Cannot wait to watch Doc Halladay dismantle the Cincinnati Reds tonight. I know the talking heads have hyped their staff to death, but they simply don’t match up well.
Here’s hoping they can stay away from Joey Votto and Jay Bruce to regulate the Reds.
Doctober starts tonight!
Biggest surprise of the summer for this blogger? It’s “Louie,” hands down.
Marked improvement over “Lucky Louise,” his short-lived show on HBO, which lasted just a season. His raw standup and wry wit were perfectly blended into a more coherent narrative detailing his daily drag. Love when a comedian takes on the big issues, makes funny observations, but doesn’t lecture the audience. If you missed “Louie” this year, you really missed out.
But it was, like, from the future! Because I used my iPhone! Tony Luke’s never tasted so good at Citizens Bank Park. And then I wrote about that experience for the 700 level.
Can’t believe I’ll be going to my final regular season game at the ballpark Friday night. Feels like it wasn’t that long ago that I was sitting with my family in Nationals Park, watching Roy Halladay make his Phillies’ debut. I love the MLB postseason, but it’s come to mean an end to so many fun things, like going to the ballpark or to the beach or just having a picnic in the park.
This summer was busy and fun. Charlie turned one and we threw a wonderful party in Fairmount Park. He’s grown so much since then. He’s gotten his first teeth. He runs like crazy. He’s even started saying words and imitating Helen and me. It’s been a joy to play with him as he makes the leap from infant to toddler.
Sure, the heat was at times oppressive. I’m clearly blocking that from memory, thanks to a few weeks of cool September air and refreshing breezes. Our vacation was perfect and we’ve had lovely weather and good excuses to get outside lately. It’s going to be sad to put Charlie’s brand new bike away for the season.
Version 1.0 has launched! Thanks to my man Tim Quirino for helping get it off the ground. He’s going to be working with me on it as we flesh it out into a Facebook-enabled beast of a blog.
The real question: What sort of stuff should I put on there? I posted about our first event, but I’m wondering what sort of content makes the most sense for it. I’m thinking a mix of A’s history, plus discussion about why I want the A’s to move back to town would make sense. What do you think?