After watching last night’s Yankees-Mets game and Carlos Delgado’s homer that wasn’t ruled a homer, I thought about writing a blog today about Biblical hermeneutics and the interpretive art of umpiring. But such a post would require more brain power than I feel like mustering up. If you’re a baseball fan and a Bible student, you can probably figure out where I was going with that anyway. So let’s just call it even.
Instead, I’ll quietly applaud 24-year-old Jon Lester on his no-hitter tonight against the Kansas City Royals. You’ll remember Lester was diagnosed with non-Hodgskin’s lymphoma in 2006. He recovered last year, coming all the way back to win the clinching game of the World Series for the Red Sox. You just like to see good people do well. After beating cancer, taming the Kansas City lineup was probably small potatoes. Way to go, Jon.
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Obviously, it was a nice outing. I should say here that I never like seeing the Royals lose (especially against teams like NY or Boston), but it’s a nice story nonetheless.
I figured you were bummed that your Royals were no-hit. But at least it happened at the hand of a nice guy!I think we’ll be making a trip to see your Royals play in mid-July. Have you ever been to Kauffman? Any recommendations on places to eat?
Have I ever been to Kauffman Stadium?? Went there all the time in the late 70s and early 80s (was Royals Stadium at the time). Got to meet Frank White & Dan Quisenberry. It’s a nice park…the only one of its “cookie-cutter” era that held up well.Good places to eat in K.C….you definitely have to take in some barbecue & steak. Arthur Bryant’s is good, as is KC Masterpiece. There’s a steakhouse at Union Station, the name of which I don’t remember, but you can find it, I’m sure. George Brett owns a restaurant at The Plaza, which is overpriced but good. Since I don’t get over there too often, I’m confident that there are a lot of good places that I’m missing.
I’m just glad the ump admitted he screwed up the call.