July 12- The Thursday Lineup Card: Writer's Block

The dog ate my homework, I forgot to set the alarm,  the car battery died, I have to wait 30 minutes after eating, it's still raining, I thought it was due next week, my Mom won't let me, I just plain forgot - have you heard enough excuses yet?  How about just one more: I couldn't think of anything to write this week.

That's not exactly the truth  - real life got in the way of my all-important baseball pursuits.

Last Friday night I participated in one of my favorite events: Newberg Report Night at Rangers Ballpark.  I'm pleased to report that between the raffle that Friday night and a subsquent e-mail auction our faithful readers raised around $4,000.00 for the "Hello Win Column" fund - http://www.hellowincolumn.org/ - and we hope, had a great time doing that.

We will be back next week with tales of Growth Chart Day in OKC, John Mayberry Jr. dingers in Frisco, weddings at the Ballpark and some mid-term awards.

Putting on my thinking cap and sharpening those pencils -- Marla Hooch

P.S. Here's the "You Tube" of Jamey Newberg's interview with Jim Knox, that lady on the right hand side of the screen over Jamey's shoulder looks awfully... familiar....  http://youtube.com/watch?v=OLnR1suDgTY