tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post6406724042985686213..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: We Have Only One Teenager In Our Family Now...RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-12964952072537111402013-01-30T00:18:03.455-08:002013-01-30T00:18:03.455-08:00None of the above--
First one was high A in San J...None of the above--<br /><br />First one was high A in San Jose, was coming from concession stand...Crowd cheered...Christine was appalled...Second was year before...Springer was playing 2nd base for Mets after more than a decade in the minors...Went 2 for 5...And best of all ran like demon into shallow right to catch deep pop-up over shoulder while a loafing Bobby Bonilla barely moved in outfield...Third one was year before E was born also...Almost got lost in swamp near Oakland Airport after that bastard Gossage had me thrown out of Hilton for taping Schwarz telling me that he was making more in meal money that year with Sox than he made entire previous year pitching with C's...Apparently, it's some bizarre, unwritten Goose rule that reporters are not allowed in bar after games on getaway days...And what the hell do I know anyway?...After all, the only thing I ever learned about sportswriting from you was how to get a free breakfast from the Colorado Rockies....Now stop bugging my wife!<br /><br />(hey - have you still got a copy of that Bay Bridge Series with [the then] tiny e. story?)<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-54718473359283309952013-01-29T23:51:36.030-08:002013-01-29T23:51:36.030-08:00Or is that the game where White Soxer Jeff Schwarz...Or is that the game where White Soxer Jeff Schwarz summonsed the usher to bring us out to meet him in centre field?Rusty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00265122988353577820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-69457455800186939962013-01-29T23:48:24.360-08:002013-01-29T23:48:24.360-08:00Is that the game where you caught the foul ball wi...Is that the game where you caught the foul ball with one hand, with the kid tucked safely under your other arm? Or is that the one where you saw Steve Springer's 1,000 game?Rusty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00265122988353577820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-73737070909561347392013-01-29T22:27:48.802-08:002013-01-29T22:27:48.802-08:00Absolutely Eleanor--
It's amazing, really, ho...Absolutely Eleanor--<br /><br />It's amazing, really, how fast those seasons go round and round.<br /><br />Case in point, our littler one, who is not so little anymore, is spending the entire week on this crazy high school thing they call midterms...<br /><br />Oh boy.<br /><br />(and weirdly, I think she actually likes it)<br /><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-11845415240313547452013-01-29T21:31:57.903-08:002013-01-29T21:31:57.903-08:00You're making me feel old RossK. Years ago wh...You're making me feel old RossK. Years ago when I, then a mother of two children under 10 years of age, was working as an associate at a law firm, suggested to the partners of the firm that I really would rather work full-time than only 4 days per week, one of the partners said to me straight up, "enjoy your kids while you can because they grow up in a blink of an eye." I guess I blinked because they are all grown up.Eleanor Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-50921495214212714832013-01-29T18:02:21.435-08:002013-01-29T18:02:21.435-08:00Naw...
I already know I'm old.
Ha!
.Naw...<br /><br />I already know I'm old.<br /><br />Ha!<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-24267554557923893412013-01-29T15:17:30.963-08:002013-01-29T15:17:30.963-08:00"Happy, Happy" to Bigger E. ! ! ! !
(Is...<i><b>"Happy, Happy"</b></i> to Bigger E. ! ! ! !<br /><br />(Is this makin' ya' feel just a tad bit older yourself, RossK ? ? ? ?)West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.com