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| Posted By : MichaelEhart - 3/31/2008 4:18 PM | | Another season of the perfect game starts today.
You know, one of the few things I ever wrote that was quoted back to me was "The only reason that baseball is not more important than life itself is that baseball already is life itself."
Sigh. Dogs with cheese and kraut, peanuts in the shell, and over-priced warm beer. The smell of fresh-cut grass, the sun on my cheeks, and the perfect intellectual joy of the infield shift.
Click here to buy my book!The Servant of the Manthycore from DEP
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Read me in 2008!
"Without Napier" Every Day Fiction, TBA
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
"To Destroy All Flesh" Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, Spring 2008
"Only His Name" Every Day Fiction, March 30
"An Exorcism Straight, Hold the Elvis" They Are Not What They Seem, Janrae Frank, ed., TBA
"The First Trial of Jermaish the King" Flashing Swords #10, May 2008
Still in print!
"The Stars by Law Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, Journey Books, 2007
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, Tenoka Press, 2007
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| Posted By : Keralen - 3/31/2008 4:59 PM | The Braves tie it up after 2 outs in the 9th and 20,000 FREEZING fans go "oh, nooooo" - then Zimmerman pings it, the Nats win, and we can all go home. You only get an ending like that in F&SF and baseball.
But lord, I wish we could get kraut in DC... |
| Posted By : Swashbuckler - 4/1/2008 1:57 AM | Keralen: That Zimmerman HR helped out my fantasy team, too, so I was whooping it up in the warmth of my living room (and with some Belgian beer in my belly).
No kraut in D.C.? That's sad.
Steve Goble
Visit my blog, Swords Against Boredom, for news on published fiction and upcoming stories. |
| Posted By : Keralen - 4/1/2008 1:33 PM | | Yeah, and $7.50 Bud Lite. But you can see the Capitol from our seats. |
| Posted By : Swashbuckler - 4/1/2008 1:50 PM | $7.50 for Bud Lite? I wouldn't pay $7.50 for a CASE of Bud Light.
Usually, when I go to the ballpark I try to have a beer or two (or three) before the game, rather than pay such prices. If pregame imbibing isn't feasible, I content myself with having my beer after the game.
As I watched the Nats on TV, I was drinking Grimburgen -- a not-too-exspensive Belgian beer my wife nabbed at the grocery. It's pretty yummy, especially for the price. So, while I missed out on being in the park (Nice ballpark, by the way!), I console myself with knowing I got the better end of things on the beer side.
Do you have season tickets?
Steve Goble
Visit my blog, Swords Against Boredom, for news on published fiction and upcoming stories. |
| Posted By : MichaelEhart - 4/1/2008 2:23 PM | Mariners new ace pitches a little flat, but the bats pull it out late in the game. Top of the AL West, 1.000 W/L --- only downhill from here :)
Click here to buy my book!
The Servant of the Manthycore from DEP
Illustrated by Rachel Marks, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock
Read me in 2008!
"Without Napier" Every Day Fiction, TBA
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
"To Destroy All Flesh" Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, Spring 2008
"Only His Name" Every Day Fiction, March 30
"An Exorcism Straight, Hold the Elvis" They Are Not What They Seem, Janrae Frank, ed., TBA
"The First Trial of Jermaish the King" Flashing Swords #10, May 2008
Still in print!
"The Stars by Law Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, Journey Books, 2007
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, Tenoka Press, 2007
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| Posted By : Swashbuckler - 4/1/2008 3:41 PM | Miachael, Ellie: Do you play fantasy baseball? Or does anyone else here play? It's too late to set up an SFReader League for this season, but if there is sufficient interest we could get one up for next season.
There are numerous free online sites that track stats and stuff, and we could set up a fairly low-maintenance league or a high-maintenance league, depending on what those playing want to do. To me, playing fantasy baseball adds a lot of interest throughout the season.
Anyone else here interested in something like that?
Steve Goble
Visit my blog, Swords Against Boredom, for news on published fiction and upcoming stories. |
| Posted By : MichaelEhart - 4/1/2008 4:08 PM | Perhaps next year I will have some time for something like this. Keep me in mind!
Click here to buy my book!
The Servant of the Manthycore from DEP
Illustrated by Rachel Marks, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock
Read me in 2008!
"Without Napier" Every Day Fiction, TBA
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
"To Destroy All Flesh" Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, Spring 2008
"Only His Name" Every Day Fiction, March 30
"An Exorcism Straight, Hold the Elvis" They Are Not What They Seem, Janrae Frank, ed., TBA
"The First Trial of Jermaish the King" Flashing Swords #10, May 2008
Still in print!
"The Stars by Law Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, Journey Books, 2007
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, Tenoka Press, 2007
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