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The Red Sox were in San Diego last night to play the Padres for what I am assuming is the first time ever. I joked with Joellyn about driving over there to see the game. Given that the Padres busted out with the old school circa 1982 unis in honor of Tony Gwynn we should have, doh.

Dice K out pitched Greg Maddux as the Sox won 2-1.

This NL West swing the Sox are finishing up has been pretty cool. The Padres are a good team this year so the action should continue to be good the rest of the series, too bad I can't get any of the games here.

The second picture is of Greg Maddux and gives a better look at the uniforms.

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Today in my travels on the Internet I stumbled across the Amazon page for a book called The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss.

I found one review but I am not crystal clear on what the book is about specifically.

More broadly it is about making changes in your life to live the life you want to have for yourself. I am all for this concept and taking whatever risks that need to be taken to get your life to where you want it to be.

I have put up posts along these lines before and I think it is crucial not to wish away time hoping for something different to come along.

If you are in this situation now I hope you seek out the change you want and make it happen. Its not easy and can't come without sacrifice but it will be worth it.

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On the way back from a work trip to New York City we stopped in Omaha and we got to go to the College Baseball World Series, a life list event for me.

We saw Rice spank North Carolina.

I would encourage anyone who is a sports fan to get to the CWS at least one time in their life.

The action is exciting and the atmosphere is great.

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In 1973, when I was seven, my father took me up to the top of the Empire State Building. Today we went back. Back then we just took the elevator up. On this go around it was a little more involved with various lines but we made it up there.

I realize how touristy it is but no matter, the idea hit us today and Jack was up for it.

We don't get to see each other all that often which made it even neater for me.

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The Red Sox came to Arizona last night and my brother Larry and I went to the game. This was the first time that the Sox played here and will probably be a long time before they come back. Larry got us sunken seats along the third base line, just past the dugout. There was only one row in this section, section S-W, so we were right there.

The Sox pounded them. Julio Lugo, he of the .217 batting average lead off the game with a home run. JD Drew, who's been struggling badly, went berserk with two home runs and a double to knock in seven RBIs. Josh Beckett pitched a great game. He had a lot of heat and a very low pitch count.

It seemed like there were more Red Sox fans there, than D-Backs fans but even if that isn't true the Sox fans were certainly louder. I made the comment to my brother that every transplanted New Englander in our time zone had driven in for this one.

What a great time.

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After winning two NCAA championships in a row at Florida, Billy Donovan thought he wanted to coach in the NBA but appears to be changing his mind.

While I have no place to tell Billy Donovan what he should do it is pretty tough to beat the collegiate life especially when you are very successful. The NBA is clearly a different job. The management of players is a vastly different kettle of fish, but chances are you know that and now perhaps so does Donovan?

In a bigger picture sense Donovan even pursuing the NBA reveals a very human response which is to always believe the grass is always greener elsewhere.

Conversely a more yogic view on these sorts of things is to be in the moment which means finding happiness where you are, which if you have things pretty good is great advice. A more Grateful Dead-ic view would be if you're not with the one you love, love the one you're with.

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The sentiment that LeBron going for 48 in the manner he did, scoring all of the Cavs points in both OTs, was one of the best post-season performances ever holds water.

Everyone seems to agree he is wildly talented but there was some question about his big-gameness after he passed to Donyell Marshall for an open three at the end of game one but that he had the presence of mind to make that pass made me think otherwise. The game last night was the start of the legend for me.

With last night's game 5 win LeBron exceeded the hype, think about that, exceeded the hype.

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