Holy cow, DC sports fans, this is the day! The day! It’s the day! It’s finally here! The Real Baseball Jesus ascends to the Mound of Dirt tonight, from whence he will banish all unworthy Pirates. And the disciple, Bryce Harper, will take his place as Paduan soon enough. NatsTown has gotten more than a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sports’
It’s Strasmas Day!
Posted in Posts, tagged sports on June 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Weekend Update
Posted in Posts, tagged basketball, DC, sports, spring on March 29, 2010 | Comments Off
They’re baaaack! This weekend marked the beginning of Tourist Season here in DC. No, that’s not like Elmer Fudd’s Wabbit Season! But the start of the Cherry Blossom Festival means that the busloads of spring-break school trips have arrived en masse, and family vacations have begun. The weather was too beautiful to stay home on [...]
On the Gridiron, Off on a Tangent
Posted in Posts, tagged football, sports, uva on January 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Well, kids, ‘Bama has won it all. Which is fine, I guess. Makes me remember working in the empty menswear shop at Fair Oaks with Shep, who was a big ‘Bama fan. It was just after their last national championship, in the early 90s. We had a good time in that shop…hardly any customers. Our [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in Posts, tagged christmas, holiday, new year, sports, tv on January 4, 2010 | Comments Off
We’re back! Goodbye to 2009, the ’00s, the decade from hell! Hello to the teens! Everyone has a good time in their teens, right? How was everyone’s holiday? I took a break from blogging, photograph-making, reading, cross-stitch…pretty much everything, and took advantage of the mini-vacation the generous folks running GU gave us over the Christmas-to-New [...]
Manners, people, please!
Posted in Posts, tagged baseball, manners, nationals, rants, sports, tidbits on October 1, 2009 | Comments Off
What is with the rude behavior this morning on the bus and the Metro? First, I was on the bus riding from home to the Metro station. A man signaled for a stop, and got up to patiently wait (behind the line, like he’s supposed to) until it was time for him to disembark. With [...]
So long, Zilla!
Posted in Posts, tagged sports on September 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Cross-posted from dc.metblogs.com I know y’all are used to seeing sports posts from Frank and Patrick, but I just can’t help putting my two cents in on the news that Olaf Kolzig, beloved former goalie for the Capitals, has announced his retirement. When I moved to the DC area in 1993, I was in dire [...]
Opening Day Here I Come
Posted in Posts, tagged sports on March 31, 2009 | Comments Off
Thanks, DCist, for alerting me to the continued availability of Opening Day Nationals tickets. Rumour has it the President will be throwing out the pitch (whoo! I’ll be packing the zoom lens!) and I got some decent box seats on the lower level. Obviously, they’ll lose, what with taking on the world-champion Phillies and all. [...]
Hockey nostalgia
Posted in Posts, tagged hockey, memory lane, sports, whippersnappers on November 16, 2007 | Comments Off
Well, here’s a hockey-fight story for you, MY: Back when the Caps played at the Cap Center (shudder), they had a game with the NY Islanders that was ugly from the first minute. So, in the final moments of a particularly foul-ridden third period, the players on both sides just sort of skated around in [...]
RL Takes Over
Posted in Posts, tagged anecdotes, finance, moving, music, sports, tech, work on March 15, 2006 | Comments Off
RL Takes Over It’s been a few weeks! Of course, me being me, not much has happened. What a surprise. I have bought a new media player to replace the latest one I killed (iRiver, RIP). It’s a creative zen vision:m and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Plus, it’s pink and fabulous! I have [...]
From Way Downtown….BANG
Posted in Posts, tagged media, olbermann, sports, television on February 7, 2006 | Comments Off
From Way Downtown….BANG OR Keith Olbermann is my dream man, part deux Thank God for DVR; Keith’s signature line of old (Way Downtown) delivered in re the first-quarter Seahawks field goal. I had to do a quick rewind to see it again. Keith, dare I say, had me en fuego. I loved his take on [...]
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