2008 is almost over. How in the world did that happen so fast? Time flies when you are busy watching bowl games I guess.The blogging world has been pretty quiet this week. I can tell because I have under 1000 unread feeds in my reader. That hardly ever happens.What? You don't often have over 1000 unread feeds? See? This is why you need me to tell you what you have been missing. So without further ado:

I was so excited the other day when I heard that Japan had signed its first professional female baseball player. Eri Yoshida signed with Kobe 9 Cruise. Kobe 9 Cruise is part of the new Japanese Baseball League.Wait, it gets better. Eri is a pitcher. Eri is a pitcher with a mean knuckleball. Most Major League Baseball pitchers haven't mastered the knuckleball. Wait, it gets even better.  Eri Yoshida is still in high school. She is sixteen years old.

I don't know what the weather is like where you live, but I am in the DC Metro area and it is about 73 degrees with no humidity. Autumn is upon us and in the Fall there is no place I would rather be than outside.More specifically, the place I most love to be in the fall is in the stand at a football game. Sure, I'll take a baseball game. I happen to live close enough to go to Washington National games or Baltimore Orioles games. Both teams have lovely ball parks and being out in the sun (or under the stars) with a beet at a nice baseball game is almost as good as it gets.

Summer is right around the corner, which means stitchers are heading outside to cook-outs, soccer games, the beach, and of course Stitch And Pitch, 2008. This is the third year that a national - make that international - Stitch and Pitch event has been planned. If you are unfamiliar with the idea: