I went with my friend Mark to Play Ball Park at the Colorado Convention Center yesterday. It is a baseball event held in conjunction with the All-Star Game taking place in Denver this coming Tuesday, and features a Baseball Hall of Fame exhibit, autographing sessions with former ballplayers, including Hall of Famers, and varfious other exhibits, including one on the Negro Leagues. There are also mascots there from various major league teams, including the mascot from the St. Louis Cardinals, posing with Mark in the phitograph on the left.
There were also a number of speakers at Play Ball Park, including Luis Tiant, who pitched for the Boston Red Sox back in the 1970s and can be seen in the photograph on the right. Mark and I listened to his talk, and Tiant - now 80 years old - is definitely very old school. He is not a big fan of computer generated analysis in baseball, saying everyone just needs to use their brains to make decisions, and thinks pitchers these days do not stay in the game nearly long enough, which might be the cause of frequent injuries. He was very positive about his career, however, and very grateful that he was able to do what he loved all his life. All of us should be so lucky. Great to see you, Luis!
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