Quiet weekend
Posted by Carl on October 14, 2007
Home life has become increasingly dominated by the upcoming vacation and despite it having been on the drawing board for the better part of two years, once again I’m woefully unprepared. Anyone bought a Tracfone in the US before? I’m just sick of getting nailed with roaming charges when we’re out of country.
Speaking of out of country, I took a quick look at the Reading Phillies website and was reminded about something that bugged me this season:
Players who made Major League Rehab Assignments with Reading:
Shane Victorino
Rod Barajas
Chase Utley
Scott Mathieson
Ryan Madson
Adam Eaton
Shane Victorino
Rod Barajas
Chase Utley
Scott Mathieson
Ryan Madson
Adam Eaton
Players who made Major League Rehab assignments with Ottawa:
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Having said that, the Phillies front office paid quite a bit of attention (and time) here in the Nation’s Capital. We saw Pat Gillick (Phillies GM), Mike Arbuckle (assistant GM) and Mike Compton (catching coordinator) among others. Still, it would have been nice to see Ryan Howard…
Moving on - the Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League lost another one, but Joe Bisenius had another positive outing going two innings, allowing no hits, no walks and striking out one. More importantly, he’s inducing more ground than fly ball outs.
Finally, the well documented deadline that the City imposed on the team last week has come and gone. I’ll have to swing by the courthouse this week to see if a Statement of Claim has been issued, but I doubt I’ll find one. Hopefully the relative silence is an indication that the rhetoric is being toned down and that they’ve moved on to finding a solution. Unfortunately, if it does come, it’s likely too late for the Can Am League - we’ve not heard from Miles Wolff for some time now. I’ve mentioned this before, but the best we can hope for now is that Mr. Pecor is able to put an end to the financial losses and move on.
October 16, 2007 at 9:55 am
Carl,
I currently have a Tracfone. I am not a believer in cellphones, but my mom got it for me for Christmas a couple years ago and I take it with me when I go on a road trip that promises to be longer than 3.5 hours.
I have been pleased with it in general. What’s strange is that it completely didn’t work in Ottawa. I’ve used it in Toronto before.
Feel free to E-mail me w any questions.
-Bob
October 16, 2007 at 9:59 am
That’s quite a list. Though you’d have to imagine this was geographically and politically motivated. Not to kill the Lynx, but in the sense of getting players work VISAs, international flights, etc. The NL clubs don’t really deal with this anymore since the Expos moved. Only a couple per year play the Jays in interleague games. Plus Reading is under an hour from Philadelphia by car.
October 17, 2007 at 4:41 am
Thanks Bob - I’m thinking we’ll grab a phone shortly after we cross the border.
re: Reading. I agree that it was likely the proximity to Reading which made the difference, but there were times when the team was on a three or four game road trip in Pa. - e.g. Toronto rehabbed A.J. Burnett in Ottawa.
October 31, 2007 at 12:58 pm
I bought my wife a phone in Wal-Mart and it has service through T-Mobile. You have to replenish your minutes periodically, but there is no monthly charge or contract. It works very well for her. We have been in some very desolate locations out here in the Desert between Tucson and El Paso and have been amazed at the strength of the signal.