In the Name of Self-Promotion

It's a little late as I sit here unwinding after a late shift, so I've got nothing original for the day. What I think I'll do instead is link to my labor of love from today - an argument against the continued existence of the Home Run Derby.

That said, below are two quick things that I wanted to address in the article, but cut either because of length or flow considerations.

The Great Hambino

No, not this guy.



This guy.

Journalism Lesson #11 - Writing and Reporting

I've been sitting on two posts the last couple days, but they keep getting pushed back because I keep coming up with more timely ideas. They say waiting makes it better, right? Well, you'll find out eventually, hopefully tomorrow and then Friday.

While I'm at it and before I forget, I should probably just issue the blanket statement that the content on this blog are my own personal thoughts/opinions/viewpoints/etc., and in no way represent the thoughts/opinions/viewpoints/etc. of NESN. Since I'm an intern for them this summer, I should probably do my due diligence and make it clear that Stretch's Take is unaffiliated in every way from my work there. Save, of course, for when I link to any of my articles I think are particularly good or worth a read.

19 Years, 7 Months, and 20 Days

When I was 19 years, 7 months, and 20 days old, it was two years before I graduated from Boston College. I probably spent that day like most days the summer after my sophomore year - either at home or our trailer in York Beach hanging out with my brothers and reading Atlas Shrugged for an essay contest. Unfortunately, my "prize-winning essay" - as I was given to calling it - didn't win. But I considered reading a nearly-1200 page book in the span of about two and a half months a noteworthy accomplishment nonetheless.

Summertime and the Living's Easy

Or, it's at least easier than during the school year. Despite holding down a 24-hour/week internship with NESN.com - check out my stuff here - and working whenever I can get the hours at BC Dining again, I now find myself with a lot more free time. Consequently, I have more time to *hopefully* devote to posting stuff on here. I have a few ideas for longer posts that have been kicking around my head for a while, and while not exactly timely, they should be a good read anyways. And of course, I plan on writing about whatever pops into my head. As always, it'll mostly be about sports - and likely mostly about baseball - but I see no reason to restrict myself. So here's to a summer filled with writing. Get ready for a lot more of Stretch's Take.

And you should probably check out my friend Adam's blog while you're at it. It's worth it, I promise.

Journalism Lessons

It's an understatement to say I've learned a lot during my short time at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Not to mention that getting to cover spring training is kind of swell (even more of an understatement). But some of the most important things I've learned are things I've picked up myself outside of the classroom and actually shooting, writing, interviewing, editing - all that practical stuff. I realized early on that these were things that needed to be written down somewhere and preserved for the future. Some are universal, while some are tailored more to myself. As I come up with more in the future, they'll each get their own post and be put into the master list in this post. So without further ado, I give you Sean's Journalism Lessons:

Hot off the Cuff

You might've noticed I've been a little lax about updating this blog lately. And I regrettably have been. Call it a function of not having enough time to write down the lengthy posts for ideas that I've had. Maybe I'll just pop on more often with shorter things and see how that works. Either way, the reason I'm writing today is shameless self-promotion. A couple of friends and I have started a radio show on ASU's campus radio station (cleverly titled The Blaze, in keeping somewhat with the Sun Devils motif) called Hot off the Cuff, which airs live every Friday from 11 AM to noon. There's no archived section on the station's website for our show, so I've taken to simply archiving them myself. Because I'm recording them with a handheld recorder in the studio, the soundbites unfortunately don't come through. But all the important stuff is there, and if you're so inclined, check out our first two shows from last week and today. And while you're at it, follow us on Twitter @hotoffthecuff.