I'm sitting outside the press box at the Bridgeport stadium for the Bluefish. Carlos is inside, with Mr. Marlin of the Bluefish. Who has been a gentleman. Bobby Valentine, a gentleman among gentlemen, set up this opportunity. The sun is shining in the midst of a squallish day. My dad is with me, reading The Things They Carried. Really a piece of genius. And my parents are fine & healthy. And wise. But this is about baseball... Maybe one day there will be 15,000 people on the tweet I'm going to Twitter, but by then maybe Twitter will be transcended. So here we are, Carlos given another chance to cross that bridge. I'm praying. & Bobby Valentine, if ANYONE deserves to manage a team, I hope the Chiba Lotte Marines embrace the grace and brilliance of Valentine Kantoku.