Baltimore

Hey, tomorrow's our trip to Baltimore for Erika's veterinary conference. She's looking for vendors to give her sweet deals on equipment for her practice opening in September(-ish). I insisted we go to an Orioles game, and since they're in Cleveland this weekend, that meant going a day early to see a Thursday night game. Well lo and behold, they're playing the Red Sox! Yee-hah!

This reminds me of when I visited my brother in Tampa back in '04. Let's see who the Rays are playing...Red Sox. Our whole section behind the dugout was Red Sox fans. Probably will be something similar in Baltimore. If only Dice-K were pitching, too. Should keep the place only half-empty.

A Guy in the Corner from my fantasy baseball league has plans to attend the game. That'd be interesting to meet someone from the league. I did actually attend a book reading with Big D, but we didn't know of each other at the time last October. We're sort of trying to arrange a league outing to see a game, maybe in Philly to appease New Englanders and Mid-Atlantickers in the league. Doesn't help the Midwesterners, obviously, but they're outnumbered, so we'd get who we could.

My friend Johnny is available for fun and games in Silver Spring Saturday. I haven't seen him since 2003, when my older daughter and I went to see DC with him. (She was 4...potty trained enough for the long car ride, so unfortunately the 2-year old missed out.) I've got a great picture somewhere of Lindsey sweating profusely, hugged by the Orioles mascot at OPCY.