The Road Show reported in from Florence. No casualties.
Major League Baseball's All-Star game is tonight in SF. It is impossible to pick up a paper, watch a TV baseball program, listen to a sports radio show, or view a sports Internet site without being deluged by Barry Bonds stories. The "Big Debate" is whether Bonds improved his home run prowess by taking steroids or other performance enhancing drugs. The media is just absolutely fixated on that story, particularly now that Bonds will likely soon break Hank Aaron's all-time home run record.
The story basically bores me. I've never been a Bonds fan, and he is kind of the anti-example of fan friendliness, for the better of the game, and other altruistic elements. He is definitely not in that small group of people whom I would walk across the street to meet. I still like baseball, but I rarely will go out of my way to make sure that I can catch a game on the tube. I look more forward to the College WS than I do any of the regular season major league games. Of course, Erin does most of those games...:)
The Yellow Jersey made a big statement today by winning a long, mostly boring stage in Northern France. The peloton let a small break stay away for most of the day, and only a desperate push in the last few miles brought the race together in the last kilometer. With perfect timing, Cancellarra burst from the pack and unexpectedly stole the win. It was a case of him not needing the stage win to keep in yellow, but of him wanting to let the other riders know who was the boss. Cool.
The world is in order. My Russian cleaning lady is back!
I know a few of the guys who ponied up $3500 or so to play in tomorrow's Pro-Am Day at the Deere Classic. For their money, they get a few tickets to the tournament, some parking passes, and a long, painful round of golf with three other duffers and one pro whom they may never have heard of before. And some souvenir photos on the first tee. What a deal.
I need to get to the homestead. Lawn duty tonight. Maybe a short spin around DCC to stretch the legs.
BCOT.
Philosophy, History and Commentary from Lt. PC
2 comments:
there is the possiblilty that bonds could be breaking the record when we are in san diego. neither of us is a huge bonds fan, and i get sick of all the controversy, but wouldn't it be cool if we caught the ball?
the big hurt got his 500th hit when he was in town here, and a fan caught the ball. thomas refused to pay a dime for the ball, but said he'd give the fan some autographed stuff: bat, ball, etc. he said he wanted the ball, but wouldn't blame the fan for keeping it. the fan could have sold the ball for tens of thousands, but elected to trade it for the autographed memorabilia. matt said that if we had caught it, we would have kept it and then sold it. so much for minnesota nice!
Kate- almost 1 week 'til bliss!
yes!!!
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