Yesterday had to be one of my most interesting experiences as a young journalist thus far. I was at the media luncheon for Dan Wheldon at Webers Inn in Ann Arbor and just being around the group of journalists that were there was pretty tight. You had Jim Carty from the AA News, Mike Brudenell from the Detroit Free Press, Angelique Chengelis from the Detroit News, Matt Markey from the Toledo Blade and a few others I recognized at the small event.
And when it was time for the meal I was sitting next to some guy from IRL on one side and Wheldon on the other side. I mean it was definitely crazy to be sitting next to an Indy 500 winner. Was I star struck? Please. Racing people just dont do that to me. And I think it would be very hard for me to be star struck anyways just because its part of the job of being a journalist.
As far as Wheldon was as a person he was definitely pretty cool. Angelique asked him a question about Danica Patrick and her similarity to Anna Kournikova and something to that effect and he twisted it around and was like "are you asking me on a date" - Angelique quickly responded and was like no i think my husband would be mad.
But he seems to definitely love the ladies. He talked about how he went to the playboy mansion and that boys will be boys. Also said Danica was hot and talked about how he met Sharapova and he thought she was hot. One of the funny things was he talked about how he was on the Regis and Kelly show and he thought Kelly looked good for having three kids. He then said if my future wife doesnt look that good after having three kids then were gonna have some problems. LOL.
All in all it was pretty tight fo sho.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Quotable
Tigers pitcher Jamie Walker on the actions of Kansas City pitcher Runelvys Hernandez, which led to the benches clearing brawl on Sunday.
"He's the one I still have hard feelings against," Walker said. "I'd tell him how I feel to his face. But maybe someone will hit a line drive to his face and knock his teeth out."
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
customer is always right
So the customer is definitely always right - for the most part. And I was the beneficiary of one of those based on my visit to Tim Hortons last Friday. The visit pretty much breaks down that I got an iced cappucino and a chocolate donut. The drink was fine but the donut was horrible because when the girl put it in the bag she did it in away that when i took the donut out of the bag all the chocolate frosting was stuck to the top of the bag. So I called wrote an email based on my experience because this was one of my first visits to Tim Horton and it really didnt impress me. Sure enough today I got a call and I'm getting free gift certificates and the lady was like I'm glad you complained because I know exactly what happened and we need to be aware of it. Plus she said she got her start with the company after initially filing a complaint about somethign. So that was interesting.
In other news, I was at Meijer today and I was wearing this shirt i got from Aeropostale that says Cancun Coast Patrol on it. As I'm walking out the door some old lady comes up to me and was I bet your glad your not there. I was like thats random until I realized that I had Cancun on my shirt and the hurricanes.
I also finally got a Washington Nationals fitted cap. I got the road cap - I gotta support my NL team especially since it appears they have a better chance of making the playoffs than my beloved Tigers. But they are struggling and the Braves are fast approaching.
Speaking of that, I pretty much did my first day of full section design today. Went in at 5 am and designed all three pages of the sports section. I'm gradually getting there with figuring out all the things and all the rules our paper applies by and how it differs from the Echo.
Also work is finally picking up again. Tomorrow I'm going to a media luncheon at Webers Inn in Ann Arbor to interview Dan Wheldon, who won the Indy 500. Then I gotta put a story together for our preview tabloid for the Indy Racing League race at MIS at the end of this month. Also I have a big story that will be 40 inches that I'm working on about whether sports camps are a burden or benefit to children. Should be interesting to see how that turns out.
Also I will get to cover a legion baseball game this weekend so that should be cool as well. I really havent done to much writing lately and the only thing I really have written about was an Lenawee Amateur Baseball Association game this past Saturday. Besides working this weekend, my best pal Robers visited for a bit which was fun as always and we even did some grocery shopping together and she made me brownies. Man am i spoiled sometimes - lol.
Lately I've also got a chance to talk with some peeps I graduated high school with. I havent really been big on keeping in touch and I should be better about it because I had some pretty awesome friends from my days in Coloma. Like last night my pal Amy Koenigshof (one of my closest pals) called me out the blue which was awesome. Then I emailed another good pal Christin Davis back and forth a few times yesterday. Plus there is myspace which has allowed me to talk to a few of my tight pals from HS as well.
Other random things just to write about. what exactly is the thrill with Harry Potter. I mean is it that deep that people call off work that day before it comes out so they can sleep all day and then get up at midnight to pick up the book and start reading it. I mean come on! it cant be that deep.
Ok I think I've done enough rambling for now.
In other news, I was at Meijer today and I was wearing this shirt i got from Aeropostale that says Cancun Coast Patrol on it. As I'm walking out the door some old lady comes up to me and was I bet your glad your not there. I was like thats random until I realized that I had Cancun on my shirt and the hurricanes.
I also finally got a Washington Nationals fitted cap. I got the road cap - I gotta support my NL team especially since it appears they have a better chance of making the playoffs than my beloved Tigers. But they are struggling and the Braves are fast approaching.
Speaking of that, I pretty much did my first day of full section design today. Went in at 5 am and designed all three pages of the sports section. I'm gradually getting there with figuring out all the things and all the rules our paper applies by and how it differs from the Echo.
Also work is finally picking up again. Tomorrow I'm going to a media luncheon at Webers Inn in Ann Arbor to interview Dan Wheldon, who won the Indy 500. Then I gotta put a story together for our preview tabloid for the Indy Racing League race at MIS at the end of this month. Also I have a big story that will be 40 inches that I'm working on about whether sports camps are a burden or benefit to children. Should be interesting to see how that turns out.
Also I will get to cover a legion baseball game this weekend so that should be cool as well. I really havent done to much writing lately and the only thing I really have written about was an Lenawee Amateur Baseball Association game this past Saturday. Besides working this weekend, my best pal Robers visited for a bit which was fun as always and we even did some grocery shopping together and she made me brownies. Man am i spoiled sometimes - lol.
Lately I've also got a chance to talk with some peeps I graduated high school with. I havent really been big on keeping in touch and I should be better about it because I had some pretty awesome friends from my days in Coloma. Like last night my pal Amy Koenigshof (one of my closest pals) called me out the blue which was awesome. Then I emailed another good pal Christin Davis back and forth a few times yesterday. Plus there is myspace which has allowed me to talk to a few of my tight pals from HS as well.
Other random things just to write about. what exactly is the thrill with Harry Potter. I mean is it that deep that people call off work that day before it comes out so they can sleep all day and then get up at midnight to pick up the book and start reading it. I mean come on! it cant be that deep.
Ok I think I've done enough rambling for now.
Monday, July 18, 2005
Old brawl game
Man what a fight there was in Sunday's Tigers-Royals game - too bad the Tigers couldn't pick the win but if I'm a major league baseball player, I'd know one thing - dont fuck with Kyle Farnsworth. Man is he a beast especially the way he body slammed KC reliever Jeremy Affeldt.
And ESPN and other places were showing the way he body slammed a player from the Reds a couple years ago after he charged the mound after he was hit by Farnsworth. Among other thigns, Jeremy Bonderman looked livid during the brawl and it looked like it was a job trying to restrain him from beating someones ass.
And ESPN and other places were showing the way he body slammed a player from the Reds a couple years ago after he charged the mound after he was hit by Farnsworth. Among other thigns, Jeremy Bonderman looked livid during the brawl and it looked like it was a job trying to restrain him from beating someones ass.
Friday, July 15, 2005
NCAA Football '06
Sorry this post might only pertain to those who have bought / or are into video games.
The new college football game from EA Sports is tight - if your a college football/video game fan its definitely a must have and way better than the 05 edition as should be expected.
I've been addicted to the game ever since I picked it up on Tuesday when it came out. Its the only game I ever pre-order.
I think the game might be a bit too easy as I easily whipped Cincinnati on the All-american (2nd hardest) level with EMU 51-24 and had Matt Bohnet throw three touchdowns to Eric Deslaurier while Sherrell rushed for 158 yards and 2 TD's on 11 carries. But we will see how it goes as I progress. EMU is actually rated pretty high in the MAC so the days of being doormats are over.
Lets hope the Eagles do just as good in real life.
Best of all the Heisman mode is pretty darn tight. I've tried it and ended up getting a scholarship from Purdue and won a starting wide receiver job as a freshman and ended up scoring 2 TDs and gaining close to 200 yds in my college debut vs. Akron. A very tight dimension as are the video clips of players who won the Heisman.
The soundtrack kinda sucks with the only good song in my opinion being Me, Myself, and I by De La Soul, but what can you do. And why isn't EMU's fight song constantly missing from the game when CMU and WMU and most other MAC schools have theirs in.
Alright enough of this rant.
The new college football game from EA Sports is tight - if your a college football/video game fan its definitely a must have and way better than the 05 edition as should be expected.
I've been addicted to the game ever since I picked it up on Tuesday when it came out. Its the only game I ever pre-order.
I think the game might be a bit too easy as I easily whipped Cincinnati on the All-american (2nd hardest) level with EMU 51-24 and had Matt Bohnet throw three touchdowns to Eric Deslaurier while Sherrell rushed for 158 yards and 2 TD's on 11 carries. But we will see how it goes as I progress. EMU is actually rated pretty high in the MAC so the days of being doormats are over.
Lets hope the Eagles do just as good in real life.
Best of all the Heisman mode is pretty darn tight. I've tried it and ended up getting a scholarship from Purdue and won a starting wide receiver job as a freshman and ended up scoring 2 TDs and gaining close to 200 yds in my college debut vs. Akron. A very tight dimension as are the video clips of players who won the Heisman.
The soundtrack kinda sucks with the only good song in my opinion being Me, Myself, and I by De La Soul, but what can you do. And why isn't EMU's fight song constantly missing from the game when CMU and WMU and most other MAC schools have theirs in.
Alright enough of this rant.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
All Star game recap
So the All Star game was won by the American League once again - its no eight straight times what we call the junior circuit has beaten the National League.
With that streak in tact, you think a person like Pedro Martinez would want to represent the NL and help them get out of the slump they are in but he declined to attend the game despite being selected by his peers.
Anyways, while out to lunch today with my boss Sean and a few other co-workers at Mancinos, I got to hear about what it was like working as the media at the game and about the foreign media.
First of all is the foreign media objective?? They were at the All Star game wearing jerseys (Ichiro ones), posing for pictures with the players after interviewing them and actively cheering. I guess Sean said media from the Dominican Republic were like actively chanting Ortiz after David "big Papi" Ortiz did something good. In school here we were taught to not cheer and to be professional and not cheer and wear our pride when covering somethign. And this was the All Star game. This reminds me when I read about the foreign media wearing I love Manu (Ginobili) shirts during the NBA Finals.
Sean also talked about Pudge who was taking batting practice and proceeded to tell the media he wasnt doing any interviews. Then comes along some fine lady from Telemundo seeking an interview and of course Pudge does it with her. I guess she was really hot and that was enough to perk him up - (Hey Pudge is going through a divorce now so hes a free man). And I guess that same chick came up to him later and got a second interview. Ha what a pimp.
Anyways these were all stories I found to be entertaining.
With that streak in tact, you think a person like Pedro Martinez would want to represent the NL and help them get out of the slump they are in but he declined to attend the game despite being selected by his peers.
Anyways, while out to lunch today with my boss Sean and a few other co-workers at Mancinos, I got to hear about what it was like working as the media at the game and about the foreign media.
First of all is the foreign media objective?? They were at the All Star game wearing jerseys (Ichiro ones), posing for pictures with the players after interviewing them and actively cheering. I guess Sean said media from the Dominican Republic were like actively chanting Ortiz after David "big Papi" Ortiz did something good. In school here we were taught to not cheer and to be professional and not cheer and wear our pride when covering somethign. And this was the All Star game. This reminds me when I read about the foreign media wearing I love Manu (Ginobili) shirts during the NBA Finals.
Sean also talked about Pudge who was taking batting practice and proceeded to tell the media he wasnt doing any interviews. Then comes along some fine lady from Telemundo seeking an interview and of course Pudge does it with her. I guess she was really hot and that was enough to perk him up - (Hey Pudge is going through a divorce now so hes a free man). And I guess that same chick came up to him later and got a second interview. Ha what a pimp.
Anyways these were all stories I found to be entertaining.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
HR Derby
So the weekend wasnt too eventful after I last updated. Hung out with the girl upstairs, the landlord Rhonda and her roomie CJ upstairs for a bit and sat on the patio and shot the shit. I got bit tho - damn bugs
Anyways that leads me to today - and something I've been excited bout for a long time - The All Star game in Detroit. I almost decided to go the HR derby but the price was a little too steep for me but man did Bobby Abreu put on a show with the 24 homers in the first round. One of the best things was seeing Pudge make it to the finals, especially playing at his home ball park with the home town crowd cheering him on. Its too bad he couldnt be like Ryan Sandberg and be the only player to win the HR Derby in his home ballpark like Sandberg did at Wrigley Field in 1990.
The funny thing is he only has like six homers this season and everyone else in the competition had way more. It was interesting when they were doing the opener for the show and they showed the participants and had on the screen how many homers they had this season except for Pudge. For him they did the amount of career home runs he has.
Also in regards to the Home Run derby, i liked the new format where players were representing their countries. Adds a new flair to it and the players seemed to enjoy it as they were waving around their countries flags. Definitely exciting just to see how much fun they were all having.
I'm very pumped about the game tomorrow. I think baseball definitely had the best all star game/weekend of all the sports. the NBA is tight with the slam dunk contest and rookie/sophomore game but for some reason baseball has it all beat. You have the futures game, the celeberty/legends game and the home run derby which provide a lot of excitement and then you have the game.
ok enough about my stupid ranting - i need to take my ass to bed
Anyways that leads me to today - and something I've been excited bout for a long time - The All Star game in Detroit. I almost decided to go the HR derby but the price was a little too steep for me but man did Bobby Abreu put on a show with the 24 homers in the first round. One of the best things was seeing Pudge make it to the finals, especially playing at his home ball park with the home town crowd cheering him on. Its too bad he couldnt be like Ryan Sandberg and be the only player to win the HR Derby in his home ballpark like Sandberg did at Wrigley Field in 1990.
The funny thing is he only has like six homers this season and everyone else in the competition had way more. It was interesting when they were doing the opener for the show and they showed the participants and had on the screen how many homers they had this season except for Pudge. For him they did the amount of career home runs he has.
Also in regards to the Home Run derby, i liked the new format where players were representing their countries. Adds a new flair to it and the players seemed to enjoy it as they were waving around their countries flags. Definitely exciting just to see how much fun they were all having.
I'm very pumped about the game tomorrow. I think baseball definitely had the best all star game/weekend of all the sports. the NBA is tight with the slam dunk contest and rookie/sophomore game but for some reason baseball has it all beat. You have the futures game, the celeberty/legends game and the home run derby which provide a lot of excitement and then you have the game.
ok enough about my stupid ranting - i need to take my ass to bed
Saturday, July 09, 2005
me = Ronald Dupree
So today I decided to check out the YMCA right down the road from my house thanks to persuasion from this girl Amber, who went to Grand Valley and I met through my friend from home Lynz who visited me last September at good ol EMU. Amber is from around the area and works at the Y and called me and told me she'd show me around so I took her up on the offer. She gave me membership info and then left me to play at the basketball courts which was cool and fun.
I ended up playing a pick-up game with this kid from Madison High School (it neighbors Adrian). His last name was Smead and he was a sophomore in high school and was a pretty solid bball player who might be playing varsity in the winter. When he found out I work at the paper he told me to put his name in it - he will have to earn it first but if he hits shots like he was when he played I'm sure it will go in. We played a pretty contested game but my ass is so out of shape that I got beat. That was my first time hooping since like March, if not before that. After hitting a three to open the scoring i pretty much had to use my height and speed advantage in the paint against the kid.
Anyways his friend was watchin adn wanted to take me on - I told him id try but i really didnt have much energy left in the tank. I was beating the kid (we played to 5) 3-2 when I just got so tired so I ended up losing 5-3 . I'll get em next time when Im back in shape.
But after we got done playin the guys told me I should come back during the week when they are running full court games and try to hop in. They asked when I was coming back andI told them I had no clue but I think i'll need to check it out soon. Then the kid was like you know who u look like? I was like who and he told me Ronald Dupree. I'd never heard that shit before but dont think I do at all
i mean does this guy look like me??
I ended up playing a pick-up game with this kid from Madison High School (it neighbors Adrian). His last name was Smead and he was a sophomore in high school and was a pretty solid bball player who might be playing varsity in the winter. When he found out I work at the paper he told me to put his name in it - he will have to earn it first but if he hits shots like he was when he played I'm sure it will go in. We played a pretty contested game but my ass is so out of shape that I got beat. That was my first time hooping since like March, if not before that. After hitting a three to open the scoring i pretty much had to use my height and speed advantage in the paint against the kid.
Anyways his friend was watchin adn wanted to take me on - I told him id try but i really didnt have much energy left in the tank. I was beating the kid (we played to 5) 3-2 when I just got so tired so I ended up losing 5-3 . I'll get em next time when Im back in shape.
But after we got done playin the guys told me I should come back during the week when they are running full court games and try to hop in. They asked when I was coming back andI told them I had no clue but I think i'll need to check it out soon. Then the kid was like you know who u look like? I was like who and he told me Ronald Dupree. I'd never heard that shit before but dont think I do at all
i mean does this guy look like me??
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Real World and other ramblings
Ahh why am i fricking addicted to the Real World. After seeing all three episodes this weekend I had to watch it tonight and boy was it frickin crazy
Well it wasn't crazy during the show - just with the previews for the next show with Melinda and Wes kissing. Man what a hater - I feel for my man who just had surgery. I actually cant wait to see it next week now. Wow I'm a loser gettin excited bout the Real World - remeinds me of something I'd do in HS. But while I'm talking about it let me just say Rachel is hot and Nehemiah is my boy. Gotta stick with the black brotha on the show since hes the only one.
Anyways as for me I'm not up to much. Today I had to get up early to do page design and it will be that way tomorrow so needless to say im hitting the bed as soon as i complete this entry.
Oh and I cant believe its bout that time to get ready for fantasy football and college football. I just set up one of my fantasy leagues on ESPN.com today and Mike Eckert and Robers joined already. Then next Tuesday I get to start my college football season when NCAA Football 2006 comes out - I'm so pumped for that!
The fourth was decent. Katie and Robers came down and we grilled and watched some tv. I beat Katie at Tigers Woods golf in a skins match (I was Tiger she was Justin Leonard - of course Tigers Woods would win) and Amy and I played some catch. Hadn't tossed a baseball in eons. The food was good, especially corn on the grill - yummy.
Lynz called me last night to wish me happy anniversary. Thats right - the annivesary of the day we met when she dumped sand all over my hair at Silver Beach two years ago. MEANIE - i never did get her back for that.
And the Tigs won today! Magglio hit his second home run as a Tig - bout time they won after lookin pretty bad yesterday in that doubleheader vs Cleveland. Alight enough of my ramblings and jumping from topic to topic. I shall close now and hit the frickin bed
Well it wasn't crazy during the show - just with the previews for the next show with Melinda and Wes kissing. Man what a hater - I feel for my man who just had surgery. I actually cant wait to see it next week now. Wow I'm a loser gettin excited bout the Real World - remeinds me of something I'd do in HS. But while I'm talking about it let me just say Rachel is hot and Nehemiah is my boy. Gotta stick with the black brotha on the show since hes the only one.
Anyways as for me I'm not up to much. Today I had to get up early to do page design and it will be that way tomorrow so needless to say im hitting the bed as soon as i complete this entry.
Oh and I cant believe its bout that time to get ready for fantasy football and college football. I just set up one of my fantasy leagues on ESPN.com today and Mike Eckert and Robers joined already. Then next Tuesday I get to start my college football season when NCAA Football 2006 comes out - I'm so pumped for that!
The fourth was decent. Katie and Robers came down and we grilled and watched some tv. I beat Katie at Tigers Woods golf in a skins match (I was Tiger she was Justin Leonard - of course Tigers Woods would win) and Amy and I played some catch. Hadn't tossed a baseball in eons. The food was good, especially corn on the grill - yummy.
Lynz called me last night to wish me happy anniversary. Thats right - the annivesary of the day we met when she dumped sand all over my hair at Silver Beach two years ago. MEANIE - i never did get her back for that.
And the Tigs won today! Magglio hit his second home run as a Tig - bout time they won after lookin pretty bad yesterday in that doubleheader vs Cleveland. Alight enough of my ramblings and jumping from topic to topic. I shall close now and hit the frickin bed
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Hey now your an All Star.....
Get your game on go play, hey now your a rock star get the show on, get paid If all that glitters is gold, only shooting stars break the mold
So yeah the All Star game is in Detroit in exactly a week from today and this Sunday marked the naming of the AL and NL All Star reserves and pitchers. Now every year theres always some people that you feel should have been All Stars but weren't picked and this year was no different. Although this year I thought fans did an excellent job with picking the starters for the game and gave credit to where credit was due. Like Brian Roberts from Baltimore starting at second base. Before the season, most people probably had no clue as to who he is.
So it was a solid year for the fans, but I am biast about one selection to the AL Roster - Kenny Rogers. Yes Kenny Rogers, the guy who just got suspended 20 games for beating up the media because a camera man didnt get away from him. Sure he has good numbers but is this an action we'd like to condone? And plus this is the All Star game, where media from ALL OVER the world will be attending and covering. CAn we be sure that Mr. Rogers won't throw another tempertantrum?
As a Detroit fan myself, I was hoping Jeremy Bonderman would have earned a spot as a pitcher. The first Tigers pitcher since Bill Gullickson in the early 90's to have 10 wins BEFORE the all star break. Hes on pace to have the most wins of his career and is among the top-10 in the American League in strikeouts. The only thing he has going against him was probably the fact that he got shelled in Arizona last Sunday and lasted two innings which brought his ERA over 4. But then he followed that on Friday by pitching a complete game against the Yankees and limiting their lineup full of stars to 2 runs. I mean thats impressive and he did that in his last start before the teams were picked.
His ERA however is still just a tad over 4 (4.12 to be exact) which probably doesnt meet up to standards but why not let the hometown guy pitch an inning in front of his home fans, with the other Tiger All Star (Ivan Rodriguez) catching for him. It would be better than having someone that beats up on media.
Thanks to Drew Sharp too who hit my ideas right on the nail - http://www.freep.com/sports/drewsharp/drew5e_20050705.htm
So yeah the All Star game is in Detroit in exactly a week from today and this Sunday marked the naming of the AL and NL All Star reserves and pitchers. Now every year theres always some people that you feel should have been All Stars but weren't picked and this year was no different. Although this year I thought fans did an excellent job with picking the starters for the game and gave credit to where credit was due. Like Brian Roberts from Baltimore starting at second base. Before the season, most people probably had no clue as to who he is.
So it was a solid year for the fans, but I am biast about one selection to the AL Roster - Kenny Rogers. Yes Kenny Rogers, the guy who just got suspended 20 games for beating up the media because a camera man didnt get away from him. Sure he has good numbers but is this an action we'd like to condone? And plus this is the All Star game, where media from ALL OVER the world will be attending and covering. CAn we be sure that Mr. Rogers won't throw another tempertantrum?
As a Detroit fan myself, I was hoping Jeremy Bonderman would have earned a spot as a pitcher. The first Tigers pitcher since Bill Gullickson in the early 90's to have 10 wins BEFORE the all star break. Hes on pace to have the most wins of his career and is among the top-10 in the American League in strikeouts. The only thing he has going against him was probably the fact that he got shelled in Arizona last Sunday and lasted two innings which brought his ERA over 4. But then he followed that on Friday by pitching a complete game against the Yankees and limiting their lineup full of stars to 2 runs. I mean thats impressive and he did that in his last start before the teams were picked.
His ERA however is still just a tad over 4 (4.12 to be exact) which probably doesnt meet up to standards but why not let the hometown guy pitch an inning in front of his home fans, with the other Tiger All Star (Ivan Rodriguez) catching for him. It would be better than having someone that beats up on media.
Thanks to Drew Sharp too who hit my ideas right on the nail - http://www.freep.com/sports/drewsharp/drew5e_20050705.htm
Sunday, July 03, 2005
Jason tagged me
List five things you enjoy, even when no one is around you. What lowers your stress/blood pressure/anxiety level? Post it to your journal, and then tag five friends and ask them to post it to theirs.
1. Bowling. - I tend to agree with you here J - its one of those things I just go and do by myself. It is awesome to go on bowling dates but hey when your by urself its not a bad things and a great way to clear your mind
2. Tigers baseball - Thank God for FSN and having Tigers games - on nights when I'm free I always jsut pop the game on and that keeps me entertained because watching theTigers is exciting and at the same time frustrating when they lose 1-0 games because they dont execute properly - but i like the product that is being put on the field
3. Playstation 2 - Another things I'm glad to have - Nothing like playin a game of MVP baseball or NCAA football when ur bored. And winning national championships and doing what your favorite teams never can seem to do. Ah the world of fantasy
4. Myspace / Facebook - two of the most addicting things ever right now - Myspace being the one right now, but it humors me to browse through peoples profiles and also its pretty cool to see what music people are rocking out to
5. Listening to tunes - Nothing like bumpin some music and laying around
As for the people I'm tagging- who ever reads this. Not many people browse through here so if u read it, do it!
1. Bowling. - I tend to agree with you here J - its one of those things I just go and do by myself. It is awesome to go on bowling dates but hey when your by urself its not a bad things and a great way to clear your mind
2. Tigers baseball - Thank God for FSN and having Tigers games - on nights when I'm free I always jsut pop the game on and that keeps me entertained because watching theTigers is exciting and at the same time frustrating when they lose 1-0 games because they dont execute properly - but i like the product that is being put on the field
3. Playstation 2 - Another things I'm glad to have - Nothing like playin a game of MVP baseball or NCAA football when ur bored. And winning national championships and doing what your favorite teams never can seem to do. Ah the world of fantasy
4. Myspace / Facebook - two of the most addicting things ever right now - Myspace being the one right now, but it humors me to browse through peoples profiles and also its pretty cool to see what music people are rocking out to
5. Listening to tunes - Nothing like bumpin some music and laying around
As for the people I'm tagging- who ever reads this. Not many people browse through here so if u read it, do it!
been awhile
its definitely been awhile since i last posted on this - ive been slacking
i havent really been up to to much of late. Went to the Tigers game on Friday and judging by the scores from yesterday and todays game (8-4 loss yesterday, 1-0 today) i definitely picked the correct day to go. It was the Tigs against the Yanks with future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson on the mound against my boy Jeremy Bonderman. Plus Magglio Ordonez was making his return to the bigs from Toledo and playing in his first game for the Tigs since early April.
Turns out the Tigs won 10-2, Bonderman pitched a complete game, Placido Polanco had 5 RBIs and Ordonez hit a homer. Plus I saw some tight ass fireworks after the game. I saw my boy Scott B at the game which was tight and moved over to his section for the final two innings of the game.
After the game I stopped in Ypsi to see my good pals Rachel and Cynthia and we went to Steak and Shake (where else) with Rach's roomie from last year Amanda. Always a good time.
As far as work is concerned thats going fine. Did design work on Thurs and Friday and trying to get that stuff down. Tuesday I covered an American Legion baseball game. On Friday our big scholar-athlete tab came out which was profiling the best of the best in Lenawee County.
Alight anwyays thats all I got for now - hope
to update 
a lot sooner next time
i havent really been up to to much of late. Went to the Tigers game on Friday and judging by the scores from yesterday and todays game (8-4 loss yesterday, 1-0 today) i definitely picked the correct day to go. It was the Tigs against the Yanks with future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson on the mound against my boy Jeremy Bonderman. Plus Magglio Ordonez was making his return to the bigs from Toledo and playing in his first game for the Tigs since early April.
Turns out the Tigs won 10-2, Bonderman pitched a complete game, Placido Polanco had 5 RBIs and Ordonez hit a homer. Plus I saw some tight ass fireworks after the game. I saw my boy Scott B at the game which was tight and moved over to his section for the final two innings of the game.
After the game I stopped in Ypsi to see my good pals Rachel and Cynthia and we went to Steak and Shake (where else) with Rach's roomie from last year Amanda. Always a good time.
As far as work is concerned thats going fine. Did design work on Thurs and Friday and trying to get that stuff down. Tuesday I covered an American Legion baseball game. On Friday our big scholar-athlete tab came out which was profiling the best of the best in Lenawee County.
Alight anwyays thats all I got for now - hope
to update 
a lot sooner next time
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Pistons
in all essence, the Spurs should be done. Thanks to the Pistons getting their first win in San Antonio in eons (a must) they will have to do it again in the grand daddy of them all - GAME 7. Going into the game I must say I'm pretty optimistic about the Pistons chances to defy the odds. I mean everyone is against them. I've been reading all the lines
No team has won two road game 7's in the same playoffs
No team has won the final two games on the road after being down 3-2
and the list goes on. But I recall last year at this time, no team had ever won the middle 3 games of the Finals at home when the format was 2-3-2 as the Pistons did.
So go Pistons tomorrow! Lets hope there is something to celebrate in Detroit tomorrow night/early Friday morning
And the Tigers finally got over .500 - its about time. Cant remember them being over .500 in June in a long long time
Anyways I'm gettin sick - im still congested and my cold will not get away - Damn I hate this.
Lets hope I feel better. Anyways my schedule for the remainder of the week isn't so bad. More than likely will be up in the EARLY hours to do pages with Sean again tomorrow. At some time tomorrow I need to finish my preview for the Lenawee County All Star Bball game and make progress on my Scholar Athlete story on Scott Rupnow, who is like our scholar-athlete of the year.
Friday I'm coverin the boys bball All Star game, and Sat I have no clue what the hell I'm doin. all i know is that the Maple City Festival starts tomorrow - whatever the hell that is, but its a three day festival around downtown Adrian. might have to see what its all about at some point
No team has won two road game 7's in the same playoffs
No team has won the final two games on the road after being down 3-2
and the list goes on. But I recall last year at this time, no team had ever won the middle 3 games of the Finals at home when the format was 2-3-2 as the Pistons did.
So go Pistons tomorrow! Lets hope there is something to celebrate in Detroit tomorrow night/early Friday morning
And the Tigers finally got over .500 - its about time. Cant remember them being over .500 in June in a long long time
Anyways I'm gettin sick - im still congested and my cold will not get away - Damn I hate this.
Lets hope I feel better. Anyways my schedule for the remainder of the week isn't so bad. More than likely will be up in the EARLY hours to do pages with Sean again tomorrow. At some time tomorrow I need to finish my preview for the Lenawee County All Star Bball game and make progress on my Scholar Athlete story on Scott Rupnow, who is like our scholar-athlete of the year.
Friday I'm coverin the boys bball All Star game, and Sat I have no clue what the hell I'm doin. all i know is that the Maple City Festival starts tomorrow - whatever the hell that is, but its a three day festival around downtown Adrian. might have to see what its all about at some point
Monday, June 20, 2005
Losing my NASCAR virginity
Now onto what I've been doing the entire weekend - I was out at Michigan International Speedway covering auto racing. I'm some one who has no interest in auto racing whatsoever so this created a nice little challenge for me and I think I did alight for the first time. Throughout the weekend I ran many media members which I recognized like Angelique Chengelis from the Detroit News (covers UM football) and Matt Markey from the Toledo Blade (UT sports) and got a chance to talk to both of them for a few. While talking to them, I realized both didn't have a huge interest in NASCAR.
For those who have never been to MIS, it is totally a different environment. The fans are definitely of a different breed and they LOVE their sport - BIG TIME. When leaving the race Sunday, (it took like 1 hr 45 min to travel 25 miles or so) there was fans going crazy at the campgrounds around the track honking at each other and screaming "show us your tits" among other things. They even had the beads. There was a roadside place selling used tires from the race, and sure enough people were buying them. One of the most classic things I saw though, was a five-year old boy holding a sign that show me your tits. I mean come on - lol.
On Friday I covered the ARCA race while at MIS and ended up doing a story on this chick (Erin Crocker) who is trying to make waves like Indy Racing League's Danica Patrick. Believe me though, Crocker is not nearly as hot as Danica. Saturday I covered qualifying for the Batman Begins 400 on Sunday and then the NASCAR truck race. Sunday I just did two side stories on the big race.
Surprisingly enough, while at MIS i ran into a few peeps I knew. Saturday I saw Darcy Bereznoff, who lived in my building of the village this year. Turns out she was working security at MIS all weekend so I got a chance to talk to her a few times throughout the weekend. While walking around the pits on Saturday I some girl yelled BCal but I had no idea who the hell she was so just said what up how u doin and turned around (boy did i feel stupid) but oh well. And Sunday I saw Alexis Fortner during pre-race introductions right at Victory Lane in the infield.
Speaking of the pits, that's another story itself. I had a pit pass, so during the race I was roaming around the pits watching crews change tires and just seeing what else was going on down there. It was definitely pretty cool, and man do they get a car back on the race track faster than people even get dressed. It nuts. I also had a garage pass so I could walk around the drivers/crews areas to see them hanging out before the race.
Anyways here is what i was able to come up with from the weekend
Erin Crocker
NASCAR truck race
Newman wins pole
Mark Martin
NASCAR rambling
All in all it wasnt a bad weekend, but I was pretty drained from being out there the past three days and starting to get a headache from the loud cars. For now I'm gonna go chill and actually relax
Oh and before I depart - All I have to say after watching the latter part of game five on the NBA Finals is Robert "Bleepin" Horry. How could we leave that guy wide open for a three. The Pistons face a pretty daunting task in trying to win two games down in San Antonio, but it is doable. Overall game five was a pretty good game and a lot better than the blowouts from the five other games.
At least the Tigers won in dramatic fashion though, I guess, winning 10-8 in 10 innings over the Giants after being down 8-5 in the ninth
For those who have never been to MIS, it is totally a different environment. The fans are definitely of a different breed and they LOVE their sport - BIG TIME. When leaving the race Sunday, (it took like 1 hr 45 min to travel 25 miles or so) there was fans going crazy at the campgrounds around the track honking at each other and screaming "show us your tits" among other things. They even had the beads. There was a roadside place selling used tires from the race, and sure enough people were buying them. One of the most classic things I saw though, was a five-year old boy holding a sign that show me your tits. I mean come on - lol.
On Friday I covered the ARCA race while at MIS and ended up doing a story on this chick (Erin Crocker) who is trying to make waves like Indy Racing League's Danica Patrick. Believe me though, Crocker is not nearly as hot as Danica. Saturday I covered qualifying for the Batman Begins 400 on Sunday and then the NASCAR truck race. Sunday I just did two side stories on the big race.
Surprisingly enough, while at MIS i ran into a few peeps I knew. Saturday I saw Darcy Bereznoff, who lived in my building of the village this year. Turns out she was working security at MIS all weekend so I got a chance to talk to her a few times throughout the weekend. While walking around the pits on Saturday I some girl yelled BCal but I had no idea who the hell she was so just said what up how u doin and turned around (boy did i feel stupid) but oh well. And Sunday I saw Alexis Fortner during pre-race introductions right at Victory Lane in the infield.
Speaking of the pits, that's another story itself. I had a pit pass, so during the race I was roaming around the pits watching crews change tires and just seeing what else was going on down there. It was definitely pretty cool, and man do they get a car back on the race track faster than people even get dressed. It nuts. I also had a garage pass so I could walk around the drivers/crews areas to see them hanging out before the race.
Anyways here is what i was able to come up with from the weekend
Erin Crocker
NASCAR truck race
Newman wins pole
Mark Martin
NASCAR rambling
All in all it wasnt a bad weekend, but I was pretty drained from being out there the past three days and starting to get a headache from the loud cars. For now I'm gonna go chill and actually relax
Oh and before I depart - All I have to say after watching the latter part of game five on the NBA Finals is Robert "Bleepin" Horry. How could we leave that guy wide open for a three. The Pistons face a pretty daunting task in trying to win two games down in San Antonio, but it is doable. Overall game five was a pretty good game and a lot better than the blowouts from the five other games.
At least the Tigers won in dramatic fashion though, I guess, winning 10-8 in 10 innings over the Giants after being down 8-5 in the ninth
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
damn rain delay
So Homer's national record streak continued yesterday. The baseball gods were again on their side - I mean how do you seriously win 74 games in a row in baseball?? I guess I saw why - lucky breaks.
In last night's game there was a 51 minute rain delay seperating the top and bottom half of the fourth inning with the Trojans down to Blissfield 3-1. Lucky enough for Homer they had plenty of time to regroup, considering the team was bickering with each other after being down. After the delay Blissfield didnt get a runner on base while Homer capitalized on a few errors to score four runs in the top of the sixth inning.
In a sense sometimes its better to be lucky than good - but there is no question Homer does have talent.
Anyways while making the hour and a half trip to Howell I got a chance to know my boss Sean better, since he rode with me up there. Here are things I found out
- He has an older sister and younger brother
- I knew he was 24 and from Monroe
- He is a big UConn basketball fan and likes Rip Hamilton
- He loves the casino
- He is taking classes at Siena Heights (one of the two colleges in Adrian)
There are a lot of other things I found out too which was pretty cool because we share some of the same interests, like same teams players and enjoy sporting events and such. I found it pretty cool that him and the news editor James got a chance to go inside Shea Stadium when they went on a weekend trip to New York and also all the ball parks hes been to. Its always been one of my dreams to go on a trip around the country to several major league stadiums
The ones I really want to hit that I havent been to are:
RFK Stadium - I gotta see my team the Nationals play, and plus I just love DC
Great American - Cincy seems like it would be a cool place to take in a game
Fenway Park - another classic ballpark, just like Wrigley Field which I totally love
PNC - Pittsburgh's ballpark - i hear its pretty nice
The ballparks I've been inside before are Comerica (obviously), Tiger Stadium, US Cellular and Wrigley. I've been right outside Jacobs Field, and driven past the Metrodome and Milwaukee's ball park (drawing a blank on the name)
In last night's game there was a 51 minute rain delay seperating the top and bottom half of the fourth inning with the Trojans down to Blissfield 3-1. Lucky enough for Homer they had plenty of time to regroup, considering the team was bickering with each other after being down. After the delay Blissfield didnt get a runner on base while Homer capitalized on a few errors to score four runs in the top of the sixth inning.
In a sense sometimes its better to be lucky than good - but there is no question Homer does have talent.
Anyways while making the hour and a half trip to Howell I got a chance to know my boss Sean better, since he rode with me up there. Here are things I found out
- He has an older sister and younger brother
- I knew he was 24 and from Monroe
- He is a big UConn basketball fan and likes Rip Hamilton
- He loves the casino
- He is taking classes at Siena Heights (one of the two colleges in Adrian)
There are a lot of other things I found out too which was pretty cool because we share some of the same interests, like same teams players and enjoy sporting events and such. I found it pretty cool that him and the news editor James got a chance to go inside Shea Stadium when they went on a weekend trip to New York and also all the ball parks hes been to. Its always been one of my dreams to go on a trip around the country to several major league stadiums
The ones I really want to hit that I havent been to are:
RFK Stadium - I gotta see my team the Nationals play, and plus I just love DC
Great American - Cincy seems like it would be a cool place to take in a game
Fenway Park - another classic ballpark, just like Wrigley Field which I totally love
PNC - Pittsburgh's ballpark - i hear its pretty nice
The ballparks I've been inside before are Comerica (obviously), Tiger Stadium, US Cellular and Wrigley. I've been right outside Jacobs Field, and driven past the Metrodome and Milwaukee's ball park (drawing a blank on the name)
Monday, June 13, 2005
Bring on Homer!
This weekend I got to cover Blissfield baseball again on their regional. They won both games beating Madison Heights Madison 6-1 in the regional semifinal and whipped up on Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 8-0 in the championship game to set up tomorrows showdown with Homer - the high school that has won a national record 73 consecutive baseball games.
I'll be at the game tomorrow, hoping that Blissfield ends Homer's run, and many others will probably be hoping that, including Gabriel Richard coach Richard Shook.
http://www.lenconnect.com/articles/2005/06/12/sports/sports01.txt
Anyways other than that not too much else going on.
After work Saturday I went to Big Boys with the News Editor James Briggs and my editor Sean. Definitely an interesting environment at the Adrian Big Boy - and our waiter had her big boy shirt on one second and came to check on us like 15 min later and had on like a club shirt. I was like um ok.
Yesterday Kimmy came to visit for a bit which was definitely great and got a chance to see Amy for a bit on Friday.
The Pistons seem to be struggling - I'm hoping they get their act together because Manu Ginobili is certainly getting on my freaking nerves.
That is all I got for now - time to go to work to write a story
I'll be at the game tomorrow, hoping that Blissfield ends Homer's run, and many others will probably be hoping that, including Gabriel Richard coach Richard Shook.
http://www.lenconnect.com/articles/2005/06/12/sports/sports01.txt
Anyways other than that not too much else going on.
After work Saturday I went to Big Boys with the News Editor James Briggs and my editor Sean. Definitely an interesting environment at the Adrian Big Boy - and our waiter had her big boy shirt on one second and came to check on us like 15 min later and had on like a club shirt. I was like um ok.
Yesterday Kimmy came to visit for a bit which was definitely great and got a chance to see Amy for a bit on Friday.
The Pistons seem to be struggling - I'm hoping they get their act together because Manu Ginobili is certainly getting on my freaking nerves.
That is all I got for now - time to go to work to write a story
Thursday, June 09, 2005
bowling
So I finally checked out the bowling alley in Adrian and it was pretty tight. This post will mostly interest Jason so sorry if this is boring to anyone else reading this.
I ended up bowling three games to simulate league play and bowled a 440 series (155, 153, 132)
The first game went pretty well for me. After only hitting 1 pin on my first roll I picked up the spare and then followed with a strike. After hitting 7 pins in the third frame i marked in frames four, five and six with a spare and two strikes. In the seventh frame I got 9 pins but couldnt get the spare, bowled another strike in the eighth frame, and then hit 8 pins in both the ninth and 10th frames.
In the second game i started off pretty hot, as I marked in each of the first six frames, gettin a spare, strike, spare, spare, spare, strike. In the seventh frame I hit nine on the first roll and just missed picking up the spare. I followed with nine in the eighth frame and a spare in the ninth frame and hitting nine pins in the 10th frame.
The third game was just probably me being tired. I opened with 7 the first grame and then got a strike, but really I wasnt able to capitalize and pick anything up. I got eight in the third frame, a spare in the fourth, a strike in the fifth, nine in the sixth, spares in the seventh and eighth. Then in frame nine i hit eight pins and I got nine in the 10th frame and missed my chance for an extra roll by failing to pick up the spare.
While at the alley some black dude came up to me and started talking to me. His name was Wes and he tried to recruit me for his bowling team in the fall and just came up to talk b/c there arent many blacks around here. He was cool - a pretty good bowler and J he has a Pittsburgh Steelers bowling ball and bowling bag. He said that was his team and raved about Big Ben (Roethlisberger that is, not our Ben on the Pistons)
I also met some workers at the place and I have a feeling they will be seeing me alot and they told me to keep on coming back - they just want me money - the little I do have - LOL
Alight enough of my bowling rambling!
I ended up bowling three games to simulate league play and bowled a 440 series (155, 153, 132)
The first game went pretty well for me. After only hitting 1 pin on my first roll I picked up the spare and then followed with a strike. After hitting 7 pins in the third frame i marked in frames four, five and six with a spare and two strikes. In the seventh frame I got 9 pins but couldnt get the spare, bowled another strike in the eighth frame, and then hit 8 pins in both the ninth and 10th frames.
In the second game i started off pretty hot, as I marked in each of the first six frames, gettin a spare, strike, spare, spare, spare, strike. In the seventh frame I hit nine on the first roll and just missed picking up the spare. I followed with nine in the eighth frame and a spare in the ninth frame and hitting nine pins in the 10th frame.
The third game was just probably me being tired. I opened with 7 the first grame and then got a strike, but really I wasnt able to capitalize and pick anything up. I got eight in the third frame, a spare in the fourth, a strike in the fifth, nine in the sixth, spares in the seventh and eighth. Then in frame nine i hit eight pins and I got nine in the 10th frame and missed my chance for an extra roll by failing to pick up the spare.
While at the alley some black dude came up to me and started talking to me. His name was Wes and he tried to recruit me for his bowling team in the fall and just came up to talk b/c there arent many blacks around here. He was cool - a pretty good bowler and J he has a Pittsburgh Steelers bowling ball and bowling bag. He said that was his team and raved about Big Ben (Roethlisberger that is, not our Ben on the Pistons)
I also met some workers at the place and I have a feeling they will be seeing me alot and they told me to keep on coming back - they just want me money - the little I do have - LOL
Alight enough of my bowling rambling!
sports ramblings
history was made last night in Oklahoma City when the UM softball team showed that teams in the Eastern US can play softball. That was awesome to see them beat UCLA to win the College Softball World Series. I bet Corey had fun at that one
Anyways thats pretty awesome. Its been so damn hot out lately - argh - its just been sweltering. work has been so laid back and kinda dull this week because nothing is really going on. Tuesday and yesterday it was jsut Ed and I working in the office.
The tigers dealt Urbina yesterday to the Phillies for Placido Polanco - i was so surprised with the timing of the trade considering Percival just came off the DL, but I guess we need some help on offense and our bullpen has fared well thus far.
Oh and I got to do a tight story about the Major League Baseball Draft with two kids from Blissfield being draftedt two picks apart from each other in the ninth round. When talkin to my boss on the phone last night he told me he thought it turned out pretty good so that was cool.
Blissfield kids drafted
Game one of the finals tonight. This reminds me of last year when so many people were writing off Detroit like they did against the Lakers last season. Lets hope they show the world again
Anyways thats pretty awesome. Its been so damn hot out lately - argh - its just been sweltering. work has been so laid back and kinda dull this week because nothing is really going on. Tuesday and yesterday it was jsut Ed and I working in the office.
The tigers dealt Urbina yesterday to the Phillies for Placido Polanco - i was so surprised with the timing of the trade considering Percival just came off the DL, but I guess we need some help on offense and our bullpen has fared well thus far.
Oh and I got to do a tight story about the Major League Baseball Draft with two kids from Blissfield being draftedt two picks apart from each other in the ninth round. When talkin to my boss on the phone last night he told me he thought it turned out pretty good so that was cool.
Blissfield kids drafted
Game one of the finals tonight. This reminds me of last year when so many people were writing off Detroit like they did against the Lakers last season. Lets hope they show the world again
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
recent times
Hell yea to the Pistons - going to the NBA Finals again - and Eastern Conference champions two straight years! I love it!
Just to catch up on the past few days
Friday was an off day, a nice relaxing day. K visited for a brief period before goin home and then after that while I was outside sayin bye to her, I met the guy who I share a bedroom wall with and the girl that lives above me and ending up having a couple of bud lights w/ the girl above me and our landlord who is good pals with the girl who lives above me. So that was kinda cool and I found out the girl above me (lindsay) goes to EMU and wants to be a sports broadcaster.
Saturday I was out in the hot sun all day covering district baseball games at Clinton. Man was it hot and the sun was so draining. Blissfield won the district I was covering, which was totally expected.
Blissfield baseball story
While in between baseball games I caught some of the 12 inning marathon of a softball game between Clinton and Ida which Clinton won 1-0. Man was it exciting.
On Sat I ended up working until about 9:3o and was bored after that so I just saw the end of the Pistons game and tried to find sumpin to do before crashin
Funny thing bout me being at work Sunday and one of my coworkers had called the Detroit News to find the winner of a district. After he found out what he needed he passed the phone over to me and told me someone wanted to talk to me - i was confused but when I picked up it was Art on the other line asking how I was doing and about the job. Gotta love when you talk to your mentor and someone who has helped you out so much.
I hung out with K Sunday for a bit and went bowling w/ her and her lil sister from Big Brother Big Sister. I didnt bring my ball but used a house ball and bowled my first turkey ever (J i almost text'd u to tell you of my feat). I prolly hadnt bowled since like April 20th or sumpin like that so I was impressed with the 145 I bowled and I had a 115 going into the 10th frame before our hour expired. And I had K beat in both games. =)
I also sawRobers on my way home as we met up and ate Wendys.
Also while I was wiht K i met her sister and then we walked around the Taste of Ann Arbor and stopped at this little restaurant in downtown for a quick snack
Yesterday I went home to get a new cell! Its pretty tight, its got internet and I can dl ringtones. I left at 7:45 am and got back at about 2:45. While I was home I swung by my house to pick up a few things and stopped to see my mom at work.
I chilled a bit and then went into work at 6:30 for a little bit to work on my baseball regional preview for Thursdays paper. No one was in the office from sports and it was a very slow night. I did however take a phone call - turned out to be Mark Heller at the AA News - asking about who won a certain district that we covered
I think thats all I needed to write for now - more to come
Just to catch up on the past few days
Friday was an off day, a nice relaxing day. K visited for a brief period before goin home and then after that while I was outside sayin bye to her, I met the guy who I share a bedroom wall with and the girl that lives above me and ending up having a couple of bud lights w/ the girl above me and our landlord who is good pals with the girl who lives above me. So that was kinda cool and I found out the girl above me (lindsay) goes to EMU and wants to be a sports broadcaster.
Saturday I was out in the hot sun all day covering district baseball games at Clinton. Man was it hot and the sun was so draining. Blissfield won the district I was covering, which was totally expected.
Blissfield baseball story
While in between baseball games I caught some of the 12 inning marathon of a softball game between Clinton and Ida which Clinton won 1-0. Man was it exciting.
On Sat I ended up working until about 9:3o and was bored after that so I just saw the end of the Pistons game and tried to find sumpin to do before crashin
Funny thing bout me being at work Sunday and one of my coworkers had called the Detroit News to find the winner of a district. After he found out what he needed he passed the phone over to me and told me someone wanted to talk to me - i was confused but when I picked up it was Art on the other line asking how I was doing and about the job. Gotta love when you talk to your mentor and someone who has helped you out so much.
I hung out with K Sunday for a bit and went bowling w/ her and her lil sister from Big Brother Big Sister. I didnt bring my ball but used a house ball and bowled my first turkey ever (J i almost text'd u to tell you of my feat). I prolly hadnt bowled since like April 20th or sumpin like that so I was impressed with the 145 I bowled and I had a 115 going into the 10th frame before our hour expired. And I had K beat in both games. =)
I also sawRobers on my way home as we met up and ate Wendys.
Also while I was wiht K i met her sister and then we walked around the Taste of Ann Arbor and stopped at this little restaurant in downtown for a quick snack
Yesterday I went home to get a new cell! Its pretty tight, its got internet and I can dl ringtones. I left at 7:45 am and got back at about 2:45. While I was home I swung by my house to pick up a few things and stopped to see my mom at work.
I chilled a bit and then went into work at 6:30 for a little bit to work on my baseball regional preview for Thursdays paper. No one was in the office from sports and it was a very slow night. I did however take a phone call - turned out to be Mark Heller at the AA News - asking about who won a certain district that we covered
I think thats all I needed to write for now - more to come
Friday, June 03, 2005
soccer
So yesterday I was out in Jackson/Parma covering a HS district soccer game and sure enough I ran into a familiar face. I saw Joe Hayes, a reporter I worked with at the Echo who was covering the game for the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
I knew he had worked at the paper and saw one of his soccer stories in the week so I had a feeling he might be out there and sure enough he was. So it was cool to talk with him throughout the first half and talk bout journalism, jobs, and EMU sports.
The team I was covering (Tecumseh) ended up losing 3-0 but it was closer than the score. Watching made me miss playing soccer so much and remembering my days as a high school soccer player. Boy did I wish I was out there playing and putting some moves on people.
I knew he had worked at the paper and saw one of his soccer stories in the week so I had a feeling he might be out there and sure enough he was. So it was cool to talk with him throughout the first half and talk bout journalism, jobs, and EMU sports.
The team I was covering (Tecumseh) ended up losing 3-0 but it was closer than the score. Watching made me miss playing soccer so much and remembering my days as a high school soccer player. Boy did I wish I was out there playing and putting some moves on people.
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