Day in the Life

Hey All (and by all I mean the 10 people I know at work who are actually bored enough to read this),

First of all I want to welcome everyone to the blog. Personally I would have gone with a slightly different name. However, seeing as the blog was T-Rock’s idea. I chose to let him feel important and name it.

In addition to giving the blog an awful name, T-Rock also gave me a god-awful nickname. While I am a member of the Jewish community, I find the nickname of “Jew” to be in poor taste. Therefore on this blog I will from here on be referred to as “More Awesome Than T-Rock” or, for the sake of brevity, MATT for short. And for the sake of appearance MATT will be written as Matt.

In summary: Every time you see my name on the site, you are to think of how much better/cooler/smarter/sexier/wittier/kinder/funnier/[insert positive quality here] I am than T.

Moving on… I’m Craig [read: Matt] and like T-Rock, I have chosen to after my rookie year, opt out of my contract with I’d Hit That at season’s end. After a break out first year campaign that had me on the tip of everyone’s tongue for rookie of the year honors, I think now is time to move on. While the average career span of a Kickballer is typically pretty long, I believe myself to currently be in my prime and would like to go somewhere where I can play an integral part of bringing home a championship.

I plan to use this site as a forum to keep all my fans in the loop about contract negotiations, off-season workouts and to provide my take on any Kickball related issues.

It has recently come to my attention that many of you are wondering what the future will hold for T-Rock and myself. Specifically, which teams each of us will end up playing for come the start of next season?

While currently I am unable to provide an answer to that question, I’ll try and provide my take on some of the more pertinent issues below as I take you through my day yesterday.

I woke up and responded to some emails. One from ESPN Beat Writer John Clayton caught my eye. He asked me which teams have shown interest in me for next season. An interesting question John! However, My agent told me not to mention any teams by name for the fear that it may mess up the negotiation process. But I can say this; currently I have around three standing offers from teams around the district who are in need of a good left fielder. I’m not going to go into details regarding my interests in the offers.

Then I logged onto ESPN.com as I do every morning to see the latest rumors about myself. I couldn’t help but notice an article by Page 2 Columnist Jemele Hill the lack of diversity in the Kickball community with a specific focus on African-Americans. My take on the situation is as follows: Seeing as my people are viewed as the athletic minority, it’s easy for me to understand where Jemele is coming from. I think more than anything the sport needs to find an African American superstar. Look at tennis, golf, and swimming. They found a superstar for minorities to look up to and now all three of those are now… wait a minute they’re all still considered rich white people sports. On second though, forget I said anything…

After showering and getting dressed I met my buddy Adam for some breakfast. Nothing too exciting happened, but I do want to give Adam props. Dude is the MOST generous tipper I have ever seen.

After breakfast I worked out. I take conditioning very seriously and credit my workout routine and devotion for much of my on-field success As any of my current and former teammates will tell you, I take my workouts very seriously and will not break focus for anything.


I decided to actually answer a few questions after I finished the workout. Someone asked me if I would consider parting ways with T-Rock and signing with another team. This is a touchy subject for me. I mean I’m not going to lead everyone to believe that if T-Rock signs somewhere that I’ll follow.
I do have a lot of love for T-Rock, we’ve known each other for a long time, a VERY long time But my goal is to win a championship both on the field and at the flip cup table. I plan to go with the team that I believe is in the best situation to accomplish that. End of discussion.
Before heading out, I returned a phone call from my friend and Albuquerque Isotopes standout Manny Ramirez. We talked for a few minutes, but for some reason he hung up on me mid-sentence and I couldn’t get a hold of him after that when I tried to call him back. No idea what he could have been doing.
My friendship with Manny has raised a lot of questions about my possible use of performance enhancing drugs. I understand these concerns. I’ve actually heard rumors that up to 50% of active players are on “The Juice”. To the originators of these rumors I respond.
“Well, Matt’s not one of them, so that's 49 percent right there.” And you can take that one to the bank.

Seriously though, while my rookie year accomplishments seem impressive and could possibly give some the idea that I was on some type of performance enhancing drug, I assure you that I’m clean. I have complied with all testing requirements and will continue to do so. In our sport, we have no room for cheaters! I consider myself blessed with athletic ability and am so happy would never do anything to jeopardize my future in the sport. I love playing Kickball more than anything and would so much rather make a living like this than say, working construction.

I then took off to see a movie with a buddy who would prefer that his name not be mentioned here. On the way over, I heard a story on the radio about how Real Madrid is shelling out millions to acquire some of the world’s premier Kickballers. This got me thinking about whether or not I’d sell out and take the leap overseas. After about 0.52345 seconds of deep thought, all of my fans can rest assured that I will NOT sell-out and play abroad.

The rest of my night was pretty uneventful; a casual dinner, and then some time at home surfing the net.

Thank you to everyone who made it all the way through! I promise that as soon as I know any more details about what next season may hold, I’ll post it up here.

-Matt