M's Take The Series, BUT.....
Harv always taught me to try and look at the glass half full. Even though the last place Mariners finally showed some moxie and took 2 out of 3 from the Yankees, the Yanks are still 6 1/2 games ahead of the Red Sox in the AL East. The reason: the aforementioned Mariners still had some gas in the tank to SWEEP the Red Sox right after the Yanks left Seattle. We got to watch Schilling get his tail kicked in on Friday night while making a horrific fielding play, so it was a very satisfying week from a baseball perspective when thinking about the bigger picture.
In other news, Marc and I spent a couple of days down in southern Washington State checking out some golf courses. It was sunny and hot. We played the Links on Saturday where I shot a pretty decent (for me) 117 - if only my putter decided to show up, it could have been easily under 110. Spent the night in Olympia (for those of you who don't know it is the capital of WA) and well... at least dinner was good at the Budd Bay Cafe. Pretty boring town. There was actually a high school reunion going on at the hotel we stayed at, so I wanted to crash it and pretend we went to the school.... Marc was pretty wiped from the round. Oh well.
Sunday we played the Woodlands, which was ok except the round was pretty long and it was fairly hot. I actually never asked Marc how I did, but that was probably a good thing as my game was not on as much as I would have liked. Oh well. We still had a good time anyway.
Also got to start a new book, which was recommended by my friend Sally - Heat, which was written by Bill Buford. So far it has been pretty entertaining - it's about the author getting a chance to work at Babbo under Mario Batali as well as under another famous chef named Marco Pierre White - both very eccentric in their own right. I'll let you know what my final opinion is of the book when I finish it. And Sally, no worries - I'll use tongs when I make the barolo short ribs. :-)
In other news, Marc and I spent a couple of days down in southern Washington State checking out some golf courses. It was sunny and hot. We played the Links on Saturday where I shot a pretty decent (for me) 117 - if only my putter decided to show up, it could have been easily under 110. Spent the night in Olympia (for those of you who don't know it is the capital of WA) and well... at least dinner was good at the Budd Bay Cafe. Pretty boring town. There was actually a high school reunion going on at the hotel we stayed at, so I wanted to crash it and pretend we went to the school.... Marc was pretty wiped from the round. Oh well.
Sunday we played the Woodlands, which was ok except the round was pretty long and it was fairly hot. I actually never asked Marc how I did, but that was probably a good thing as my game was not on as much as I would have liked. Oh well. We still had a good time anyway.
Also got to start a new book, which was recommended by my friend Sally - Heat, which was written by Bill Buford. So far it has been pretty entertaining - it's about the author getting a chance to work at Babbo under Mario Batali as well as under another famous chef named Marco Pierre White - both very eccentric in their own right. I'll let you know what my final opinion is of the book when I finish it. And Sally, no worries - I'll use tongs when I make the barolo short ribs. :-)