Between innings

OK, this is becoming my mantra—I am a terribly delinquent blogger. My excuse du jour is the Red Sox. All these loooooong playoff games are really cutting into my reading time. Although for some people, the long games help promote literacy: During the interminable Game 2 at Fenway, the TV cameras caught Stephen King reading a book between innings. In an interview with a Fox reporter, King dissed the network’s extended commercial breaks, saying that he normally can read 18 pages per game, but now that Fox is airing the games, it’s up to 27. The reporter, seemingly oblivious to King’s point, replied “Thanks for the plug!” Huh? Anyway, maybe I will follow King’s example and read between innings of Game 5 tonight, but somehow I think I will be too nervous to focus on a book…..