February 27, 2003

It's a lonely neighborhood now

Mr. Rogers passed away today, at the age of 74. Of the various comments I've read, I like Judi Sohn's the most. Like her, some of my earliest memories are of watching Mr. Rogers and enjoying the time I spent watching the show. It'd be tough for a similar show to land on TV today, and for kids growing up now, that's a shame.

Spring begins with a win

The Phillies played their first spring training game of the year today. They beat the Pirates 6-3.

Yesterday I was annoyed because Major League Baseball's Gameday Audio page was still talking about the World Series and didn't even mention the 2003 season. Surely there must be at least a few other people in the country who want to listen to spring training games. And what do you know -- today they updated the site for this spring, with a note that all spring training games will be available for free. I unfortunately didn't manage to see that before the Phillies game had ended, but now I know what I'll be listening to in the afternoons at work until October.