I grew up with baseball. My family had season tickets to Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, and there was a time when my mother and grandmother would go to every single home game of the season. I spent more hot, sticky summer afternoons stuck to those awful chocolate brown seats in the 200 Level than I…
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The Genius of the XM Free Trial
I never understood XM. Why would someone pay for the radio when you already have AM and FM for free? Are these people just signing up to listen to Howard Stern, and if so, why? When I bought my new car in April, it came with a three-month XM trial. I wasn’t even going to…
The 3rd 40: Day 27
It was a 100% work-free day (with the exception of the time I spent jotting down ideas into an email on my iPhone at the A’s game… yes, I have problems). Every Sunday I wake up with the intention of going to kickboxing at 9:00. The problem with that plan is that it interferes with…
Baseball Stadiums
Last weekend, I went for my first visit to the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Say what you will about the excess of the Yankees, but it’s really quite a lovely stadium. It’s the kind of stadium that you would build if you wanted to remain true to the old structure, but with modern…
The End of Summer
I grew up in a baseball family, albeit a nontraditional one. It was my mother and grandmother who had season tickets to the Phillies games, fantastic seats that were quite literally seven rows behind home plate, next to the scouts. I grew up in the concrete donut that was Veterans Stadium, never appreciating it. I…