First State College blog (sort of)

I keep trying to write my first blog from State College, my new and future home, but they keep ending up being really boring. It’s because they’re about me. I feel the need to write my first State College blog about my move up here, my new friends and housemates, my department. But I don’t really know much about those things yet, and I really don’t like writing blogs about myself. They always come out sideways – and boring.

So here’s a blog about baseball (and me).

I watched the Cards/Cubs game on Sunday night baseball last night with one of my new housemates; I’d forgotten how much fun it can be to watch a game with someone for the first time. It didn’t hurt that we’re both Cardinals fans, which is probably the only reason we sat down to watch a whole game together.

But during those three or so hours, we talked about baseball stuff from all over the spectrum: from Barry Bonds to the DH and Tony LaRussa ball to high school baseball to Matt Morris and Woody Williams – it was a bit Cardinals-centric at times.

I’m a big enough fan of baseball at this point that I can and do watch games by myself, but initially, for me and I imagine for most people, it was a social thing – something I could play with my dad and watch with my family and discuss with my friends.

But it’s bigger than that too, as I experienced last night. The Cardinals are something I share with the whole St. Louis Nation, and baseball is something I share – typically very enthusiastically – with a whole mess of baseball fans (even those damned Cubs fans).

Some of them happen to live in State College.

Event of the Week (from my Twitter feed):

“The #Bobcats Ping Pong & Cornhole Challenge this Fri 7-9pm @EpiCentreNC”