Let me preface this in that I am a sports junky. Yes there I admitted it. How it happened I don't know because no one else in my family follows/cares about any sports other than maybe 1 uncle and not the crazy weird one we all have; though he is a Chiefs fan if that counts. But I do blame him for cursing me and now my kids into becoming Cubs fans. But before I get any further...how bout them Cyclones and their win over the Longhorns!! Never thought I'd see that this life time....which means there is hope for my Cubbies!!!
I ran across this post in a blog that I follow and considering the World Series is about to start in a couple days I thought it to be very relevant since Josh Hamilton plays for the Texas Rangers who against great odds made it this far and even though the ratings will struggle due to the mighty Yankees not being apart of it and the NFL's decision to not shy away from playing head to head on Sunday night it should still be a good series and considering Josh's back story it makes his message all the more powerful.You see because in a day and age when every player comes up to bat to his favorite gangster rap song despite never having stepped foot in the hood before in his life or possibly to some hard core heavy metal thrash or most likely depending on what country they are from you would here some techno driven pop/salsa/reggae but Josh Hamilton comes to the plate to Christian music. Before you brush this off as another athlete thanking God after he scores when the sideline reporter is in his face or that he's another Tim Tebow you need to know a little about the guy. I remember reading an ESPN the Magazine article a few years ago thinking why do I know this guy then it dawned on me....Cubs had picked him up in the Rule 5 draft (I'll discuss this in some later useless sports knowledge blog post) and he was the #1 player out of high school years before that. But what I remember to this day is the opening line of the article "To let you know how far I've come, let me tell you where I've been." Which in my eyes should be every Christian's motto. I have since read his book and coming from my semi-sheltered life I am pretty much shocked to see him go from can't miss sure fire possibly best baseball player in years to his meteoric crash to rock bottom to his saving grace moment and his subsequent faith journey to where he is at today. Even though I don't have a team in the fall classic and probably never will; this year I will be pulling for the Texas Rangers and Josh Hamilton.
Josh Hamilton
For years my wife has been telling me I need to start blogging. I'm not sure if it's because she thinks I'm funny and that periodically I have something profound to say or that she just wants the world to see what she has to put up with on a daily basis. Regardless I'll let you decide.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The ever important possibly life changing 1st blog post
Well life changing for me in the remote possibility sense...not necessarily you but if it does let me know.
I figure since I now have followers I better get on the ball and post something that will....
1-Captivate my current reading audience and keep them anxiously awaiting for the next installment. Who will in turn tell all their friends and facebook friends for that matter about this funny quirky possibly slightly annoying and actually quite random blog.
2-Which route do I take it? Do I go the pee your pants funny route that everyone expects or do I show them soft sensitive deep thoughts from a shallow mind Dave that I keep so closely guarded? Tough call.
3-Garner me just enough national but not necessarily critical acclaim so that they will eventually make a coffee table book and then a TV show spin-off about my blog posts and they'll cast William Shatner to play my dad...though he'll have to grow a fu manchu but therein lies the problem. No not that William Shatner couldn't grow the mustache; that's what all the Hollywood make up artists are for but that I used up all my creative juices in creating the blog that I've got nothing left to give the world. Oh well maybe I'll think of something by the time post #2 pops into my head.
Dave
I figure since I now have followers I better get on the ball and post something that will....
1-Captivate my current reading audience and keep them anxiously awaiting for the next installment. Who will in turn tell all their friends and facebook friends for that matter about this funny quirky possibly slightly annoying and actually quite random blog.
2-Which route do I take it? Do I go the pee your pants funny route that everyone expects or do I show them soft sensitive deep thoughts from a shallow mind Dave that I keep so closely guarded? Tough call.
3-Garner me just enough national but not necessarily critical acclaim so that they will eventually make a coffee table book and then a TV show spin-off about my blog posts and they'll cast William Shatner to play my dad...though he'll have to grow a fu manchu but therein lies the problem. No not that William Shatner couldn't grow the mustache; that's what all the Hollywood make up artists are for but that I used up all my creative juices in creating the blog that I've got nothing left to give the world. Oh well maybe I'll think of something by the time post #2 pops into my head.
Dave
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