This must be a huge Skip It! for most readers, but I write this blog for myself as much as anyone else, and I must have a record of all my travels. And so… This trip had a dual purpose – friends and baseball – and both came off brilliantly.
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wmtc: greetings from boston
Astute baseball fans might recognize this as Fenway Park, seen from behind the outfield. This would be totally unremarkable… if I hadn’t taken it five minutes ago from my hotel room. We are in Boston for a quick – although highly anticipated – mini-vacation. We drove down yesterday, driving back
Continue readingwmtc: happy birthday, fenway park
One hundred years ago today, April 20, 1912, Fenway Park opened to the public. The Boston Red Sox have played their home games there ever since. Fenway is the oldest Major League Ballpark still in use. Until the 1990s, it was one of a trio of historic parks still used
Continue readingwmtc: bill maher’s good (and occasionally funny) thoughts on castrophobia
Thanks to Jere.
Continue readingwmtc: the tale of ozzie guillen, fidel castro, free speech, and corporate welfare: a story with irony to spare
Those of you who don’t follow baseball – which I assume is most of you – might never have heard of Ozzie Guillen before this week, or maybe don’t know his name now. Guillen is a Major League Baseball manager and a former player, a guy who is often described
Continue readingwmtc: i ♥ roku
I am absolutely gaga over Roku. This was exactly the missing piece we needed. And it all started with getting rid of Rogers cable. In February, I asked for help with my movie season problem. We had been getting special treatment from Zip, but once that ended, Zip became useless
Continue readingwmtc: happy opening day
Red Sox! Baseball! Today! The beginning of a new baseball season is a harbinger of spring, bringing hope, renewal, and… the end of school! In a few days, I’ll be done with another term and can turn my attention back to the rest of the world, including wmtc. Also in
Continue readingwmtc: follow-up: dumping zip and dumping rogers!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent “help me get rid of zip” discussion, both on wmtc and by email. And thanks to CNET, for this video! I started out asking about movies, but ended up with so much more. Goodbye, Rogers! Whoo-hoo! So many friends and readers
Continue readingTrashy's World: Double A Baseball in O Dot?
Personally, I would LOVE to see a Jays farm team locate here… but I’m not hopeful given that the City does not seem to be taking the idea seriously. Besides, I’m not even sure Double A would be successful here. This town couldn’t keep the Lynx, lost the Riders way
Continue readingwmtc: things i heard at the library: an occasional series: # 2
Girl, whispering so quietly I could barely hear her: Excuse me. Um, do you work here? Um… um… do you know where I can find books about diaries of wimpy kids? Ten minutes later, a boy: Do you have Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Not five minutes after that, another
Continue readingwmtc: baseball history meets the information
The best part of James Gleick’s The Information was, for me, his history of communication and information technologies. Here’s a terrific article that applies that lens to baseball: “The History of How We Follow Baseball”, by Philip Bump, writing in The Atlantic. In 1912, the Red Sox played the New
Continue readingwmtc: who would name a baseball team after a serial killer?
London, Ontario, that’s who! Team president and general manager David Martin says the name “The London Rippers”, this logo, and cute marketing phrases like “Lurking in Labatt Park…” have nothing to do with Jack the Ripper. “Everybody has to be a little less sensitive,” says Martin. Yes, everyone has to
Continue readingThe Skwib: Rejected names for the London Rippers
Sometimes it’s a bit embarrassing, living here in London, Ontario. In the last week, we’ve got the dubious honor of being the first city to forcibly remove the tents of the Occupy protests here in town. (There’s been relatively little outcry.) And now, we’ve got a new baseball team causing
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Moneyball Versus Short Hops
I recently had the privilege of reading the book and watching the movie, Moneyball. As a stat-headed baseball nerd, I thoroughly enjoyed both. For those unfamiliar with Moneyball, it is a book-turned-movie which also energized a new approach to baseball analytics under the same name. This new approach is presented in the book and movie […]
wmtc: suggestions for movie season now being accepted, she says sadly
We now have an answer to the burning question: can a baseball team that wins seven games in September play in the postseason? The Red Sox walked the razor’s edge all week. Last night, a night of incredible baseball tension, we clung to hope, following …
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: LA Dodgers encourage respect in It Gets Better video
The Los Angeles Dodgers became the latest Major League Baseball (MLB) team to lend their support to the It Gets Better video project against teen bullying and suicide. The Dodgers’ instalment features coach Don Mattingly, James Loney, Matt Guerrier, Ja…
Continue readingThe Global Express: New 2012 Toronto Blue Jays Logo
It looks like the Toronto Blue Jays are one step closer to getting rid of their horrific “JAYS” logo. Out with the new, in with the old!The Blue Jays have high expectations next year, and to go along with that they will implement a new revamped version of their logo
Continue readingwmtc: green tomatoes, red socks, and a white dog, plus libraries of many hues
For those of you following…First, and most importantly, Tala. She is doing really well! After our last trip to Guelph, we added on a second medication, one designed to specifically target nerve pain. We had to give that several weeks to kick in, with…
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: Original Song #30: One Water Fountain
One Water Fountain
Baby it’s a hot day on the porch on de Gaspé
I feel your kicking but I think we’ll be okay
They don’t want to put your daddy “in his place”
They just shout his name when he gets on base
Got some plums at the market
Got some nectarines
Those sweet strawberries from Ile dee-Orleans
The stairs are outside so I leave the fruit out there
And when the kids come down I say, “Bon-jou-were”
I smile and say, “Bon-jou-were”
Well I can’t make out what the neighbours are sayin’
But I sure like the sounds of their kids playin’
On the baseball diamonds they pretend to be Robinson
And ain’t nobody here trying to have us hung
Got some plums at the market…
I love the funny ways of these frenchie Canucks
Who give me their seat at the front of the bus
White or negro, english or french
They got but one water fountain for all thirsts to quench
Yes, white or negro, english or french
Use the same water fountain for the same thirst to quench
Got some plums at the market…
Baby it’s a hot day on the porch on de Gaspé
I feel your kicking and I know we’ll be okay
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Continue readingTattered Sleeve: Original Song #30: One Water Fountain
One Water Fountain Baby it’s a hot day on the porch on de GaspéI feel your kicking but I think we’ll be okayThey don’t want to put your daddy “in his place”They just shout his name when he gets on base Got some plums at the marketGot some nectarinesThose sweet
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