Hellooooooo Maryland!

Actually, it's good night... It's past 3 am and I just got this thing working! We are going to launch this vlog officially with a story about our very own home-grown cricket league. Maybe you've never seen a cricket game. I'm not talking about the bugs, but the English sport, now avidly played in many former British colonies as well as the home country. Brush up on the rules at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket and stay tuned!

If you can't wait to see the video, you can come take a look for yourself. The semi-final and final matches for the summer 2009 season will be played this weekend, Saturday August 1st, at Chargers Field behind New Town Elementary School in Owings Mills. Start times are 8am for the semi-final between the Owings Mills Cricket Club Team 2 and the College Park Jaguars, and 2:15 for the final game to be played by the winner of the morning game against the other semi-finalist, the Owings Mills Cricket Club Team 1.

Don't forget to take a look at Cricket-USA's website, too.

NEW! - I was wondering what happened to the CareFirst Chargers team because I could have sworn they won last week's semi-final just before that mini-monsoon hit Reisterstown and Owings Mills. I thought maybe there was some major scandal brewing, as befits any popular sports league worth following. It turns out there was something like an illegal player substitution, and it was spotted by the officials and the matter was fairly dealt with, according to the league's strict code of ethics and regulations. You can read the details here.