So we went from playing the best game in our history last week to playing one of the worst last night. It was tough to watch -- which, unfortunately, was pretty much what I did ...
To make it worse, I awoke this morning to an excruciating cramp in my right leg ... And it's not going away.
We were in the playoffs as the No. 6 seed. Last week we knocked off the No. 3 seed. Last night, we were playing the No. 2 seed… Going in we had the momentum. We were still flying high from last week’s upset win. We were a cohesive unit and aiming for another one tonight …
And we looked really good taking a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning …
And then our momentum vanished …
I got my first at-bat in the second inning and flied out to center field. That was the only at-bat I’d get.
Coach pulled most of the starters after the third inning -- for reasons I’m still trying to figure out. Meanwhile, our center fielder continued to play, even after he’d injured his knee. And when we had three other pitchers ready to take the mound, we went with the one who threw eight innings last week -- and had a bad knee himself -- for seven innings tonight …
We lost the game 16-9.
And that’s the end of our season. We went 5-9 during the regular season and 1-1 in the playoffs …
If my calculations are correct, I batted .409 this season ... Yeah, I surprised myself when I came up with that number too. Ted Williams, watch out ...
Here's the rest of my season numbers: 9 hits (in 22 at-bats), 2 doubles, 5 walks, 4 runs scored, 2 RBIs, 2 stolen bases and 7 strikeouts.
Though, I only played in 10 of our 16 games ....
Here's a look back ...
a June 1
a June 28
a July 9
a July 13
a July 27
a Aug. 3
a Aug. 17
a Aug. 20
a Sept. 3
9.11.2008
Proposals and ideas
... Two proposed ordinances in Chicago got my attention last night ...
First, a Chicago alderman is proposing that metal bats be banned during organized baseball games within the city ... I think the idea of such an ordinance is absurd. Metal bats are part of the game, and if you can't deal with it -- don't play. There's other ways to get hurt playing baseball, too. It's like asking for an ordinance that bans tackle football. ... And c'mon, wood bats shattering all over the field can be just as dangerous ...
Meanwhile, another alderman is calling for a ban on text messaging while driving ... Let me know where I can sign that one. As I was driving home last night, I caught a kid driving a minivan alongside me, his hands raised over the steering wheel and he was text-messaging -- either that or he was playing on a handheld video game. Either way, the van was swerving all over road, and the girl in the passenger side, with her feet propped on the dashboard, was acting as though it was ok. I should have called the police on them ...
First, a Chicago alderman is proposing that metal bats be banned during organized baseball games within the city ... I think the idea of such an ordinance is absurd. Metal bats are part of the game, and if you can't deal with it -- don't play. There's other ways to get hurt playing baseball, too. It's like asking for an ordinance that bans tackle football. ... And c'mon, wood bats shattering all over the field can be just as dangerous ...
Meanwhile, another alderman is calling for a ban on text messaging while driving ... Let me know where I can sign that one. As I was driving home last night, I caught a kid driving a minivan alongside me, his hands raised over the steering wheel and he was text-messaging -- either that or he was playing on a handheld video game. Either way, the van was swerving all over road, and the girl in the passenger side, with her feet propped on the dashboard, was acting as though it was ok. I should have called the police on them ...
Remembering
Seven years and this day still weighs heavy on my heart ...
Here's some reads I picked up today ...
a Sacred steel ... this is a neat slideshow of memorials being put up around the world to remember the attacks.
a For air controller, terror still vivid 7 years later
a Sept. 11 memorial park opens at the Pentagon
a Seven Years Later, Ground Zero
a Lost Horizon
a In the Seventh Year
a The Biggest Story: A firsthand look at how the Chicago Tribune geared up to cover the carnage of September 11, 2001
a ... and here's a look back at how The New York Times covered it.
a Sept. 11 cartoons at Cagle's
Here's some reads I picked up today ...
a Sacred steel ... this is a neat slideshow of memorials being put up around the world to remember the attacks.
a For air controller, terror still vivid 7 years later
a Sept. 11 memorial park opens at the Pentagon
a Seven Years Later, Ground Zero
a Lost Horizon
a In the Seventh Year
a The Biggest Story: A firsthand look at how the Chicago Tribune geared up to cover the carnage of September 11, 2001
a ... and here's a look back at how The New York Times covered it.
a Sept. 11 cartoons at Cagle's
9.09.2008
The end of the world as we know it?
... Before I go for what could be my last night of sleep on this Earth ...
Here's a story I caught on the NBC News tonight ...
It seems a group of researchers have constructed a 17-mile tunnel under Switzerland -- a "particle-smasher," they're calling it -- to try to learn how the universe formed. But, the story goes, it "could create microscopic black holes that some fear would gobble up the planet."
There's also an interactive about the thing on msnbc.com.
Here is the segment from NBC News tonight -- minus Brian Williams' quip that closed the segment and the newscast: "Let's hope they know what they're doing."
Sweet dreams.
(By the way, I watched the Cubs lose tonight, and now the Reds have finally taken a lead on the Brewers in the 11th inning of their game. Seriously, what gives? Does anyone want to win the NL Central?)
Here's a story I caught on the NBC News tonight ...
It seems a group of researchers have constructed a 17-mile tunnel under Switzerland -- a "particle-smasher," they're calling it -- to try to learn how the universe formed. But, the story goes, it "could create microscopic black holes that some fear would gobble up the planet."
There's also an interactive about the thing on msnbc.com.
Here is the segment from NBC News tonight -- minus Brian Williams' quip that closed the segment and the newscast: "Let's hope they know what they're doing."
Sweet dreams.
(By the way, I watched the Cubs lose tonight, and now the Reds have finally taken a lead on the Brewers in the 11th inning of their game. Seriously, what gives? Does anyone want to win the NL Central?)
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