Baseball Sports Page

With the trend these days of people showing off cards, and other treasures they are coming across in various hiding spots they have. I have come across some of these long lost treasures myself.

This treasure is one of those things that I bought, and saved in the 90's. Saved because I was going to make a fortune off cards. We all know how that went don't we? While I didn't get rich off this thing, and never will. It does make something to write about one time before it disappears either into another collection or the recycle bin. If you are interested in saving it from the recycle bin let me know as our recyclables go out on Wednesday night.

Not only was this something I thought would be rare, and thus valuable back then. It contains three baseball rule questions. Back then I thought things like this was extra cool.

Now I realize that the picture is a little tough to read so in honor of that I will give you a better sized scan of each question. Either later tonight or as a post on Wednesday I will give the answers so you can see how well you know these three rules.

Personally I think most people know the third one from little league. If you played either little league or just backyard baseball you had to have tried this play at some point, and thus know the rule.

Making Progress

It has been a somewhat slow yet busy weekend here at the cat house. On Saturday we needed to do some running around, and getting the daughter her school supplies. Usually we aren't last minute people around here, but for some reason we were in this instance. Adding to the fun was the wife needed some stuff in Albany. That meant a trip into the Goodwill, so I was in.

My trips to the thrift store have been yielding very little lately, and I am fine with that. Since I've gotten the hobby room almost complete, and realize I have way to much stuff for the room. This means I have to be very careful on what I buy as a plan for its spot, and what may have to leave must be thought out first. Keeping all that in mind I didn't even come close to finding anything worth a small consideration. No big loss though as the tide will turn eventually, and something cool will follow me home.

On Sunday we decided to do the just sit around, and chill thing. What this did is give me the opportunity to as the post title says, make progress! Going through a Sterilite shoe box I have stuffed full of pocket schedules, magnet schedules, and business cards. I managed to get all but a few things out of the box, and into their binders. The few remaining items didn't make it only because I need four pocket pages to store them in. When I get some of those is anybody's guess as Portland is the only shop I seem to find them at, and who knows when I'll be up that direction. Still I was very proud of the progress, and had to toot my horn here on the blog.

Despite the horn tooting I much like most of us here have a ton of baseball cards, schedules, and business cards in other areas still needing put away. With one item still missing for the daughter's school supplies, and that being a toughie. She wants a backpack, and not just any backpack. She wants the carrier style, which seems to be getting harder, and harder to find with each passing year. I'm not sure how much if anything will get done today. For the first time I'm actually running with a sort of plan which should help get it completed at some point.

As for what is still missing in the hobby room before full completion. I need to get the futon from the sister-in-law, and hang pictures. The futon thing is so simple, and makes me wonder why I still haven't done it. Would have attempted this weekend except her, and the husband left town for the weekend. The pictures are a bit tougher as I have empty frames that need things in them. I've been trying to go through some of my scorecards, and other fun items with artwork to put in the frames.Then comes the deciding where to put each frame on the wall. I think that should be easier once I figure out what is going in each frame. Eventually it will all come together in one glorious swoop. Until then I'll just keep puttering along by putting cards in their binders.

College Colors Day

Usually I don't do posts related to things like this or this short. With the excitement around the cat house for college football, and watching a few blowouts last night. I wanted to remind everyone that today is.

So wear your gear from your favorite college today, and let the world know who you root for.

Personally I'm going with black shorts, and my Cincinnati Bearcats eyes t-shirt. Would love to wear something related to the Utah Utes, but honestly the clothing choices they have suck so I don't own anything. Either way hopefully you get into the spirit, and have a great time with this day.

It's Happy Time!

Around here at the cat house we love our major, and minor league baseball. While we like to believe nothing is more relaxing than catching a ballgame. Sitting there catching a game, and taking in all the sights while enjoying the game. There is one thing that hits us even more than baseball.

That one thing is college football season. This time of year is referred to as the happy time of year. Out of the sports we enjoy watching, college football does something that none of the other sports does. It is the one sport where we will sit, and watch two teams play that we don't card who wins just because its great viewing.

College football is tricky though with all our different loyalties in the house. The wife is an Oregon State fan through, and through. The step-son is an Oregon Ducks fan, and after being right next to their stadium this summer I can see why. The thing was so incredible I couldn't help, but be impressed with the entire area.

While the Eugene Emeralds play in the Ducks ballpark. We had never spent the time to walk around the stadium to the team store just on the outside. After doing so I was glad we took the time, and so was the wife who isn't even a fan of the school.

Then we come to me, and the two schools I root for. Number one is the Utah Utes as I grew up in Utah, and have a sort of loyalty to the school. Number two is the Cincinnati Bearcats, and that one is kind of unexplainable. For some reason I just picked the school and became a fan. I've said many times I'm a weird, and complex person. Nothing shows that more than my loyalty to a school nowhere near anyplace I've ever lived or visited.

More than anything I'm looking to an interesting season for both teams. The Bearcats are expected to do well in the American Athletic Conference, possibly even winning the conference altogether. Utah on the other hand is expected to be one of the worst teams in the PAC 12. Hopefully they can pull of some surprise wins. All I ever hear when we talk football at work is how Utah wouldn't have had those couple great years in the PAC 12, and their past few seasons prove that. You can't get them to understand that all those players have been long gone since the Utes joined the PAC 12. Its a lost battle though that maybe a few wins by a down team might fix. If not there is always next year.