Category Archives: Baseball

Anything relating to baseball, umpiring or the lovely politics of minor baseball – both in Ontario and now in Alberta.

Busy day to start the work-week…

Another Monday, and start to the work-week.  It was a pretty busy day and it zoomed on by.  I didn’t even take a lunch break today and it still went by in the blink of an eye.  I like days … Continue reading

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Rainy weekends…

Yesterday, I slept in until after 7:30am.  It was nice, I must have been tired as I rarely sleep in, but it really messed with my day.  I am used to getting up at around 5am, pretty much 5 days … Continue reading

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Reflections on umpiring and being lazy…

It is hard to believe that it was a year ago that I was in Branson, Missouri for the Cal Ripken Major/70 World Series.  It was one of the best experiences that I have had in my almost 48 years. … Continue reading

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Staying in the mountains…

Well, I guess I have not had the blogging bug, at all this year as this is only my second post of the year and it is nearly summer. Same old, same old really.  Surprisingly, I am not missing umpiring … Continue reading

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Love Chinooks in the morning…

Friday, already.  It was a shortened week for me as I was off on Wednesday for an appointment. We have a Chinook coming through today, it is 10C this morning with nice and warm breezes coming from the West.  It … Continue reading

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A quick week in the books…

I had a great drive to Calgary on Tuesday afternoon.  I was downtown in just over 2 hours, I am unsure how I made such good time, I wasn’t overly speeding. I checked into the hotel, the Sandman, right near … Continue reading

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Another quick weekend…

That weekend, like most weekends, went by too quickly. The weather was awesome for the middle/end of October though, temps were in the mid to upper teens.  I can handle that for sure. I watched and was very disappointed that … Continue reading

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The weekend is here…

It’s Friday, this is a good thing.  It was a quick week, quicker still since I was off on Monday.  Last night, the Astros were eliminated from the ALCS by a much stronger team in the Red Sox.  I did … Continue reading

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It’s Wednesday, but feels like Tuesday…

Monday was a long day of driving.  The dogs and I headed to Calgary for their yearly vet visits.  We stopped at Costco in Okotoks on our way, I needed to buy them dog food, they like to eat, twice … Continue reading

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Another long weekend…

This was a long weekend for me, sort of broken up though.  I was off on Friday because I worked last Sunday.  I also worked yesterday and get Monday off for that.  It was slow yesterday, so I wouldn’t really … Continue reading

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