Give the people what they want-

Well folks, it seems I start off ever entry the same way... apologizing for my lack of attention to the blog. Well, after hearing complaints from no fewer than 20 people that I am "the worst blog maintainer of all time"... I have come to the conclusion that my time sacrifice is worthwhile. So here friends is the latest:

Well since my last entry, things have been nuts- we have had 2 5 game weeks, a 4 game week, along with 3 other orphan games for a grand total of 17 games (and 3 travel days i think?) in 3.5 weeks. I wish my professors would read this freaking blog and maybe cut me some slack, but I doubt that is going to happen. Anyhow, we have showed some real signs of life, along with some other growing pains that I feel are pretty close to the rear view. It will be a huge lift whenever classes are over and we can focus on baseball alone. With all of the traveling, schoolwork, games, etc... I can honestly say I have gotten less sleep than I have at any other time in my life, and I know it is the same for most of the other guys as well.

Last weekend we went to Houston for a conference series against U of H. It was great for all of the Texas guys (roughly 1/3 of the team) to see our families and step foot back on the soil of the promised land. Another nice surprise was seeing our 2007 team captain Matt Goebel, who now resides in Houston. Matt was around all weekend, and of course, when we got there Thursday night had already made plans with 2 restaurants to accommodate the "Jr/Sr" group and the "Fr/So" group after hours. As Coach Kingston upon hearing of his arrangements, "Once a captain, always a captain." Way to go Matty.

Now for the hard part- I have previously written about the brotherhood of this team, and how we are always there for one another, and unfortunately this element of our collective unit is being tested yet again. We were informed that Jonny Weiss's father had become ill several days ago, and this morning we were notified that he passed away last night. Please send your thoughts and prayers out for the Weiss family as they go through this difficult time.

Also, I am glad to report that both Drew Zizinia and Karl Mundt had successful arm surgeries this past week. I know both of these guys have been whining about their "aches and pains" for months now, and we are finally glad that they can stop their tirades of self pity. (Juuuust kidding guys, I only say this because I know you can only punch me left handed)

Well folks, that about wraps it up. Even though nearly a month has passed, take comfort in the fact that you have not been missing much! However, now with 8 days of class and then finals, we are on the home stretch. Hopefully when we have some sort of free time on our hands, there will be some more antics to share with you guys.

Fortunately, I do have one little morsel that might be my favorite quote (or sequence of quotes) from the entire year to this point:
3 Days before Drew Z's surgery, Grayden Griener, Coach Sutter, Drew, and Myself were talking in the locker room--
DZ: "Well, they told me if they have to do the full out Tommy John that Dr. Savoie likes to use hamstring ligaments from cadavers."
CS: "Yeah Z, I heard you were asking a lot of stupid questions yesterday in the Dr.'s office, did you really ask him if you could get AIDS?"
DZ:"Yeah, he told me there was a 1 in 1,500,000 chance that I could get a disease like that. I just hope if he does have to give me a new ligament that it was from someone fast."
CS: "I just hope they do SOMETHING that makes you throw harder than you do now."
GG: "Yeah man, why don't they just go dig up Bob Gibson or something?"
CS: "Bob Gibson is still alive asshole!"

And there you have it. Until next time... stay cool.