(Greetings on March 15, otherwise known as the Ides of March, Oscar Day, Selection Sunday and World Baseball Classic semifinals day. It's also Everything You Think Is Wrong Day, set aside for folks to ponder that maybe they're not right all the time -- probably the most valuable thing to do out of this whole day. Time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 367th in a series): Take a gander at this card. Not much to look at, huh? Maybe you'll find his story more interesting. Maybe not. This is a card of Alonso Tellez (misspelled on the card). At the time this card was issued, Tellez was in the middle of his two seasons with the San Antonio Dodgers, the Double A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tellez played in 118 games for San Antonio in 1986 and 119 games in 1987. He batted .263 over those two years and recorded 48 doubles. He also played in two games for the Triple A Albuquerque Dukes in 1986 and played in 104 games for the Double A Jacksonville Expos in 198...
So, where have I been all week? Fair question. It is March, but I'm usually more consistent than this. A week ago Thursday I was getting a workout in during the early afternoon when I heard an unbelievable crash out in the driveway. From the kitchen windows, I could see ice falling and I knew it wasn't good immediately. A giant sheet of ice slid off the roof and dropped two stories onto my vehicle. Windshield shattered, tail light gone, huge dents everywhere and $3,300-plus in damage. God love ya, March. I've lived in this house close to 30 years and nothing even close to that has happened. For the past week, every single day, I've been chatting up either the insurance company, body shops, the tow-truck operator or whoever else deals in vehicle mayhem. Also, I've been working on a story for my newspaper. Every time I do one of those in-person, multi-person interview stories, it eliminates any other kind of writing (i.e. blog writing) from my schedule. That...