The good news: Son Jack (11) pitched three innings last night, striking out six and giving up only one run (thanks to some great fielding from his team). He also hit two doubles and a triple. The bad news: I stayed late to clean the field (had to stay a little late anyway because Michael's (9) baseball practice hadn't ended yet) and had household chores to finish when I got home, so there's little time for blogging.
For these occasions, I keep a "bank" of material. The bank consists of humorous emails, witticisms, interesting passages from my reading. This morning, an interesting passage:
Historical marker on U.S. 11 in Mississippi:
John L. Sullivan defeated Jack Kilrain for heavyweight championship in a 75 round fight on July 8, 1889, at Richburg, 3 miles southwest of this spot. This was the last official bare-knuckle bout.
Jim Ruland in the March 2008 issue of The Oxford American writes: "Historical markers are notorious for being inaccurate, but this one is ridiculously vague. Three miles? . . . And since Sullivan mauled Kilrain with his bare hands, which made the fight illegal, how could the fight have also been 'official.'"?
