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The second day of our Dayton, OH baseball trip was no less exciting than the first.  Trailing 7-4 going into the ninth inning, the Peoria Chiefs scored 10 runs, and later held the Dragons in the bottom of the ninth to win 13-7.

It was also a good day because we got to eat breakfast and [...]

Yesterday was a long day as we left Chattanooga around 7:45 AM.  We stopped in several times along the way, including in Florence, Kentucky to see my Great Great Aunt.  We arrived in Dayton, Ohio around 4, just in time to

I’m jealous!  As most of you know, my brother Kyler Burke, plays in the Chicago Cubs organization with their Single-A team, the Peoria Chiefs.  My parents and Kristen left early this morning headed to Milwaukee to watch Kyler and the Chiefs at the Brewers big league park, Miller Park.  Check out the picture Kristen sent [...]

The Hawks had dropped four games in a row going into Saturday night’s matchup with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. Both teams scored in the fifth, but Salem-Keizer took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning. Boise then tied the game in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Hawks pitcher David Cales, making his Boise debut, [...]

I woke up yesterday at 4AM, drove to Atlanta, flew to Phoenix, changed planes, flew to Boise, watched a baseball game, and went to bed at 4AM.
Ok, so it was a little more detailed than that, but taking into account the time change, we were up for 24 hours yesterday.  Needless to say, I slept [...]

Many of you that know me know that investing is one of my hobbies.  I am a self taught stock and options trader, and I am constantly looking for new investment opportunities.  There is an article in today’s Times Free Press entitled Debit Card Trend Rising, which prompted me to write this quick post.  In [...]

The Chattanooga Times Free Press used to run a weekly section that listed all current professional baseball players from the Chattanooga area, where they were playing, their statistics, and other pertinent information.  It’s been years since they abandoned that section on Sundays, and nobody seemed to pick up where they left off.
I was always interested [...]

Gotta love the 7th inning stretch!

For those of you that were not aware, I’m coaching a five and six year old baseball team at Ooltewah Youth Association this year. We are the 5 & 6 Cubs.
I noticed before the season started how intense some of the other coaches were – almost too intense for this young age. At [...]