Rosenblatt becomes distant memory
OMAHA, Neb. -- The auction starts only after 9 a.m., under a red-and-white tent and a cold, gray sky. The wind howls, and the tent shakes. Maybe the old bird is fighting back. Her most passionate supporters will argue this, that the flood that creeps near the spanking-new TD Ameritrade Greensward and the tornado sirens that caused a ruckus last week are signs the ghosts of Rosenblatt aren't overjoyed with progress. But that's just nonsense. It's time to let go.
An old man in a cowboy hat, dark sunglasses and a gray suit ambles up to the microphone. In auction circles, Dick Kane is pre-eminent for selling cattle and a tie worn by Warren Buffett that supposedly went for $56,000. This Thursday morning, Kane is selling background. He's helping auction off the final remnants of Rosenblatt Stadium, the 60-year home of the College Fabulous Series.
There's a trash can from the umpires' locker room to be had, plus some dugout benches, pitching rubbers and a yoke of toilets. Here's what happens when an old stadium dies: It lives on in tiny pieces. So that's why they're here, 150 people in the parking lot, 941 online. To esteem on to the past.
Let worms eat your trash and gain the rewards with the nutrient-rich worm castings. Everyone will make a worm bin from readily available materials after erudition how to care for and maintain a vermin-composting system. Cost is $20 plus admission for
