Hey everyone, it’s that time of year again. Time for the annual event in Anaheim known as Wonder Con. It’s a time when responsible adults turn into children and dress up as their favorite pop culture heroes. At least, that’s what anyone that has never attended a Con thinks it is. But it is so …
DAY 5 The final day of my baseball tour is a Monday, taking me to the Oakland Coliseum for a game versus the Angels. Since it’s a night game, it leaves me free to explore San Francisco for the day. Not a bad way to spend a Monday, although I’m kind of doing it on …
DAY 4 Day 4 is a Sunday and I’m in San Francisco to see the Giants face off against the Arizona Diamondbacks. When I checked my blood sugar that morning it was registering 160. Still a little high but down 100 points from the day before, and I was feeling much more myself. I wasn’t …
DAY 3 Day three and I’m in Anaheim for the Angels/Rangers game. Neither of these teams lived up to their preseason hype and both ended up firing their respective managers. The Rangers are rebuilding but still expected a better showing after spending half a billion dollars signing Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. The Angels have …
DAY 2 Day two takes me to Dodger Stadium where I am, admittedly, biased. Firstly, rather than drive all the way back to Bakersfield, I spent the night in Burbank, where I grew up during my teen years. On Friday morning I made the short drive to Sylmar, taking San Fernando Road. Actually, I took …
DAY 1 I recently completed what I’m going to call the California Baseball Pilgrimage. The idea was to go to a Major League Baseball game at the home stadium of every single California team on consecutive days. That’s five ball games in five consecutive days. My first stop was Petco Park to see the Padres …
It was the great Ernie Banks, aka Mr. Cub, who famously said “Let’s play two”. Of course, he was talking about double headers, a feature of Major League Baseball that, at least until this year, has mostly disappeared. That is how much he loved the game. I am sure he would have joyfully played in …
I decided it was time to really get after my bucket list. Near death experiences tend to lend some urgency to everyday life. The list is composed mostly in my head, although at various times I have written it down. But, with the passage of time, the list is constantly evolving and changing. I find …
Well, I’m on vacation this week and, based on early reviews, I’ll probably get several blogs out of this. But I wanted to share this one first to, hopefully, get the foul taste out of my mouth. I mean, we are on vcation. We should be making fond memories to tell the dog when we …
My wife and I moved to Bakersfield, California in 2012. Back then, we didn’t have high expectations for our new digs. Mainly, we were there because that is where my job as an oilfield machinist took me. As a nurse, my wife can work anywhere and, as a machinist, I have that option as well. …