Author Archives: Jim DeLa
Twitterazzi arriving
The 150 people invited to the Kennedy Space Center for tomorrow’s launch of the Grail mission to the moon are gathering in the rain outside the Visitors Complex. Even though registration started at 7 a.m., you can’t actually go inside … Continue reading
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NASA giveth and taketh away
The NASA Tweetup is less than a week away and the 150 participants got the official schedule in our inboxes today. There’s some good news and some bad news. First the bad news – I must vent. We’re not being … Continue reading
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A small step for a Tweep
Since I’ve had this blog, I’ve covered a few subjects – media, primarily, and few recent posts on youth baseball. (A blog should focus on one subject, I know. ) But here comes a new topic: NASA and the geeks … Continue reading
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Put one in the win column
The Sarasota All-Stars finally had something to cheer out loud about Friday morning. Playing a team from Belleview, a team that’s definately NOT a stacked tournament team, we won, 23-5, in a game called after four innings. Every game I’ve seen has been … Continue reading
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Ouch. Ouch.
Coaches talk to the team after a loss. The good guys went down in flames again Thursday afternoon, 21-8. It’s getting ugly and the frustration is begining to show. The results were predictable because the kids do what players their … Continue reading
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Ouch.
The best thing I can say is, is only lasted three innings. Talk about running into a buzzsaw. A team from the Tampa area handed us a 15-3 loss this morning. Scuttlebutt is they were a “traveling” team, whch means … Continue reading
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Gearing up for a tournament
My 7-year-old twins are ready for their first All-Star tournament experience tomorrow. It’s apparently the first T-ball all-star tournament that the Cal Ripken Baseball has ever held in Florida, so this is officially a Pretty Big Deal. I’m very excited … Continue reading
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Officially too warm for jackets
Warming up nicely under brilliant blue sky … 45 minutes until workout scheduled to begin here in Sarasota.
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Day dawns on the 2011 season
At 9 a.m. today a few fans had already camped out in the parking lot of Ed Smith Stadium waitng to get their first look at the 2011 Orioles at noon. But most of the lot was still filled with … Continue reading
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Jim DeLa
No launch, but time well spent
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody. –Henry VI, part III, scene 2 After two days of anticipation, the Delta II rocket with the GRAIL satellites were still sitting on Launch Complex 17. While the rains held off and the … Continue reading →
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