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NASHVILLE -- Somebody get out the dust rag and make some room in the trophy case. For the first time since 2001, Cascade baseball brought home a Region 5-A championship plaque after downing host...

Like baseball and apple pie.

The highlight of my weekend was having my grandparents in town. Grandma and Grandpa Graham (my mom’s parents) were passing through Nashville. They are on their way from Florida, where they winter, back to Toledo, Ohio, where they live.

For Mother’s Day today I thought I would interview my two oldest boys and ask them a few questions about their mother.

Jett (7) said this….

How old is mom? 33

What does mom do for a living? Takes care of us.

The spring sports season is winding down. The first years of existence for Harris Middle softball and baseball, Cascade Middle baseball and softball and Community Junior High baseball are all done. Adding five new teams on top of Liberty's second year of baseball to go with the teams that have been here for years was exhausting for us to say the least...

I enjoy baseball. And I enjoy watching E play baseball. But I do wish the games would end before 9:30. Ideally, I’d like to be asleep by 9:30, and then there’s that whole “E is only 10″ bit.

But that’s ok, right?

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The Senate Tax Subcommittee has passed a bill which would allow sales taxes collected at or near a new Sounds stadium to pay the debt on the facility. Mayor Karl Dean strenuously objected to the bill:

E had baseball obligations on Saturday. Because Katie couldn’t be there, I had the honor of taking the boy to one ballpark for pictures and then to a different park for practice. In the car between the two practices, I heard E open a bottle and take a long drink.

If the move by the Dodgers to Chavez Ravine 50 years ago heralded the dramatic shift of baseball away from subway sports in neighborhoods (Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn) to attracting suburban fans to commute (Los Angeles is the hub of freeway culture), then the proposed $500 million