as some of you know, new york blogger/friend/sports/movie/life stories writer, mark (http://markbialczak.com) and i are engaged in a major friendly minor league baseball battle. his beloved syracuse chiefs have played my toledo mud hens for 4 games in his town, (with mixed results and home field advantage). and luckily they’ve made their way back and hens have come home to roost for a 4-game home stand. Â see the results of yesterday’s game one below! the hens and chiefs will take to the field again this morning and we shall see who indeed rules the farm in the end)
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140513&content_id=75360256&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t512
GO HENS!
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Uh-oh…… I am contractually obligated to cheer for Mark’s team. GO MARK’S TEAM!!! 😉
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oh boy, now he needs contracts to rein in his loyalists, chatter ?
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Ruh roh….. Well….no, not exactly. 🙂 Mark? Mark? It’s like this ….I ….Uhm….. don’t follow sports at all anymore. And I love Mark’s devotion to his community (including his sports)…. and I just kinda wanted to fit in…..
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no worries, chatter, i know his wit alone is plenty enough to pull one in )
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😉 Indeed!
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Go Hens! From one Detroit fan to another…go hens…
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thanks jaded, you are obviously wise as well as talented )
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I’m not a sports fan, but these posts are fun to read!
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thanks roy, for you support, even though it’s not your favorite arena )
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Find myself in the same fix as chatter master! Love the photo though.
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thanks lundy, and don’t worry he cannot enforce the contract )
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Omigosh! Are you from Ohio? How did I miss that? If so, you are not to far from me. 🙂
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no, i’m a michigander actually, but toledo is only 45 mins south of me in ann arbor, and the hens are the tiger’s farm team )
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That’s cool. I live about an hour from Toledo. In between Toledo & Cleveland.
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perfect location between the mud hens and rock and roll hall of fame )
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There’s native american roots in my family tree. Gotta go with the chiefs. Sorry pal. I love that name though, those rowdy Mud Hens! 🙂
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okay sandra, i understand your reasoning and thanks for the name love )
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I love you and Marco both and I think baseball is the most boring game ever. . . . . . except maybe for soccer! Oh well. . . .we have Valley Cats team in Troy and we go sometimes. There is lots of drama with costumed characters , and miniature car races to kill the boredom and keep people coming back !
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thanks for loving both of us equally, and what you describe with the valley cats is a big reason why i love minor league ball so much, anne –
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Well, as an NYer, I guess I have to say ‘go chiefs’ in a very quiet voice. Cute!
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okay, other beth, i understand but where is your common name loyalty i ask? )
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I dont like any sports Beth. I wont cheer much but i hope your team wins because you are wonder woman.
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thank you tomnardone for your undying confidence and loyalty and for picking the right team.
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Team Beth, I cant lose
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OK, Beth, so the Mud Hens got one back. Convincingly. With a grand slam involved, even. I am impressed. A tiny, little, smidgen.
But, still, they won at Toledo’s Fifth Third Field? Why did they stop there? All the other fractions taken already? And when I learned math, the teacher scratched on the cave wall: One third. Two thirds. Three thirds. Then she stopped. I know, it’s a bank …
The Chiefs still lead the series three games to two, as they play right now.
You win this afternoon and then my sweating will have a little to do with something other than our 80-degree weather, Beth.
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There’s nothing wrong with five-thirds, if you’ve got five of a third to deal with. K-12 math teachers seem to worry about them for some reason and nobody in the math department at college has the heart to tell them not to bother. It makes the teachers so happy, somehow.
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because we understand higher level math here, mark. plain and simple. ) and yes, it was impressive to say the least )
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I’m pulling for your hens, Beth. 🙂
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thanks so much, andra, and i believe you have made a good choice )
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Well, Beth, you will not be the champion of our little wager. This just in. Chiefs win 3-0. Mud Hens must win two straight to wrestle a tie for the series!!!
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well, we shall see sir. ps – i know you were checking the score every 30 seconds )
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Not during the rain delay, I wasn’t, Beth.
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I will always take the Mud Hens’ side unless they are playing the Columbus Clippers! I will continue to root for the ‘home team’ in this series in your ‘neck of the woods,’ Beth!! I am wishing for a hot dog, Cracker Jacks and a brew right about now! Need to get home and eat my dinner, soon! Smiles, Robin
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thanks robin, and even though mark is a pretty good guy, your wisdom won out )
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Why is it that the first thing I think of is that I would face plant if I tried to walk in those shoes…how a hen does it leaves me in wonder. Mad props to the hens.
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thanks, and i agree about the footwear, you’ve got to give them credit for that alone )
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I love that you have that special cute guy and gal pair featured! They can bring you smiles, even while ‘down!!’
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absolutely robin, and you are so right ))
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