You good folks already know that I love Brian Bannister a whole lot, and lately folks at a couple of other sites have been falling all over themselves to praise him too. I love this. Craig Brown at MVN’s Royals Authority talked about Bannister’s newfound golfing hobby after the Royals forecast luncheon, and MLB Trade …
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Jan 25
Happy Friday, y’all
Ahh, what a great day. It was much better than last Friday, when everything was garbage; today it was sunny and warm out (all of 36 degrees!), and the worst thing that happened to me was that I was a little bit late to Spanish class. If you need to smile about a lot of …
Jan 22
Royals caravan, complete with pictures
Some Minda math for y’all on this lovely Tuesday: Long economics paper + Tomorrow due date = me doing the whole thing yesterday/today. But I did take the time to head over to Sportscasters Bar & Grille here in Lincoln to catch this stop in the Royals Caravan. John Mayberry, Mark Teahen, and Lincoln homeboy …
Jan 20
Quick advertisting thought
It’s gameday. I’ve got a fresh new case of Dr Pepper and a frozen chicken pot pie so I don’t have to leave my room come suppertime. Now here’s that Applebee’s commercial where an apple with an irritating voice tells us, “You can customize your car, your ringtone, and now…dinner!” Duh. Customizing your dinner is …
Jan 18
One of those days…
Things that did not work for me yesterday: 1) My brain When I woke up Friday morning, I realized I hadn’t done my Spanish homework for the week, and it was due at 11:30. While I was rushing through the (pointless) assignments, I had a sharp craving for Dr Pepper. Which leads us to… 2) …
Jan 16
Bummer in Boulder
I have a confession to make: (Mom, cover your eyes for a moment, please.) I spend a lot of time in class writing potential blog ideas, rather than paying attention to what the teacher is saying. I don’t even know why I go to class half the time, because I have taken a total of …
Jan 15
This is getting over LaRue
All I knew about pitcher Roman Colon when he was traded to the Royals this summer was that he had punched a teammate earlier in the season. That kind of first impression is hard to shake, I suppose, even after I had met Colon and found him not to be a constant face-puncher. He never …
Jan 14
Better late than never: NU vs. KU hoops
Going in to Saturday night’s game against Kansas, the only hope I had was that the Huskers would score more than last year’s dismal total of 39 points. They did — the final was 79-58 — but I still wasn’t completely happy. This year’s Jayhawks are scary; I don’t think I’ve ever seen a college …
Jan 11
Law and Order: Special baseball unit
In the Major League Baseball system, the players are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the Department of Investigations, who investigate crime; and the Players’ Association, who don’t let any action be taken against their members. These are their stories. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig announced today that he has created a Department of …
Jan 08
Annnnnd…..back!
I just spent a week in lovely Grapevine, Texas for the FOCUS national conference. It was overwhelmingly awesome, and now that I’m home, I am overwhelmed by the task of catching up on the stuff I missed while I was gone. The Royals made a couple of moves, JoePo wrote approximately 7 million words (including …