One Down .....
 

The first game of the 2009 season is in the books for me, 1000 to go. The nice thing was when I left for the gym this morning, at 5:30 am, my wife gave me a kiss and said, "I'll see you in June!"

Does she know me or what? Guess that is why I married her, the support of a good woman.

*grumble*
Damn you Californians and your nice weather and near year round baseball
*grumble*

:p

No kidding, here in Wisconsin we haven't had above-freezing temperatures the whole month of January. I haven't even received my rulebook and exam yet. But our association training and meetings start next week, so I have that to look forward to.

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What are you grumbling about? It's staying under 80 degrees this whole week!

Durham where are you at in Northern Cali?

Sac.

Rained out last Saturday or tonight would be game #10. I love So. Cal.

For those of you who don't know what Irvine's like, where Gaff and Klokard work: Some of the players' girlfriends drive up in BMW convertibles and watch the games in bikinis.

Concentration is paramount.

You mean that would have been 10 including scrimmages correct? Yesterday was the 1st day of official non-conference play.

Yeah...well.........

I pay 285 a month for rent for a nice 3 bedroom house.

You give and you take..........

Wow. I'm paying $1100 month for a small 2 bedroom apartment in a not so nice area and a long commute to work. One of many reasons we've decided to leave the state.

chicago...expensive, cold....
dang i'm an idiot

Missouri, Cheap and cold, dang I'm and idiot for living here...LOL

Hey all, don't buy into KF's story about our women. Not all of them wear bikinis. Some wear tube tops!!! God I love this California weather. Already finished my NCAA test (some real poorly written questions again). First DH coming up next week out in the Desert. Life is damn good guys....See ya' on the field.

All of you CA freaks can just go to hell! :D:D

I don't think we are going to thaw until May!


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Alabama...cheap, not too cold, hotter than 12 hells in the summer... and I wouldn't live anywhere else.

I worked a tournament in Alabama in early August a couple of years ago. I had the dish for the first game, which started at 3:00. It was 103 and did not go below 100 until about midway through the second game. By day five, the highs were only in the mid-nineties.

I spent month in Alabama one week-end.

"1000 to go", are you serious??

thats a whole lot of baseball.

4 inches of sleet followed the next day by 5 inches of wet snow in beautiful balmy southern Illinois. My first game is set for 3/17/09. Will it dry out and warm up by then????? Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe. :mad:

Aren't we glad they moved the start back to the end of Feburary, so that all school could start at the same time in good weather?

I wonder if they are ever going to relook at how playing Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Double on Sat, and Sunday, with the ocassional Monday and Thursday game thrown in effects student athletes and the number of classes they miss from Mid Feb to mid May!

When my son heard about that schedule (and the new transfer restrictions), he decided to start out his college career at a JC.

You think Kansas and Illinois are cold. Here in New Brunswick (Canada) the baseball season is from mid-May to early October.

Lived in KC (Overland Park) for a while. And though the 285 a month rent is quite enticing, I don't enjoy the miserably humid summers, the brutal winters, or the tornado frequency that your completely flat state encourages. I'll take the bikinis and BMWs, outrageously high rent, great weather, and the inevitability of the "big one."