My Apologies

Ok so I haven't blogged on this site in some time. I mean yeah I have thrown out some bones, blogging football and power rankings and stuff like that, but nothing of any substance. I have just had my priorities off a little. There have been some big time stuff that has gone down in my simple little life, that I should have blogged about, afterall that is what a blog is right? This might end up being a short story, or explanation as to where I have been the last three or four months. I haven't been hiding in a cave watching football and busting out weekly rankings.

I got sidetracked with what was a pretty cool gig/opportunity. I got hooked up with this car salesman that also owns a sports talk radio station. I had called into the show a few times, and also had a few people put in good words with him, and he decided to give me a forum on his website, as well as the opportunity to do some high school football broadcasting. He has also given me the opportunity to be on their Saturday morning sports talk show. All of this is really freaking cool, and the sports talk show is really fun, and I think actually quite good, but I started to neglect this blog. It's somewhat ironic as well, because this site is what I reffered him to as a way to see what I had to say. I haven't been able to do many shows, basically because I work on Saturday mornings sometimes. That brings me to another part of this story.

I landed a great new job. My dad saw an ad in the paper calling for someone with a passion for sports, and for someone wanting to get into sports business, and he told me that I should apply for it. So I did, thinking that I didn't have what it took to land the job(a degree - five classes short), but I gave it a shot. Luckily, I landed an interview with the co-owner, and knocked it out. We talked for 2 hours. He decided that he wanted me to come back and talk with his partner, so I went and met with him two days later, and they offered me the job right there. The job is marketing/public relations/promotions with our local hockey team, the Wichita Falls Wildcats. I'm not much of a hockey guy, but I am a huge sports guy, and this gets me in the door. What a great job for me, and an opportunity to open other doors in the future. I can't wait to get started. Some of the great benefits of this job are that I will still be able to take day classes to graduate, and the majority owners daughter does the same job for the sister team in Canada, and he puts her into conferences and meet and greets with people in the NHL. That is an avenue that has no end.

I bought a book lastnight, and me buying a book is a huge deal. I pretty much only read articles in newspapers and on websites. I guess that isn't too different from many people my age. I bought the book "Now I Can Die in Peace" by Bill Simmons. Bill Simmons is the "Sports Guy" from Espn.com and is one of my favorite sports columnists. I think that the reason I really like this book, is because it is basically just a compilation of some of his columns that lead to the Red Sox winning the World Series in 2004. Very interesting stuff there. But the reason why I am mentioning this, is because it reminds me of something that I really want to do at sometime in my life, which is write a book. It also reminds me of my youth, and just how big of a baseball fan I am, but specifically a Texas Rangers fan. The parallels between Simmons and myself is really quite amazing. After the first few chapters, I thought to myself, if you replaced every reference to the Boston Red Sox with the Texas Rangers this book would be about Brint Richter. The Texas Rangers aren't nearly as appealing a story as the rich history of the Boston Red Sox, but to me they are. He started the book with a prolouge that was almost that of an autobiography, but started the baseball part with the signing of Pedro Martinez. I think the Rangers have a start to their World Series run, and it was the trading away of Alex Rodriguez. I love the Rangers, and at the beginning of the season, my hopes are always of that of a playoff run that will end in a World Series title. Simmons stated early in his book, that he wished he had finished his book before the Sox won the series, so maybe I can learn from that mistake and get something out before the Rangers win it, I might have plenty of time. I guess I just skipped over the part where I am supposed to say, I think I'm going to try and write a book. I think I am going to try and write a book. There you have it.

I guess you could say I am sort of ripping off Simmons, but I'm really not. I could start with my love for the Texas Rangers and my fanhood of many other teams from the great state of Texas (not the Spurs) but really it would just be an autobiography. I'm not totally sure that it will be all that exciting, and might never get published, but why not. I am of the firm belief that if you don't try stupid things, stupid things never get done. I have read three chapters of a book about the Boston Red Sox and some crazy average joe who has the tremendous ability to write and I have decided to write a book. I'm a modern day Ray Kinsella. Except I'm not plowing under my crop to build a baseball field, although that sounds like a great idea.

So there you have it. I'm writing a book, I have a new job, I now have a weekly Saturday morning radio show, and I promise to start blogging more on this site. Things seem to be taking shape. I guess that is all for now........Richter out!!!!