I went into Minneapolis today with my date to see a baseball exhibit at a library. We took the light rail from over by the Mall of America, and noticed somebody left their keys behind. So I claimed them and will send them to a Metro Transit location when I report for work on Monday.
I liked the exhibit, first we had had to find out where it was from a poster, then the directory. It meant going up one floor. It was locked, the information desk said we likely didn't find the only entrance, just the exit. So we did after taking a different elevator. Plenty of vintage photos on the wall, even recordings of historic events in the game like the Kirk Gibson home run in the 1988 World Series as well as Hank Aaron's 715th in 1974. Liked seeing the photos of all 26 major league stadiums from 1982, had to think a little how true it was that just six of them are still used as major league baseball venues now. I got a few pictures there, like of the display case with books about baseball like the Iowa Baseball Confederacy. It was written by W.P. Kinsella who also wrote 'Shoeless Joe' which inspired the movie 'Field of Dreams'. I liked seeing the print of a Norman Rockwell painting of a Pirates-Dodgers game in Brooklyn. The scoreboard shows the Pirates ahead 1-0 so they would win if the game was called since it was already an official game by then. There were some displays outside the gallery, mostly of the local team, the Twins. Liked seeing an artifact from Met Stadium's first year, 1956, where the minor-league Millers played before the Twins arrived. There was even a program from the 1965 World Series. On the lower level was photos from the new stadium, Target Field, when it opened in 2010.
There were some newspaper articles about Cal Ripken from the Baltimore paper, and mention how some levels of baseball have been named for him much like how some levels were named for Babe Ruth. The level of baseball in my hometown between little league and high school is called Babe Ruth, I think some towns call it 'Pony League'. It does lead me to think, when he has been appointed as an ambassador of the game, how he is an ideal candidate for the president's Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilan honor. It has been awarded to just 8 baseball players, most recently Stan Musial. I really liked how there were some recent things in the exhibit, like a bat used by David Freese of the St. Louis Cardinals in last year's World Series.
In the evening I didn't eat much since I had a sandwich and fries after the exhibit, at Rock Bottom Brewery. I had a chocolate Easter bunny and some popcorn, while watching the Fox 25th anniversary special. There was plenty about the more popular shows like 'The Bundys' (aka Married With Children) as well as 'The Simpsons' but also '90210' , 'Melrose Place' and 'X-Files'. I was doing my best to pay attention to it while cleaning the bathroom, which had some mold around the window. I had bought the cleaning supplies at Walmart even though I found out I already had 2 sponges, so now I have 2 more. Didn't know if I needed to get a dust mask as well, probably made me look a little more meancing if anyone saw it on me. Now I smell the bleach from the cleaner. It does remind me of having a dust mask on before, in art class when using 'workable fixitif' on art and then at church work camps when helping strip nailed-in boards from the skeleton of a house.
I did get around to placing some orders for things I wanted, a little at a time. I ordered a ticket to see the Incubus show at the Myth nightclub in Maplewood next month. I also ordered 2 postcards of my hometown of Newton, Iowa from Ebay, both are images from the town square. Next would be tickets for the Charley Pride concert at a casino in june, as well as a plane ticket, a free trip (or award trip) to St. Louis later this summer. I looked up the Wikipedia page about Charley Pride, as expected he is old, age 73. So it's good how I'm planning on seeing him perform now as I was reminded of how I hadn't before and unsure why. Also found out he got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, same year actor/comedian Bob Newhart got his star.
I liked the exhibit, first we had had to find out where it was from a poster, then the directory. It meant going up one floor. It was locked, the information desk said we likely didn't find the only entrance, just the exit. So we did after taking a different elevator. Plenty of vintage photos on the wall, even recordings of historic events in the game like the Kirk Gibson home run in the 1988 World Series as well as Hank Aaron's 715th in 1974. Liked seeing the photos of all 26 major league stadiums from 1982, had to think a little how true it was that just six of them are still used as major league baseball venues now. I got a few pictures there, like of the display case with books about baseball like the Iowa Baseball Confederacy. It was written by W.P. Kinsella who also wrote 'Shoeless Joe' which inspired the movie 'Field of Dreams'. I liked seeing the print of a Norman Rockwell painting of a Pirates-Dodgers game in Brooklyn. The scoreboard shows the Pirates ahead 1-0 so they would win if the game was called since it was already an official game by then. There were some displays outside the gallery, mostly of the local team, the Twins. Liked seeing an artifact from Met Stadium's first year, 1956, where the minor-league Millers played before the Twins arrived. There was even a program from the 1965 World Series. On the lower level was photos from the new stadium, Target Field, when it opened in 2010.
There were some newspaper articles about Cal Ripken from the Baltimore paper, and mention how some levels of baseball have been named for him much like how some levels were named for Babe Ruth. The level of baseball in my hometown between little league and high school is called Babe Ruth, I think some towns call it 'Pony League'. It does lead me to think, when he has been appointed as an ambassador of the game, how he is an ideal candidate for the president's Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilan honor. It has been awarded to just 8 baseball players, most recently Stan Musial. I really liked how there were some recent things in the exhibit, like a bat used by David Freese of the St. Louis Cardinals in last year's World Series.
In the evening I didn't eat much since I had a sandwich and fries after the exhibit, at Rock Bottom Brewery. I had a chocolate Easter bunny and some popcorn, while watching the Fox 25th anniversary special. There was plenty about the more popular shows like 'The Bundys' (aka Married With Children) as well as 'The Simpsons' but also '90210' , 'Melrose Place' and 'X-Files'. I was doing my best to pay attention to it while cleaning the bathroom, which had some mold around the window. I had bought the cleaning supplies at Walmart even though I found out I already had 2 sponges, so now I have 2 more. Didn't know if I needed to get a dust mask as well, probably made me look a little more meancing if anyone saw it on me. Now I smell the bleach from the cleaner. It does remind me of having a dust mask on before, in art class when using 'workable fixitif' on art and then at church work camps when helping strip nailed-in boards from the skeleton of a house.
I did get around to placing some orders for things I wanted, a little at a time. I ordered a ticket to see the Incubus show at the Myth nightclub in Maplewood next month. I also ordered 2 postcards of my hometown of Newton, Iowa from Ebay, both are images from the town square. Next would be tickets for the Charley Pride concert at a casino in june, as well as a plane ticket, a free trip (or award trip) to St. Louis later this summer. I looked up the Wikipedia page about Charley Pride, as expected he is old, age 73. So it's good how I'm planning on seeing him perform now as I was reminded of how I hadn't before and unsure why. Also found out he got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, same year actor/comedian Bob Newhart got his star.
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