Hey, I'm Kevin. Welcome to my personal weblog. Thanks for visiting, and I hope you'll stick around a while. I write about family, school, business, politics, sports and more. I'm 23 years old, and I write it like I see it.

Kyler Burke: A Catch in the Bullpen

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The Boise Hawks defeated the Spokane Indians tonight by a score of 12-4 bringing them to within 5 games of the Eastern division leading Indians.  Kyler ended the game 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, and he added this defensive catch in the eighth inning.

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Day Two of Boise Trip Ends With A Hawks Win

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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, [...]

Day One of Boise Trip Lasted 24 Hours

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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 [...]

Local Baseball Players in Pro Ball

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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 [...]

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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Gotta love the 7th inning stretch!

Burke Report Daily Wrap-Up: 5/29/08

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This will be the first of many regular daily entries to come. In addition to my normal posting, I’ll post once daily as a way to journalize my days. These post will be relatively short and will include things like thoughts about the day’s happenings, stock market updates in relation to my holdings [...]

For the Love of the Game

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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 [...]