Tag Archives: baseball

For the Love of the Game

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Shannon Winslow

Today’s the opening day of baseball season! We’ve made it through that 2-month-long drought after Superbowl, where there was nothing to watch on TV, sports-wise, except soccer and basketball, neither of which interest me very much. Now, there will be … Continue reading →

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Double-Header

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Shannon Winslow

Opening day of baseball season is just around the corner, and I can hardly wait. The Seattle Mariners are my team, and like most fans, I live in perpetual hope that, at long last, this might be our year! For a … Continue reading →

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Segue to the Twentieth Century

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Shannon Winslow

I’m half-heartedly watching the Mariners game (not a good night for them), and wondering how to make a graceful segue from Jane Austen, my usual subject matter, to baseball. No problem. And it was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had by nature … Continue reading →