No Joy in Mudville

Last year a big storm knocked out our power just before the first pitch of the All-Star Game.

No such luck this year, and I got to watch the American League, which hasn’t even played real baseball since 1973, beat my beloved Nationals for the eighth year in a row.

This entry was posted on July 13, 2005 at 8:22 AM, filed under Sports Talk. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

5 Comments

  1. tommy
    Posted July 13, 2005 at 10:12 AM | Permalink

    I hate the DH. But living in Dallas that is what we have, so it puts me in a difficult position. The end result is I watch a lot on TV and rarely go to the game.

    It sort of seems silly when I put it like that.

    Did I mention I hate the DH?

  2. -ahd-
    Posted July 13, 2005 at 10:34 AM | Permalink

    AL wins! AL wins!

    I’ll give up the DH if Bud Selig will give up interleague play. (Actually, I’d give it up anyway.)

    Finally, I can’t watch the All Star Game, even with a DVR. ~ 45 minutes to the first pitch?

  3. catherine
    Posted July 13, 2005 at 1:40 PM | Permalink

    Thanks for the advice/comments. This site is beautiful. I LOVE the picture at the top and the fonts you’ve used.
    Not into baseball, so no comment on that. :-)

  4. Interstellar Lass
    Posted July 13, 2005 at 3:53 PM | Permalink

    The All Star Game was on? Man, I missed that. Dangit.

  5. Paul N.
    Posted July 13, 2005 at 10:18 PM | Permalink

    I love baseball. I’m a Yankee fan. Here’s the reason why: http://douglasaz.blogspot.com/2004_08_03_douglasaz_archive.html

    And, oh by the way, Scott Brosius and my son spent a lot of time together when they were pre-teens.

    I don’t care who wins the All-Star game. I like to watch ‘em all.

    My all-time favorite player is Pudge Rodriquez. I saw the first pro game he ever played and I said to my son-in-law: “That guy is a Hall of Famer!”

    Mickey Mantle and I were good friends when we both lived in Dallas. (Long after he retired.)

    There have been 2 rule changes since pro baseball was begun. One is the DH? Do you know the other?