Thursday, May 20, 2004
Oh, say can you see?
As Jim and I are always saying to each other, here at Baseball-Related Program Activites 2004, we're nothing if not a family site. We're like those sportswriters who are always lamenting about ballplayers not signing autographs or building childrens' hospitals or fighting crime. We want the whole family involved in the game. We're even thinking of making our site play the Baha Men.
So when my friend Jon Solomon sent me a photo of Dodgers pitcher Jose Lima singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Dodger Stadium last week, his wife and son by his side, I thought, "This little bit of Lima Time is perfect for Baseball-Related Program Activities 2004! A patriotic family photo!"
Then I looked at the photo. And I have to admit that it took me a moment to focus on Francis Scott Key's view of the battle for Fort McHenry. After a few minutes, I decided that the people who run the site the photo was located on weren't including it because of Jose's singing or their love of country. Nor was that the case on another site, on which there's even a rude poll relating to one aspect (two aspects?) of the photo.
But I want you all to be clear that, as we are a family site, I bring this photo to your attention for the same reason that I'm sure Jon brought it to mine: we think it's pretty cool that Jose Lima got to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Here at Baseball-Related Program Activities 2004, we--we take the road less traveled by. For the kids.
Levi: Oh, and last night, the woman who sang the National Anthem at Wrigley Field sang "For the ramparts we watched." I guess that's the opium-addled version, where the ramparts are streaming.
Jim: I'm not sure if Pax TV deserves to be the link for "a family site." Their Tampa affiliate is the broadcast home of the Devil Rays. (Yes, the Devil Rays really are bad enough that independent station "More TV 32" -- the equivalent of Channel 26, "The U," in Chicago -- which broadcast their games for the first few years didn't want to renew the broadcast rights, and apparently, nobody else wanted them either.)
toby: Just more proof--as I once discussed with Levi a long time ago--that EVERY single pro baseball player has a gorgeous wife. Do you remember Zane Smith of the Expos/Braves/Pirates.. Even he had a hot wife.
Levi: Jim reports that the phrase "Jose Lima's wife" has now passed "Johnny Damon's hair and beard" as the most common Google search that has led people to our site. I should have seen that coming.
Anonymous: Jim is correct
So when my friend Jon Solomon sent me a photo of Dodgers pitcher Jose Lima singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Dodger Stadium last week, his wife and son by his side, I thought, "This little bit of Lima Time is perfect for Baseball-Related Program Activities 2004! A patriotic family photo!"
Then I looked at the photo. And I have to admit that it took me a moment to focus on Francis Scott Key's view of the battle for Fort McHenry. After a few minutes, I decided that the people who run the site the photo was located on weren't including it because of Jose's singing or their love of country. Nor was that the case on another site, on which there's even a rude poll relating to one aspect (two aspects?) of the photo.
But I want you all to be clear that, as we are a family site, I bring this photo to your attention for the same reason that I'm sure Jon brought it to mine: we think it's pretty cool that Jose Lima got to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Here at Baseball-Related Program Activities 2004, we--we take the road less traveled by. For the kids.
Original comments...
Levi: Oh, and last night, the woman who sang the National Anthem at Wrigley Field sang "For the ramparts we watched." I guess that's the opium-addled version, where the ramparts are streaming.
Jim: I'm not sure if Pax TV deserves to be the link for "a family site." Their Tampa affiliate is the broadcast home of the Devil Rays. (Yes, the Devil Rays really are bad enough that independent station "More TV 32" -- the equivalent of Channel 26, "The U," in Chicago -- which broadcast their games for the first few years didn't want to renew the broadcast rights, and apparently, nobody else wanted them either.)
toby: Just more proof--as I once discussed with Levi a long time ago--that EVERY single pro baseball player has a gorgeous wife. Do you remember Zane Smith of the Expos/Braves/Pirates.. Even he had a hot wife.
Levi: Jim reports that the phrase "Jose Lima's wife" has now passed "Johnny Damon's hair and beard" as the most common Google search that has led people to our site. I should have seen that coming.
Anonymous: Jim is correct
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