One picture is worth a thousand words, so how about two...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Centennial Step-Child
Philadelphia's Museum of Art, Pantheon on the Parkway, or PMA for short and the lazy.
Said Parkway icon currently boasts notable holdings such as Peter Paul Rubens', Promethus Bound; Thomas Eakins', The Gross Clinic; Vincent Van Gogh's, Vase with twelve Sunflowers; and Cezanne's, The Bather's, to name just a select few. Among the largest art collections in continental United States, established 1876 (conveniently coinciding with the World's Fair), and originally housed within the confines of Memorial Hall - Meet our bastard Centennial step child. Original location meet new digs, old and stuffy meet young and fresh - They may be bigger, but we're better! They may hold millions in an endowment, but our audience is their future!
Despite minimal attendance and dragging moral, your Memorial Ballers kept the undefeated Philadelphia Museum of Art (home team) to our lowest score difference at date; with final numbers, 17-6!
Lineup boasted Leon at first, Brian Rafter on second and Adam Phillips manning short (stop) - All slightly gimpy and spewing self-proclaimed limited mobility. With former PMAer turned former PTMer Frank Luzi out on Daddy Duty, Claudia Setubal pitched innings one through four - Claudia was relieved inning five by debut rookie, Renee. Ann Goering staked catcher while fiancee and birthday boy Matt Schwartz rounded-out the infield at third - Happy 27th! Left field saw the return of ex Experience Host Erin Kane, left center boasted Andrew Riley, right center was Beth (friend of Erin Kane) while newly re-hired Retail Associate Mike Connor played right. Inning three saw Armin Pop swap for Ann while Dan replaced Beth around inning five.
Plays of note include an opening lead off hit jacked deep left by Adam 'The Beast' Phillips - Unfortunately, our esteemed co-captain attempted to turn said double into a triple; out number one. However, Mr. Phillips more than redeemed himself playing solid short stop and laying out for an incredible snag to end inning five! Extraordinary outfielders Erin Kane and Mike Connor also came up with amazing grabs. Leon and Andrew cleared bases - Leon with a triple, Andrew a stand-up home run! In addition, Leon got away with an error on first, both Brian and Dan drew blood, birthday boy Schwartz donned a 'Princess' tiara while former Communications Coordinator Silvana Pop berated her little brother (Armin) from our sidelines.
As an aside, The Philadelphia Museum of Art batted 16 players per rotation with more than one questionable call as acting base umps.
Just a FYI - Double header NEXT week! Monday, May 16th against rookie win-less team, Fleisher Art Memorial (0-5) at Belmont Field, 4 AND Tuesday, May 17th against South Philly Tap Room (3-2) on Dairy Field, 2; we are home and away, respectively.
Said Parkway icon currently boasts notable holdings such as Peter Paul Rubens', Promethus Bound; Thomas Eakins', The Gross Clinic; Vincent Van Gogh's, Vase with twelve Sunflowers; and Cezanne's, The Bather's, to name just a select few. Among the largest art collections in continental United States, established 1876 (conveniently coinciding with the World's Fair), and originally housed within the confines of Memorial Hall - Meet our bastard Centennial step child. Original location meet new digs, old and stuffy meet young and fresh - They may be bigger, but we're better! They may hold millions in an endowment, but our audience is their future!
Despite minimal attendance and dragging moral, your Memorial Ballers kept the undefeated Philadelphia Museum of Art (home team) to our lowest score difference at date; with final numbers, 17-6!
Lineup boasted Leon at first, Brian Rafter on second and Adam Phillips manning short (stop) - All slightly gimpy and spewing self-proclaimed limited mobility. With former PMAer turned former PTMer Frank Luzi out on Daddy Duty, Claudia Setubal pitched innings one through four - Claudia was relieved inning five by debut rookie, Renee. Ann Goering staked catcher while fiancee and birthday boy Matt Schwartz rounded-out the infield at third - Happy 27th! Left field saw the return of ex Experience Host Erin Kane, left center boasted Andrew Riley, right center was Beth (friend of Erin Kane) while newly re-hired Retail Associate Mike Connor played right. Inning three saw Armin Pop swap for Ann while Dan replaced Beth around inning five.
Plays of note include an opening lead off hit jacked deep left by Adam 'The Beast' Phillips - Unfortunately, our esteemed co-captain attempted to turn said double into a triple; out number one. However, Mr. Phillips more than redeemed himself playing solid short stop and laying out for an incredible snag to end inning five! Extraordinary outfielders Erin Kane and Mike Connor also came up with amazing grabs. Leon and Andrew cleared bases - Leon with a triple, Andrew a stand-up home run! In addition, Leon got away with an error on first, both Brian and Dan drew blood, birthday boy Schwartz donned a 'Princess' tiara while former Communications Coordinator Silvana Pop berated her little brother (Armin) from our sidelines.
As an aside, The Philadelphia Museum of Art batted 16 players per rotation with more than one questionable call as acting base umps.
Just a FYI - Double header NEXT week! Monday, May 16th against rookie win-less team, Fleisher Art Memorial (0-5) at Belmont Field, 4 AND Tuesday, May 17th against South Philly Tap Room (3-2) on Dairy Field, 2; we are home and away, respectively.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Third Time's the Charm?
Game 3, Bishop's Collar, third time's the charm? Unfortunately, not so much...
Despite an upsetting score of 2-28 with innings one and three accounting for over half Collar's scored runs (an unsettling 18 to be exact), your Memorial Ballers staged an epic fight!
In contrast to official results, we boasted an incredible roster and blatant team spirit. Making his second appearance of this season, Greg Riley started deep left field, as brother Andrew Riley staked out left center - Later switching with right center field Dan B. who began at first base; voluntarily swapping around inning four with super slugger Leon who suffered a slight ankle re-injury mid confrontation. Third base boasted Ballers' staple Matt Schwartz - Loving fiancee to Ann Goering, voluntary bench warmer and vocal cheerleader. In short, while Matt took multiple bouncing and breaking grounders at third, Ann managed to conjure and coin the obvious chant, 'Hey, I know him!' Meanwhile, Renee, second baseman turned catcher, switched with little Pop (aka Armin) around inning three-ish to man deep right field. With A. Pop behind home calling in, out, up and down, pitcher Claudia Setubal faced Bishop's Collar seven innings straight. Slightly rehabilitated, recoved and relocated from first base to short stop, Adam 'The Beast' Phillips brought his A-game; infield acrobatics, diving snags and the occasional double play.
Honorable mentions include roster candidate Eduardo Quemuel and former outfield extraordinaire Brian Rafter. Despite an intense desire for action (and possibly blood) both gentlemen remained sideline bound with lower extremity injuries, unleashing any latent anger as base coaches, on our runners rounding first or third.
Despite the above stellar shout-outs, by inning seven, an extraordinary infield all-star and MVP was clearly evident. With an incalculable number of outs made and not an error on field, Nora Banks played the most solid second base seen this season! If there was an out at second to be made, N. Banks made it - Usually with the help of A. Phillips eating turf. Unfortunately, due to my horrible hitting order error, Nora didn't bat until inning five.
In conclusion, Anne Kreamer, former worldwide creative director for Nickelodeon and Nick at Night, in a new book (It's Always Personal: Emotion in the New Workplace) detailing occupational emotions, devotes an entire chapter to defining traits of what she calls the four Workplace Emotional Evaluation Profiles. Apparently, post mini-survey, I am a Believer then Solver. 'Aloof' and 'removed,' yet a relatively happy person who finds 'solace by trusting in the stabilizing, civilizing power of larger principles and the greater goods.' Solvers also grow into 'better emotional management' with time.
Translation? Softball application? I think of myself as a relatively happy co-captain, improvement needed, who finds 'solace' by the greater goods - An evening suitably spent, a game agreeably played and beverages thoroughly enjoyed.
Cheers to you Memorial Ballers, cheers to you!
Despite an upsetting score of 2-28 with innings one and three accounting for over half Collar's scored runs (an unsettling 18 to be exact), your Memorial Ballers staged an epic fight!
In contrast to official results, we boasted an incredible roster and blatant team spirit. Making his second appearance of this season, Greg Riley started deep left field, as brother Andrew Riley staked out left center - Later switching with right center field Dan B. who began at first base; voluntarily swapping around inning four with super slugger Leon who suffered a slight ankle re-injury mid confrontation. Third base boasted Ballers' staple Matt Schwartz - Loving fiancee to Ann Goering, voluntary bench warmer and vocal cheerleader. In short, while Matt took multiple bouncing and breaking grounders at third, Ann managed to conjure and coin the obvious chant, 'Hey, I know him!' Meanwhile, Renee, second baseman turned catcher, switched with little Pop (aka Armin) around inning three-ish to man deep right field. With A. Pop behind home calling in, out, up and down, pitcher Claudia Setubal faced Bishop's Collar seven innings straight. Slightly rehabilitated, recoved and relocated from first base to short stop, Adam 'The Beast' Phillips brought his A-game; infield acrobatics, diving snags and the occasional double play.
Honorable mentions include roster candidate Eduardo Quemuel and former outfield extraordinaire Brian Rafter. Despite an intense desire for action (and possibly blood) both gentlemen remained sideline bound with lower extremity injuries, unleashing any latent anger as base coaches, on our runners rounding first or third.
Despite the above stellar shout-outs, by inning seven, an extraordinary infield all-star and MVP was clearly evident. With an incalculable number of outs made and not an error on field, Nora Banks played the most solid second base seen this season! If there was an out at second to be made, N. Banks made it - Usually with the help of A. Phillips eating turf. Unfortunately, due to my horrible hitting order error, Nora didn't bat until inning five.
In conclusion, Anne Kreamer, former worldwide creative director for Nickelodeon and Nick at Night, in a new book (It's Always Personal: Emotion in the New Workplace) detailing occupational emotions, devotes an entire chapter to defining traits of what she calls the four Workplace Emotional Evaluation Profiles. Apparently, post mini-survey, I am a Believer then Solver. 'Aloof' and 'removed,' yet a relatively happy person who finds 'solace by trusting in the stabilizing, civilizing power of larger principles and the greater goods.' Solvers also grow into 'better emotional management' with time.
Translation? Softball application? I think of myself as a relatively happy co-captain, improvement needed, who finds 'solace' by the greater goods - An evening suitably spent, a game agreeably played and beverages thoroughly enjoyed.
Cheers to you Memorial Ballers, cheers to you!
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