Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz thanks home plate umpire

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

The Philadelphia Philllies just won their second consecutive National League Championship, and are headed to the World Series.   Ronnie Belliard made the last out with a fly ball to center field.  On the replay, I noticed what Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz did: Before heading out to the pitchers mound to ...

Harry Kalas calls Mike Schmidt’s 500th home run

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Harry Kalas died on Monday.   Bob Ford at the the Philadelphia Inquirer has a good story, and are the side bar links.  Also check out ESPN's coverage and videos here, which includes a video narrated by Jayson Stark, who I grew up reading in the Philadelphia Inquirer.  It includes a ...

Hero: Eric Cornell

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

A couple weeks ago at I had the pleasure of playing against, and pitching to, Eric Cornell (Nobel Prize, Physics 2001) in the Staff Council Softball League at the University of Colorado. After once again experiencing his down-to-Earth enthusiasm, his volunteering to be the umpire for the first inning ...

Turned a great double play, Bear Peak hike

Monday, October 14th, 2002

Hiked Bear Peak today, and took some good photos, which should look something like this, but with a clearer sky. I also took a nice one of an airplane at eye-level, and pretty close. Softball was great. A double-header, and I was not really looking forward to it. But both ...