Well, hello.

I think that I just said something like: Six am bus departure times and 4pm game times are not conducive to being productive.

But there is nothing quite like the adrenaline rush you get when you wake up in your recliner without an alarm going off and wondering if that is a five or a six on the digital clock on the other side of the room

Unless it's the adrenaline rush you get when you are trying to figure out if you left your cell phone charger on the table at home, on the desk at work, or if it is safely packed somewhere in your briefcase but you just can't get to it to find out for sure.....

Enough about me...A short day of posting today. Sorry, but game time is in two hours.

Honored, I guess...

Owen Serey, the Silver Hawks broadcaster has a scouting report....On me?

I keep getting questions asking whether I'm ready for the Chris Mehring experience.

I mean, I know Chris is a heck of a broadcaster for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, but when he comes to town, is it really an experience? I guess we'll find out.

I've been going back and forth on a name for my band. I really like The Chris Mehring Project, because, well, I am a project.

But, a form of it has been used in both real life and the Monk Universe.

The Chris Mehring Experience. No one has ever used anything like that. Right?

This week at the Bubbler

The new This Week in Timber Rattler Baseball has been posted.

Relive the week that was in Rattler baseball. Also, Dan was kind enough to pass along a website for a better version of my WSUP song at the end of the column.

Elvis Costello |MTV Music

Meanwhile, over at the Bubbler

The latest edition of This Week in Timber Rattler Baseball has been posted.

The open:

The start of the season made the hearts of fans leap
As Wisconsin handed Quad Cities a three-game sweep.

It didn't rain the first week, but there was a cold snap
when Fort Wayne swept the Rattlers it left us wondering, "What is a TinCap?"

Pitching and defense have mostly been great
The hitters, though, have yet to control their on fate.

Now, it's a road trip to see some old faces
In Clinton, Iowa...of all the odd places.

Settle in now -- that order's not tall
Time for This Week in Timber Rattler Baseball!

Beware: Love and Rockets video at the end.

Follow the link!

Debut Column

My first attempt at a column over at SportsBubbler.com has been posted. A new column will be posted every Friday.

When reading the opening, it may help to have this in the background...


Of course, there is nothing like finding some errors in the copy after it has been posted. So to be fair to the Dayton Daily News, here are my typos.

That changed in September when the Rattlers and the Milwaukee Brewers since a four year player development contract.

That should be...

That changed in September when the Rattlers and the Milwaukee Brewers signed a four year player development contract.

Then:

The production crew has been getting the been turning the old public address booth into a modern control room, placing camera cables, and doing various other production crew duties.

Geez, how much caffeine did I not have in my system when I wrote this? Should be...

The production crew has been turning the old public address booth into a modern control room, placing camera cables, and doing various other production crew duties.

And the premise about the whole roster not being known and released until Monday? Let me just say stay tuned!

As if this blog isn't enough

Jim Breen at Bernie's Crew sat down to interview...me on Tuesday. Here are the results.

How does this go?

Understanding how others see you helps you understand yourself.

I'm not sure if I picked that up from an episode of Wiseguy, a fortune cookie, or some website about understanding. But, after reading Ben Hill's post on his favorite blogs it seems to make a little sense.

As someone who has engaged in my own half-insane blogging adventures, I greatly enjoy announcer Chris Mehring's wide-ranging, highly-detailed, and humor-laced posts.

As I mention in the comments over at the post, there is nothing half-insane about my blogging. I go for 100% every time.

By the way, click on that link in the excerpt and look at Ben's picture. Then, click on the link above the excerpt and look at Ben's picture. All you kids in high school and college, pay attention. That's what getting a job will do for you.

Although, I will give Ben credit. There are several reasons I don't post my picture with my profile. The main one is that I don't want to turn you into stone when you look at it.