Today
was the Day Of Silence and while I was silent the Athletics were not.  The Day of Silence is a day to bring
light to the LGBTQI youth around the globe that must keep their sexual
orientation silent.  Today it was
in honor of 14 year old Lawrence King who in February was shot in his classroom
for being gay.  He died 9 days
latter.  This makes me sick to my
stomach and today I was silent.  I
was silent for Lawerence I was silent for my best friend and the thousands of
LGBTQI youth that have no voice.  As
I type this I can barely see through my tears because this issue is close
to my heart.  I wish the world was
a more accepting place and I wish LGBTQI people were treated as equal.  It would be great if a famous current
baseball player would come out because it would shatter a lot of the
stereotypes that exist and hopefully make people more accepting.  In my perfect world sexual orientation
would not matter one iota but the world is not perfect.  While I know many of you were not
silent today I ask that you take a moment and think about what it would be like
to spend every day living a lie and not being who you are.  It would be very hard to live each day
that way.  I also ask that you love
and accept those different from you no matter what their difference may
be.  Spend this weekend being as
loving, caring, thoughtful and open-minded as you can.   Hey I might even befriend an
Angels fan or possible a Yankees fan. 
It could happen.

The
game today was one of those bizarre how did we win that one games.  I love them because weird stuff always
happens that you may not see all too often.  The opposing pitcher walked 4 batters, the Athletics only
had 3 hits total, a run scored on a wild pitch, a walk was issued with the
bases loaded, and the opposing pitcher Batista left in the second with a mild
groin strain.  All in all it was a
crazy game.  The Athletics are tied
with the Angels for first in the division.  I never thought I would see that. Again all around a bizarre
day.