I shared a flight this weekend from Cincinnati, OH to South Bend, IN with the Notre Dame golf team. It was so funny, cuz I started text messaging everyone about how I was flying to South Bend and the Notre Dame golf team was on the flight!!
I called my fiance and told her and her response stopped me short, "So? What's the big deal. They're a bunch of kids, half of them probably a few years younger than you." Then it hit me . . . they are a just a bunch of punk kids. Why is it such a big deal. I encounter college athletes everyday - the guys I play with and against. D1 or NAIA we're all living the dream of playing college athletics. It's funny how we don't appreciate it or even realize that we're college athletes until it has almost slipped away from us.
I have about 6-8 weeks left of being a college athlete. Next time I board a plane I'm going to assume that the guy who is sitting next to me and texting is writing this, "I'm on a plane with a college baseball player . . . I'll tell you all about it later!"
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Blogging blunders
So I was informed yesterday while we were sitting at McDonalds that I hadn't blogged since Feb. 26th. That is UNACCEPTABLE!!! My apologies to all of you that follow us on blog world.
If anyone wants to purchase a MacBook Pro for me to be able to blog mobiley that would be great!! It would really aid in expiditing this blog process. Kidding . . . but seriously.
A little highlight from this weekend:
1. SWU pitchers did excellent! Guy pitched a gem of a game with little run-support (9 innings complete). Creighton settled in after a three-run 1st inning and dealt! Bud pitched a complete game (7 innings) only giving up 2 runs. They really stepped it up this weekend. We only pulled from the bullpen once. Matt Cape came in and shut Reinhardt's bats down in the 6th and 7th of the first game on Sun. Great job pitchers!
2. Our bats finally came alive. Hightower carried us with an unbelievable weekend at the plate. I wouldn't be able to tell you off hand what he went for but he had something like 8 or 9 hits on the weekend. WOW! If only all of us could be that good! I'm trying to find on DakStats how many hits we as a team posted this weekend. I'll let you know when I do find that. It was outrageous though!
3. We had some interesting times in ole Waleska:
-The bus driver absolutely wrecked a brick wall there at the hotel trying to park. We're still waiting to hear what happened to the axel of the bus itself. (We're still not sure if our bus driver has found a parking spot back at the Atchison headquarters. Word is he's circling the Wendy's parking lot looking for the best angle to approach a spot)
-Belk found had an interesting gift left for him outside of his room by the previous occupants. I won't say anymore.
-Zaxby's and Panda Express seemed to be the choice restaurants for the weekend.
-Getting back on a Sunday night late and waking up for class on Monday proved to be a chore but hopefully we all found a way to our 8 o'clocks. (Word on the street is that coach is giving us the day off today. That will be nice to get some rest in)
Until next time . . .
If anyone wants to purchase a MacBook Pro for me to be able to blog mobiley that would be great!! It would really aid in expiditing this blog process. Kidding . . . but seriously.
A little highlight from this weekend:
1. SWU pitchers did excellent! Guy pitched a gem of a game with little run-support (9 innings complete). Creighton settled in after a three-run 1st inning and dealt! Bud pitched a complete game (7 innings) only giving up 2 runs. They really stepped it up this weekend. We only pulled from the bullpen once. Matt Cape came in and shut Reinhardt's bats down in the 6th and 7th of the first game on Sun. Great job pitchers!
2. Our bats finally came alive. Hightower carried us with an unbelievable weekend at the plate. I wouldn't be able to tell you off hand what he went for but he had something like 8 or 9 hits on the weekend. WOW! If only all of us could be that good! I'm trying to find on DakStats how many hits we as a team posted this weekend. I'll let you know when I do find that. It was outrageous though!
3. We had some interesting times in ole Waleska:
-The bus driver absolutely wrecked a brick wall there at the hotel trying to park. We're still waiting to hear what happened to the axel of the bus itself. (We're still not sure if our bus driver has found a parking spot back at the Atchison headquarters. Word is he's circling the Wendy's parking lot looking for the best angle to approach a spot)
-Belk found had an interesting gift left for him outside of his room by the previous occupants. I won't say anymore.
-Zaxby's and Panda Express seemed to be the choice restaurants for the weekend.
-Getting back on a Sunday night late and waking up for class on Monday proved to be a chore but hopefully we all found a way to our 8 o'clocks. (Word on the street is that coach is giving us the day off today. That will be nice to get some rest in)
Until next time . . .
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