We went out to Tropicana Field tonight to see the Cleveland Indians take on the Tampa Bay Rays. Wow, parking at the Trop is now $20! I miss the good old days (i.e., before the 2008 World Series season) when parking was free! Anyway … My daughter was in need of a new Rays t-shirt [...]
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Good luck in Miami, I guess
According to Dan Gilbert’s open letter to the fans, the Cavs will be champions before LeBron. I’m not sure I believe that, but I do kinda agree with this part: “As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier. [...]
Road Trip 2010: Day 5
We slept in again today which was nice and had breakfast in the hotel. While waiting for our laundry to dry my daughter and I went out to the basketball court and shot hoops for a bit. I also took my disposable camera from the caving trip over to Walgreen’s to have it developed before [...]
Let’s go Cavs!
My Cleveland Cavaliers open up the second round of the 2010 NBA Playoffs tonight in Cleveland against the Boston Celtics. The big news, of course, other than LeBron James becoming the 10th player in history to win the MVP award two times in a row, is James’ elbow, which started giving him trouble at the [...]
Maybe we should have played P-I-G
My daughter’s basketball practice was canceled this evening so we drove over to the local park to shoot some hoops so she could still get some “practice” in. After some warm-ups and basic practice, the three of us decided to play H-O-R-S-E. Needless to say with my daughter being relatively new to basketball, she quickly [...]
One of the scariest things I’ve had to do
I’ve been skydiving (twice!). I’ve evacuated from a jet (on the tarmac) and gone down the emergency slides during a passenger-initiated evacuation (back in 2003 when someone thought there was an engine fire). I’ve been to a GWAR concert. All of that pales in comparison with what I had to do today: coach a bunch [...]
Congratulations Flyers: 2010 NIT Champs!!
No April foolin’ here … my Dayton Flyers beat the North Carolina Tarheels 79-68 in the NIT Championship game at Madison Square Garden. Congratulations to the 2010 NIT champs! Dayton might also have won the last NIT championship, based on rumors that the NCAA will be expanding their tournament to 96 teams next year (effectively [...]
UD Flyers in the NIT Final Four
My Dayton Flyers are heading to New York for the NIT Final Four after beating #1 seed Illinois! This is the first time UD has made it to the semi-finals of the National Invitational Tournament since 1968 when they won it all. They looked great against the Cincinnati Bearcats on Monday night (a victory which [...]
Spring Training 2010: Day Three
9:21am: we just finished breakfast at the Black Bear Diner and are now heading over to the Player Development Complex at the Goodyear Ballpark to watch the Indians’ morning practice. 9:49am: we’re watching some of the players warm up, listening to their chatter. Good natured ribbing is also going on which is fun to hear. [...]
Spring Training 2010: Day Two
8:15am: we got up early, refreshed (and adjusted to the 3 hour timezone difference). We’re eating breakfast at the Paradise Cafe and then heading over to Camelback Mountain for some hiking. 9:18am: we’re at the head of the Echo Canyon trail of Camelback Mountain. Parking is ridiculously limited, so we had to drive around to [...]
