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Tuesday - February 28, 2012

Games 5-7: Texas at Stanford

With Texas going on the road, I decided to take a few days off and head out to Los Angeles to visit friends. We did not take a road trip up to the Stanford games. And, after I saw how poorly the Horns played, I have to say I'm not sorry I missed hearing or seeing the games. Ugh. Stanford swept the Horns by scores of 7-2, 6-2, and 15-1. Yep. Really. The Horns are now on a 5-game losing streak. I can't imagine how long it's been since they lost 5 games back-to-back.

[Insert break to go find out.]

Huh. I didn't have to go back as far as I thought I would to find that last streak. It was late in 2001: 2 games at Baylor, a game at Rice, and 2 at Iowa State. The Horns were run-ruled in the two Baylor games (yikes!) while the last three losses were all close games. The Horns went on to end the season on a 4-1 run. They then lost 2 at the Big 12 tournament and went 2-2 at a regional at Stanford (of all places) where both losses were to the host team. Stanford made it all the way to the Championship Game (no Championship Series back then) at the CWS where they lost to Miami.

Some links:

Friday (2-7 loss):

No. 12 Texas loses series-opener to No. 2 Stanford, 7-2 - recap from TexasSports.com
UT baseball team falls to Stanford, 7-2 - Statesman story (compiled from wire reports)

Saturday (2-6 loss):

No. 12 Baseball falls to No. 2 Stanford, 6-2 - recap from TexasSports.com
UT baseball team falls again to Stanford, 6-2 - Statesman story (compiled from wire reports)

Sunday (1-15 loss):

No. 12 Baseball drops series finale versus No. 2 Stanford, 15-1 - recap from TexasSports.com
Key paragraph: "The Cardinal pounced on the Longhorns with 13 runs in the fourth inning to take a 14-1 lead. The inning featured nine hits, three walks and three hit batters."
Texas baseball team blown out 15-1, swept by Stanford - Statesman story (compiled from wire reports)

They gave up 13 runs in one inning. Ouch. To the Nth degree. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. I sure hope they get things back on track this evening as they host Houston Baptist.

Posted by Joanna at 12:23 PM | Permalink

Game 4: UT-Arlington at Texas

UT-Arlington came to town and beat Texas 7-5. I missed all but the final inning of the game.

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
UT-Arlington	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	1
Texas	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	8	2

The bottom of that last inning was rather exciting and it really looked like the Horns were gonna pull off the comeback. It went like so:

Jacob Felts reached on an infield single to ss.
Collin Shaw singled to rf. Tommy Harmon got his arm stuck swinging around like a loon and Felts was thrown out at 3b (9-5). Shaw moved up to 2b on the throw, though, so at least that was good.
Christian Summers was hit by a pitch.
Tim Maitland drew a 5-pitch walk to load the bases.
Which prompted a pitching change for the Mavericks.
Mark Payton drew a full-count walk after fouling off a couple of pitches, scoring Shaw.
Which prompted another pitching change. Wheeeee...
Alex Silver (pinch-hitting for Brooks Marlow) fouled off a few pitches and then struck out swinging. I guess Coach Garrido's gut feeling was wrong in this instance, eh?
Erich Weiss, sadly, grounded out to 2b to end the game.

So sad. Here's a link to the recap on the TexasSports.com site.

Posted by Joanna at 12:01 PM | Permalink

Monday - February 20, 2012

Game 3: Duke at Texas

Texas lost Game 3 of the Duke series 2-5. Full game report coming tonight. Getting back into the swing of doing game reports is not going well!

In the meantime, links to photos taken by other folks this weekend:

And...yep, those are throwback uniforms you see in the photos from Game 3. Honoring the 1949-50 National Championship teams. Cool.

UPDATE (posted Monday night). Wow. Doing these game reports really is gonna take some "getting used to"!

Texas did not fare well in Game 3 of their series against Duke, going down 2-5. John Curtiss got the start and took the loss. He had a nice 1-2-3 first inning but then gave up a run in the 2nd and two in the 3rd before giving way to Ricky Jacquez. Jacquez had a pretty solid debut, going 5 innings without giving up any runs. Texas scored 2 (on a 2-run shot by Kevin Lusson) in the bottom of the 8th to bring the Horns within 1 and Kirby Bellow was sent in to shut things down. Alas, nerves...jitters...who knows what?...got the better of the Horns and they had a terrible 9th inning. Bellow faced 3 without getting an out and gave up two runs. Dillon Peters then closed things out. He actually did something that never ever works. With runners at 2b and 3b and one out, the Horns intentionally walked the bases full. The next pitch was a picture-perfect double play ground ball to ss (6-4-3). I guess this is the stupid exception that proves the rule, eh? Sigh...

Final numbers (by my count) for the Texas pitchers:

Curtiss: 3 innings pitched, 4 hits (1 double, 3 singles), 3 runs (1 unearned), 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, 13 batters faced, 53 pitches (33 for strikes)
Jacquez: 5 innings, 4 hits (all singles), 0 runs, 2 walks, 1 hit batter, 1 wild pitch, 4 strikeouts, 20 batters faced, 73 pitches (48 for strikes)
Bellow: 0 innings, 1 hit (double), 2 runs (0 earned), 3 batters faced, 15 pitches (11 for strikes)
Peters: 1 inning, 1 walk (intentional), 4 batters faced, 7 pitches (3 for strikes)

And, the offense? Not really present. It's awfully hard to win games if you only score two runs. It's even harder when 9th innings like today's happen.

And on to the long and boring (and oftentimes perplexing and/or aggravating) details...

The lineups:

Duke		Texas
Matt Berezo (ss) Angelo LaBruna (2b) Will Piwnica-Worms (cf) Jordan Betts (3b) Jeff Kremer (dh) Mike Rosenfeld (c) Andy Perez (1b) Grant McCabe (rf) Anthony D'Alessandro (lf)		Mark Payton (rf) Tim Maitland (cf) Brooks Marlow (2b) Erich Weiss (3b) Landon Steinhagen (dh) Kevin Lusson (1b) Jacob Felts (c) Collin Shaw (lf) Christian Summers (ss)

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Duke	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	9	1
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	2

Play by play:

1st inning, Duke

John Curtiss (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
Berezo popped out to lf.
As LaBruna was taking his warm-up swings at the plate, the homeplate umpire asked him for his bat and then proceded to shake it as though he could hear a rattling noise...or something along those lines. He then called in the other three umpires and they had a short discussion. Then, a chat with the Duke head coach. (I guess it was the head coach.) Then, LaBruna had to go into the dugout to get a new bat. No idea what the story on that situation was. It was weird, though. Anyway...
LaBruna struck out swinging.
Piwnica-Worms struck out looking.

1st inning, Texas

Robert Huber (rhp) on the mound for Duke.
Payton drew a 5 pitch walk.
Maitland was unable to get the bunt down and struck out swinging.
Marlow struck out swinging.
With Weiss at the plate, Payton stole 2b.
Weiss struck out swinging. Ouch.

2nd inning, Duke

Betts struck out swinging.
Kremer singled into cf.
Rosenfeld drew a full-count walk, moving Kremer to 2b.
Perez singled through the left side, scoring Kremer and moving Rosenfeld to 2b.
McCabe then flew out (on a soft sinking liner) to cf. Rosenfeld took off as soon as the ball left the bat, thinking the ball would fall in front of the Maitland in cf. Maitland charged hard, though, and caught the ball about the time that Rosenfeld was reaching 3b. He was out easily for an unusual 8-6 double play. It looked like Rosenfeld didn't even realize the ball had been caught until after he crossed home plate. Oops.
Texas down 0-1.

2nd inning, Texas

Steinhagen struck out swinging.
Lusson doubled over the right-fielder to the base of the wall. Nice hit.
Felts drew a 5-pitch walk.
Shaw lined out to cf.
Summers popped out to ss.
Texas down 0-1.

3rd inning, Duke

D'Alessandro reached on a single through the left side.
Berezo appeared to hit a single down the rf line, moving D'Alessandro to 3b. After the ball was back in the infield Berezo was awarded 2b by the umpires; they apparently called defensive interference called on the first baseman. The official scorer never did put an error on the board so I went back and checked the TexasSports.com report and they awarded Berezo a double on the play. I'm not sure how that works but...okay. I adjusted my scorebook accordingly.
The first pitch to LaBruna was a ball which prompted a visit to the mound by Skip Johnson.
With LaBruna still at the plate, D'Alessandro scored and Berezo moved to 3b on a passed ball.
LaBruna popped out to 2b on the next pitch.
Piwnica-Worms lined out to lf. Collin Shaw (making his Longhorn debut) ran hard to his right and made a beautiful diving catch to make the play. Alas, sac fly as Berezo was able to tag and score.
Betts struck out swinging. Felts dropped the ball and had to tag Betts to complete the out.
Texas down 0-3.

3rd inning, Texas

Payton grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
Maitland struck out looking
Marlow also struck out looking.
Texas down 0-3.

4th inning, Duke

Texas sent Ricky Jacquez (rhp), to the mound, replacing Curtiss.
Kremer was hit by a 1-1 pitch. Oops. Fun start for Freshman Jacquez!
With Rosenfeld at the plate, Kremer advanced to 2b on a wild pitch. Heh. Jitters.
Rosenfeld flew out to cf. Kremer fell asleep on the play or something and was caught way off the 2b bag. He hesitated and then decided to head back to 2b. Shaw threw the ball to Summers at ss who then chased Kremer down for another unusual double play (7-6 this time).
Perez grounded out to the pitcher.
Texas down 0-3.

4th inning, Texas

Weiss flew out to cf.
Steinhagen grounded out to ss.
Lusson popped out to the catcher behind the plate after just missing dropping one in down the rf line. He seemed to be pretty comfortable with his swing the whole game.
Texas down 0-3.

5th inning, Duke

McCabe reached on an infield single to ss. It could almost have been ruled an E6 as Summers took a long time gathering the ball before throwing to 1b.
D'Alessandro struck out looking.
With Berezo at the plate, McCabe stole 2b. That one looked to be on the pitcher...which prompted a visit to the mound by Skip Johnson.
Berezo struck out looking
LaBruna drew a full-count walk.
Piwnica-Worms popped out to 1b (foul).
Texas down 0-3.

5th inning, Texas

Felts flew out to lf.
Shaw grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
Summers drew a full-count walk.
Payton flew out to rf.
Texas down 0-3.

6th inning, Duke

Betts struck out swinging.
Kremer singled up the middle.
With Rosenfeld at the plate, Kremer was caught stealing (2-4). Nice.
Rosenfeld went on to draw a full-count walk.
Perez popped out to ss.
Texas down 0-3.

6th inning, Texas

Maitland lined out to lf.
Marlow reached on an infield single to ss (deep in the hole).
Weiss moved Marlow to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
Steinhagen reached on an error (E6, ss booted the ball), moving Marlow to 3b.
Lusson popped out to 1b. Early in the at-bat, Tommy Harmon got in a pretty heated discussion with the 3b ump for not calling a balk on the pitcher who made the fake throw to 3b, real throw to 1b move.
Texas down 0-3.

7th inning, Duke

McCable popped out to lf down the line and foul.
D'Alessandro popped out to 2b.
Berezo grounded out to 2b.
Texas down 0-3.

7th inning, Texas

Duke sent Andrew Istler (rhp) to the mound, replacing Huber.
Felts grounded out to ss.
Shaw lined out to cf.
Summers struck out swinging at a wild pitch. The ball got away from the catcher and rolled all the way into the Texas dugout. Summers safe at 1b on the play.
Payton singled through the left side, moving Summers to 2b.
Sadly, Maitland struck out looking (2-2 count).
Texas down 0-3.

8th inning, Duke

LaBruna popped out to 1b.
Piwnica-Worms reached on a single through the left side.
Betts lined out to lf. Piwnica-Worms took off on the hit-and-run and was almost to 2b when the ball was caught but made it back to 1b without inducing a throw.
Kremer lined a ball off the pitcher that dribbled toward 3b for an infield single, moving Piwnica-Worms to 2b.
Rosenfeld struck out looking.
Texas down 0-3.

8th inning, Texas

Marlow lined out to cf.
Weiss reached on a single into rf.
Steinhagen flew out to rf. McCabe made a long run to snag the ball at the last second down the line. Sigh.
But then...BOOM! Lusson hit a home run over the rf fence! (Scoring Weiss.)
Felts grounded out to ss. The throw pulled the first baseman off the bag as he fell toward rf to make the catch. He seemed to just get his toe back on the bag before Felts got to 1b, though. Close play.
Texas down 2-3.

9th inning, Duke

Texas sent Kirby Bellow (lhp) to the mound, replacing Jacquez.
Perez doubled down the rf line...just fair.
McCabe hit a sac bunt to the pitcher who barehanded the ball and tried to get the lead runner at 3b. Alas, the throw was way too late. McCabe reached on the fielder's choice. Runners at the corners.
The first pitch to D'Alessandro was a ball which prompted a visit to the mound by Coach Johnson.
D'Alessandro reached on another poor fielder's choice. He hit a ball to the Summers at ss who tried to catch the runner from 3b at home. But his throw was off-target and pulled the catcher off the bag. E6. Perez scored and McCabe moved to 2b.
Texas sent Dillon Peters (lhp) to the mound, replacing Bellow.
Berezo hit a sac bunt down the 1b line. Lusson fielded the ball and, again, tried to catch the lead runner at 3b. Alas, he made yet another bad throw that sailed past 3b and headed toward the wall down between 3b and lf. Weiss went scrambling after the ball. McCabe scored while D'Alessandro moved up to 3b and Berezo made it to 2b. E3.
LaBruna grounded out to ss. The runners stayed at 2b and 3b. And, we got a Bronx cheer from the Longhorn faithful as the Horns made their first good defensive play of the inning.
Piwnica-Worms was intentionally walked to load the bases. I really do hate that play. Ugh.
Amazingly, Betts hit the first pitch he saw into a beautiful 6-4-3 double play. Yay.
Texas down 2-5.

9th inning, Texas

Duke sent Nick Piscotty (rhp) to the mound, replacing Istler.
Shaw fouled off several pitches and then flew out to lf.
Jonathan Walsh (pinch-hitting for Summers) struck out swinging.
Payton flew out to lf.
Texas loses 2-5.

This was not a pretty game. Especially that 9th inning. Ugh. Bill Little, in the postgame interview, got Coach Garrido to talk about teaching moments. Coach spent some time talking about the team pushing and trying too hard. Yikes. I hope they take the lesson to heart!

Next up: UT-Arlington on Tuesday. Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 8:49 AM | Permalink

Sunday - February 19, 2012

Game 2: Duke at Texas

I missed the second home game of the year. Thank you, Longhorn Network. If they'd scheduled the Friday and Saturday games for afternoon start times, as they've done since the dawn of time (or for as long as I can remember at any rate), I would've been able to see all three games. Of course, we can never count on the weather to cooperate but a game on Friday afternoon could actually have been played on Friday and we could've avoided the double-header on Saturday. But, since many many of our afternoon games have been given up to the alter of the LHN, I will be missing some home games this year. Last night, I missed the game because Gretchen Peters was performing at the Cactus. And, let me tell you, I'm not gonna miss the chance to see her play in Austin if I can help it. (You can find out more about her on her page: www.gretchenpeters.com.) In years past, I would've gone to the baseball game in the afternoon and had my evening free for music. Which is how things should be. But, not anymore. Sigh...

Okay. End of rant.

Texas came from behind to beat Duke 5-3 and move their record to 2-0. Here are the Texas and Duke recaps:

No. 13 Baseball caps off doubleheader sweep with 5-3 win over Duke - from TexasSports.com
No. 13 Texas Edges Duke 5-3 - from GoDuke.com

Posted by Joanna at 10:07 PM | Permalink

Game 1: Duke at Texas

Opening Day of the 2012 season was postponed due to rain. The game was originally scheduled for a Friday evening start but was pushed back to 2 o'clock on Saturday...and rescheduled as a 7-inning first game of a double header. It was wet and cold all afternoon. And, we had a 30-minute (or so, I forgot to pay attention) delay between the top and bottom of the 6th inning. But, Texas prevailed to beat Duke 4-0 behind the bat of Freshman Brooks Marlow. Anyone know if he was named after Brooks Kieschnick? I've been wondering that since I first saw his name mentioned as a UT recruit. Regardless, the young man hit two home runs on the day. The first was a solo shot that went over the rf fence into the Texas bullpen to score the first run of the day and the second, on his next at-bat, went over the 375 sign in rf to score two more runs. Gorgeous.

Nathan Thornhill got the nod for Texas on the mound and earned his first win of the year. He went 5 innings, faced 18 batters, gave up 3 singles, walked 1, and struck out 2 by my count. Corey Knebel came on for the 6th and 7th and earned his first save of the year. He faced one over the minimum when a player reached on an error and struck out 2.

I got to the game late...just as the bottom of the 1st was starting. It had been raining pretty heavily at my house and I just didn't believe the game would start on time so I took my time hitting the road. Oops.

There's an addition to the scoreboard capabilities at the field. They've set up a new ginormous video screen beyond the rf fence. I took this photo with my phone in the 2nd inning. Mark Payton at the plate with Bellow at 2b and Summers at 1b. Look at those clouds. Also, look at that screen. I'm curious to see how it holds up in the sun.

[DFF]

Anyway...on to the nitty-gritty...

The lineups:

Duke		Texas
Matt Berezo (ss) Jeff Kremer (dh) Will Piwnica-Worms (cf) Jordan Betts (3b) Mike Rosenfeld (c) Andy Perez (1b) Andrew Istler (rf) Angelo LaBruna (2b) Anthony D'Alessandro (lf)		Mark Payton (rf) Tim Maitland (cf) Erich Weiss (3b) Jonathan Walsh (lf) Landon Steinhagen (dh) Brooks Marlow (2b) Jacob Felts (c) Kirby Bellow (1b) Christian Summers (ss)

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Visitor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Home	0	0	0	1	2	1	-	4	5	1

Play by play:

1st inning, Duke

Milner (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
Berezo, Kremer, and Piwnica-Worms all flew out. I missed it, though, so you get no details. Apologies.

1st inning, Texas

Stroman (rhp) on the mound for Duke.
Payton grounded out to 2b.
Maitland singled into lf.
Weiss reached on a fielder's choice. He hit a grounder to 1b who tried to get the lead runner at 2b. Alas, the ss missed the throw. Maitland safe at 2b. The throw was a little high but the ss should've had it. E6.
Walsh popped out to ss.
Steinhagen grounded out to ss.

2nd inning, Duke

Betts singled into lf.
Rosenfeld grounded into a nice 6-4-3 double play.
Perez grounded out to 3b.

2nd inning, Texas

Marlow struck out swinging. Such a sad start for the freshman. Sigh... Heh heh.
Felts drew a 5-pitch walk.
Bellow reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice. The double-play relay throw from ss to 1b was high or that would've been the end of the inning.
Summers drew a full-count walk, moving Bellow to 2b.
Payton popped out to cf.

3rd inning, Duke

Istler popped out to 1b in foul territory. Nice play by Bellow.
LaBruna drew a 5-pitch walk.
D'Alessandro reached on a 6-4 fielder's choice.
Berezo hit into another 6-4 fielder's choice.

3rd inning, Texas

Maitland was hit on his right knee by a hard full-count pitch. Ouch. He seemed okay but I bet he's got a heck of a bruise today.
Weiss moved Maitland to 2b on a nice 3-4 sac bunt down the 1b line.
Walsh drew a 7-pitch full-count walk.
Steinhagen grounded into a 5-3 double play. The third baseman fielded the ball near 3b, stepped on it for the first out, and then threw to 1b to complete the DP. Shucks.

4th inning, Duke

Kremer popped out to ss.
Piwnica-Worms struck out swinging.
Betts grounded out to 2b.

4th inning, Texas

Marlow started things off nicely by depositing a 2-1 pitch into the Texas bullpen. First hit as a Longhorn. Purty!
Felts grounded out to 2b.
Bellow singled through the left side.
Summers struck out looking (2-2 count).
Payton drew a 5-pitch walk.
After a visit to the mound, Mailand drew a 7-pitch walk, moving Payton to 2b.
Alas, Weiss popped out to 2b to end the inning.
Texas up 1-0.

5th inning, Duke

Rosenfeld flew out to cf.
Perez struck out swinging.
Istler singled through the left side.
LaBruna singled into rf, moving Istler to 2b.
Which prompted a visit to the mound by Skip Johnson.
D'Alessandro grounded out to 2b. Crisis averted.
Texas up 1-0.

5th inning, Texas

Walsh flew out to rf.
Steinhagen drew a 4-pitch walk.
Marlow hit the third pitch he saw over the 375 sign in rf. Oh. My. Goodness. What fun. I'm guessing that's the first time a player at UT had his first two career hits go for home runs. What do you think?
Felts grounded out to 2b.
Bellow struck out swinging.
Texas up 3-0.

6th inning, Duke

Texas sent Corey Knebel (rhp) to the mound, replacing Thornhill.
Berezo flew out to cf.
Kremer reached on an error by ss. I cannot, for the life of me, remember the details of the error. Hmmm...
Piwnica-Worms appeared to ground out on a high-bouncer to the pitcher. But then he was called back to the plate and Kremer was sent to 2b. What???? Turns out a balk was called on Knebel. I did not see the call (nor did anyone around me) and we were all very puzzled. Foul ball that somehow made it to the pitcher? Why's the runner at 2b? We eventually figured out the call but it was a confusing couple of minutes.
Piwnica-Worms went on to fly ou to rf.
Betts struck out looking.
Texas up 3-0.

6th inning, Texas

Insert 30-minute (or so) rain delay.
Duke sent Chase Bebout (rhp) to the mound, replacing Stroman.
Bebout promptly threw 6 balls in a row.
Summers drew a 4-pitch walk.
Payton worked the count full and then hit a triple off the top of the fence in the rf/cf corner, scoring Summers. Nice!
Maitland struck out swinging.
Weiss was hit by a pitch, putting runners at the corners.
Walsh popped out to ss.
Steinhagen lined out to rf.
Texas up 4-0.

7th inning, Duke

Rosenfeld struck out swinging.
Perez grounded out to 2b.
Istler grounded out to 1b (unassisted) to end the game.
Texas wins 4-0.

Hook 'em, Horns!

Posted by Joanna at 10:50 AM | Permalink

Friday - February 17, 2012

2012 schedule posted

I got my version of the 2012 schedule posted. You can always check the sidebar on the main page for a quick link to it.

A few things that occured to me as I was setting it up:

The Longhorn Network may very well be the worst thing to happen to local UT sports fans in the history of UT sports. The baseball evidence? The only afternoon home games all season are on getaway days with three exceptions (Dallas Baptist at 4 on March 6th, Oklahoma State at 3 on April 14th, and A&M at 3 on April 28th). That sucks. The attitude seems to be: "Who cares about the fans in the seats? We're more interested in the 10 at home that have access to the LHN." Bah.
I'm very amused that the official schedule page shows a bazillion games being televised. I don't think it counts if nobody can actually watch those games. We've got ONE televised game this year. We had FOUR last year. Thank you, LHN.
I'm not even a little bit amused that the Houston College Classic games will all be broadcast on ESPN3...except for the Texas games which will only be available on the LHN. The LHN sucks, people. What they're doing to the fans sucks.
I keep forgetting that Dave Serrano is coaching Tennesee now. If you go to the Houston College Classic, you'll see him there.
We only have 28 home games this year. We had 37 last year. Did we get a corresponding reduction in the price of our season tickets? Ha! I'm not happy with the Athletics office these days.
I'm really upset about them moving the 4 home games against Cal to the Dell Diamond. We're getting 9 fewer home games this year without a reduction in ticket prices. But, we can go to the fun fun fun (!) Dell Diamond and shovel out an additional $30 per person to watch 4 games there. Bah. (Those games, by the way, will also be broadcast on the mythical LHN.)

Hook 'em, Horns. Yeah. Sorry. I just can't find it in me to get excited about baseball this year. I hope that changes. I hope being at the games cures me of this LHN malaise. (Yeah, good luck to me on that front as I'm forced to sit through longer-than-necessary breaks between innings to accomodate commercial breaks.) I've also been sick with an actual cold the past week or so which is not helping matters and I may very well miss Opening Day for the first time in...well...since I got my first season tickets in 1989. Pretty sure I've been to Opening Day every year since then. Sigh...

Posted by Joanna at 2:28 AM | Permalink

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