BASEBALL PRACTICE UNDERWAY

Well baseball practice got underway yesterday and it was a little cool but it wasn't to bad once I started throwing some. We weren't able to get on the infield at the stadium yesterday but we were able to hit in the outfield. I think we should be able to get on the infield by this afternoon since it didn't freeze last night and it is going be windy and warm today which should dry out the infield a bit. As you can tell my aches and pain index has began to climb a bit, I do have a blister on my right big toe and my arm is a little tight but I should be able to throw some this afternoon if needed, I think I will probably be hurting worst Wednesday. The UVA baseball team completed a three game sweep of George Washington yesterday winning 15-2, the Cavs will face William and Mary today in Charlottesville. The UVA basketball team is back in the top 25 in both the coaches and writers polls, the Cavs will play at Miami on Wednesday night. Well today isn't a government holiday so all you government workers need to go back to work today. MICKEY

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
Madeleine L'Engle

1792 - President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act. Letters delivered up to 30 miles cost six cents to mail. For letters up to 150 miles, postage was 12-1/2 cents.
1872 - Luther Crowell received a patent for a machine for manufacturing paper bags. Patent #123,811 allowed for the bags to have two longitudinal inward folds.
1952 - One of the game’s most popular figures, Emmett L. Ashford, became the first black umpire in organized baseball. Ashford was authorized to be a substitute in the Southwestern International League.
1962 - America’s first space hero, John Glenn, made space history. Glenn orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. “Godspeed, John Glenn. You’re cleared for orbit.”
1963 - Baseball great Willie (‘Say Hey’) Mays signed with the San Francisco Giants as baseball’s highest-paid player. He earned $100,000 a year.
1992 - Texas billionaire Ross Perot, appearing on CNN’s Larry King Live, said he would run for president of the U.S. if his name was placed on the ballot in all 50 states.
2000 - Defending Winston Cup champ Dale Jarrett won his third Daytona 500 in eight years, passing surprise contender Johnny Benson for the lead four laps from the end. Jarrett’s $1,277,975 share of the purse, coupled with a million-dollar bonus from series sponsor Winston, gave him the largest single-day payoff in the history of the sport.

Actor Sidney Poitier is 80
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Actress Brenda Blethyn is 61
Actress Sandy Duncan is 61
Country singer Kathie Baillie is 56
Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is 53
Country singer Leland Martin is 50
Comedian Joel Hodgson is 47
Basketball player Charles Barkley is 44
Model Cindy Crawford is 41
Actress Lili Taylor is 40
Actress Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under") is 29
Actress Majandra Delfino is 26