Thanks guys

i had another lesson cancellation – boo! – so i’ll be able to catch the last half or third of the game on espn tonight. small bonus!

Hey, how much would he be LOVIN’ this season?

my initial reaction was pride and honor. this made my day.

todd is most deserving of this.

i love that marsha has their yankee stadium seats. alex – do you know where in the south she is? i guess i could always email her…

i just made the monumental mistake of actually clicking on Todd’s article. furthermore, i made the mistake of scrolling down to the comments. it was really…what’s the word…surreal to see Todd’s name in print, as a commenter. it’s like i could hear his voice, which i never heard.

then i saw it…

my own comment, stating how i was by my grandpa’s side that day. i fucking lost it. i’m losing it now. i’d give ANYTHING in the world to be by his side. i know he was well more than twice Todd’s age, but he’s my hero and i still don’t understand how he’s gone.

i was even thinking – not sure if it was last night, this morning or in a dream – but how he was still alive. i “talk” to my grandma, but not my grandpa, ‘coz i think he’s still here. seeing that comment just wrecked me.

i miss them both.

Alex – thanks so much for keeping Todd alive. i keep my grandpa alive inside me everyday. i composed a 4-mallet Classical marima piece in tribute of him. it’s called “Hero” and i play it every single day. today will have even more meaning. fuck, i’m shivering. i have a great picture of him up in a frame on a bookshelf. it’s set up where i can see it, very first thing, when i open my apartment door. thing is, i avert me eyes every time i come home. every single time. i still can’t look. i don’t believe he’s gone. they both are though…

NEVER to be forgotten. never.

In any context it’s a beautifully written piec, but even more so after his passing.

Man, he must love the site of those seats on the deck.

Congratulations, Todd & Alex., and thanks for bringing such fine work to the baseball blogosphere.

Here’s to you Todd, and thanks again. clink

(lump in my throat)

Good work Todd … we all miss you.

clink.

Well done, Todd and Alex.

Alex, congrats to you and the Banter (and fellow banterites) for maintaining excellence in sportswriting. Best blog in the game.

Like the Hendrix reference.

And you are right to be proud.

Hats off and congrats to you and to Todd and his memory, and to Montville for the extra energy it must have taken for him to broaden the usual horizons for that volume. (And for being so damn good himself, for that matter.)