Category Archives: Baseball

The TV’s broken

Posted on May 4, 2011 by jenniferlarsonwrites

A recent thunderstorm fried our satellite television system. Apparently, when the guy hooked it up, he didn’t properly hook up the system to the surge protector, and when the lightning got a little too close for comfort last weekend…..zzzzzzztttt. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Base on balls

Posted on July 14, 2010 by jenniferlarsonwrites

Okay, so I was wrong. My favorite player, the Braves catcher Brian McCann, came through, as he nearly always does for me, and saved the day. NL: 3, AL: 1. Woohoo! Now. If the Braves can juuuuust win the National … Continue reading →

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The All Star Game

Posted on July 13, 2010 by jenniferlarsonwrites

Watching the MLB All Star Game. I always say that I’m not going to bother again next year, and yet I always end up in front of the television again. Well, we’ll see how long I can last. I’m mainly … Continue reading →

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Submit your team names here

Posted on May 7, 2009 by jenniferlarsonwrites

So we’re a month into the 2009 major league baseball season. My team, the Atlanta Braves, is two games under .500 and fourth in the National League East so far. Meanwhile my husband’s team, the Boston Red Sox, is six … Continue reading →

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Revenge on the mercy rule

Posted on March 18, 2009 by jenniferlarsonwrites

I know how absurd it’s going to sound, coming from a suburban white woman who is pretty much the antithesis of cool, but BOOYAH! on Team USA’s win over Puerto Rico last night in the World Baseball Classic. It was … Continue reading →

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The mercy rule

Posted on March 14, 2009 by jenniferlarsonwrites

Very creative use of language heard tonight on the new MLB channel: mercy-ruled. That’s “mercy-ruled,” as in the verb form of the noun “mercy rule.” As in “the Puerto Rican team mercy-ruled the U.S. team tonight.” Specifically, the Puerto Rican team … Continue reading →

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Bring on the baseball

Posted on March 4, 2009 by jenniferlarsonwrites

Every year, around the end of January or so, I start to fall into a sports funk. The college football season is over, and of course, my team’s not headed to a BCS bowl game. The NFL season is nearly over, and my favorite … Continue reading →

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The end of winter

Posted on February 25, 2009 by jenniferlarsonwrites

Remember that expression “March comes in like a lion but goes out like a lamb”? Every first grade class in history has done an art project with this theme, usually with heavy emphasis on cotton balls. Well, it’s almost March. It … Continue reading →

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Satellite radio’s future uncertain

Posted on February 11, 2009 by jenniferlarsonwrites

Ack! The end of satellite radio as I know it may be looming. Sirius XM may be headed towards bankruptcy…or could be bought out by EchoStar. Apparently Sirius XM has huge, huge money woes (gee, like almost every other company … Continue reading →

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Disappointment sets in, with A-Rod’s steroid admission

Posted on February 9, 2009 by jenniferlarsonwrites

The economy is in shambles. Our elected representatives are squabbling over an economic stimulus bill. People are losing their jobs in droves. Newspaper companies are hemmorhaging reporters and other staffers. Homes are being foreclosed. The numbers of the unemployed are … Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, Economy | Tagged A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Baseball, blog, cheat, economic stimulus, Economy, Hank Aaron, home run, home run record, jobs, McCovey Cove, news, newspaper, Primobolan, Rodriguez, shambles, steroids, testosterone, unemployed | 1 Comment