Closing in on 10,000

Yes, the Phillies will soon lose their 10,000th game, more than any other professional sports franchise in American history.

John Rossi, a professor of history here, has probably seen half of those losses! A professor of history, Rossi has been teachiing a history of baseball course at La Salle for many years, and has written three baseball books and many, many articles on baseball. I immediately thought of him when I first heard about the 10,000 figure, and I think he'll make a good guests on tv and radio shows to talk about the Phillies's historic ineptitude.

This is one of the fun parts of my job: I get to talk about baseball and other interesting topics with the faculty, such as movies with Bill Wine, or brain research with Gerry Ballough.

One other tidbit for now: each year La Salle has a student film competition. This year's winner, Steve McDowell, got his father to act in his movie -- or, he got to tell his father what to do!