August 10th, 2010 by admin

I was a Dodger fan from the early 1970′s when the Los Angeles Dodgers were managed by the one and only Tom Lasorda. I can remember the infield of Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, Bill Russell and Steve Garvey. I remember the sun glimmering off the roof in the outfield and the smell of the fresh cut grass.

I was on assignment back in 1988, far away from Los Angeles, when the Los Angeles Dodgers were playing in game one of the World Series. Up against it and trailing, an hobbled Kirk Gibson strolled to the plate with two outs and a man one first.

Gibson barely able to walk to the plate in pain, grimacing with every pitch. Vin Scully making the call with Joe Garagiola. The at bat took forever I remember, nearly ten minutes against premier reliever, Dennis Eckersly. As I watched on a 13 inch black and white TV, Gibson throws his bat at a low outside pitch pulls into left the field bleachers as his teammates rush the field. I remember Scully’s simple call, ‘High fly ball into right field! She is gone!’

As I watch Dodgers games on my direct tv hd in Ohiosatellite TV every night now from my home in Cleveland, I think back to that night. As I watch now I can still see the fresh cut grass so green I can almost smell it.

April 13th, 2010 by admin

When the holiday comes, you will always be excited since you have more time to do your favorite activities. There are many fun activities that you can do with friends or family such as shopping, camping, swimming, fishing, and more. One classic activity that you probably won?t miss on your holiday is cooking in your beloved kitchen. Cooking some cookies or making barbeque is a favorite activity that most people do on their holiday. You can bake the sweet cookies at home and send them to your family to express your love. The recipe doesn?t have to be complicated; you can choose simple recipes that easy to prepare.

Simple recipe that people choose on their holiday is chocolate chip cookie. Making chocolate chip cookie at home is easy since you can get the guidance from the magazine or internet. To make your Holiday Recipes more meaningful, you can package your cookies into holiday gift. Here are some steps that you can follow to make your cookie recipe becomes more interesting and memorable:

• Buy all ingredients that you need such as sugar, flour, vanilla, eggs, baking soda, and more.
• Bake your chocolate chip cookies according to the guide. Make sure that you mix the ingredients based on the right proportion and bake them about ten minutes. Don?t forget to preheat your oven before baking the cookies.
• When the cookies are done, put them on a tray and wait until they are cold.
• Now, this is the time to put the chocolate chip cookies into the basket. You can choose the small baskets and arrange the cookies well. It is a good idea to put some decorative items like ribbon.

When your cookie gifts are ready, now this is the time to send them to your family or friends. They would be very happy to receive chocolate chip cookies that you bake at home. Develop your holiday recipe into beautiful gift is a great idea to make this holiday more memorable.