Collideoscope

Posted by: Bradley McDonald

If you missed Major League Baseball's All-Star game Tuesday night, you missed seeing the continuance of the National League's futility. It looked like the boys from the NL might pull off their first win since 1996, but it wasn't to be! The American League chalked up two runs in the ninth inning to pull off a 3-2 win. The outcome reminded me of the last couple of games the Astros played the Cardinals, where the Cardinals came back late to trump my boys.

The game was actually pretty boring until the ninth inning, since only 3 runs were scored until that point. Usually, there is more offense and therefore, more excitement.

You will probably see some of the All-Stars at the ESPY Awards held Sunday night, as Denelle mentioned. The are usually quite a few celebrities and people watching at the ESPY's, so all you husbands may even be able to get your wife to watch with you.

To keep our culture quotient up here at Collideoscope, I leave you with a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson for the weekend.

Rubies

THEY brought me rubies from the mine,
And held them to the sun;
I said, they are drops of frozen wine
From Eden's vats that run.

I looked again,--I thought them hearts
Of friends to friends unknown;
Tides that should warm each neighboring life
Are locked in sparkling stone.

But fire to thaw that ruddy snow,
To break enchanted ice,
And give love's scarlet tides to flow,--
When shall that sun arise?

Ralph Waldo Emerson