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Tim Dierkes has tagged me with a little game of “get to know a baseball blogger” and I must oblige as it has been reported on this very blog that Tim is Superman, and what he says… goes.

Here are 5 things that you, most likely, didn’t know about me.

1. When I was 9 years old and in the middle of a massive snowball fight, I maneuvered behind one of my opponents to sneak up and make a snow tackle (please, remember that I was 9). He was crouched down, so I built some speed, lept on top, and then noticed all of my friends in a different part of the field (I lived on 25 acres). I had just jumped on top of a dead body. In the snow storm, the night before, this guy had attempted to walk home from the local bar. Apparently, he fell into our yard, passed out, and never woke back up. And I jumped on him…
2. I have visited 46 of the 50 states. I am only missing Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Alaska.
3. When I played ball in school, I hit left handed, but threw right handed. I did this because as a very young child, when I finally got a chance to play wiffle ball with the big kids in the cul-de-sac, I was too scared to get far away from my yard. And that meant, to stay close to my house, I had to stay in the left hander’s batter’s box. That was probably the best baseball decision of my life, and I made it as a three year old.
4. I collect newspapers from very memorable days in sports history. The paper has to be from the home town of the team or player in question (no-hitters, championships etc.), or from the town where the historical event is taking place The Masters, U.S. Open etc.). I have Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire’s home run chase, as well as the Barry Bonds chase. I have most Atlanta papers, of any importance, since 2000, when I moved here. But, my most prized posessions are Nolan Ryan’s 6th and 7th no hitters, Pete Rose’s 4192nd hit  and Carl Yastrzemski’s 3000th hit. If anyone lives in major metropolitan areas and are willing to send me a few copies when something special happens sports wise, shoot me an e-mail. I’d be more than thankful.
5. I’m an avid tennis player, playing at least twice a week. I’ve participated in the playoffs at USTA 3.5 and won two ALTA city championships, but still can’t hit a backhand with any regularity.

Now that that is over, I will tag the guys over at Sox & Dawgs, Science Fiction Baseball, & Fantasy League Baseball

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