Manny Ramirez wants more privacy? That's why he wants to be traded? Let me tell you something Manny... you'd probably get more privacy if you didn't live at the Ritz Carlton. Since I know you live there, I'm guessing everyone in Boston does too... try moving into a house somewhere. I'm guessing you might even be able to afford a guard or 800. Walls and guards with guns tend to keep people away. The goal of a hotel is to get lots of people to stay there.

Just a word of advice for Man-Ram.

Here's the panoramic of Busch Stadium in St Louis.

Here are two panoramics of Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.

I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City here I come.

I believe this is year 6 of the baseball excursions. We're seeing the Royals versus the Blue Jays on Friday, the Cardinals versus the Cubs on Saturday, and the Reds versus the Brewers on Sunday.

I'll post the new panoramics as soon as I get back, and I'll have my updated stadium rankings also.

Little League update:

Willoughby Kiwanis - 30
The Other Team - 12

They are playing in the Round Robin tournament and (I think) if they win 3 more games they are the RR Champs.

They play Ridge Acres tonight.

Holiday World is building a new wooden coaster that will be ready next year. It's called the Voyage. I personally think it's going to be too tall... it will be 176 feet tall and will be the 3rd longest wooden coaster in the world. The only saving grace is that it will have a steel structure, so hopefully it will be somewhat immune to warping and the like. I've actually met one of the designers for it (at a wiffle ball party of all things) and he seems to be very good at what he does. The company designing it used to work for the company behind the Raven and the Legend, so I guess I shouldn't doubt them until I try it.

The house hunt continues.

I've found a house that is virtually identical to the house I bid on two weeks ago. The only differences (without looking on the inside yet) are that this new house is cheaper, has a bigger yard, and is brick with white "trim" instead of brick of brown "trim."

My brother's little league team had a chance to go to the city championship today. They were tied with the 2nd place team, but did not carry the tie breaker. They both played today, and in order to advance they needed to win and the other team needed to lose.

They played at 1:00 and won their game. The other team played at 3:00 and happened to be playing the #1 seed and only undefeated team in the league. Things were looking up for Willoughby Kiwanis (my brother's team.) The undefeated team was up by 5 with 1 out in the bottom of the 6th (they only play 6 innings). Then the unthinkable happened. 3 walks, 2 errors, 3 hits, and 2 blown calls at home plate later and Kiwanis is out of the championship game.

What a load of crap. A team that is 18-0 is not supposed to blow a 5 run lead in the bottom of the 6th.

As quickly as plans come together they can fall apart.

Buying the house I wanted was contingent on the seller buying the house they wanted.

Unfortunately, when they went to sign the purchase agreement for the house they wanted they learned that the person selling that house had sold it from underneath them. A new buyer came in and offered a higher amount for cash and the person took it.

It sucks, but everything happens for a reason.

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