Category Archives: Mr. Boy

Rangers sweep the All-Stars

Posted on July 16, 2008 | Comments Off on Rangers sweep the All-Stars

Mr. Boy had to regretfully go to bed before the eighth inning, so he missed seeing the game drag on through fifteen innings and the Rangers’ Michael Young finally put it away, 4-3, with an RBI. Neat. After Hamilton’s record-breaking, homer-hitting performance the other night, Young’s ending the game for the AL’s twelfth victory in a row, kept the focus where we wanted it, on the Rangers. Now let their pitching improve (please, Lord) and may their second half of the season be as sweet!

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Ham-il-ton, Ham-il-ton

Posted on July 15, 2008 | Comments Off on Ham-il-ton, Ham-il-ton

Mr. Boy had his hero worship more than confirmed last night watching Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton hit a record twenty-eight HRs in the first round of the All-Stars Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium–thirteen in a row! JH finished with thirty-six homers, although he didn’t win the thing, which is explained here. But the night was his as the stadium crowd chanted his name. Me and Mr. B. will be looking for Josh and the other Ranger All-Stars–Milton Bradley, Ian Kinsler, and Michael Young–in tonight’s game.

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Living large, bro

Posted on July 14, 2008 | Comments Off on Living large, bro

Mr. Boy shocked me the other day when he high-fived a friend, which was normal enough, but then cut loose with "Living large, Bro," which is not. Great. We work to keep him away from MTV and assorted cultural trash and he finds and adopts this pimp-talk from Gangsta Rap. I can’t even link to a site with it because the stuff that goes with it is all F-words. I’m debating how to quash it. If he was a teenager, and it was rebellion, that would be simple. I’d just adopt it myself until he realized that it had lost its generational charm and stopped doing it. But at age eight? If I started spouting it, I think that would just encourage him. Cogitate, cogitate.

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Sports rage

Posted on July 10, 2008 | Comments Off on Sports rage

I used to not read the sports pages except during college football season. Then Mr. Boy started following the Texas Rangers and spouting baseball statistics and standings, and that got me interested. So I go to read the section this morning and discover that he took it to day camp with him. Grrrr.

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Wi-Fi

Posted on July 10, 2008 | Comments Off on Wi-Fi

Got ourselves a wireless router and plugged it in and so Mom was wandering the Web, in between some last-minute office work, in the kitchen last night. Only problem now is to arbitrate Mr. B.’s desire to use his Nintendo DS gameplayer’s Wi-Fi ability. Have to see how that works and where it will take him before turning him loose with it.

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Rangers continue to impress

Posted on July 9, 2008 | Comments Off on Rangers continue to impress

Well, they’ve definitely split the four-game series with the Angels now. One more win and these Rangers could move within 5.5 games of the Los Angeles leader. This is getting to be fun–even with all their pitchers on the DL and Bradley benched with a sore knee, it looks like, for a change, Mr. B.’s team will still be contenders after the All-Star break.

UPDATE:  Well, they almost did it, losing 11-10 in the fourth game of the series. Still got a future.

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Let’s go, Rangers, let’s go

Posted on June 27, 2008 | Comments Off on Let’s go, Rangers, let’s go

Hey, hey, hey. The Rangers beat the Phillies 8-7. Nice game, guys. Most of the action was in the first four innings, but Mr. B. enjoyed it all, and I did, too.

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