music and baseball

this weekend i saw bright eyes at temple buell theatre in denver. cool venue which provided seating as any typical theatre would. how appropriate is it have a concert in a seated atmosphere? well, with the type of music bright eyes is it worked out well. it was great to see bright eyes evolve. they started off with about 5 songs from their latest album, cassadaga, and then started playing a variety from their other albums. this is somewhat unusual for bright eyes. they usually play the entire album in which they are promoting during the tour and maybe, if you're lucky, a couple older songs. now i've been to a handful of bright eyes shows and i can easily say that this was the best one. so full of energy that you left the theatre with a childish mischievous grin on your face. if they're near you the show is definitely worth catching.

on another note. i joined a double A baseball league, which consists of post high school and college players, in denver and played my first game this past sunday. now i haven't played baseball in nearly 6 years. sure i've played softball every summer since, but it's a bit difference. the size of the ball in your hand for one. it's a different throwing technique altogether. not to mention the 80mph fastball that's being hurled at you one pitch and the next being a 55 mph change up or curve ball. the adjustment between the too is difficult, not much time to react so your swing better be fast. i needed to hit a batting cage before the came but didn't have time. so i went in without facing a pitcher in six years. i went 1-4 with a double, two RBI's, a pop-up, grounded out and struck out once. despite the disappointment in myself, i was making contact. because i was new to the team, who's played four games prior, i was stuck in the outfield, right and left field. a couple more games, a few trips to the batting cages, i'll be hitting like i used to and hopefully playing shortstop and throwing a few pitches. so much fun to be playing baseball again.