Probably a good thing the game was called last night - we would have come home to a completely flooded basement had we piled into the van and headed to the park to wait out a rain delay.

I’m still not certain what transpired yesterday down at City Hall, beyond the non-discussion of the Ottawa Stadium Group bid.  As commenter and blogger, taoofstieb has astutely pointed out, the website for one of the proponents of the bid is entirely underwhelming.  And you think someone from the group would have been front and centre yesterday as opposed to “couldn’t be reached for comment”.  A wild card $40M bid that sails in from left field?  Something just seems wrong there - and not just because we’re opposed to the idea.  (You’ve also gotta wonder how long it would take before the $40 became $50 or $60M.)

Speaking of left field, congratulations to Neate Sager for winning OttawaStart.com’s “rant of the day” a couple days back (and please ignore my comment on his posting).

In baseball news, unfortunately John Ennis was DFA’d (designated for assignment, for those of you just joining us) - even if he clears waivers, I’m not sure there’s enough time left in the season for him to rejoin.  It’ll be close, but I think the earliest opportunity would be Friday or Saturday.

Finally, for now anyway - I’ve been asked where this blog goes after September 3, 2007.  I honestly don’t know is my best answer.  Frankly,  I’ve not permitted myself to look much beyond that date, even though it’s now staring me in the face.   What I can tell you is that this will never be The “unofficial” Allentown Ironpigs blog.   Never ever ever ever ever.  Not that I’m bitter or anything. 

I’m leaning towards permanently shutting things down on that date, so if you’ve got comments, complaints, rants… - post now or forever hold your peace.