Boycotting the Olympics

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’ve felt this way for a while. I never thought China deserved to be awarded an Olympic Games based on the human rights issues that go on in their country and the poverty that the majority of their citizens [...]

Back to the Diamond

What do you do when you feel someone in a position of authority is taking advantage of you? Do you sit back feeling that you are powerless to do anything about it or do you take matters into your own hands regardless of the consequences?
In a Class AAA State championship high school baseball game in [...]

Having the Upper Hand

In baseball most batters hit from one side of the plate or the other. Some hitters however can hit from both sides of the plate, they are called switch hitters.
The advantage for switch hitters is that they are always able to be on the opposite side of the plate as to the pitcher’s throwing arm, [...]

Playing Softball

Growing up in the town I grew up in we didn’t play baseball. We played fastball. Whip-pitch, windmill ,big ball, softball whatever your name for it it wasn’t baseball, but it’s all we had so I played it.
I was a pitcher and played first base in my teenage pinnacle years. As a pitcher I was [...]

Cal Ripken’s Real Baseball

For the month of April and May I have committed myself to writing for an online video game.
As it is I broke my thumb almost 4 months ago and it doesn’t bend very much yet, It just stays straight like some crazed terminal hitchhiker.
My days believing that if I just put out the effort I [...]

Winning in Sports is Never Easy

While winning in sports is never easy, sometimes it can look easy. One thing it is never is however is guaranteed. Welcome to reality Ottawa Senator fans. With all your pomp and righteousness your finally learning that winning is indeed harder than it looks. Despite a first half to the regular season that had [...]