One or two days a year I get to come into work at 5 in the morning to support a large webcast meeting on the east coast. Today is one of those days. Hence I am blogging at 3:30 AM. Hence the apologies in advance if this is more incoherent than usual.

Got my first look at the season seats last night. They’re closer to the plate than I’d thought. I knew we were upper tank, but we’re actually looking almost directly down the third base line from just off to the right of home plate. Thanks to a leisurely dinner we didn’t actually make it to our seats until the second inning, by which time the group behind us was pretty toasted and the game was effectively over.

I don’t have any insight to offer this morning other than it was ugly. Kaz Ishii hit a two-run single in a six-run second. Said Ishii: "Last year I only got one hit during the season, so it felt good to get such a big hit." Hey man, happy we could help.

Stuff to read:

• Padres’ run of stellar pitching ends in a blowout loss (NC Times)
• The Hangar (or Where I Spent My Easter) (Syntax of Things). Jeff documents the Lancaster leg of last weekend’s outing.

Hate to do this, but I gotta run. Off to Krispy Kreme for massive quantities of sugar and caffeine. Better luck tonight. Brian Lawrence vs Hideo Nomo. Usual time, usual channel. Keep an eye out for me. I’ll be the guy passed out in his oversized living room chair…