Category Archives: Baseball

Why not wait till the last minute?

That works in life, baseball and medical decisions. After all, one needs all the facts before considering where to go next. The As pulled off an amazing win (thank Chapman’s home run with two on in the bottom of the … Continue reading

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Without Cowbell

Color everyone around me amazed. I survived this mornings removal of the old fridge and placement of the new. It was a real slog for the delivery guys since they had, once again, a big truck. They parked on the … Continue reading

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D-1

Shall we just ignore the As pitchers yesterday who managed to blow up, magnificently in extra innings. George was looking much better today. Even a small break from the chemo does wonders for his energy level. He doesn’t look any … Continue reading

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D-3

passed for George in a lot of fatigue. I think the constant night time interruptions are wearing him down a bit. According to his blood work, the chemo is definitely doing its thing. Poor guy, going from essentially medication free … Continue reading

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D-4

Perhaps one of the hardest things about being in the hospital is the inability to get uninterrupted sleep. Between the chemo (q4 for one, + 2 others at different times), the nurses, the docs, blood drawing, and own self maintenance … Continue reading

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D-5

In a format similar to calculating a space launch, the BMT (bone marrow transplant) unit labels the transplant day as zero, then counts forwards and backwards. Hospital admission is D-7 (which was Thursday, 23 May) which means today, as Saturday, … Continue reading

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The friends are good

complete with drummers or the treats someone brought. Unfortunately, the As lost to Cleveland 5:3.  

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Not their best performance

Anyone can forgive a pitcher one lousy pitch. Even if it is one of the first pitches in the top of the first and results in a right fielder (not ours) hitting a home run. That would be ok. That … Continue reading

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One nothing

and a bit of this and that. Perhaps not the most important to you, but for this As fan – a solo home run by Chapman in the first inning turned out to be the only score in the game. … Continue reading

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Not fools

For the last several years I haven’t noticed anywhere near as many April Fool’s jokes as I saw in decades past. There could be several reasons. For example, I might just be the one out of the loop. Or totally … Continue reading

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Why was I in class?

yes, I know that education is important. Certainly the US government is paying through the nose for me to entertain myself with attending classes. But really, one has to set priorities. My choice this afternoon was being a good kid … Continue reading

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Lasted a bit longer

at the ball game. It might have been because I wasn’t as cold. It might have been because the As were obviously doing a lot better than the previous evening. In any case, had fun. We made a lot of … Continue reading

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Cold & wind

I didn’t last the whole game. It was cool. I can’t say it was cold; not when Minnesota or northern Sweden are my comparisons for what is really cold. Rather, my nose started to run, there ere way too many … Continue reading

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Interesting SPAM

most of the time I just delete everything that Askimet places in my SPAM folder. By and large, it is BOT produced comments that are about Canadian Pharmacies, penile enhancements, fund frauds, illiterate links and other fun stuff. I would … Continue reading

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Too much sports?

Since George went with me to the baseball game last night, I owed him. Well, sort of. Anyway, I went along to the Cal football game this afternoon. He has season tickets in Section E which turns out to be … Continue reading

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Not so hot

Or rather too hot. My life this past week has fallen into the “not too terribly organized” which is not the way I really appreciate living. I like knowing “where my stuff is.” Which might just explain why I am … Continue reading

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Quilts and a side of As

Ok, you have managed to avoid having to listen to me discussing baseball for, oh let us say at least a day. So first I will mention that the As are doing fine – in spite of a couple of … Continue reading

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A not quite full day

Day 2 of the orientation didn’t include me till early afternoon. It meant that I didn’t have to roll out of bed at the crack of dawn or battle huge crowds on BART. On the other hand, most of the … Continue reading

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One game, three loads of laundry

Not sure which is of the higher positivity – managing to arrive at the stadium and slide into our seats less than five minutes before the opening pitch – or doing three loads of laundry after we got home. The … Continue reading

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The weight of law

Often we have heard various descriptions of law as heavy, weighty. I had always thought of it as perhaps relating to the seriousness of what it meant both to society and the individual. Or perhaps to affects on in dividuals … Continue reading

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