All Posts Tagged With: "baseball"

God Has An Awesome Curveball Up His Sleeve!

Life is like a baseball diamond, with God standing on the mound (note: if God, or MLB, talk offends you, you may want to leave now, sinner. LOL)!

God's Curveball

Seriously, life brings us many unexpected, and often unwelcome, series of events. Now, why do you think this kind of crap happens? In your eyes, are these experiences considered punishments, lessons, or opportunities? How about a little bit of each (note: this is the more likely scenario). Life tests each and every one of us, and at times the situation is so severe that we may feel more beat down than tested, am I right? So, is life a series of lessons to be learned? Or opportunities to see everything it has to offer? Have you ever wondered, “Why would God do this to me?” Well, here’s my theory on that subject: God loves that nasty breaking pitch of his, which is so hard to get a bead on! Yes, I am serious. Continued

The Week in Review: Money Issues #3

“The Week in Review: Money Issues” is my weekly blog research on financial topics that define us as Americans, and shape the way we should do business.

Is it Friday already?

Man, this week blew by so fast I hardly had time to keep up with it. Not only was I busy knocking out articles, newsletters, and other stuff — I also had to deal with Tropical Storm Fay! As I mentioned in my Wednesday article, Google Search: “My First Hurricane” + “Help!”, it was my first, and thankfully she went easy on me. Well, I’m all through with that headache and my weekend starts NOW!

Enjoy these articles that I dug up (in my closet, in the fetal position): Continued

Pitching A No-Hitter Against The Stadium Vendors

Ah, baseball!

I love the smell of the fresh-cut grass, my well-worn leather glove that will catch a homer this time and John Fogerty’s “Centerfield” blaring out of the crackling speakers in the top of the seventh.

What I hate is the costs associated with this bliss: overinflated ticket fees, exuberant food and beverage prices, not to mention what they charge for their merchandise. Sure, I could stay home and watch it on the cheap, but it’s really not the same. If you’re like me, you want a “big league” way to save some green as you cheer your team on to victory (hopefully). The following should help you stay “safe”: Continued