Middle of the Night Baseball

Middle of the Night Baseball

Slept some this afternoon. Woken up by people setting off fireworks and firecrackers. I'm not going to miss that aspect of apartment life...the people who set off firecrackers in the middle of a ring of flat buildings, so that the sound is amplified.

Woke up to find that the Braves and Marlins were just starting their game, after a three hour and twenty minute rain delay.

Loves me some middle of the night baseball. Once in a while.

They're in the bottom of the second right now. Lots of guys swinging at the first pitch. It sounds like the umpires haven't substantially widened the strike zone. Yet. We'll see what happens around 12:30 eastern. I'm thinking at that point, if the ball's thrown between the dugouts, you'd better swing. The Umpires are sleepy.

Little things I like: Joe Simpson and Skip Caray betting on whether they'll finish before the west coast games. Texas and Seattle are in the fourth, right now.

Also, it makes me laugh, but Skip keeps insisting on pronouncing the name of the team in Baltimore as "Oreos."

Brad Penny just plunked Braves' catcher Johnny Estrada. The umpire warned the pitcher, and Jack McKeon just came out to argue. He wants to be kicked out, I think. Jack's pretty old. It's been past his bedtime for about an hour now. He just wants to hit the hay.

I don't think he got his wish. Poor guy.