George Springer is good

I love baseball and I am very pleased to see that the UConn baseball team played so well this year.

George Springer had a lot to do with that. He was a lot of fun to watch because he made things happen with his legs, scoring 75 runs (most in school history) and his bat..16 homeruns (tied for 3rd in school history)

Springer is the reason why I got to click on the courant.com and see an article about UConn baseball. He was a freshman All-American, the Big East Rookie of the year and All Big-East first team player. Springer also won a weekly award from the Big East in baseball, which is an award not often won by a UConn player.

It is very nice to see that UConn baseball played well and got recognition for it. I wish more people got the chance to see him this year.

I know it's cold for a good part of the season, but if you bundle up you can at-least stop by and catch a few innings if not the whole game. The weather is by far the biggest obstacle to baseball in the Northeast.

I must say that the best thing about basketball is that it's indoors! Soccer, Field Hockey and Football also get the best deal when it comes to weather....maybe not so much in August when they start practicing, but at-least their games...in the beginning of the season...are not bone chilling. I don't mind watching soccer in a warm drizzle...or in the pooring rain...as would have been the case for the UCLA women's game. I got soaked from that...

For Football games in 2007 we asked the rain gods to continue to make it rain. It made the games fun and we thought it was good luck since we won all the games with rain. The only bad part was the walk back to the buses and cars from the stadium. You easily got covered in mud.

What are the craziest things I've done...

Let's see I've watched Men's Soccer...I stayed to watch them play before leaving for Thanksgiving break....when it was maybe 25 degrees out. I watched Women's Soccer vs UCLA in the rain...I watched track and field in the rain...the same day I got up really early...like 6:30am to see rowing, I've seen softball in the rain, I've seen baseball in the rain. I've definitely seen Lacrosse in the rain...in the cold...when I had a cold. Of course I loved seeing football in the rain. I think I saw field hockey with flurries once.

Yes, I'm crazy and I know it...but If I watched football in the rain...then why can't I watch other sports in the rain??? I'm probably the first person ever to think like that. Also, if you think no one cares about your team...that would be wrong...considering how many bad weather games I've seen from all of our teams.

I've also gone for a run during a thunderstorm...was caught biking in a thunderstorm...biked when it was snowing out once. Biked when it was 20 degrees out once. I shoveled a driveway once...while it was snowing...because I felt like playing basketball... I also started kicking around a soccer ball during finals at like 10pm by hilltop and I ran stadiums on several occasions late at night.

I figure that I need to get in some exercise...so who cares if it's late at night...and also my body is made of 70% water...so why should a little bit of it falling from the sky stop me from doing something?

And really, I'm not that crazy of a person...I'm not that kind of person who is a daredevil...by any means...so don't get the wrong impression.

What else have I done?

I sat in the last row at Shea Stadium in the rain once...with the wind blowing the rain off of the roof and back into the stands. I saw a football playoff game at Giants stadium...when it was freezing...I had beer spilled on me at an NHL game. I got sunburned at a NASCAR race...when it was 50 degrees out for the race...