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By education and experience - Accountant with a specialty in taxation. Formerly a CPA (license has lapsed). Masters degree in law of taxation from University of Denver. Now retired. Part time work during baseball season as receptionist & switchboard operator for the Colorado Rockies. This gig feeds my soul in ways I have trouble articulating. One daughter, and four grandchildren. I share the house with two cats; a big goof of a cat called Grinch (named as a joke for his easy going "whatever" disposition); and Lady, a shelter adoptee with a regal bearing and sweet little soprano voice. I would be very bereft if it ever becomes necessary to keep house without a cat.
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39 hours later
I think I'm going to crib from an email I sent one of my brothers. He copied me on a message he sent to a friend about the World Series and gave me one of the nicest compliments I have ever received:
"[She is] an employee of the Rockies; and, when I was growing up, taught me more about being a baseball fan than she probably realizes."
The brother who made that comment is 10 years younger than I am and until I read that it hadn't occurred to me that I was around much to teach him very much about anything.
At any rate I would rank that tribute right up there with the afternoon my daughter, a 20 something at the time, told me thanks for teaching her to manage money.
I wrote to my brother and his friend:
"The Rockies gave their fans quite a ride this season, and I was with them all the way. A lot of the local press coverage centered on the 9 day layoff between clinching the NL and starting the Series, and whatever the cause, it was clear the Rockies had misplaced their collective offensive rhythm.
Particularly in game 2, the defense was doing OK.
After the season we had, and the sparkling finish we enjoyed, it's a downer to realize that we played at the World Series level without at least one win.
Baseball is a game to break your heart, with a 162 game, six month schedule, and the cumulative sense of close involvement with your team's ups and downs.
Since I was a Cubs fan for 53 years before the Rockies came to Denver, I am quite familiar with heartbreak.
Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt, being familiar with it."
There's one more "Coors Field Nugget" to be written. Perhaps later today.
In the immortal words of baseball fans across the country "Wait til next year."
"[She is] an employee of the Rockies; and, when I was growing up, taught me more about being a baseball fan than she probably realizes."
The brother who made that comment is 10 years younger than I am and until I read that it hadn't occurred to me that I was around much to teach him very much about anything.
At any rate I would rank that tribute right up there with the afternoon my daughter, a 20 something at the time, told me thanks for teaching her to manage money.
I wrote to my brother and his friend:
"The Rockies gave their fans quite a ride this season, and I was with them all the way. A lot of the local press coverage centered on the 9 day layoff between clinching the NL and starting the Series, and whatever the cause, it was clear the Rockies had misplaced their collective offensive rhythm.
Particularly in game 2, the defense was doing OK.
After the season we had, and the sparkling finish we enjoyed, it's a downer to realize that we played at the World Series level without at least one win.
Baseball is a game to break your heart, with a 162 game, six month schedule, and the cumulative sense of close involvement with your team's ups and downs.
Since I was a Cubs fan for 53 years before the Rockies came to Denver, I am quite familiar with heartbreak.
Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt, being familiar with it."
There's one more "Coors Field Nugget" to be written. Perhaps later today.
In the immortal words of baseball fans across the country "Wait til next year."
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