Why I Like Baseball

AN ONLINE JOURNAL OF BASEBALL ENTHUSIASM, by CECILIA TAN

Month: May 2010

  • Yankees at Mets, livetweeted

    Yankees at Mets. Beautiful sky over NY. I'm at a bar in Boston drinking beer, Newport Storm rhode island blueberry. Jeter stranded in 1st. # Jeter trouble getting to a grounder and popup, but CC escapes trouble with nice K of Wright and a soft liner to Cano. #nyy # When Santana bats it looks…

  • Today’s Baseball in Tweets

    *cries* Jorge Posada out for a month with broken foot. meanwhile, Nick Johnson having wrist surgery, Swisher out, Granderson out, who next?? # RT @OzzieGuillen: I'm going to have lunch. I hope they don't poison me ha # Powered by Twitter Tools

  • Today’s Game/Baseball in Tweets

    UMPS CARE charity has seats for games at Yankee Stadium! Buy now: http://www.umpscare.com/Buy-Now_80e7362342e8.html # Powered by Twitter Tools

  • Women’s Baseball Player Diary Part 6

    Originally appeared on October 14, 2003. Okay folks, get ready for a really personal one this time. This entry isn’t about how the Yankees have executed three strike-em-out-throw-em-out double plays, or how they had four men reach base by base on balls and scored none, whereas they gave up only one walk and that was…

  • Women’s Baseball Player Diary Part 5

    Originally posted on August 16, 2003. July 26 2003 I had to miss Wednesday’s game because of the writing class I’m teaching, but I heard we won. That made the team’s record 6-2 (with two rainouts and one game cancelled for lack of umpires) before today’s game. The only two losses were both to the…

  • Women’s Baseball Player Diary, Part 4

    Originally posted on July 24, 2003. July 1 2003 Narragansett Electric (that’s my team) beat ISL tonight. The final score was 9-4, I think, though it could have been 9-6. I know we were leading 6-4 in the fourth, having scored all six runs in the first inning when the ISL pitcher/coach, Darry, just didn’t…

  • 2003 Women’s Baseball Diary Part 3

    Baseball Player Diary 2003, Part 3 Originally posted on June 30, 2003. June 5 Tonight I volunteered at the ABCD Field of Dreams tournament at Fenway Park. ABCD is Action for Boston Community Development, and the Field of Dreams is a tournament where large corporations who donate a heap o’ money get to play in…