“It’s a new day
Let’s look at all we’ve got
It’s everything we thought
We ever wanted
It’s beautiful”
~Dixie Chicks
Author: Andy Lane Chapman
Position: Columnist
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height:5'4" Weight: 140 lb.
Born: August 30, 1976 Ft Huachucha AZ
High School: Honesdale High School (Honesdale PA)
College:York College (York PA)
Dodgers Fan Since: 1976
Favorite Dodgers Players: Steve Sax, Brett Butler, Clayton Kershaw
Favorite Band: Dixie Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Eric Church
About: Wedding flower designer, knitter, avid reader and addicted to Twitter. Lover of wine, dance parties in my kitchen, and useless information. Married to a Mets fan, Mom to 2 boys and a golden retriever.
My Story
“If I told you my story
You would hear Hope that wouldn’t let go
And if I told you my story
You would hear Love that never gave up
And if I told you my story
You would hear Life, but it wasn’t mine”
~Big Daddy Weave
One Step Up
“We’ve given each other some hard lessons lately
But we ain’t learnin’
We’re the same sad story that’s a fact
One step up and two steps back”
~Bruce Springsteen
The Long Way Round
“Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I heard myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself”
~Dixie Chicks
Livin’ On The Edge
“Livin’ on the edge
You can’t help yourself from fallin’
Livin’ on the edge
You can’t help yourself at all
Livin’ on the edge
You can’t stop yourself from fallin’
Livin’ on the edge”
~Aerosmith
Today’s game was a microcosm of the entire season. It was one of the weirdest games I’ve seen in a while, in a season of weird happenings. There was worry, elation, worry…
(So) Hard To Handle
“Boys come along a dime by the dozen
That ain’t nothing but ten cent
Lovin’
Pretty little thing let me light your
Candle
‘Cause mama I’m so hard to handle now
Yes I am”
~Black Crowes
Monday I wrote a nice little piece about my thoughts on the trade deadline, that the Dodgers did pretty well, and ended it with, “Let’s go.” Well, the Dodgers went — and not in a direction any of us thought they would go.
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
“No, you can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need”
~Rolling Stones
Rumor Has It
“All of these words whispered in my ear,
Tell a story that I cannot bear to hear,
Just ’cause I said it, it don’t mean that I meant it,
People say crazy things,
Just ’cause I said it, don’t mean that I meant it,
Just ’cause you heard it”
~Adele
Summer In The City
“Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city”
~The Lovin’ Spoonful
I’m not sure if many people thought that with Clayton Kershaw on the disabled list, the Dodgers would be able to make up 3.5 games on the Giants. But since the All-Star break, that’s just what they’ve done. As of today, the Dodgers sit just three games back of the rivals to the North. Three games is not that big a bridge to gap over the next two months, especially since the Giants have a much tougher schedule than the Dodgers through the remainder of the second half.
You Might Think
“You might think I’m crazy
To hang around with you
Maybe you think I’m lucky
To have something to do”
~The Cars
Think Blue Planning Committee 