From the home office on the Boulevard......

....Top Ten Reasons Why The Richmond Braves Are Going to Gwinnett:


10) Only Angels, Blue Jays and Devil Rays helmets at the kids' ice cream stand.

9) Losing the W.G. Cosby billboard where the frog's eyes lit up with each hit a batter had during the game.

8) Manager tried using centerfield sign machine to read batting order but couldn't figure out player names with 632 light bulbs missing.

7) Extensive coverage of team in newspaper on page E-27.

6) Oh, that's right, the sport section never has 27 pages.

5) Team that Atlanta fielded in Richmond in the year 2000 had a combined batting average of .012.

4) R-Braves players complained that rats in the clubhouse were only half the size of rats in New York City.

3) During many losing seasons, many fans considered returning to the Diamond for games if it could be mathematically proven the team would never lose by more than three runs.

2) R-Braves marketing plan: the sign out front! What more do you need?

and the Number One reason why the Richmond Braves are moving to Gwinnett.....


1) Parker Field!

All Things Witham---On The Road For The First Time EVER!!!

Welcome to my first blog post outside of Virginia!!

We're live tonight in New Bern, North Carolina, as we traveled here earlier this evening to celebrate two milestone birthdays!

On Monday, our wonderful daughter, Rachel, turns the big 10!! I'm still trying to figure out where in the world those ten years disappeared to!!!!

Then, the person she shares that birthday with, her Papa (my Dad), turns the big 75! So, at the risk of letting a big day go by, we came down to celebrate both birthdays tomorrow, since we have to be back home at this time tomorrow night so the kids can get to school Monday.

I, on the other hand, had at least some foresight and am taking Monday off to snooze. :)

There is a chance of some storms tomorrow PM, so I'm hoping they will either not develop or we can dodge the bullet.

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Quick, few, end-of-week musings:

1) Lots and lots on my mind right now, about things happening, things that may happen, things that may not. I'm very happy that, in spite of all that rambling through my mind at warp speed, I still made the trip here to NC. But, let it be said, next week could turn out to be extremely pivotal. Plus, my jury duty "on-call period" will be done soon, and that will make me happy, no matter what other emotions come my way.

2) NC State.....will they ever be able to recruit with UNC and Duke at their side door? They used to......hopefully Sidney Lowe can, because Lord knows we need some players. The poor guys there now, when you run only seven players, you run out of steam. I don't look forward to seeing their "March legs". They'll probably be tired. I hope at least an NIT bid, so the guys, and the coach, can play some March tournament basketball. All experience is a positive right now.

3) The Taco Bell gutted by fire next to work last Thanksgiving has been open a few weeks now. No word as to whether they plan to add rats as their latest attraction, a la NYC.

Good night from North Carolina!! Happy birthday Papa and Rachel! February 26, 1932 and February 26, 1997. :)