Playing hooky

A moral dilemma. The mag goes to press in two days but I had tickets for tonight's Dodgers game. After struggling with the conflict for days, I wound up going since I know the mag will go out either way. And it will be an excellent issue; I shit you not.

The contest against last year's NL champs (and World Series losers) the Houston Astros wound up being really fun. Jae Seo has a mixed outing, but guys like Nomar Garciaparra, J.D. Drew, Kenny Lofton, Olmedo Saenz, and Jeff Kent came up with big hits to defeat Andy Pettitte. The lead changed a few times, the bullpen hung in there, and there were even more hits. Errors by the Astros made it seem like a softball game, and the Blue Crew prevailed 12-7. Topping everything off was the fact that it was "fleece blanket night." So when it got chilly, we had blankets to cover us.

Walking down the hill to the street where cheapskates like us park for free, we looked like homeless people with the blankets over our shoulders but felt like Superman.

Back to reality. I dug back into GR42 in the later hours, doing some online stuff. Tomorrow morning, I've got to wake up early and get into the GR office for a long, productive, great day. The game was fun, but I really enjoy this part of the publishing cycle, too.