in it and if Duke wins, I think I will win. [ READ MORE ]
Happy Selection Sunday. March Madness starts in a few days, which means it is time, once again, for The Eightfivethree Classic. By my count, this is the Third Annual Eightfivethree Classic (2004, 2005) and I think it is going to be the best ever! In 2004, then the Eightfivethree Pick’em, only four people signed up. I [ READ MORE ]