Programming Note

HONORING the French winning the World Cup, The Lose decided to make like all right-minded Frenchmen – seeing as how I aspire to be one someday – and take the month of August off. There is not a whole lot to write about during the month of August, anyway, save for baseball, except that I found baseball so boring these days that all I want to write about is how boring it is in intricate detail.

I did make a trip to the Eastern bureau of In Play Lose, which was worthwhile:

The In Play Lose Eastern bureau

Anyway, I thought I would respond to several inquiries I have had recently about the lack of Lose of late. I have been busy working on novels, graphic design projects and an assortment of other things during this hiatus, but rest assured, the Lose will be back swinging soon. As always, you can drop me a line at inplaylose@gmail.com, and we should probably have another mail bag edition here at some point this fall. And I will always consider guest columns from Friends of the Lose, of course. (One of whom has promised me a column about his beloved Washington Capitols finally winning it all, although I suspect he may have made like Ovechkin and swan-dived into a fountain of beer in response and may no longer be with us.)

I hope you have had a good summer filled with productive outs and moral victories.