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Great Baseball Game
Great baseball game this evening at Glenmore Park. The final ended 7-5 for the home team who got an early lead and never gave it up. There was some great offence and good defensive plays throughout. Those are the types … Continue reading
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Quick game tonight…
More umpiring tonight. Back at Foothills Stadium, Babe Ruth A League. It was a 5 inning shortened game due to the mercy rule. The pitcher for the winning team threw hard and his opponents weren’t able to get much off … Continue reading
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Another quick weekend…
The weather was excellent today and the baseball diamonds were open again, at least the diamond I was scheduled to umpire on. As of last night and even early today, I didn’t have a partner scheduled. Shortly before I left … Continue reading
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The weekend is here…
I’ve had the last two evenings free, no umpiring on Thursday or Friday. It was a nice, needed break from the action. I’ve umpired more this year than ever before, I’m at the diamond as much as I was when … Continue reading
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First day of summer
Last night I umpired for the 3rd night in a row at Foothills stadium and this was the 7th game in 5 days. That’s a pretty busy schedule, at least I don’t do any physical work in my job, just … Continue reading
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Let’s just relax, on our new couch…
I umpired last night, that’s no surprise – I seem to umpire most nights. That’s OK though, for the most part I enjoy it and the extra income is good too. It was a pretty good game, weather was perfect … Continue reading
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A new couch, how exciting?
Almost four years ago, I bought a large sectional from the Brick. It was leather and it was on sale. It was something called bonded leather, I asked the sales rep if it would be good with dogs, he assured … Continue reading
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Damn baseballs hitting me…
I umpired tonight, big surprise, I do a lot of that this time of year. I was at New Brighton field, about 40 minutes away from my house. Only one slowdown heading there at 545, rush hour had pretty much … Continue reading
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Rain, rain go away…
Has rainy season started already? I hope not but yesterday was one of those all day light drizzle type rain days. Needless to say, the game I was supposed to umpire was rained out, all of the parks were closed. … Continue reading
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Not moving again?
I may go and look at a house this weekend. I heard back from the agent yesterday, had some questions about the place. The house was built in 1933 and had numerous renovations since. It’s on a double-sized lot in … Continue reading
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