When: 26th July 2012
Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
What: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
When considering the RSC’s current production of “Twelfth Night”, it is helpful to separate out the plays two strands: the humorous and the romantic.
Bob Dylan has a new album on September 10th called “Tempest”. I’ll be writing a review of it which will appear here and on http://www.crossrhythms.com and probably in some other printed media.
The Yankees’ pitching in June was phenomenal. Even leaving the amusing story of Dewayne Wise aside, the very fact that they had 11 pitchers who achieved individual ERAs of less than 3.00 on the month shows that it was the pitching staff who earn the lion’s share of the credit for the 20 wins -7 losses record that they put together in June. Let’s see who did what:
A quick look over the Yankees statistics for the month of June 2012 sends one of the bench players to the centre of attention in a most novel way. Dewayne Wise not only led the team in batting average but he pitched in a game and came out of it with a 0.00 ERA and “caught” a flyball in the stands and was awarded an out even though somebody else was holding the ball at the time. But as well as that amazing month for Dewayne, what else went well and what else went badly? Well, let’s start by surveying the guys who swing the lumber…….
What:Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Where: The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon
When: 28th June 2012
What: Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
Where: Royal Albert Hall, London
When: 26th June 2012
The pitching led us to a .500 record in May – which isn’t good enough – but encouragingly all the wins came from pitchers who for one reason or another took a spot in the rotation during that month.
Let’s see who led the way and who was dragging behind……
What: Richard III by William Shakespeare
Where: The Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
When: 7th June 2012
May was a difficult month for the Bronx Bombers. It opened with Eric Chavez headed to the disabled list and then the bullpen fell apart. Mariano Rivera and then, his replacement as closer, David Robertson both went to the DL with Rivera done for the season.
In the end, they finished the month 14-14 with the bullpen settling into its new routine in a way that nobody could have predicted. How were the bats this month?
