Not A Good Day and now a Worse Day

Ichiro traded.  To the Yankees.  Say it ain't so, Joe.  What a classy professional who gave his all for the Mariners.  Now, there was a baseball player to show you kids because he took his work seriously and was never a clown or show-off.

And now Sally Ride has died.  She was just 61 years old.  God, I hate cancer.  Bless her for all her work and continuing to help another generation learn about space travel. 

From the AP:
She was also a physicist, a science writer, and after retiring from NASA she became the president and CEO of Sally Ride Science, which promoted science and technology education and helped students pursue careers in science and engineering.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Melissa, the true tragedy of the day is the loss of JP for all of us Patches Pals, anyway.

He can still see us from the big ICU2TV in the sky.

Sidneyd
7/23/12, 3:49 PM
Melissa Westbrook said…
Sorry, I didn't grow up here but I saw the JP Patches statue in Fremont and it had flowers all around.
7/23/12, 4:05 PM
Anonymous said…
Oh, no. My 15-year-old is going to have a Safeco-field sized freakout when he hears this. The Yankees, of all teams. Oy.

Jill
7/23/12, 4:08 PM
Jan said…
My appalled boys have already been texting me. There will be no happiness at my house tonight.

(And to long-time Seattle-ites, my condolences on JP. I never watched him, but from the news reports, it sounds like he had a loyal following.)
7/23/12, 4:23 PM
NESeattleMom said…
Yes, there were tears from my husband last night. I also grew up here. He was great, like Mr. Rogers was great. Totally real. I didn't have TV, so I didn't have him in my daily routine, but he was in the daily routine of my friends, broadcasting from the "dump" and bringing young people forward to take part as they visited the set.
7/23/12, 8:44 PM
Anonymous said…
We need a moment for Sally Ride. She was an amazing light for women and men everywhere. Sally Ride showed that women have the power to achieve anything. She was smart, humble, and courageous. I'm so sorry that she's gone way too soon. Ride, Sally, ride!

Concerned Teacher Educator
7/23/12, 9:43 PM
Patrick said…
Ichiro's trade is just the way things go in pro sports. It's not like any team recruits just from its geographic area. Maybe that's why I never felt the local teams are Us and the other teams are Them.

Sally Ride was a great astronaut. After her NASA career her main work was inspiring young students to be interested in science, technology, and math, especially in elementary and middle school and especially girls. It was a great life and it's sad that it's over so soon.
7/24/12, 9:07 AM
Jan said…
My sister (whose daughter was born on the day Sally Ride became the first woman in space) and I reminisched last night about how wonderful that flight, and her career as an astronaut, was. Ride, Sally, ride indeed.
7/24/12, 12:38 PM
TraceyS said…
I began a college internship at NASA just as Sally Ride was making her historic flight so many years ago. It was her success, along with the success of the many other astronauts that I had the extreme pleasure to meet, that kept me focused and motivated to pursue a long career in computer engineering. We lost her way, way too soon.
7/24/12, 10:51 PM
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