Excuse

No computer is the biggest. My motherboard died and I was without a computer for quite some time. Granted, I did have access at the library and computer labs in school, but I could never stay there for long periods of time.

But lately, with finals and whatnot, I haven't had too much time. Not that my grades reflect that at all.

Anyway, a lot has happened since my last post. Obviously the offseason for MLB proved to be an exciting one. For the Yankees, seeing Matsui go was tough, especially to the Angels. He's such a good hitter, and I feel like it's going to be tough having to face him in the playoffs. But at least Chone Figgins is no longer wearing the halo above his head. The only problem is, with the way the Mariners are running things, the Yanks just may face him in October.

Uch, October. Not that I hate it, but the player inside me is looking forward to dates much closer to now. For instance, February 1st brings the first "spring" practice. Unfortunately, I have inside information and I know there will be a lot of conditioning tests, so not too much baseball on Day 1. I have been working out, no doubt, but who wants to do sprints during baseball practice? Or ever?

After a short month of practice comes a short season. In the coming weeks I'm sure I'll write every detail of what my plans and goals are, but for now, I really want to get off to a good start. In my first two seasons in college, I started 0-9 and 0-15, respectively. I'm on pace to start 0-25 this year. That's a 2/3 growth for all you figger filberts out there. Just in terms of sticking to what was working in the summer, I'm going to try to just "barrel it up" instead of trying to wreck the ball. And you'd be surprised that it just might happen anyway.

Anyway, it's great to be writing again. The gym opens up in five minutes and I have to stick to my routine. A few teammates and I are having "weigh ins" every 3-4 weeks to track our BMI and fat percentage. We've had two so far. My BMI was first 27.3 and fat percentage of 15.9%. Three weeks later, on December 23rd, my BMI dropped to 26.5 and fat percentage to 15.2. So in truth, in the first three weeks, I was cutting my cardio short, but now I'm hitting it harder on the bike and treadmill (not too much on the latter, trying to protect the knees) and hopefully it'll pay off on January 20th, the next scheduled weigh in.

Alright, peace.