tito: gotta love this guy

baseball, a la bourn

very nice interview with indians centerfielder michael bourn, on the basics of baseball -- the long haul -- the grind

new documentary about opera lovers' hangout in l.a.

a new friend, lisa dibenedictis, whom i met, a few months ago, after susan graham's concert in akron -- she (lisa) was with her neighbor's lovely granddaughter, miss haily -- well, lisa told me about her friend anne davis o'neal's documentary about a group of opera lovers, who have been gathering in a los angeles restaurant for 50 years

'hard day's night'

a couple of fridays ago, i went to the capitol theater, to see jonas kaufmann and kristine opolais, in 'manon lescaut,' from covent garden -- wasn't showing -- was so looking forward to it -- promised to be one for the ages -- i've since missed all the other showings of it

good thing, 'hard days' night' was showing

fun stuff

here are two of my favorite songs

vinny, on the history of 'home plate': 'kind of interesting'

vinnie, on a brawl

vinnie's...classy blow-by-blow, of the zack greinke-carlos quentin brawl

everybody loves vinny

feel the love

and one year before -- lovely touch, his first pitch