1 August 17

Jonathan Albert Kleppinger turns 29 years old today! He asked me to wear my baseballs-on-black tie, and I'm sporting it on my purple-and-white striped shirt to honor his favorite Colorado Rockies. And I'm including a photo from his own tee ball days in 1995, which inspired his lasting Rockies fandom. Today the Rockies are in third place in the NL West, just barely behind the Diamondbacks, and they have the fifth-best overall record among all MLB teams.