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12 years later and I still remember the day my Eldest child climbed her first mountain. She and I were hanging out at a local indoor playground where she was exploring the colorful structure in the toddler area. I was about six feet away as I watched her struggle to get over a one-foot high [...]

[image: Amy Michelle] This is how the conversation went last week with Eldest, and yes, she gave me permission to blog about this. ME: You want to do what?ELDEST: I want to try out for softball.ME: Um . . . ah . . . sweetie, now I am not trying to say that you can’t [...]

So what if it is fake – curses Gatorade – this video is pretty darn awesome and whoever said we can’t be inspired to great things by images and actions that are slightly beyond our own imagination? And as long as we are watching funny baseball videos, check this one out. Worth every bit of [...]

There is something about Opening Night in baseball.  Last night Eldest and I went the A’s home opener with dad and Junie against those dastardly Boston Red Sox.  Eldest is still learning the etiquette of baseball rivalries.   Every once in a while she would leave over and ask me if it was okay to "boo".  [...]

Yeah, yeah, spring training means nothing.  Tell that to the Giant’s who got SPANKED by the A’s yesterday, 23-5.  Poor Barry Z.  I am still trying to get to know who everyone is on this year’s team, but I am actually pretty jazzed about a rebuilding year and proof, once again, that Billy Beane is [...]

Last year I made a pretty good case for, Why Jesus Would Play Baseball, so I don’t feel like I have to rehash that, so for the 2008 season let me make a few judgmental and inflammatory statements. Like a good cult-follower, I trust Billy Beane to the ends of the Earth or at least [...]

Last night I went to the shortest A’s Game in 30 years.  All my “dates” were unavailable so I went alone, just me, a couple dollar dogs and my blogging mind.  As I sat there reveling in the fact-paced pitching performances, I realized – again – that Baseball really is awesome. No offense to you [...]

As most of you know we are an Oakland Athletics household.  We are pretty die-hard.  We hate – yes, about the only time we use that word in our home – the NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox and the Angels are quickly becoming pretty annoying.   It is not healthy, we know.  The fact that we [...]