… the people walking around the harbor today with the “Green Monstah” T-shirts leaving the stadium quickly and quietly.
… people watching the game at the Tam in Boston paying their tab, walking to the T and whining about Masterson, Saito, Papelbon…
… being at the game tonight surrounded by obnoxious Red Sox fans at “Fenway South” [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Picturing…
Posted in Baseball, tagged Boston, Fenway, Green Monstah, Jason Bay, Masterson, Orioles, Papelbon, Red Sox, Saito, Tam on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Slow news day?
Posted in Baseball, Media, tagged Al Franken, CNN, Iraq, Norm Coleman, Orioles, Red Sox on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You wouldn’t think so… I mean, Norm Coleman conceded to Al Franken giving Democrats a 60th vote, U.S. troops are withdrawing from Iraq, and in the biggest news of all, my Orioles are 1 out away from winning a game against the Red Sox in which they had trailed 10-1.
Still, none can match the entertainment [...]
How ’bout legislating from the legislature, for a change?
Posted in Majoritarianism, Politics, tagged amendments, breathing document, Bush v. Gore, Constitution, legislate from the bench, Liberals, living, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I like Judge Sotomayor. I think she was a great pick, think she is likely to be confirmed without too much trouble, and I’m not the least bit surprised (or outraged) by any of the back and forth about her.
But, I start getting philosophically tangled up when the general debate on court appointees breaks down [...]