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Ultimate Batting Practice? Maybe Not…
The MLB Fan Cave tweeted a link to this video earlier this week. http://twitter.com/#!/MLBFanCave/status/101053302896214016 When I first watched it, I thought it was quite impressive, but now I’m 99% sure it’s fake. Even so, it’s a pretty good fake video, definitely amused me the first time. (**Update: The video has now been removed from YouTube
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I do like to be beside the seaside…
Yesterday, I went for a day out in Cleethorpes with Vicky and Frank. Due to a slight miscalculation about how long it would take to get there (totally not my fault), we were on the beach by 8.15 (oops)! We had breakfast in our usual cafe, and then spent most of the rest of the
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Sunderland Airshow
Yesterday was our annual trip up to Seaburn for the Sunderland International Airshow. We got there really early (a little too early) and set ourselves up on the seafront so we could get decent seats. I have to admit I was a little disappointed with the flying program this year. There were no fast-jets, and
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Now Reading: David Nicholls – One Day
First of all, it seems like forever since I started reading the last book, because I haven’t had much time for reading the last few weeks. But even though it’s taken me a while, I loved the book. I always expect auto-biographies to be a bit fake and fluffy, but David Wells definitely wasn’t pulling
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So Long Edwin and Mark…
The trade deadline is coming up rather quickly this year (Sunday at 9PM). I thought that we might slip through without any major moves this year, especially with the payroll being so high, but I got home from work today to the news that we traded Edwin Jackson and Mark Teahen to Toronto, in return
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Happy Birthday Frank!
Happy Birthday to my little brother Frank, who is 18 today! For his birthday, he decided that he wanted to go out for a meal, so we went to the Hitching Post in Idle. Frank decided that as it was his birthday, he could finish it off with the biggest dessert on the menu –
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600 Homers or 3000 Hits?
Last night, The MLB Fan Cave posed the following question on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/MLBFanCave/status/93080982881697792 (More impressive milestone: 3,000 hits or 600 home runs?). First of all, both milestones are pretty damn impressive. You have to be at the top of your game to be able to notch up that many of either. To answer the question
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Feeling Old…
Friday was my 22nd birthday – starting to feel old now! They say 21 is when you are a ‘fully fledged adult’, so I guess now I’m 22 I’ll have to grow up a bit! The first sign that I am getting old was when one of the players in the All-Star game on Wednesday
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Now Reading: David Wells – Perfect I’m Not
The autobiography of Joe Torre that I just read was fantastic! I was quite lucky that I had a train journey to London and back on Friday, so I read the entire book in one day. The first part of the book was about his life – his upbringing and the start of his career
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Now Reading: Joe Torre – Chasing the Dream
I just bought some new (well technically used) books from Amazon. Even if Hermes did leave the box outside in the rain and the calling card on the doorstep, the books seem to have survived! Looking forward to reading this one (and open to more baseball book suggestions).
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Waddington International Airshow 2011
Yesterday was our annual day trip to RAF Waddington for the Waddington International Airshow. Frank couldn’t make it this time as he was walking in the Lake District, so it was just me and my Dad. It was an absolutely fantastic day. We arrived at 8am on the dot, but there were already crowds of
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Now Reading: Madeleine Wickham – Cocktails For Three
It feels like ages since I finished my last book, but I’ve been so busy I’ve not had time to start a new one. Another trashy one before I make a start on the latest set from The Book People.
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Britain’s Got Talent
Last night, I went to the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield to see the Britain’s Got Talent live tour with Vicky. At first I was a bit skeptical about how good it would be because I didn’t remember that many good acts from the show, but it was a really good night! The tickets were bought
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The Grubbs Effect
This week my website is ‘suffering’ from what I have now deemed ‘The Grubbs Effect’. Usually, my website gets between 50-150 views a week. After I went to the Wakey!Wakey! show last week, Mike Grubbs re-tweeted my website link: http://twitter.com/#!/WakeyWakey/status/81279347998199809 After he put this on twitter, my website stats went through the roof – 736
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Family Records
A few weeks ago, I ordered some Wakey!Wakey! stuff from the Family Records store. Last week, most of the stuff arrived, and there was a note on the invoice to say the poster I ordered was out of stock. I went on the website and it said ‘Out of Print’, so I expected not to
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Louise Douglas 