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Evan came up for a visit last weekend. Details and pictures possibly if I get them. For now I have a video from the pool last Sunday. Included is the maiden voyage of one of the boats and the second race of the tournament between Janos and Neale in which Neale breaks an oar in half. For those curious Janos defeated Evan in the finals to become the first boat race champ.

See the Boat Race.

Finally. This shows the entire first run of our robot. It went on to go a total of 4 times with no loses and then some trophies and prize money for the then CSE All-Stars (now LM All-Stars, likely official this week).

Robot Video
Robot Page w/pictures

Yesterday I finally got around to pulling some video off my camera. Over the next few days I’ll continue to do so and maybe even edit some of it.

First up, Spring Break.

Some of what you’ll find:
• Peyton and Eli Manning playing catch and throwing out the first pitch before a Braves game. Also Featured: Harold Reynolds and Archie Manning.
• Footage from Legend’s Field in Tampa where the Yankees played the Blue Jays.
• Dodgertown for the Dodgers and the Mets.
• Tim Hudson warming up before his start.
• On the way to Gainesville and back where Evan hopes I will be able to capture the Buffalo on film.
• Heading to the airport at 5am.

The video runs about 13 minutes and is not edited in any way. So the following warnings apply: lots of baseball, pointless banter, strong language, and shaky camera work.

You can find it with some of my other clips on my video page.

Wednesday was the 100th Anniversary of Moonlight Graham playing in his only game. You should know who that is, but just in case you’ve forgotten, he was a character in Field of Dreams. He was a real player and in a game in 1905 he got to play 2 innings in the outfield and did not get to hit. He wound up becoming a doctor in Minnesota. Countdown on MSNBC did a story about him as their #1 story. ESPN managed a quick blurb and then did a feature of players who did something similar. Unfortunately they featured players who had one good performance during a career that was longer than two innings. They completely missed the point, but that’s not surprising.

Turns out the movie was pretty accurate, they even read his exact obituary in the movie. There is also a scholarship given out each year to graduates of the High School in the town where he was a doctor. Its funded by the sale of baseball cards based on characters from the movie. Actually pretty cool, check it out.

Here is a newspaper article from Wednesday.
Baseball Reference