And a good time was had by all
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pbrayWent out biking this morning, but only did around 10 miles. It's hot again here, and the air was so thick that I was laboring. One of my personal rules of thumb is that when I feel nauseous it's time to stop exercising so I cut the ride short and headed home.
This afternoon went to see the Binghamton Mets.
Living in upstate New York, where our 'city' boasts less than 50,000 residents, there are a number of things that we lack. But one thing we do have is minor league baseball, with our own Class AA Binghamton Mets.
There is nothing like watching a baseball game at a minor league stadium. The size of the stadium means there are no bad seats, while the best seats in the house cost a mere $9. I had a chicken spiedie sub, corn on the cob and a family sized order of salt potatoes for less than $7.
Being only seven rows from the field, I could see all the details of the action, and hear the umpire's every call. You feel like you are part of the game, in a way that you can't when you're in the cheap seats of a monster stadium. Yes it's minor league baseball, so the kids get to have races on the field between innings, and they still feature the pasta toss sponsored by a local restaurant. Sadly this season they are no longer playing the toilets version of musical chairs, which had been sponsored by a local plumbing company.
At the seventh inning stretch we sing "Take me out to the ballgame" and then they play a tarantella, while those who have taken the motto "Dance as if no one is watching" a bit too much to heart dance in the aisles.
It was a perfect summer afternoon, and in the end it didn't matter that the Mets lost, 15-6.
Watching: Caught bits of two specials on The History Channel from their "Ancient Discoveries" series. The first special was on Galen, which was mildly interesting, but I knew most of it so I channel surfed. The second special was on ancient shipbuilding techniques. Here, again, it held my interest for a bit but then I wandered. In both cases the tone of the narration put me off. The script and the narrator's dramatic reading implied that what he was revealing were revolutionary hitherto unknown secrets, on the order of finding Judge Crater's body or the discovery of water on Mars. But as each revolutionary statement was made, I found myself thinking "But everyone knows that and they've known it for years." I have to remind myself that these shows are not aimed at writers who think researching odd historical facts is the fun part of their job.
This afternoon went to see the Binghamton Mets.
Living in upstate New York, where our 'city' boasts less than 50,000 residents, there are a number of things that we lack. But one thing we do have is minor league baseball, with our own Class AA Binghamton Mets.
There is nothing like watching a baseball game at a minor league stadium. The size of the stadium means there are no bad seats, while the best seats in the house cost a mere $9. I had a chicken spiedie sub, corn on the cob and a family sized order of salt potatoes for less than $7.
Being only seven rows from the field, I could see all the details of the action, and hear the umpire's every call. You feel like you are part of the game, in a way that you can't when you're in the cheap seats of a monster stadium. Yes it's minor league baseball, so the kids get to have races on the field between innings, and they still feature the pasta toss sponsored by a local restaurant. Sadly this season they are no longer playing the toilets version of musical chairs, which had been sponsored by a local plumbing company.
At the seventh inning stretch we sing "Take me out to the ballgame" and then they play a tarantella, while those who have taken the motto "Dance as if no one is watching" a bit too much to heart dance in the aisles.
It was a perfect summer afternoon, and in the end it didn't matter that the Mets lost, 15-6.
Watching: Caught bits of two specials on The History Channel from their "Ancient Discoveries" series. The first special was on Galen, which was mildly interesting, but I knew most of it so I channel surfed. The second special was on ancient shipbuilding techniques. Here, again, it held my interest for a bit but then I wandered. In both cases the tone of the narration put me off. The script and the narrator's dramatic reading implied that what he was revealing were revolutionary hitherto unknown secrets, on the order of finding Judge Crater's body or the discovery of water on Mars. But as each revolutionary statement was made, I found myself thinking "But everyone knows that and they've known it for years." I have to remind myself that these shows are not aimed at writers who think researching odd historical facts is the fun part of their job.
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Date: 2005-08-22 03:49 am (UTC)