New Gig

As most of the folks who read this probably already know, I have started a new job. On Monday I began as the Assistant to the Athletic Director at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

It's really a long title for broadcaster! I will be the voice of men's basketball, primarily. We will also broadcast as many women's games as we can-which won't always feature me as the voice. We will also broadcast other sports as we can.

I will also assist in other areas for Athletics, especially in promoting the school and teams as the Cougars make the switch from Division II to Division I.

It's an exciting time to be a Cougar, and I am proud to be one.

Read the full release here!

Enough of the "upstart Rays."

Can we all please stop referring to the Tampa Bay Rays as the "upstart Rays"?

I think they have probably heard enough of that themselves. Although more likely they don't care.

I understand at the beginning of the post-season referring to them this way, but not anymore. Not after they dispatched the White Sox with relative ease, and have won three straight from the BoSox, not to mention scoring 31 runs in those last three games. The argument is probably that there are more people watching now, not die-hard baseball fans, blah blah blah. Fine. No more. People that are watching the series get it.

The Rays are now on the brink of becoming the American League Champions by eliminating the Defending World Champion Boston Red Sox. Even if they somehow collapse and lose the final three games of the ALCS it is my belief they have gotten past the "upsart" thing. The Indians aren't "upstart" are they? They lost the final three games of the ALCS last year to the Sox. The Yankees coughed up a 3-0 ALCS lead in 2004 to Boston. Point is it can happen to an established team just as easy as a team making their first post-season appearance. Anyway I don't see it happening anyway.

Enough.