I’m going to be in Dallas, and likely not anywhere near Blogger, for a few days, so before I go, I’d like to do two things: 1) Wish you all a happy new year. So…happy new year! And thanks very much for reading my blog 2) Revisit some of 2007, because it was the most …
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Dec 26
The Soul of Baseball
It embarrasses me a little bit to say that I just finished reading Joe Posnanski‘s book, The Soul of Baseball, for the first time. I mean, Posnanski is may all-time favorite sportswriter, the main reason I want to be a sportswriter too. I’m not entirely sure why I didn’t get my hands on the book …
Dec 23
….and to all a good night!
(Click image for full-sized version) (Or click here for the alternate version I made for my Mom…Marky Christmas?) Labels: baseball, mildly inappropriate, Royals
Dec 20
Let’s go bowling!
This year, I made my bowl picks based on the first random thought that floated through my brain when I read the matchup. This is partly because I’ve been busy with pre-Christmas stuff and finals, partly because my dad needed my picks right away to get them into a bowl pool, and partly because there’s …
Dec 19
It’s that time of year again
“If you want to arrange it, this world you can change it. If we could somehow make this Christmas Day last, by helping a neighbor, even a stranger. To know who needs help, you need only just ask.” -Trans-Siberian Orchestra, “Old City Bar” Whether you’re of any religious persuasion or not, this is still a …
Dec 18
Because I love lists: What to do in the offseason
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” –Rogers Hornsby With all due respect to Mr. Hornsby, there is a lot more to do in the winter than stare out the window and wait for spring. …
Dec 15
That did just happen
A lot of people didn’t bother to make the drive from Lincoln to Omaha for this afternoon’s matchup between the Husker men and #16 Oregon. They said it wasn’t worth driving through fresh, wet snow to see Nebraska get embarrassed by a team that vastly outmatched them. If you know what’s going to happen, why …
Dec 14
The not-so-big reveal
So. Let’s talk about the Mitchell Report. Was it wrong of me to expect more fireworks? Sure, we got entertaining things like the fact that Jason Grimsley has ugly, girlie, tulip-laden checks (page 389 of the report), but nothing in it blew my mind. Back in high school, I would sometimes ask lazy freshmen (we’ll …
Dec 10
Senselessness
Wednesday afternoon, I didn’t get to eat until after 2:30 or so. I was pretty hungry, so I went to the dining hall I can’t stand, because it was the closest one still open. But what I saw when I entered the cafeteria was the shocking news….well, you know by now that I’m going to …
Dec 09
Nebrasketball
A few minutes into today’s Nebraska basketball game against Rutgers, I was afraid of the Scarlet Knights’ offense. Really, really scared. I had watched them pour in threes during their pre-game shootaround, and was afraid they’d keep dumping those shots in once the game started. For a little while, they did. Nebraska looked a little …