And a vintage base ball weekend. Just as I am getting to the point that I am not much use on the field anymore - as much from never actually having played baseball as being creaky - others are joining up who are actually good at the game. A cricketer even. Someone having the instinct to dive towards a line drive barehanded is pretty stunning to see. Me? Cricked neck and twinged back means the ball dropped near by. That could be a haiku.
Cricked neck and twinged back
Green grass, still play, a bat swings:
The ball falls too near.
Maybe we call it "Forty-seven".
- Is Chantal Hébert the cleverest person in Canada? I think so.
- Last game of the season for Morton again will decide if they stay up or fall.
- Is Clegg-o-mania really fading? So sad. It would have been great to have a hung Parliament. Still looks pretty close to me.
- "You are abschaum der menschheit - scum of the earth."
- Anthora?
- I had no idea that unemployment in Spain was at 20%.
- Boston hits .500. A reader was at a Toronto game this week and the echoes were annoying.
Maybe there will be another haiku entitled "So Many Aspirin" at the end of Saturday afternoon.
Comments
Mike C - April 30, 2010 12:06 PM
Chantal - she's right up there.
En route to Boston next week, my nephew is throwing out the first pitch at a Sea Dogs game. Big thrill for him.
Alan - April 30, 2010 12:09 PM
Nice. The Sea Dog stadium is a gem. I always have a better time at minor league games. If you go early you have a good shot at player's signing a ball, too. Got a couple of Clay B. balls there. But if the kid is throwing the pitch there will be plenty of that.
Matthew Fletcher - April 30, 2010 12:18 PM
I know little about UK politics, but that's not going to stop me from prognosticating on a blog:
My prediction - Like NDP/Green poll support in Canada, the Lib-Dems will see their support drop off on election day. People are telling pollsters they'll vote for them, either because a)they haven't really made up their mind, or b)they don't really want to admit that their going to vote Tory or Labour again. Lib-Dems will see their suport drop by ~5%.
Mike C - April 30, 2010 2:29 PM
I'm picking SNP for the all important Western Isles seat.
Alan - April 30, 2010 2:49 PM
Odd to see that there might be a split in the "Christian" vote. I would have presumed in the Western Isles that there has been a split in the Christian vote in every democratic election since the pagans were converted (if that is actually an occurance that has occurred.) Murdo's the man!
Ben - April 30, 2010 5:24 PM
I guess there is an unstated assumption about who the _real_ Christians are... Bad form, that. Before social issues came to the fore, politically, the votes of the devout skewed left.
Journalists too often lack historical consciousness.
Douglas - May 1, 2010 1:40 PM
Morton win!