The Weekend of Tim

Last weekend, Tim Callahan turned 30!!! Pictured here are most of the male members of the Tuesday night trivia team (and also a subset of the monthly poker night). From left to right - Rob Jeter, Keith Edwards, Tim Callahan, Vince Valenzuela and yours truly. The celebration was at the pub where we play Tuesday night trivia - The Lucky Dog. They have excellent food to go along with their friendly staff and trivia nights.

In case you are wondering, we are all holding European Manbags. Nicole challenged us to dress like Tim. As Tim's sister Aileen so eloquently put it, "Just wear the girliest clothes you have." None of us could do Tim's wardrobe justice. Luckily, Meg brought purses for all of us.

Tim and Nicole (his wife) enjoying Tim's molten chocolate birthday cake.

Rachel and Meg Edwards at The Lucky Dog.

On Saturday evening, Nicole surprised Tim by having us all attend the Trenton Thunder (A - Yankees farm team) baseball game. Tim got to throw out the first pitch. About 15-20 birthday honorees got to throw out pitches. Although Tim got the pitch to the catcher with no bounces from 54 feet, a 9 year old boy and 2 teenage girls threw harder than he did. I guess he is getting old.

The coolest part of the evening was the "bat-dog". During the first inning, they use a golden retriever as the ballboy/batboy. The dog goes out and fetches the bat after the batter gets a hit and brings it to the dugout. He also retrieves foul balls and takes them back to the dugout.



In this video, Tim is accosted by the Thunder Mascot.

Tim and Nicole at the baseball game. Nicole is a good wife to set up all of these great events for Tim's birthday, and to put up with him under normal circumstances.

Several of Tim's family members attended the baseball game. His sister Aileen (don't ask me how I didn't get a picture of Aileen; don't worry, she will be in my next blog), his mom and dad, several aunts and uncles, and Nana (pictured here) all came to the game. I met Nana at Tim's and Nicole's Super Bowl party earlier in the year and got to sit next to her for the first few innings of the game. She is a riot. Nana and I get along very well together because she is a big-time Duke basketball fan. She knows her stuff, too - not an amateur.

Keith with the twins - Kate and Abbie.

Vanessa (Rob's wife) with Emma. Emma has the most beautiful blue eyes and smile. She can brighten your day when she grins at you.

Rob and Jack. Jack has not acquired man's fascination with baseball quite yet. He was ready to call it a night about the 6th inning. I was, too, as I had forgotten how long minor league games take due to all of the between inning activities, like kids running the bases, the dugout dance contest, etc.

On Sunday, "The Weekend of Tim" continued with the guys hitting the golf course (Keith, Tim, me, Rob). As usual, Tim was about 15 strokes better than #2, and I was last. We had great weather and a lot of fun. Our place was the post course watering hole. Rachel had much appreciated snacks waiting on us.




REFLECTIONS - Adder for the Neyland Stadium Renovation Project When visiting the Trenton Thunder during "The Weekend of Tim", I saw this "doozy" in the bathroom. It got me to thinking of items that might be helpful to include in the Neyland Stadium renovation (in case you cannot tell, this is a handy-dandy cupholder for your drink positioned conveniently in the bathroom. Another helpful suggestion for the folks at Neyland Stadium - Eastman recycle bins in the Men's restrooms. This would eliminate the clutter pile of Jack Daniels bottles that are routinely discarded after mixing in Coke's. Remember... Good Sports Always Recycle.