Friday, July 25
Saturday, July 12
HYPE Like New York
Woohoo, BASEBALL's All-Star Week begins!
When Yogi Berra takes the field, you know it's something special. He's 82 years young, was one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times, and one of only six managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. Yogi Berra's number 8 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1972, the year he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he's still kicking strong.
The 2008 All-Star Game, this year at Yankee Stadium as anyone who cares knows, is the highlight game of the season. So much excitement leading up to it: Wright IN / Soriano OUT, Rivera as a starter? (nope!), Jeter (stats here)in again, Yankees/RedSox lead, starting pitcher madness - it's all in there, and that's just for the big game.
Then, there's the All-Star Fan Fest over the weekend at the Javitz Center, the Home Run Derby on Sunday, the batting practice on Monday, a parade featuring 64 All-Stars and 49 Hall of Famers traveling up Sixth Avenue in Midtown on their way to the game - all in anticipation of the final gathering of BESTS in the House that Babe built.
This information comes here from a guy that lives without a television. It'll happen, somewhere, the viewing, that is always a challenge. The fun is not knowing details, whilst knowing that wherever it happens, i can only hope to be surrounded by fans. It's anyone's game, all rivalries aside, and every league for himself.
Baseball is the perfect American pasttime, and only several other town can cliam both sides of this game. But no city does Hype like New York, the town that invented the ticker tape parade to show it knew how to throw a party. The day before and after the All-Star game is said to be the quietest two days in sports around the world. All other major sports are over or haven't started. No one in the current sport plays (they are days of rest in MLB). It's brilliant, and baseball deserves is.
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental." - (Yogiism)
When Yogi Berra takes the field, you know it's something special. He's 82 years young, was one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times, and one of only six managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. Yogi Berra's number 8 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1972, the year he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he's still kicking strong.
The 2008 All-Star Game, this year at Yankee Stadium as anyone who cares knows, is the highlight game of the season. So much excitement leading up to it: Wright IN / Soriano OUT, Rivera as a starter? (nope!), Jeter (stats here)in again, Yankees/RedSox lead, starting pitcher madness - it's all in there, and that's just for the big game.
Then, there's the All-Star Fan Fest over the weekend at the Javitz Center, the Home Run Derby on Sunday, the batting practice on Monday, a parade featuring 64 All-Stars and 49 Hall of Famers traveling up Sixth Avenue in Midtown on their way to the game - all in anticipation of the final gathering of BESTS in the House that Babe built.
This information comes here from a guy that lives without a television. It'll happen, somewhere, the viewing, that is always a challenge. The fun is not knowing details, whilst knowing that wherever it happens, i can only hope to be surrounded by fans. It's anyone's game, all rivalries aside, and every league for himself.
Baseball is the perfect American pasttime, and only several other town can cliam both sides of this game. But no city does Hype like New York, the town that invented the ticker tape parade to show it knew how to throw a party. The day before and after the All-Star game is said to be the quietest two days in sports around the world. All other major sports are over or haven't started. No one in the current sport plays (they are days of rest in MLB). It's brilliant, and baseball deserves is.
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental." - (Yogiism)
Thursday, July 10
Into the Heat
Wow, the summer is really in full swing!
Getting back to NYC for the summer has been full of catching up.
The bike paths of Lower Manhattan are so busy, which doesn't help when one is also trying to take in the sights. A lot of virgin territory is being covered, which is great. Battery Park is ever-changing, the park along the Hudson is taking on new shapes and dimensions every day, which is exciting. Coming around the bend and crossing over from the west side onto the east side, there is the most amazing view of all four of Eliasson's Waterfalls. Cycling in Manhattan is scary, but exhilarating. Thus far, I have covered every path below 14th Street... lots of path to go, I know, but the Car-Free Summer 2008 path down Park Avenue in August should help. With the help of Mayor Bloomie, a car-less path will be paved from 6am-1pm on Saturdays this August.
YIPPEE!
Getting back to NYC for the summer has been full of catching up.
The bike paths of Lower Manhattan are so busy, which doesn't help when one is also trying to take in the sights. A lot of virgin territory is being covered, which is great. Battery Park is ever-changing, the park along the Hudson is taking on new shapes and dimensions every day, which is exciting. Coming around the bend and crossing over from the west side onto the east side, there is the most amazing view of all four of Eliasson's Waterfalls. Cycling in Manhattan is scary, but exhilarating. Thus far, I have covered every path below 14th Street... lots of path to go, I know, but the Car-Free Summer 2008 path down Park Avenue in August should help. With the help of Mayor Bloomie, a car-less path will be paved from 6am-1pm on Saturdays this August.
YIPPEE!
Friday, July 4
Today on the internets, where I spend too much of my time, I learned that America's current President will be attending the olympics in Beijing, the XXIX Summer Olympiad. It's an amazing thing to hear on our nation's birthday, similar in irony to the uncovered, pre-Stalinist version, of Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet being unveiled to the world on the same day. All year long, talk has been on Tibet more than usual, its gruesome tales and terrible history that continuously unveils more horrors as moons pass by.
Google Tibet and America and the first thing you get is this, which made me laugh because it happens to be about my people, those crazy Mexicans. Mexicans are famous for their pride of country. They've cried and died for their country, have sorely lost in countless wars yet in general have been known to be quite a peaceful people. They don't invade, they get invaded. Small countries (especially next to larger super powers such as The U.S. of A.) are like that. Makes one think...
A friend of mine, on another of her peace fasts, joins others annually to read the Declaration of Independence in the park. I admire her fortitude. Sometimes, many people feel like there's little to be done, while others do small things and make great impacts. God Bless America.
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