Thank you for making your way to my blog, I hope you will enjoy it! As this is my first post on this blog, I thought it would be appropriate to start with some general introductions of what I intend to post on this blog, as well as some background about myself. Let's get right to it!
As you probably inferred from the title of my blog, I will generally be posting topics related to baseball. As you will find out later on in my introduction of myself below, I am also a baseball card fanatic, so I may be posting card-related entries as well. However, as of now, my main purpose for this blog will be to share my thoughts on various subjects in the baseball world. I plan on sharing my opinions, analyzing various plays, trades, games, series, etc through the year, and trying to provide an enjoyable yet insightful look at baseball. That being said, I may find over time that I want to include posts relating to other subjects For example, I am a big hockey fan as well as baseball, so I am kind of expecting that I will post some hockey-related entries somewhere along the way. I won't hesitate to post these non-baseball related entries, as I want this blog to be an enjoyable experience for both whoever happens to be reading this, as well as myself. However, do feel that the majority of my post here are going to be baseball related in some way, and 99% of my posts will be sports-related. I hope that you find my entries to be entertaining and interesting, thanks for visiting my first post!
Now, let's get to an introduction of myself so you can have an idea of what I am like:
As you probably inferred from the title of my blog, I will generally be posting topics related to baseball. As you will find out later on in my introduction of myself below, I am also a baseball card fanatic, so I may be posting card-related entries as well. However, as of now, my main purpose for this blog will be to share my thoughts on various subjects in the baseball world. I plan on sharing my opinions, analyzing various plays, trades, games, series, etc through the year, and trying to provide an enjoyable yet insightful look at baseball. That being said, I may find over time that I want to include posts relating to other subjects For example, I am a big hockey fan as well as baseball, so I am kind of expecting that I will post some hockey-related entries somewhere along the way. I won't hesitate to post these non-baseball related entries, as I want this blog to be an enjoyable experience for both whoever happens to be reading this, as well as myself. However, do feel that the majority of my post here are going to be baseball related in some way, and 99% of my posts will be sports-related. I hope that you find my entries to be entertaining and interesting, thanks for visiting my first post!
Now, let's get to an introduction of myself so you can have an idea of what I am like:
Name: Matt
Nickname/Online Alias: Hollywood42
Why Hollywood42? Back in my days of elementary school in-house baseball, I used to wear sunglasses all the time, no matter what. So, the first nickname I had was "Shades". Not very creative, but it felt well. That all changed one day when we were playing our weekly Tuesday night game, and I stood in the wrong on-deck circle and almost got nailed by a foul ball. As the ball flew in the direction of my sunglasses-bearing self, the opposing coach yelled "Heads up, Hollywood!" And it stuck. From then on, I was known as Hollywood. I am no longer playing competitive baseball, but some of the guys I played travel ball with still call me Hollywood. The "42" in my name also comes from my baseball playing career, although it's not nearly as exciting of a story. 42 just happened to be the number I picked the first year I played travel baseball, so it was the number I wore for the majority of my baseball career. Hence, Hollywood42!
Occupation: I am currently a student attending Luther college (Decorah, Iowa). I am double majoring in Computer Science and Math Applications. I haven't declared a minor yet, but Religion is a possibility.
Location: While school is not in session, I live at home in the suburbs of the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Born and raised there, lived there my whole life.
What are your favorite sports/teams? Baseball will always be my favorite sport. I've been a huge Twins fan since day one, and will always stick with the team through thick and thin. I'm also a big hockey fan, where I cheer on the Wild and the Minnesota Gophers. I'm not a huge fan of pro basketball, but I generally have a halfway decent idea of what's going on in the league. I will, however, follow the Gopher hoops team pretty closely. In the football world, I root for the Vikings, and again the Gophers. It's been rough recently for the purple and gold, but the Gophers have put together a great season for us. That covers the core four sports, but I'll add in that I love watching both the men's and women's USA soccer matches when the World Cup and Olympics roll around.
Location: While school is not in session, I live at home in the suburbs of the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Born and raised there, lived there my whole life.
What are your favorite sports/teams? Baseball will always be my favorite sport. I've been a huge Twins fan since day one, and will always stick with the team through thick and thin. I'm also a big hockey fan, where I cheer on the Wild and the Minnesota Gophers. I'm not a huge fan of pro basketball, but I generally have a halfway decent idea of what's going on in the league. I will, however, follow the Gopher hoops team pretty closely. In the football world, I root for the Vikings, and again the Gophers. It's been rough recently for the purple and gold, but the Gophers have put together a great season for us. That covers the core four sports, but I'll add in that I love watching both the men's and women's USA soccer matches when the World Cup and Olympics roll around.
Do you play any sports? I played baseball (2nd base/shortstop), basketball (wing) and soccer (keeper) for a very long time. I dropped soccer when I before to high school, but I played baseball and basketball into high school. I am no longer playing either of those sports competitively, but I am an O-line cutter on Luther's nationally competitive ultimate frisbee team (LUFDA). Lots of people don't know a lot about ultimate- If you are one of those people, I highly recommend you check out our sport! It's a very fast, intense game with potential for amazing plays on every throw. It's a wonderful sport!
Who are your favorite players? I can never pick just one, so I'll name a few from a couple sports- In the baseball world, I'm fairly certain Justin Morneau will always be my favorite player. I'm also big fans of Chris Herrmann, Michael Cuddyer, and Danny Santana. In the hockey realm, I've found it a lot harder to pick just one or two guys. I liked Jason Zucker a lot (and still do), but there have been a lot of guys on the Wild that I've found myself cheering on a lot too (Parise, Haula, Grandlund, Coyle, Pominville- How am I supposed to stick to one or two?)
Who are your favorite players? I can never pick just one, so I'll name a few from a couple sports- In the baseball world, I'm fairly certain Justin Morneau will always be my favorite player. I'm also big fans of Chris Herrmann, Michael Cuddyer, and Danny Santana. In the hockey realm, I've found it a lot harder to pick just one or two guys. I liked Jason Zucker a lot (and still do), but there have been a lot of guys on the Wild that I've found myself cheering on a lot too (Parise, Haula, Grandlund, Coyle, Pominville- How am I supposed to stick to one or two?)
You mentioned you collect baseball cards? Yes! Baseball cards has provided a great hobby for me since the day I got a cheap Hank Aaron giveaway card in a box of cereal when I was probably somewhere around 8 years old. I didn't do a whole lot with collecting, outside of buying cards whenever they popped up at garage sales, until I joined my first online trading site when I was 14 years old. I made hundreds of trades on that site, and my collection grew a lot. Since then, I have joined two larger sites (SCF and Blowout, for any reader coming from those sites), and made over 200 trades on those sites combined. Now, I have thousands and thousands of cards in my collection. As you may be able to guess, I focus mainly on collecting Twins cards (but I do go after some others as well- a couple of non-Twins players, Wild hockey cards, etc). It's a great hobby that I really enjoy!
What are a couple of your favorite cards? Why, I'm glad you asked and gave me the opportunity to show a couple off! It's always hard to pick, but I'll show 3 of my favorites:
2013 Panini America's Pastime Black Chris Herrmann 1/1- The only one in the world! Just one of my favorite Herrmann cards.
What are a couple of your favorite cards? Why, I'm glad you asked and gave me the opportunity to show a couple off! It's always hard to pick, but I'll show 3 of my favorites:
2013 Panini America's Pastime Black Chris Herrmann 1/1- The only one in the world! Just one of my favorite Herrmann cards.
2005 Ultimate Collection Ultimate Materials Patch Justin Morneau #ed 03/25- A great looking card with a cool patch from a jersey that Morneau once wore.
2009 Ultimate Collection Ultimate Patch Joe Mauer #ed 12/35- By far the coolest patch I have in my collection. This came from part of the Twins logo on a jersey that Mauer wore! I absolutely love this card.
Outside of sports and cards, what do you like to do? Like any other college guy, I enjoy gaming- usually casually, but I'll have those days were I waste 4+ hours gaming. I mostly play the Call of Duty series, NBA/MLB/Madden/Fifa, Skyrim, but one of my favorite all time games that will be very hard to beat is Backyard Baseball 2003. I like listening to music a lot- I'm a rock fan. Some of my favorite bands are Breaking Benjamin, My Darkest Days, Creed, and Ashes Remain. The Foo Fighters will be in town for a concert this summer, and I'm hoping to make it to that- It would be sweet! Other than that, I really love being outside, spending afternoons with my friends throwing around a frisbee, playing soccer, etc.
Do you have any pets? I try not to bring much of my personal life into my posts, but I had to ask this question to myself so I could show off my dog- Her name's Evye, a 3 or 4 year old Golden Retriever. I love her to death!
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| Photo credits to my sister, as well as incredibly photogenic Evye! She likes frisbee too! |
That's all I have to share in my first post in Dugout Discussions! Thank you for reading my first of many entries, I hope you will stick around and read my future posts! Most all of my posts after this one will be less about me, and more about baseball/other sports. So, check back often for some new posts! My plan is to type up how I think the Twins will do in the 2015 season for my next post. I might do that this afternoon or tonight, but I'm not sure yet. Either way, I hope you check back in the future for my posts! If you find yourself liking what you read, I would appreciate it if you would subscribe to my posts to get a notification when I post something new. Thanks much for reading my first blog post on Dugout Discussions! Until next time, take care!
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