A-Rod you are forgiven

Spring is in the air and falling in line with American traditions, two Indians went out to throw ball. A bynote to this would be the purchase of baseball gloves at Walmart when Cartman and I went to buy a compass for installing the dish (damn Corporations and Business Intelligence softwares that tell them to place baseball gloves right next to the camping section). So having come into the possession of these gloves, we threw the ball around for a good part of an hour. Tried to do everything including ground balls, immediate transfer and throws to the first base, double plays. A lot of erratic plays happened including erratic throws into nearby bushes, missed groundballs and muffed catches. It is not as easy as it seems. Having gotten used to catching a ball with bare hands in the palm near your eyes, it requires a completely different technique. A lot of fun though.

Also this past Friday, after India's exit from the World Cup after their dismal performance against SriLanka, in order to take our minds off it, we went for the Penn State baseball season opener at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. It was my first time there and was fun to watch the game up close and personal. The last occasions I have watched baseball games has been in Yankee Stadium from the bleachers and the last 4 seats in the stadium (I kid you not.. Subash had no-one next to him and behind him... go figure) from where Randy Johnson looked like a peanut and David Ortiz a garbanzo bean. So after this experience I sure appreciate the players for hitting a 95 mile an hr fastball for a homerun or even coming in contact with it. And not to mention the superb plays in the field.

So while I will now watch the rest of the World Cup without any tension of India's performance and for pure cricket, I sure look forward to the baseball season as well. A night game at Yankee Stadium is planned for this season sometime. Maybe a bit closer to the field of play.