One semi-interesting note is that the Cubs' first round pick, some high school pitcher from Utah, signed right away, even though his agent is the notorious Scott Boras. Boras' reputation for unmitigated unreasonableness (is that a word?) is such that half the teams in baseball won't take his clients, so to get one of his guys signed within hours of the draft instead of months is newsworthy.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Updates
I've spent most of the last week working on a garden for my boys' summer project. They are six and eight, so they're not quite old enough to use the roto-tiller yet. As a result, I haven't had much time and energy to write, so here are a few updates.
The Marquette community will choose between Golden Eagles and Hilltoppers for its team nicknames for next year. The voting ends June 24th and the result is expected to be announced July 1st.
The pope's car is finally back in Illinois awaiting a hearing over who actually owns it.
I watch very little TV unless there is a ball involved, but one of the shows I really like is The Dead Zone on USA, and a new season starts up this Sunday night.
Baseball's draft was Tuesday. It is easily the least exciting draft of the major sports because nobody drafted on Tuesday is expected to be any sort of immediate help to the major league club. Anybody who makes it to the big leagues in the next two years will have moved fast.
One semi-interesting note is that the Cubs' first round pick, some high school pitcher from Utah, signed right away, even though his agent is the notorious Scott Boras. Boras' reputation for unmitigated unreasonableness (is that a word?) is such that half the teams in baseball won't take his clients, so to get one of his guys signed within hours of the draft instead of months is newsworthy.
One semi-interesting note is that the Cubs' first round pick, some high school pitcher from Utah, signed right away, even though his agent is the notorious Scott Boras. Boras' reputation for unmitigated unreasonableness (is that a word?) is such that half the teams in baseball won't take his clients, so to get one of his guys signed within hours of the draft instead of months is newsworthy.
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off topic, Jerry. i heard recently that spurs coach gregg popovich went to high school in merrillville. i know that hal morris went to my high school in munster. whenever you get the chance, can you compile a list of professional athletes and coaches who have had various ties to The Region. oh, another one - Glenn Robinson from Gary.
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