Sunday, April 9, 2017

five seven five

Cold night, midnight sky
Angels shine in the bright glow
Stars already home

Angel Stadium of Anaheim, 2017

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Spring Reset

A quick break from blogging and real life, and now back to reality. I was listening to Danny, Dave, and Moore talking to Mariner's GM Jerry Dipoto yesterday. He was discussing a young 1st baseman who has had a rough time keeping up with the major leaguers. The M's optioned him down to AAA to give him a chance to reset and come back to The Show stronger than before.

As Jerry talked, I thought about my own Spring Reset. February and March are historically difficult months. The kids at school (ok, us teachers too) go week after week without a break. On top of that, there's the joy of being single on Valentine's Day... This trip to Arizona each year has been my chance to get my mind right and ready to go strong through the end of the school year. 

Spring Training, 2017 did not disappoint. From the second we landed, Eleana and I made the most of our time. In 5 days, we packed in:
5 baseball games
A visit with my favorite athletic trainer (he's hiding behind the swarm of boys around E)
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers at Talking Stick Resort
Several awesome (and 1 super awkward) selfies
Karaoke at Ernie's with the best KJ in the land
A night partying with Patrick Warburton and his posse
Singing the national anthem
A ton of autographs (including Mr. Mariner himself, Alvin Davis!)
A bucket of beer at the Salty Senorita
A thousand laughs

And then Eleana hopped in an Uber and headed home...and things got even more wild.  

Most of you know that I don't back down from a dare...especially if there's a free beer involved. So when the host of a Seattle radio show dared me to fuel the rivalry between him and another Seattle radio host, I was all over it.
That might be an alternative fact.

A big thank you to everyone who made this Spring Break the greatest one yet.
Best old friends, best new friends, baseball, and beer... MLB is back!

Cheers to the 2017 Seattle Mariners! Play ball!