more soon!

–ryan

(yes, we’re back for 2008… no streaming video coverage of the sysadmin cubicles yet, though… that’s probably a good thing.)

–ryan

–Ryan

I’m starting out by visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.  From there, I’m going to Toronto, Chicago (Whitesox, stopping in Detroit on the way), St. Louis, Iowa City (no MLB there, but I’m visiting friends), then to the old homestead.

After picking up Wifey at the Des Moines airport (she’s sane enough to only do half of this trip), I’ll hang with my old classmates for a day or two, then chug back to greater NYC via Chicago (Maggie’s never been there beyond O’Hare airport), Cleveland (Drew Carey says it rocks), and some random place in Pennsylvania with a motel.

I’ve never been to Skydome, New-Comiskey Park ("US Cellular Field"), or New-Busch Stadium (although I’ve been near the Chicago and St. Louis stadiums, just not in ‘em).

I’ll be driving the 1987 car back to the 1987 reunion… I’ve gotten it spiffed up quite a bit over the last month or two.  Hopefully it’ll keep running well!  I have the gods of radar detection, satellite radio and GPS riding shotgun.

–ryan

Ever wonder how they make designs in the mowed grass at ballparks?

I recently stumbled across this link that explains how it’s done.  Doing a little more web-searching, I found an MLBlog of an actual groundskeeping and turf expert.

My dad (who’s a certified master gardener) would probably "dig" this… now that I think of it, though, maybe not…he let me mow the yard most of the time when I was a kid…

–ryan

That’s barry bonds in the batters box

Originally uploaded by ryancnelson.

Sean C. and I are at PacBell park for Giants/Mets tonight…

About four seconds after I took this, Barry jacked #745 into the bleachers.

neat.

(ridiculously beautiful park, by the way.)