The Future Is Now

"First in War, First in Peace, First in the NL East" That's what SI declared this week. As I write this Bryce Harper just grounded out to the pitcher in his MLB debut with Stephen Strasburg on the mound. I recently told my nephews to become Washington National fans because they will be solid the next decade. Most think they are a year ahead of schedule with their first place squad. It's still early but they've got some nasty pitching, as they near 10th anniversary they are building something special.

Sox Perfect, Sox Imperfect

Cyrus watched his first perfect game ever! Chisox Phillip Humber pitched the 21st Perfect game in MLB history (and 7th no-no by an ex-Met). While it was the fourth one to take place in Cyrus' lifetime, it's the first one he caught any of the action. As the game turned to the action in Seattle, the Bosox had a 9-0 lead over the Yanks. However the final score of that one was 15-9 as the Bombers went for two touchdowns to leave the Bosox at "rock bottom". In other pitcher related news...49-year old Jamie Moyer became the oldest pitcher to ever win a game, and Brewers prospect Wily Peralta just began his career. Bartolo Colon threw 38 consecutive strikes while Roy Halladay walked three batters in a row for the first time in his career.

Over-40 League

Well I'm officially old enough to play in the Over-40 softball league and I celebrated by not making it down to NY for our season opener. It was raining all day and Rit reassured me that we had enough players. Looking forward to playing in nicer and clearer weather with Cyrus there to watch. Last Friday we had our book signing at Bobby V's! Despite Bosox loss (and continued losing streak) it was great to speak to some members of Red Sox Nation about our book. There was a family who came to celebrate a birthday and we were thrilled to see that those who came saw our article in the CT newspapers!

Juniper Stadium #1

This afternoon we took Juniper to her first game, Cyrus was slightly more excited. We only stayed a little more than four innings, but we stuck around long enough to see a WOW curveball from Stephen Strasburg. A few seasons ago we missed out on a Lincecum-Pedro matchup in Philly, but we got a vintage Johan-Strasburg match up for Juniper's first game. She mostly slept in Shira's arms while Cyrus was busy holding court to anyone who would listen. He had a couple of restroom fake outs. This was my first game as a publsihed author and Cyrus' first game as a potty trained big boy. Shira is proud of both of us! I wore my old mesh Expos hat and Cyrus wore his brand new Toronto Blue Jays hat. I saw about four other Expos hats as the Mets played the Ex-Expos AKA Washington Nationals. The Nats improved to 4-2 with a 4-0 victory.

Five Months!

Not blogging as often as I thought especially with release of book. Today Juniper reached the five month mark. She is our beautiful, smiling little girl. Cyrus continues to amaze us with his vocabulary and budding sense of humor. Tomorrow is opening day and our tenth trip to the finals. Some Boston trips will take place post-Spring break and we are gearing up for Cyrus' first EWD summer!