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Bigbie, Hughes and Williams latest to head to Japan

By john • Dec 8th, 2007 • Category: dave williams, larry bigbie, thanksgiving, travis hughes, yokohama baystars

You can add Larry Bigbie, Travis Hughes and Dave Williams to the list of players headed to Japan. All three men have signed contracts with the Yokohama BayStars.
While I may not be much of an Orioles fan these days I can recall back to the five partial seasons Bigbie spent with the team. Born in Hobart, Indiana [...]



Back from Indiana

By john • Nov 27th, 2007 • Category: carrie, david caar, doug brocail, jessica simpson, joe kennedy, johan sanata, jon garland, kerry wood, matt moore, mike hampton, mike piazza, peyton manning, predictions, reggie sanders, thanksgiving, tony romo

Well, I suppose the title about says it all. Leaving a little after midnight on Sunday morning we arrived back in Texas Monday morning. The house was in worse shape then one could have hoped for and it took the Air Force less then 12-hours to piss us off. Seriously a phone call at 4:45 [...]



Happy Thanksgiving

By john • Nov 18th, 2007 • Category: thanksgiving

Well, we’ll be heading out of Texas within the next two-to-six hours. With that being said I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Best to all.



Baby news and a long night

By john • Nov 14th, 2007 • Category: baby, big red, carrie, center-fielders, joe nelson, thanksgiving

It’s approaching 3:30 am here in Texas. As is the case during the week I’m stuck in the fridgid hell that some call work, I consider this to be a prison. Trapped behind two gates and security carded doors I sit in a building with no windows hoping for hours to go by.
Sometimes it’s harder [...]