Congratulations on the 10 years of marriage! May God grant you 40 more.

Love, Jim

If you take the URL of the youtube video and put it in square brackets, [ ], it will embed in your entry.

I just got out from under my rock where even there the news had made it to me that the Red Sox had swept the World Series. I also found a pair of rusty scissors.

Anyway, maybe you should attend more games, granted your high number of Boston wins with you in attendance.

Love,
Jim

Love, Jim

The Red Sox are cranking, I agree. Thanks to Fenway Fenatics I’ve been keeping informed (to some degree). I hear Matusaka is getting better with experience. MVP for one week, eh?

I’m glad to hear Lea and Jakob are doing well. I have a cat now, and get a very minute glimpse of what it might be like to be a parent. I have to say, I don’t think that is for me.

I have seen Blade Runner and I agree: it is a very good movie. I love the scene where the woman is running through storefront after storefront while being shot at. I like the pretense and I have heard a hint that even Harrison Ford was a cyborg. Very good movie.

Well, I hope you enjoy your summer plans. Sounds like you have some fun things going. Hope your job is going well.

Love,
Jim

How old is this guy, anyway. He looks like he’s a teenager. Or, at least a college student.

What I mean by proving himself is not in previous competition, but here in Boston to earn his $50M plus 6 year contract.

I am just broiled about this. But, I do think anyone who can throw 5 kinds of pitches is pretty cool. I like when they talk about throwing sliders.

His first name is Daisuke, which is pronounced “Dice-K,” hence all the reference to dice and the K. The K also refers to a swinging strikeout on a stats sheet and he is known to often strike out opposing batters – he struck out ten in his debut last week in Kansas City.

Matsuzaka actually has proven himself – if you check out his player page at FenwayFanatics.com, you would see that he pitched previously in the Japanese Central League for the Seibu Lions. To put it in perspective, he was to baseball in Japan what Michael Jordan was to basketball here in the US.

Of course, the consumer “schlock,” as you have noted, reflects the fact that anyone and everyone is trying to make a buck off his name; already, Massachusetts estimates that his presense with the Red Sox will bring over $50 million in revenue during the six years he is under contract with Boston. Yay, capitalism!

Love,
Jim