Posts Tagged ‘ baseball ’

End of the Season

The long national nightmare has begun. The baseball season came to end this week. Congrats to the San Francisco Giants and their fans. So here is my end-of-the-season baseball blog. I made a trip to Minneapolis in late September and attended two Twins games at Target Field.  Since I live near Seattle and attend several [ READ MORE ]

Monday Musings

It’s the last full week of October! Here are a few items that I hope you find interesting and worthwhile! Financial Peace University has a special  for churches  that host a Financial Peace University course by the end of November! Just pre-pay for 5 lifetime memberships and the coordinators packet (a $299 value) is FREE! [ READ MORE ]

Monday Musings

1. Here’s a great post by Kevin DeYoung who argues for more faithful, risk taking plodders as church leaders. Doesn’t exactly sound like the stereotypical church planter these days but that’s the point! 2. My wife and I stumbled on a little restaurant in Sumner, WA called the Buttered Biscuit. They advertise “gramma food” which [ READ MORE ]

Monday Musings

1. It may be mid-July but summer still evades us here in Seattle. Highs in the 60′s yesterday, mid-70′s today while the rest of the nation is bracing for a second summer heat wave. According to the NCDC the city of Seattle gets sunny days 43% of the time. Where does your city rank? 2. [ READ MORE ]

The Kid Retires

I was lucky enough to see Ken Griffey Jr at the plate in two Mariner’s home openers. They were his last two – not his first two.  Still, for this baseball fan those two games remain some of my best baseball memories. Ken Griffey Jr retired from baseball yesterday on the 23rd anniversary of his [ READ MORE ]

That Is Just Wrong!

I’m pretty sure that this is not a national movement but I was surprised to read in the Tacoma News-Tribune this morning that a sports writer is advocating a play-clock in baseball!  Is he crazy? That is just wrong! The joy of baseball is its unhurried pace. The contest matches the skill of the pitcher [ READ MORE ]

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