Against my better judgment I filled out a bracket for the NCAA tourney this year.  And what do you know, I won!  (Here’s how:) Granted I was competing against only 3 other people (for "a plate of ribs" at our favorite pub in Edmonds), but still, it’s an accomplishment.  I correctly picked Kansas to win…

"It was one day as I listened to baseball that it occurred to me how the moon actually moves, in a spiral, because while it orbits the earth it also follows the orbit of the earth around the sun.  This is obvious, but the realization pleased me.  There was a full moon outside my window,…

I haven’t mentioned baseball too much this year AND maybe that has proved to be the winning formula for my Seattle Mariners.  They are rolling!  I am probably jinxing them with this post, but oh well, you have to brag while the bragging is good.  The Mariners recently swept the Boston Red Sox in a…

As a middle-schooler, I used to have a poster like this one hanging on the wall of my bedroom.  This is Spud Webb.  He is a few inches over 5 1/2 feet tall. That’s just ridiculous.  It’s sick what he could do. He is holding the ball a good foot above the rim in this…

What do I know about baseball: Then there is St. Louis.  I know they aren’t in the World Series yet, but I think they have the advantage at this point (being up 2-1 to the Mets after Billy Wagner imploded the other night in the 9th inning and Trachsel imploded today in the first/second innings. …

I know I’ve been talking a lot about baseball lately, but it is October so I guess it’s justfied. This post-season gets stranger every day. Consider the two contenders who have the advantage right now.  First Detroit.  They started the season VERY strong, but petered out in the last month of regular season and blew…

Every year that I get to see pictures like this… …of Pay-Rod, Giambi, Jeter, and the $200 million payroll crew, with tears in their eyes and dumb-founded looks on their faces, the more I enjoy the sport of baseball.  It’s just priceless. I started following baseball in 2001 and in those 5 beautfiul years the…

This is the man who made my Saturday morning bright–the 41 year-old, anger management poster boy, the Gambler himself, Kenny Rogers.  How did he bring a smile to my face? By blanking the ever-hated New York Yankees in game 3 of the ALDS.  With today’s 6-0 stellar performance, Rogers lead the Detroit Tigers to a…

It was bound to happen, but still it’s hard to believe… The Seattle Mariners traded Jamie Moyer today. I think he was the second to last remaining player (Ichiro being the last) from the spectacular 2001 Mariner team that won 116 games.  I have to say I’m a little sad to see him go even…

I didn’t really believe they even could win it in six…but I must say it was a GREAT way to start my morning… Then I was forced to go to Chinese Grammar Class.  No more skipping for me…due to sporting events anyway.  I’ll have to come up with some new excuses. (Go Heat!)