baseball

Seattle WA - A seven-year-old boy was at the center of a Seattle
courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who
should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his
parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping
with child custody law and regulations requiring that family unity be
maintained to the degree possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him
more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When

Maybe there is hope on the horizon.

Looks like the Royals Class A Affiliate, the Burlington Bee's, pulled of one of baseball's small miracles last night.

Pitchers Danny Duffy and Juan Abreu combined to through the first no-hitter for that team since 2004. They combined for nine strikeouts and three walks to accomplish the feat while the team won 10-0.

When trying to get acclimated to an area and "sightseeing" I usually end up doing one thing first. Baseball.

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again." - Terrence Mann, as played by James Earl Jones, in the classic baseball movie Field of Dreams.