I don’t normally rip the Canucks on this blog, mainly because it breaks from the format, but after another year of the Vancouver sporting press filling 95% of their column inches with NHL minutiae at the expense of every other sport around, and with the team having self-destructed in the most lazy and heartless of [...]

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For anyone who’s ever been to Spring Training before, you can feel my excitement.  The cactus on the roads, the canyons in the distance, and the smell of baseball on every corner.  There is no better place to be.
Today was my first day at my first Spring Training, and was a great way to start [...]

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August 6th 2007: Tacoma Rainiers vs Nashville Sounds (AAA) Four-freaking-AM is too damn early.

On the road by 5:00; a 12-hour
journey ahead. I drove from Sacramento to Medford, Matt drove to Salem,
and I took us into Tacoma.
We rolled in at 4:45, booked into the "6",
cleaned up a little, and left for Cheney Stadium at [...]

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Day 4- Saturday August 4, 2007: Oakland Athletics vs Anaheim Angels (MLB)

The trick to parking in Oakland for a ball game is timing. Show up
less than an hour from game time, and you are funneled into the $10
lot. Arriving at 9:30 for a 1:00 game means that:
a) You have time to dip into San Francisco, [...]

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DAY 2 - Thursday August 2, 2007: Sacramento Rivercats vs New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA)
Up at 5:00 AM for the 9-hour drive to Sacramento.
One of the
horseshit things about living in the paradise we call Vancouver is that
anyplace fun is a long way away. Driving to Sacramento might take
awhile, but it really is cheaper than flying. [...]

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What do you do when a summer usually selling beer has not come to
pass?
Sure, there’s always the teaching thing. I like teaching in the
summer - the students are more relaxed, the crybabies usually don’t
bother, and since my wife has to work, there’s less likelihood of my
getting into trouble with so much free time.
But since [...]

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Day one: How did I get here?
Day two: Being an exhibitionist.

Opening day, Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees, 2006.
The ongoing rains had once again ceased just long enough to start a
ballgame as I walked across the parking lot to the McAfee Coliseum,
eager to get into the stadium in time for batting practice.
Unfortunately, however, it [...]

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