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I have traveled around the world numerous times. I've gone as far as 12 time zones away, even into war zones. To the extreme south near the tip of South America doubletree hotel durango and as far North as the Arctic circle. There have been trips that have put me in remote villages and far from the modern conveniences that we now enjoy. But in this era of high technology, I've always been able to access the internet doubletree hotel durango and check out the status of the Dodgers. That was until this weekend, when I boarded a cruise ship for a luxurious three day cruise out of Miami to the Bahamas and back. I had no idea what I was in for.
Have you ever had to follow the progress of the Dodgers via ESPN lower screen doubletree hotel durango banners of updated game conditions? It's not an easy thing to do. It requires patience and a lot of time and imagination.
It takes a while for the ESPN feed scrolling at the bottom of the screen to return to the Dodger game update. There is a ton of information on this Sunday afternoon. The British Open, some formula 1 race and news about Penn State University taking the Joe Paterno statue doubletree hotel durango down. It seems like if takes forever for the next game update.
doubletree hotel durango "I sure hope that they can pull this thing off. Certainly they'Il not use Belisario and Jansen for three days straight," I think. I only know about the previous two games because I shelled out about 10 bucks to get a satellite link up to the internet the previous evening.
doubletree hotel durango I didn t even bother mentioning this trip I was making to blog readers. I figured I'd just keep on posting. I left to attend my niece s wedding and I knew it would be a weekend excursion doubletree hotel durango and back. Heck the Bahamas doubletree hotel durango are only 150 miles off the coast of Miami. Surely I would be able to maintain doubletree hotel durango contact with what the Dodgers were doing. Certainly I would have internet access. I had no idea how wrong I would be.
I suppose if I was a millionaire, I could have kept up and continued the internet postings. Costs to maintain internet connectivity on this ship is $39.00 an hour. Yes, an hour. I love the Dodgers, but there s a limit. My wallet stretches only so far. For that price I could have bought tickets to the game and flown back and forth via private jet. So as I was tied to periodic ESPN 2 scrolling line updates. I was finding them to not be frequent enough for my patience. I'd memorize the order that the sequence of events would follow. The British open, Formula 1, Tour de France, a bunch of Paterno news, AL scores and then NL scores. doubletree hotel durango If a commercial would pop up, the scrolling line would cease, and as the action doubletree hotel durango on ESPN 2 continued, it wouldn't continue from the point if left off at. It seemed like to took forever to find out if Guerra held the lead. He didn't.
I came to find out why they call this section of the world the Bermuda triangle. It's because it is the place in the world where updates from the sporting disappear into thin air. Happily doubletree hotel durango the Dodgers embarked on a 10 game road trip starting off in New York to take the first two in CitiField. Who would have figured?
This was it. Now or never for the blue. What followed for me was what seemed to be an eternity doubletree hotel durango of agony as I waited for the next update. I followed the bottom line scroll realizing exactly when the the NL scores would appear, just as the Dodger Mets update was about to pop up, a commercial break hit. "Drat!!" Waiting, more waiting and even more waiting. "What'd Treanor do?!?!"
Nothing doubletree hotel durango else posted. No winning pitcher, Losing pitcher, nothing. I blink twice. Double checking that I see things right. I did. "How'd they score five runs? Who cares? Dodgers doubletree hotel durango win again... I've gotta extend this vacation."
Born in Whittier and raised in Hacienda Hts., CA, amongst 7 siblings, sports was the focus of my existence and competition doubletree hotel durango at home and school reached epic proportions. My childhood revolved around collecting baseball cards, playing strat-o-matic baseball, listening to such greats as Scully, Hearn, Enberg, playing doubletree hotel durango Little League ball, attending Dodger games with my dad or brother, then there were piano lessons, church activities doubletree hotel durango school. Growing older, my competitive drive didn t cease but the athletic skills diminished. I lived abroad a few years. Got my education at Cal State L.A. an MBA at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, AZ. Entered into a Law Enforcement career with the U.S. Customs at San Diego. I continue in that field now as a Chief in San Francisco. Dodger baseball remains a passion. I have posted on baseball blogs since 1996. I respect the contributors friends on Dodgersoul.com (BBWC) Dodgerthoughts.com, others. Now 1/2 a century old, my kids are grown soon it ll be my wife and I alone.
Game 97 - July 23, 5-3 win over the Cardinals. Luis Cruz's 3-run homer was big, but Billinsley gets the POTG as he rebounds with 6 string innings picking up his first win in over 2 months. Tally: Ethier doubletree hotel durango 8, Kemp 8, Kershaw doubletree hotel durango 6 1/2, Gordon 5 1/2, Capuano 5, A.J. Ellis 5, Mark Ellis 5, Hairston 4, Herrera 5, Rivera 4, Abreu 4, Billingsley 4, Harang 3, Jansen 3, Loney 3, Eovaldi 2, Lilly 2, Lindblom 2, Belisario 2, Guerra 2, Treanor doubletree hotel durango 2, Uribe 2, Castellanos, Coffey, De Jesus, Fife, Guerra, Gwynn, Kennedy, Tolleson, Van Slyke, Wright Dodger record doubletree hotel durango 53-44