You bet there is, Ref - why, this very season the Victoria Seals (managed by old MLB Darrel Evans) starts up in Our Town...and I do believe there's another team on t'other side of the tracks, way out in the outer darkness known as Eastern Canada....![]()
Reflections "Yes Vin is the master. Still doing the games like they used to be...Solo and still getting everything right."
Rongar...So, is this a first? Intrigued by all the Vin din, I'm gonna tune into a baseball game (Dodgers vPadres) simply to listen to the commentator.
Mind you, I've probably heard him before - the Dodgers were my favourite team before the advent of the Expos; Jays; Marlins; & Rays., and I watched LAD, betimes, on telly, back in the sixties.
"Whate'er should be our Zodiac's star
We all are born to make or mar.
To each is gi'en a bag of tools
Some mentors, and a set of rules:
And each must carve, ere life has flown,
A stumbling block, or a stepping-stone"
(Author unknown)
Generation 35.
"Spikes" The cleats on baseball boots
"Spikes" On which newspaper editors impale copy for future reference, or ultimate destruction.
You are in for a treat. Be forewarned he does take some days off and Ross Porter (or is it Charlie Steiner?) and Rick Monday step in for him, but if you get uncle Vinny: good times!![]()
My Simulation Settings Widget
My 1901-2008 Simulation Settings (March 6, 2009 Update: Now runs through 1951)
"I think 'competing' is the key word in your phrase. The Rays are not competitive in the playoff race this year, nor do they seem to me to be on track to in the coming years." - LQ1Z34 on 08/23/11
"Bwahahahahahah! Don't count your chickens before they've hatched dude." - Me on 09/25/11
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain
"Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward truth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey." - John Charles Polanyi
Kieth Hernadez just said " I'm not a Homo."
Ahhh, Uncle Vinny weave your magic.
My Simulation Settings Widget
My 1901-2008 Simulation Settings (March 6, 2009 Update: Now runs through 1951)
"I think 'competing' is the key word in your phrase. The Rays are not competitive in the playoff race this year, nor do they seem to me to be on track to in the coming years." - LQ1Z34 on 08/23/11
"Bwahahahahahah! Don't count your chickens before they've hatched dude." - Me on 09/25/11
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain
"Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward truth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey." - John Charles Polanyi
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