Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day Fourteen: Cooperstown, New York Venue: High Five Bar .&.Grill Location: Columbus, Ohio Date: 06.19.08 Other Bands: Ruvane After snoozing the morning away, we felt our tummies growling, so we piled in the van and followed Ahmed down toward the Ohio State campus. We hit up a restaurant called the Blue Danube (aka The Dube). The eatery was oozing character, from the tastefully stocked jukebox (got to hear a couple Toadies songs ? so pumped about the show on the 30th!) to the individually composed ceiling-tile paintings.

Top Ten: Mid-Atlantic Drives Tickets, Lew's Top Ten Mid-Atlantic Drives (unranked) The monthly not-usually-drink-related Lew's Top Ten. I like scenic drives, usually on two-lane roads. When I'm faced with getting from here to there, and time is not crucial, I much prefer to go over hill and dale on secondary roads. You see more, and the diners and stores aren't so same-same-same. These are some of my favorite finds. 1. PA Rt. 44 from Jersey Shore, PA to Coudersport, PA. Classic upstate Pennsylvania: small towns, swooping curves.

Huzzah! , The Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown hosts a Fourth of July celebration every year, circa 1845. We've been meaning to go for the past three years, but this year we actually made it. We listened to a reading of the Declaration of Independence, followed by thirteen toasts. and thirteen musket shots. The muskets were really loud. There was also music.from an old-fashioned pump organ.porch. and farm animals. (Handsome, isn't he? This turkey is actually.

HOLY CRAP! Draftee pitches NO-NO in 1st game! I hope this is an sign of things to come! This cat was just drafted 5 days earlier as you see in the screen shots and pitched a no hitter in his 1st minor league game:woohoo. I have just commisioned his bust to be made for Cooperstown. (Now watch him have a career ending injury the next game, or be the pitching equivilent of Crash Davis and stay his entire career in the minors :happy:) Never had this happen before, thought I would share. Anybody else have anything like this happen? Attached. Ticket.

Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day Eight: Cooperstown, New York , What: Day Off Location: Cooperstown, NY/Flanders, NJ Date: 06.13.08 We rolled out of the La Quinta before checkout and headed over to the dealership to pick up the van. Eric H. and I dropped everyone off and drove down to the airport to drop off our Chrysler Pacifica rental. A few minutes later, the rest of the band came to pick us up in the van. Last stop: FastTrack ? to hitch up the trailer and hit the road. Say goodbye to Buffalo. Music in the van: MIA, Soul Coughing, Beastie Boys, Brian.

Closeted Cub Fans? tickets.".I wonder what the Cubs score.".

Born On The 4th Of July And Promptly Dropped On His Head I realize that two Goldberg posts in one week probably breaks blogging law (as well as the camel's back), but Jonah and I share an important and festive holiday tradition.  Every year he writes something smug, tendentious, and obtuse for the Fourth of July, and I respond by getting a headache and whining about it.  And as you can see, he's kept his part of the bargain, extruding a piece about Obama's ?patriotism problem? (h/t LGM), in USA Today, and I really ought to get indignant about. tickets.

The Griddle: Umpires establish 'Venditte rule' Permalink | Comments (6) In Memoriam: Jules Tygiel 2008-07-01 21:12 by Bob Timmermann Jules Tygiel, a history professor at San Francisco State University, passed away July 1 at age 59 from cancer. Tygiel wrote two of the best baseball books I've ever read, along with numerous other works. He had a career that I only can dream I would have. His greatest work was Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy. The book came out in 1983 and has been republished numerous times. ticket broker.

Barry's Ruined Ball Arrives At The Hall of Fame ticket broker, Here's a look at that beautiful $752,467 record-breaking baseball hit by Barry Bonds that Marc Ecko purchased. As we reported yesterday, Ecko branded it with an asterisk to teach Bonds a lesson for using steroids or something? Anyway, it is now at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY with all its warranted and bizarre glory. San Diego Union Tribune: Ball Arrives, July 2, 2008 via Deadspin .

Take Me Out To The Ballgame MidBro is a writer with his very own blog!  I'm shocked that Baseball was an available blog name, but happy for him. His inaugural post is about batting and I bet he'd love a few comments! This picture was taken in Cooperstown. His team ranked in the top 1/3! Title Tune~~You know, the one you'll be humming all day! ticket brokers.