The past week has been pretty quiet. For the most part, I’ve been laying low, trying to ice my elbow whenever possible and stay on the schedule of anti-inflammatories prescribed by the doctor I saw, who, incidentally, is both a chiropractor and a physician.
The Australian and I have spent a few days working on […]
Editor’s Note: Hey, sorry for the long layoff between posts. The problem, as you know by now, is that the closest internet access is 40km away, and we’re looking for an apartment where we can hook it up permanently. Till then, once a week posting is probably all I can hope for. Sorry!
Two French baseball […]
It’s been a fairly hectic week, which has prevented me from getting in to Rouen to post at the cyber café where Matthew and I are now regulars. I still haven’t signed up for internet access at home, because we’re hoping to move out of our place out in Neufchatel. The 40km drive each way […]
What with my recent relocation, there are a lot of new characters in the Have Bat, Will Travel story. There’s Matthew, the hard-throwing Australian who is returning for his second year with the Woodchucks despite speaking hardly a word of French. There’s Eric, the former club president who bravely takes the mound periodically when we […]
Just a quick note. Some of you may remember my post on “Kyle,” a guy I had worked out with in San Francisco. Well, I originally changed his name for his privacy, but it’s actually Kelly Corliss, and he’s recently put up a website. You can find it here, and I suggest you check it […]
We took the train to Paris on Saturday afternoon, changing at the St. Lazare station. We took the 14 line to Gare de Lyon, and caught another train to Montpelier, getting in around 10:00. If you want to get a bunch of funny looks, try bringing a French baseball team through the Parisian Metro with […]
Editor’s Note: Sorry for the long layoff, as I’ve been away from email access. I’ll post more next week as I try to get caught up a little better, but I probably won’t have access until Monday or so. I’ve met my new roommate, and he’s a great guy, and we’re gearing up for this […]
Editor’s Note: I’m not going to backdate the backlogged posts I’ve got coming, because it’s messed up the RSS feed options. This post is from Saturday night, after my arrival in Bois-Guillaume…
Fermin drove me to the St. Lazare train station on Saturday morning, and even helped me schlep all of my three enormous bags up […]
Just wanted to post a few last thoughts late on Friday night, as I’ve finally received my DSL modem from Club Internet France, which is convenient, as I move to Bois Guillaume tomorrow. My address and phone number will change once again, no doubt confusing the hell out of my credit card companies.
I’ve packed […]
My friends,
We are finally caught up on a hectic week and a half of posts. I’m reposting this one last time to make sure that the posts go out properly. I’ve put up four posts today, which I would recommend reading in chronologizal order. As you’ll see when you get through them, we’ve had […]
Baseball’s a funny game. On the one hand, it’s inherently unfair. The line drives are caught, while the squibbers go for hits. Hit a ball 400 feet in Yankee Stadium and it’s an out; hit a ball 300 feet in Fenway and it’s a home run.
On the other hand, there’s a certain transparency to […]
Listen closely… can you hear that? That deafening sound you hear is the sound of my phone not ringing. No word from either the Patriots or Woodchucks, nor from Lars, who promised to look around to see if any other teams were still looking for players. Aside from this post’s title track, the song of […]
