One of my oldest surviving friends says she's going as Sarah Palin for Hallowe'en. After all, what could be more frightening?
Stuff that makes you say "huh:"
The Cubs and Houston will play two of their postponed games at 7:05 p.m. Sunday and 1:05 p.m. Monday at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Major League Baseball announced late Saturday night.
The third postponed game will be played only if it affects the postseason situation, and not until the day after the end of the regular season. Brewers officials said they encourage fans heading to the games in Milwaukee to purchase tickets online and use the print at home feature to expedite the game experience.
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Until Saturday afternoon, Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane had refused steadfastly to concede that rescheduling games in a hurricane-ravaged area was unfeasible, insisting the Astros deserved to keep their home-field advantage. The Cubs, meanwhile, continued to push for a switch to a neutral site, with Miller Park—aka "Wrigley North"—being their first choice.
Um...with the Brewers within spitting distance of the NLC pennant, I hardly consider Miller Park "neutral territory." But it is a good compromise. And, if I get my act together, I might go after all (once I figure out the Astros' rain-check policy).
Update: I may actually go to Milwaukee on Monday...
Not the most fun day of my life—let's skip why—but arriving home and checking the blogs, I let out a guffaw at Calculated Risk's post this morning. Sadly, though, it means I'm a big nerd.
TPM Media gives you: the McCain-Palin Lipstick Pig:
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(I mean, someone had to, right?)
I have tickets to see the Cubs play Houston this Saturday—in Houston. This graphic just released from the National Hurricane Center suggests that even though Minute Maid Park has a roof, the game might still be rained out:
(For those of you without a handy map of Texas, Houston is just about where the "2" is in the phrase "2 PM Sat.")
At the moment, Ike is expected to make landfall just around the time my plane is supposed to land, just about where my plane is supposed to land, as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane with 95 kt winds.
Crap. I'll be watching this only slightly less than I'll be watching Friday's weather, if only because my life depends on Friday's weather and not on Saturday's.
Update: At least I would get a refund on my airfare if the hurricane hits.
A day in the life of many corporations, via Dilbert:
Come to think of it, perhaps the McCain campaign picked the wrong Palin. Perhaps they meant Michael?
My cousin and I went to Wrigley Field last night, and as expected, we had seats like you can only get at that park:
That was the only bad part of the evening, though, because thanks to Aramis Ramirez, the Cubs came back from a 4-2 deficit against the Phillies to win 6-4.
This put the Cubs fully 6½ games ahead of the Brewers. It's beginning to look a little like October...
There is one sad bit of news to report. The Mariners (50-83, almost the exact inverse of the Cubs' 84-50) yesterday became the first team to be officially eliminated from the post season. Maybe next year, Seattle.