Wow. I certainly didn't think that I'd go so long without posting a blog. Oh well. I can't express how happy I am to be done with this most recent semester of college. I would definitely rank it as my hardest semester of college (and my GPA supports that theory). However this leaves me with only one more semester (with basically mop up classes) until I graduate. I am quite elated.
Now it is time to enjoy summer. I'm not taking any summer classes in order to maximize summer enjoyment. It certainly helps that one of my jobs is to basically observe baseball games (and get paid for it). However, it would be nice to make it to some MLB games. I can foresee a trip or two to the bay to see the Giants and/or the A's. One of my projects for the summer is to get back into reasonable shape. For about the last two or so years I've failed to keep my body in reasonable shape. It's a sad sight when a 22 year old gets absolutely spent playing a 50 minute softball game, which is what happened my first game of the season. Now that school is out of the picture for the next three months or so I can focus more of my time on my body. This is important because I've decided to take a marathon training class next semester. After my first treadmill session of the summer last week, I've come to the conclusion that I have a long way to go before I'll be in marathon shape (after about 12 minutes on the treadmill I developed a blister on my foot which was probably a blessing because I was pretty tired at that point). However, I'm confident that I'll be ready for the class come August.
So I'm trying to figure out how Mark Teixeira is leading all American League first basemen in All-Star voting. Umm hello Yankee fans... have you seen his stats this season??? As of May, 24 he has a .209 batting average and 7 home runs (3 of which came in one game). There are about seven first basemen in the American League who have outperformed Teixeira so far this season. Hey Yankee fans, how about giving those guys some love. Just as an aside for this all-star voting I will be using all 25 of my votes to get Jason Heyward into the all-star game (the rest of the Braves better start putting up some numbers before they get any of my votes).
Now it is time to enjoy summer. I'm not taking any summer classes in order to maximize summer enjoyment. It certainly helps that one of my jobs is to basically observe baseball games (and get paid for it). However, it would be nice to make it to some MLB games. I can foresee a trip or two to the bay to see the Giants and/or the A's. One of my projects for the summer is to get back into reasonable shape. For about the last two or so years I've failed to keep my body in reasonable shape. It's a sad sight when a 22 year old gets absolutely spent playing a 50 minute softball game, which is what happened my first game of the season. Now that school is out of the picture for the next three months or so I can focus more of my time on my body. This is important because I've decided to take a marathon training class next semester. After my first treadmill session of the summer last week, I've come to the conclusion that I have a long way to go before I'll be in marathon shape (after about 12 minutes on the treadmill I developed a blister on my foot which was probably a blessing because I was pretty tired at that point). However, I'm confident that I'll be ready for the class come August.
So I'm trying to figure out how Mark Teixeira is leading all American League first basemen in All-Star voting. Umm hello Yankee fans... have you seen his stats this season??? As of May, 24 he has a .209 batting average and 7 home runs (3 of which came in one game). There are about seven first basemen in the American League who have outperformed Teixeira so far this season. Hey Yankee fans, how about giving those guys some love. Just as an aside for this all-star voting I will be using all 25 of my votes to get Jason Heyward into the all-star game (the rest of the Braves better start putting up some numbers before they get any of my votes).
