Dispatches, thoughts, and miscellanea from writer Jon Konrath

Tag: baseball

  • Memory, games, WMDs

    I have always named my computers after weapons of mass destruction, or general devices of warfare. I named my new machine 245t. Look it up. My memory is still not here. Today, allegedly. I have 1 gig in now, and I will swap the 2×512 for 1×1 and 1×2 gig, so 3. Fun. I am…

  • Rockies – Phillies

    I know I said my next baseball game was the Brewers next month, but Sarah had to work today, and I thought it would be a good idea to see the last game in the Rockies-Phillies series. Pictures are here. Here’s the commentary: My seat was in Lower Reserved Infield, section 329, 6th row. If…

  • Rockies-Mets

    Our fourth of July was spent watching the Rockies destroy the Mets, and then a fireworks show. Pictures are here. The summary: Our seats were in section 222, 3rd row. That’s just in from first base, on the first deck club level. I wore the Brad Hawpe t-shirt I got for free a couple of…

  • Baseball, Die Hard

    First, the baseball update. I now have tickets for the following games: 4th of July vs. the Mets, club box seats on the first base side of the press box. This is also a fireworks game, so there will be many explosions and flares and whatnot. Aug. 8th, Rockies vs. Brewers. Afternoon game, I have…

  • Rockies – Yankees

    Yes, another baseball game report, but this is the big one: Yankees versus Rockies. Another annoying bulleted list: This game was HUGE. I got there about an hour early, and it was roughly three times more crowded than last Friday’s game. (The Yankees are a bit more popular than the Devil Rays.) The ten dollar…

  • Rockies – Devil Rays

    You’re probably sick of seeing pictures of Coors Field, but we went to the game last night, and my photos are here. Here’s another bulleted list of the details: This game was against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, which happens to be John Sheppard’s most favorite subject in the world to talk about that doesn’t…

  • Rockies – Astros

    So I just got back to seeing the Rockies-Astros game. Rather than try to write this up in any cohesive way, you get a bulleted list: Coors Field is really nice. It does remind me a lot of Miller Stadium in Milwaukee, except if you’re sitting right of the plate, you see a giant mountain…

  • Pom nastygram

    Just got back from the dentist. I’ve been having some fillings redone, and today was stuff on the back side of my top teeth. I’m totally numbed out, and can’t feel my top lip or the bottom of my nose. It’s very weird. This is a new dentist, which is actually in the building next…

  • Back from Milwaukee

    [Before I begin, does anyone know anything about WiFi? I have a router next to my Mac, and when I’m in the next room on my laptop, I’m lucky to have it work for five minutes before the signal drops. When I have a signal, it’s 100% excellent, no problem, but then BAM it’s gone.…