The last time I made the trek to the Zen Addison was February 2006. Alli had a birthday party and I was only too happy to say hello to a friend. It was a cold rainy day with no outdoor seating. Sunday I discovered that there was a vast outdoor area to sit, eat, drink, smoke, and listen to music.
August 12th 1994 major league baseball went on a lengthy strike. The issue was to have a salary cap or not. Among other things. No baseball. An 8th work stoppage since 1972. That was bad enough. Make it worse, there was no World Series that fall. That just didn't seem right. To this day that still bothers me. The fact that billionaires and millionaires dared to bicker on my clock and deny me a yearly tradition to end a memorable season.
With 90-100 degree days ahead for the summer, for one April day it was nice to enjoy some baseball with seasonable temperatures. With a working situation that I am very content with, the thought of lessening the number of games attended will drop from 75 to maybe 13. That's fine by me.
One stat I came across that I would not bode well for the Mavericks: Dan Crawford was one of the refs for Friday night's game. In the last 16 games Crawford was involved with a Maverick game, Dallas has a 1-15 record. Make that 1-16. The refs didn't cost Dallas last night. The Big 3 were just too much for the Carlisle crew. I was impressed by the play of JJ Barea attacking the basket in defeat. The margin was only 4 points, but it seemed like a lot more.
The weatherman is calling for stormy weather to hit North Texas later this day. I wonder if the same can be said after an abysmal 3-6 road trip for the Texas Rangers. Might we be hearing calls for Ron Washington to get the ax? Remember it was a year ago in Motown when Texas began it's season 9-18 and the rumors began to circulate. The Rangers turned it around until September's collapse.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 8:32AM