Category Archives: Baseball

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

Excellent baseball, sorry Yankees (not)…

Posted on October 10, 2018 by kdarcy21

Great baseball game last night, from my perspective anyway, being a hater of the Yankees.  CC Sabathia was on the mound for the Yankees, I don’t care for him, likely only because he plays for the Yankees.  I didn’t like … Continue reading →

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That was a pasting…

Posted on October 9, 2018 by kdarcy21

The long weekend for Thanksgiving was pretty relaxing.  I did have to work on Sunday, it was not busy.  I did a couple of restore requests first thing and then didn’t have much to do until later in the day, … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on October 7, 2018 by kdarcy21

Yesterday was a relaxing day.  I watched parts of Episodes 1-3 of the Star Wars Saga.  I say parts because I had two naps as well.  I got up just in time to watch the Indians vs Astros game which … Continue reading →

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Snow and Baseball…

Posted on October 2, 2018 by kdarcy21

Although today isn’t the first snow of the season, that would have been Saturday night into Sunday morning, this is the first major snowfall of the season.  We’ve had snow in the upper mountains for nearly a month, on and … Continue reading →

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Great weekend, lousy weather…

Posted on October 1, 2018 by kdarcy21

The past weekend was a good one.  I headed to Calgary, well, actually Olds, Alberta first to pick up a friend, then back to Calgary for dinner at Red Lobster, endless shrimp and then the Crash Test Dummies concert at … Continue reading →

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Baseball playoffs and a long weekend for me…

Posted on September 26, 2018 by kdarcy21

It is almost time for MLB playoffs.  We are now heading into the last weekend of the regular season.  The AL is all wrapped up but the NL, other than Atlanta is still open.  The Dodgers, whom I hate, are … Continue reading →

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Getting there…

Posted on August 17, 2018 by kdarcy21

I went into town yesterday after work.  It’s not a far drive, 8km or so…  I had to check mail, got my umpiring cheque from CABUA for July’s umpiring.  Always nice to get money in the mail.  I stopped by … Continue reading →

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Home, sweet home

Posted on August 14, 2018 by kdarcy21

The rest of the flight home was routine.  We landed in Calgary ahead of schedule, shortly after 9pm on Sunday night.  It was a fairly quick process through customs, he looked at my card and let me right through.  I … Continue reading →

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The fun of packing…

Posted on July 23, 2018 by kdarcy21

The boxes that I ordered from EcoBox (https://ecobox.ca/) arrived last night.  The owner called me in the afternoon and asked if he could drop them off early since he lives near me.  Sure, sounds good. So, I have my boxes … Continue reading →

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The end of an era…

Posted on July 20, 2018 by kdarcy21

Last night I umpired the Babe Ruth A League Championship at Optimist Park.  It looked like rain all afternoon but the game went off without any showers or lightning. It ended up being the first place regular season team facing … Continue reading →

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