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  • My first new ballpark each season

    Opening Day is this week! Here’s a running list I keep of my first new ballpark going back to the beginning of the millennium:

    2001: Cinergy Field (Cincinnati (Reds) 2004: Safeco (Seattle Mariners) 2007: RFK Stadium (Nationals) 2009: Citifield (New York Mets) 2010: Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay Rays) 2011: Coca Cola Park (LeHigh Valley IronPigs) 2012: NBT Bank Stadium (Syracuse Chiefs) 2013: Marlins Park (Florida Marlins) 2014: Centennial Field (Vermont Lake Monsters) 2015: Dickey-Stephens Park (Arkansas Travelers) 2016: Prince George’s Stadium (Bowie BaySox) 2017: Dunkin Donuts Park (Hartford Yard Goats) 2018: First Energy Field (Reading Fightin Phils) 2019 Fifth Third Field (Toledo Mud Hens) 2020: 🥺 2021: McCormick Field (Asheville Tourists) 2022: George Steinbrenner Field (Yankees ST) 2023: Growden Memorial Park (Alaska Goldpanners) 2024: Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium (Marlins ST) 2025: Purdue Stadium (DelMarva Shorebirds) 2026: (check back in just a few weeks… 😁)

    → 6:16 PM, Mar 23
  • As 17-year-old FB posts go, this one didn’t age too badly…just need to get a few of the, um, kinks out of the formatting…

    Using song titles from only one artist, cleverly answer these questions

    Pick a band/artist: The Kinks

    1. Are you male or female? A Well Respected Man

    2. Describe yourself: 20th Century Man

    3. How do you feel about yourself? Apeman (runner up: Wish I Could Fly Like Superman)

    4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: Heart of Gold

    5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: Oh Where Oh Where is Love?

    6. Describe your current location: State of Confusion

    7. Describe where you want to be: Australia (runner up: Sitting by the Riverside)

    8. Your best friend is: Living on a Thin Line

    9. Your favorite color is: You Really Got Me

    10. You know that: Everybody’s A Star (runner ups: You Make it All Worthwhile, or Life Goes On)

    11. What’s the weather like? Sunny Afternoon (really, There’s A Change in the Weather)

    12. If your life was a television show what would it be called? I’m Not Like Everybody Else (not Muswell Hillbilly!)

    13. What is life to you? Picture Book (runner up: A Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy)

    14. What is the best advice you have to give? Have Another Drink (runner up: Don’t Forget to Dance)

    15. If you could change your name what would you change it to? David Watts

    → 1:22 PM, Mar 1
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