Since the last post the Bees lost again, this time to a law firm named Debevoise & Plimpton. The game was played at Dewitt Clinton Park, and this time the poor condition of the field helped D&P. Several grounders that should have been caught by Bee infielders bounced away to become hits. While there were no base running blunders like last week, we still managed to lose 6-1. I got there late as I had last minute requests for work by partners to send to clients that were not mine (my colleague was on vacation). But once I got other the manager turned the scorebook over to me and I faithfully recorded every play of the game. When it was over we walked to Whistling Dixie’s on 11th Avenue to cry in our beers.
The 2008 All Start Game is going to be played this Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, and will be the last one played at the old Stadium. In the meantime, I have been taking pictures of the 42 various Statues of Liberty on Parade. They are miniature replicas (about 8 feet high) of our famous Lady Liberty and each is painted in various colors:
· the 30 current major league teams,
· the two that departed New York (the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants);
· the two New York City ballparks;
· a second Yankee statue
· the two major leagues
· four All Star Game themed statues
· one in tribute to the artist who painted them.
So far I have taken pictures with my cell phone camera of some of the statues located in Midtown Manhattan. I have even mailed them to myself. One of them worked and it's at the bottom of this entry. During lunch I went to festivities on Vanderbilt Avenue next to Grand Central Terminal. Modell's had a trailer there selling various All Star related merchandize, and the store itself hosted an autograph signing from our newest Hall of Famer, Goose Gossage. Since I did not have time to wait on line all afternoon, I simply went inside and took his picture with my cell phone camera.
I had also adjusted the contrast on the cell phone camera and re-took the picture of the Yankee themed Lady Liberty that is on the 42nd Street side of the Modell's store. I will try and download that one too, after I e/mail it to myself.
