Sally Forth: a minor league blog

The forum for general posting. Come join the madness. :)
Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#1 Post by Ritterskoop » Mon May 05, 2014 3:18 pm

My first post is up. I expect about ten posts over the summer as we visit each team or combination of teams.

http://sallyforthclt.blogspot.com/

Happy summer to all.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
Vandal
Director of Promos
Posts: 7515
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:42 pm
Location: Literary Circles
Contact:
Contact Vandal

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#2 Post by Vandal » Tue May 06, 2014 5:19 am

Ritterskoop wrote:My first post is up. I expect about ten posts over the summer as we visit each team or combination of teams.

http://sallyforthclt.blogspot.com/

Happy summer to all.

I'm looking forward to reading the entire series.

You really should be on Twitter to drive some blog readers your way!
_________________________________________________________________________________
Visit my website: http://www.rmclarkauthor.com
Top
User avatar
kroxquo
Posts: 3373
Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:24 pm
Location: On the Road to Kingdom Come
Contact:
Contact kroxquo

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#3 Post by kroxquo » Tue May 06, 2014 6:26 am

Why don't you make a side trip to Durham to see the Bulls or Raleigh to see the Carolina Mudcats and I will join you.
You live and learn. Or at least you live. - Douglas Adams
Top
User avatar
a1mamacat
Posts: 7145
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:02 pm
Location: Great White North

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#4 Post by a1mamacat » Tue May 06, 2014 7:59 am

best of luck with this endeavor!
Lover of Soft Animals and Fine Art
1st annual international BBBL Champeeeeen!
Top
User avatar
Catfish
Posts: 2250
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:58 pm
Location: Hoosier

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#5 Post by Catfish » Tue May 06, 2014 9:41 am

Cool! Best wishes on this undertaking.
Love,
Catfish
Top
User avatar
tlynn78
Posts: 9617
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:31 am
Location: Montana

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#6 Post by tlynn78 » Tue May 06, 2014 11:46 am

Sounds fun - have a great time!
When reality requires approval, control replaces truth.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#7 Post by Ritterskoop » Tue May 06, 2014 12:49 pm

kroxquo wrote:Why don't you make a side trip to Durham to see the Bulls or Raleigh to see the Carolina Mudcats and I will join you.
We cover these both for the Raleigh paper - i handled the Mudcats file just last night.

I'll see if there is a day game for one of them on the way on our trip to Richmond for the northern trio. Should be a Sunday around July 28.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#8 Post by Ritterskoop » Wed May 07, 2014 10:43 pm

Second post is up from tonight's game:

http://sallyforthclt.blogspot.com/2014/ ... ckory.html
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#9 Post by Ritterskoop » Tue May 20, 2014 10:39 pm

Tonight's game was at the Kannapolis Intimidators.

http://sallyforthclt.blogspot.com/2014/ ... idate.html
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#10 Post by Ritterskoop » Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:51 am

Three Dog Night in Greensboro:

http://sallyforthclt.blogspot.com
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
kayrharris
Miss Congeniality
Posts: 11968
Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:48 am
Location: Auburn, AL
Contact:
Contact kayrharris

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#11 Post by kayrharris » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:58 am

I'm enjoying these very much. Thanks for sharing!

kay
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. "
Benjamin Franklin
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#12 Post by Ritterskoop » Sun Jun 08, 2014 11:23 pm

Augusta, Georgia and

Rome, Georgia

sort of

http://sallyforthclt.blogspot.com
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
lilyvonschtupp26
Posts: 862
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:18 pm
Location: Chicagoland Area
Contact:
Contact lilyvonschtupp26

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#13 Post by lilyvonschtupp26 » Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:07 am

I'm loving your blog, Skoop! Vandal is right. You need to tweet too. I'm being encouraged to do it in my job and my goal this summer is to start blogging too!
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many lives as we wish. -S.I. Hayakawa
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#14 Post by Ritterskoop » Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:01 pm

Three more teams posted this week, with three remaining out of the Sally League's 14.

http://sallyforthclt.blogspot.com
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
kayrharris
Miss Congeniality
Posts: 11968
Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:48 am
Location: Auburn, AL
Contact:
Contact kayrharris

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#15 Post by kayrharris » Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:31 pm

Enjoy reading the adventure. Thanks for sharing!

kay
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. "
Benjamin Franklin
Top
User avatar
T_Bone0806
FNGD Forum Moderator
Posts: 6928
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:24 pm
Location: State of Confusion

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#16 Post by T_Bone0806 » Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:22 am

Excellent.

I'm still thinking about the Swamp Dog. Not so much about the grits, but spicy sausage and shrimp has my taste buds pleading.
"#$%&@*&"-Donald F. Duck
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#17 Post by Ritterskoop » Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:02 am

T_Bone0806 wrote:Excellent.

I'm still thinking about the Swamp Dog. Not so much about the grits, but spicy sausage and shrimp has my taste buds pleading.
It was sort of a paste of shrimp-flavored grits. Good but not exceptional. You can make it better at home.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
mellytu74
Posts: 9697
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:02 pm
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#18 Post by mellytu74 » Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:04 pm

I am having SUCH a good time reading this, Skoop.

Thank you for sharing everything with us.
Top
User avatar
Jeemie
Posts: 7303
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:35 pm
Location: City of Champions Once More (Well, in spirit)!!!!

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#19 Post by Jeemie » Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:21 am

I was going to ask why you named your blog after a comic strip that appears completely unrelated to your quest, and then I realized what the title really meant...
1979 City of Champions 2009
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#20 Post by Ritterskoop » Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:00 pm

We briefly discussed naming it something slightly different, but decided that the use of sallying forth as a military or adventure term had been around much longer than the comic strip.

Also, if anyone from Hearst reads it and complains, we will have exceeded our audience by a factor of hundreds.

Two new posts are up. One team left, next week, then a wrap-up post including Mom's favorites.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
Jeemie
Posts: 7303
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:35 pm
Location: City of Champions Once More (Well, in spirit)!!!!

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#21 Post by Jeemie » Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:20 pm

Ritterskoop wrote:We briefly discussed naming it something slightly different, but decided that the use of sallying forth as a military or adventure term had been around much longer than the comic strip.
Well- this and the double meaning of you touring the home stadiums of the Sally League.
1979 City of Champions 2009
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#22 Post by Ritterskoop » Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:40 pm

Jeemie wrote:
Well- this and the double meaning of you touring the home stadiums of the Sally League.
Yes, that was the first meaning.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
Ritterskoop
Posts: 5895
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Location: Charlotte, NC

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#23 Post by Ritterskoop » Sun Aug 17, 2014 1:29 pm

We are done sallying forth. Here's the final entry, with several observations from Mom:

http://sallyforthclt.blogspot.com/
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
--------
At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Top
User avatar
SportsFan68
No Scritches!!!
Posts: 21300
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:36 pm
Location: God's Country

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#24 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Aug 17, 2014 1:46 pm

Thanks, Skoop! Very enjoyable.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
Top
User avatar
Catfish
Posts: 2250
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:58 pm
Location: Hoosier

Re: Sally Forth: a minor league blog

#25 Post by Catfish » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:45 am

What fun! I love the reflections about baseball that appear under your picture, which is absolutely stunning!
Love,
Catfish
Top
Post Reply

Return to “WWTBAM Bored Posts”