The Yankees did it again, beating down Boston 10-3 yesterday. The big news of the day was the favorable trade between Pittsburgh and the Yankees; the Bombers acquired outfielder Xavier Nady and left-hander Damaso Marte, who each made their debuts yesterday. The Yankees continue to ascend in the AL East and that jerk Joe Buck can’t stop them. In a tip to Buck, I have seldom heard him broadcast as impartially as he did yesterday, but that may have been only due to the Yankees thumping Boston. Both teams play again this evening at 8pm ET on ESPN.
Baseball Green- The National’s new stadium which opened in March received a LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)rating, it is now provoking protest due to a sponsorship relationship with ExxonMobil. A group of fans and civic groups have formed a group called Strike Out Exxon. Baseball fans always did qualify as the most thoughtful.
Campus Green- Colleges are now being ranked on their sustainability and environmental policies by many standards the latest from the Princeton Review. College students now can now make their decision on attending based on these “green rankings”. Accordingly, this has become a very important issued to incoming students. In my view, the problem with all of this is that colleges can just purchase carbon offset credits to be rated well. These well-funded and endowed schools should be walking the walk and actually going for “real” carbon neutrality.
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