Friday, October 14, 2011

The Summing Up, October 15, 2011


Phil and my son, Josh, didn't take Kevin to many Tigers games this year. They have to pay full-price for him now and he seemed more interested in riding on the ferris wheel and eating soft pretzels than watching a game. (He's only 4 after all). He also is ready to go home to bed by eight.

And Phil and Josh want to watch the game. Every second of it.

Kevin must have overheard Josh tell his wife that this would probably be the last game of the year (we think) because when Josh was leaving, on the bench by the front door, was Kevin's Tiger hat, his Tiger shirt, a book about baseball and a Tiger ball--all thing he had located and put at the door unbeknownst to them.

Phil had bought him that ball when he was two--I remember him picking it out in the gift shop. A neat pile for the trip.

Kevin was ready to go but got left behind (sell-out and tks cost $110). Sad to me, but humorous to men apparently. I bet no women will find it so though.

My review of IDES OF MARCH is on Crimespree Cinema.


The Summing Up, October 15, 2011

Patti Abbott, The Moviegoer, Walker Percy
Yvette Banke, The Silent Speaker, Rex Stout
Joe Barone, The Chinese Maze Mysteries, Robert van Gulik
Bill Crider, Hunter and the Hunted, Fredric Brown
Scott Cupp, The Zen Gun, Barrington J. Bayley
Martin Edwards, Hangover Square, Patrick Hamilton
Cullen Gallagher, Edwin of the Iron Shoes, Marcia Muller
Ed Gorman, The Murder of Miranda, Margaret Millar
Jerry House, Self Portrait Ceaselessly, Ross Macdonald
Randy Johnson, Room to Swing, Ed Lacy
George Kelley, The Planets Killers, Robert Silverberg
Margot Kinberg, Detective Inspector Huss, Helene Tursten
Rob Kitchin, Open Season, C.J. Box
K. A. Laity, Three Plays by Mae West, edited by Lillian Schlessel
B.V. Lawson, First Come, First Kill, Richard and Frances Lockridge
Steve Lewis/Curt J. Evans, Wicket Good, G.M. Malliet
Todd Mason, 5001 Nights at the Movies, Pauline Kael
J..F. Norris, The Secrets of Dr. Taverner, Dion Fortune
Richard Pangburn, Water Witches, Chris Bohjalian
David Rachels, Stopover for Murder, Floyd Mahannah
James Reasoner, The Further Adventures of Zorro, Johnson McCully
Richard Robinson, The Complete Venus Equilaterial, George O. Smith
Gerard Saylor, Songs of Innocence, Richard Aleas
Ron Scheer, Waltz into Darkness, Cornell Woolrich
Kerrie Smith, Gideon's Day, J. J. Marric
Kevin Tipple, A Real Basket Case, Beth Groundwater
Tomcat, Leonard's Law, Warren B. Murphy

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aww, sweet. I agree he's really too young to go but over the years we've seen parents bringing their kids of that age (boys and girls).

When Hideki Matsui was on the Yankees we used to see a Japanese family regularly, with a little boy about four. Sometimes he was dressed in full Yankees uniform with Matsui's name and number on the back. He was just adorable but I admit he didn't have a great interest in the rest of the game. They'd usually stay no more than 4-5 innings.

Jeff M.

pattinase (abbott) said...

I saw one of the players youngish son watching the game intently and apparently he takes him to every game. Josh started going at six and he followed it avidly as well as other sports but four is different than six.

Anonymous said...

Agreed. The first season I remember at all I was seven.

Jeff M.