We Won!

I play on a company softball team and we had our first game yesterday and we won, 13-6. I'm very excited because I played in a touch football league this past winter and my team went 1-12 and our only win was a forfeit so playing a sport - ANY sport and getting a good old fashion "W" is very exciting. I went 0-4 but made some good defensive plays so I feel that I contributed well to our team's victory and I look forward to a fun softball season!

Old School Baseball

There is a great article on ESPN.COM today regarding the "unwritten rules" of baseball and how those rules are enforced. (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&page=starting9/100505). I'm not that old but I'm a fan of old school baseball. When guys stand and watch a home run they should get plunked the next time they bat. Guys like Barry Bonds totally annoyed me because he wore all this gear on his arms when he batted. That stuff should be outlawed. If guys don't want to get hurt at the plate then don't crowd the plate (Jeff Bagwell!) and don't admire your home runs (Bonds, among many others!) Of course in today's game guys will charge the mound which is BS too. If you get hit, and you think its intentional, chances are you or one of your teammates did something to provoke it. If so, deal with it like a man. And if not, your team will have a chance to retaliate and then things should end.

Welcome to My Blog

Hi! Thanks for tuning in. I have stopped and started various blogs over the past few years but this time I hope to finally post regularly. The thing is, however, WHAT to post about. A friend suggested that I pick a topic I really enjoy talking and learning about and write about that. But there are many topics that could apply -- sports would be the top of the list, but I feel as though there are tons of sports blogs out there. Computers -- and computer programming -- is another topic of interest as that is what I do for a living. However, again, that is a topic of which there seems to be a million blogs about. Then there is photography, but I haven't been as much into that as I once was; writing, which is partly why I've decided to once again start a blog; cooking, wine and cigars are also topics of interest. So what I've decided to do instead is just write about ALL the stuff that interests me and I'll tag my posts appropriately.