Andrew Szalay

I have too much unused PTO. So I have to use some. So I am adding days off and now taking off the Monday after Thanksgiving. I haven't had six days in a row off since last Christmas.

Nick Markakis is on the ballot for the hall of fame for the first time. I don't think he'll get the votes, but proud of him that he's there. #baseballfan

What I Am Reading Now, November 2025 I generally read less during Daylight Savings Time. It’s easy to be outside walking, playing catch, grilling dinner with a beer, gokfing with my son, or watching my daughter play tennis. Read…

Here is what I am reading now, amd a brief complaint on my local library. (Their terms aren't reader friendly.)
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Found a golf ball with a cover peeling off on the golf course on my morning walk. I'm going to hit it and compare a similar ball with its clothes on. Dimples should help it carry farther, but I want to see.

It was a long wait to get the traffic commission approval, but at least I got a little reading in my book while I waited until weee wete called on the agenda.

I haven't made a point to attend a Veterans Day celebration in a while. This morning, I went to the First Reformed Church service with the VFW. It was nourishing. Jim Fisher, in this pic, shared the day's history, starting with Armistice Day, which its silence has been likened to the Voice of God.

LEGO Star Trek USS Enterprise designer signing announced Star Trek fans can beam down to the LEGO Store Leicester Square later this month to get their Enterprise models signed by the set’s designer.

This set has legitimized my love for Star Trek, and TNG Series in particular, in the eyes of some important Lego-building Star Wars-loving young people in my life. Thank you, Lego.
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Congratulations! Well done!

Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali by Cassidy Randall wins 2025 Banff Mountain Book Competition Grand Prize We are excited to announce the 2025 Grand Prize Book Competition winner at this year’s 50th anniversary Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival.

You guys. I was floored when the jury announced that THIRTY BELOW won the Banff Mountain Book Competition Grand Prize on Thursday. What a hell of an honor. If you haven't read it and want a "propulsive" read, as the jury called it, now's a good time to pick it up!

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"Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear yesterday's sweatpants. And will again tomorrow." --Tim Brown with Erik Kratz in 'Tao of the Backup Catcher' (2023)

Brown and Kratz have lines like this frequently in their book. It's fun.

Great report. May the dark months be quick. (i.e. dark meaning without as much ball.)

Here is the uncropped image.

The painting in the banner of my profile is by Morris Kantor from 1934: "Baseball at Night." Night games there, in West Nyack, NY, and everywhere, were the oddity, unlike today. I took the photo at the Smithsonian American Gallery the last day before they closed for the '25 shutdown.

Here were some of the chrysanthemums at Longwood Gardens yesterday...

Longwood Gardens mum special exhibit was nice, but the trees on the grounds are always my draw.

...I really loved it here too, but that's not where I am now.

I love it here.

This is my life.

Tape. At the tip, on the other hand... How patient are you capable of being?

Oh... don't do it. It's a perishable!

'Spare These Stones: A Journey Through Southern Climbing Culture' Reviewed - Gripped Magazine "Anyone visiting the area, even up until the early 1980s, would have struggled to imagine it becoming a globally recognised climbing destination..."

I will read this.
#mountainlit #climbing #climbingbooks
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I just wanted you to know, what baseball addict I am. I already started getting ready for the 2026 fantasy baseball season today, just two-ish days after that amazing Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series. Updating my league roster. #BaseballFan

Not recovered. Thanks for asking. But it was awesome.

Yep. Feelin green, too.

Geez, we've watched eight games worth of innings and it's STILL neck and neck.
#WorldSeries #MLB

Regardless who wins, or how many outs, innings it takes... THIS series does BASEBALL justice.
#WorldSeries #MLB

Not having another of these. Hoped it would have been drier.

Come on, Jay's. You have this. #BaseballFan #WorldSeries

Canadians are polite. (Damn stereotypes.)

#mlb #worldseries #bluejays