Bridgeport Bluefish Lose, Yankees win

I took my four year old son Jacob to a Bridgeport Bluefish today along with a bunch of his friends and their fathers. The Bluefish were terrible giving up 10 runs, allowing 4 errors (2 by the left fielder alone), and getting less than a handful of hits, ultimately losing to the Somerset Patriots 10-1. The Bluefish pitcher looked like he was pitching in slow motion, with one Patriot hitting a home run about 400 feet over the right center field wall, and another guy crushed a ball hitting the train tracks over the right field wall. In spite of it, a good time was had by all. Bridgeport plays in the independent Atlantic League, which has seen Rickey Henderson and John Rocker attempting comebacks here. The stadium is a nice little place, with no bad seats in the house. We were in the "upper deck", about 15-20 rows from the field on the first base side. The best part was after the game, they allowed the kids onto the field to run the bases. This was the first time that Jacob actually made it all the way around, and not being detoured by an insect or something. It was fun watching him though it dropped the bluefish to 4-19, pretty terrible. Here is a picture of him heading home



We then went to play mini-golf, which Jacob fell in love with when we were on vacation in June at Rehobeth Beach, DE. He does not yet grasp the finer techniques of the game. He will pick it up the ball and place it by the cup in order to make it easier to put his shot in. He does strike the ball well every 10 or so shots, but he is learning. It is a lot of fun. We then picked up pizza for dinner. I heard on the WFAN 20/20 update that they Yankees won, but so did the Red Sox, keeping them 3.5 games behind the Red Sox. It is now being reported that Johnson is going to miss his next start because of his ailing back. Pavano has been pushed back as well, which means I will see Chacon at the Stadium on Tuesday night.

I cannot believe what incredible crap is on TV these days. Almost every night is just more rubbish. Tonight The Simpsons was a repeat so we resorted to Extreme Makeover, Home Edition. Crap, Crap, Crap. It is amazing the schlock they pitch on that show. They find a real sorry case family with an extremely sick child, and they redo the entire house in like a week. It is meant to be a tear jerker, but it is almost vomit inducing. And this is probably the best of what is available of reality television. However, I have been TiVo'ing Arrested Development, and even the second time around it is still the funnist show on televsion. It is well written, well shot, well acted. I wish more shows like this would show up on TV. I am trying to give Stella a chance, the new show with the guys from the State, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, but it is a bit strange even for me.

Maybe I am just out of touch with main stream America.