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# Beltre Blues - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/beltre-blues/
- Published: 2004-12-16T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-26T17:09:30.000Z
- Description: He’ll be wearing a different shade this season. The Mariners just spent a lot of money–more money on one player than ever before in club history. Cure-all? Who knows. And now for something completely different: Wish Beethoven a happy birthday […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson

He’ll be wearing a [different shade this season](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1947751&ref=mereorthodoxy.com). The Mariners just spent a lot of money–more money on one player than ever before in club history. Cure-all? Who knows.

And now for something completely different:

Wish Beethoven a [happy birthday](http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven.html?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) and listen to his 9th symphony while reading this [immensely helpful site](http://raptusassociation.org/creation2%5Fe.html?ref=mereorthodoxy.com). It provided me with 70 minutes of sheer joy during an otherwise tedious commute today.

I’ll be travelling the next two days. I am driving to Phoenix in an hour (yes, I am STILL making time to blog, even though I have not yet packed) and then tomorrow morning it’s off to Seattle. Of course, all of this after a late night [reading](http://decorabilia.blogspot.com/2004/12/bias-vs-bias.html?ref=mereorthodoxy.com). Normal blogging will return on Saturday.