Time for Awakening

The way athletes, especially baseball players, approach each new season is a lesson for all of us. They start fresh, renewed with hopes of becoming champions — no matter what happened last year. Every year, when Baseball season ends, I feel a little bit down. Not truly depressed, but there is an “empty space” in [...]

I saw an interview with Torii Hunter, outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, as they were preparing to take on the Boston Red Sox in their first game of the 2009 playoffs last week. The interviewer was asking if Hunter was concerned because of their history with the Red Sox. In 1986, the [...]

We’re in the thick of baseball playoffs for the 2009 season. Naturally, I am tuned in and following everything closely. I am going to playoff games on Saturday and Sunday. It’s supposed to be nasty weather, but what a treat! I can hardly wait! But I digress…. Jim Tracy, a strong contender for National League [...]

Last night, I watched an amazing baseball game. It was almost miraculous in its outcome. And it was a perfect demonstration of the importance of persistence — not giving up in the face of adversity. As I’ve told the readers before, I am a HUGE BASEBALL FAN. I love the mental game, the visual poetry [...]

Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a devoted Baseball fan. During baseball season, I schedule my time so that I can watch my favorite team (the Colorado Rockies) play every day it is broadcast. Lucky for me they televise 150 games per year. I listen to the other 12 regular season games [...]