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Knight Life
Disclaimer: The content of this blog in no way represents the ideas or opinions of the Haugen Knights, the Independent Baseball League, or the Wisconsin Amateur Baseball Association. At times, the content of this blog may discuss adult subjects, but most of the time it just won't make any sense and you will leave here dumber than when you came. Enjoy.
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April 22, 2009 - 01:13 PM --
Below is an email that I received recently. My answers are in red.
First of all my name is Ryley, not Riley. If you could fix that id appreciate it. No, we won't be fixing that.
Now that we have that taken care of lets get to blogging topics... About time.
1. Who is the greatest baseball player ever? Tony Gwynn Jr.
2. Why did Rich wrap a digger in gum after winning the game to go to state? To catch a sweet buzz without the sting of the "digger"
3. What is the greatest pregame ritual? (chatting, one ball, catch, etc.) 1 Ball, Mau showing up late.
4. When is Brill gonna get a real baseball field? Never, they claim they're putting grass behind the plate and moving the plate back 5 feet.... I wonder if they realize they'll also have to move the rest of the field. Doubt it. The good news is that now down the lines the field will only be 260, thats right, shorter than the rice lake slowpitch fences!
5. Why does Mau work at Wal Mart? Because thats the only place that lets him not show up at all and still lets him work there. And when he does show up they let him throw fruit against the wall. (The reason for his cannon)
6. Why did John hit me in the face with the rosin bag? Why did you have your mouth open? Keep it shut and that might not happen.
Here's a couple of ideas. Hopefully they spark something. Totally understand if they don't. I look forward to reading more. Make sure to come back. Or at least show up to a few games!
GO KNIGHTS!
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From Above (Even Higher)
March 25, 2009 - 10:51 AM --
My turn for the blog from above. Right now I’m 30,001 feet above sea level. That’s right, if you’ve paid any attention to what Erik wrote, I’m 1 foot higher than he was but better yet right across the aisle from me is a goofy looking lady probably somewhere in her mid 40’s. She’s short and fairly pudgy, so similar to what Travis likes. She’s wearing a bright pink tank top and a really, really short black leather skirt with lacy looking heels on that have straps up to her mid calf. To top off this whole ensemble she’s wearing an overly large black leather jacket. Some people phase me. What really makes this great is we’re leaving Minneapolis to go to Denver. It’s 28 degrees in Denver today. What could you possible need to wear that outfit for? She’s talking to the person next to her and it seems that English is NOT her first language. Sorry lady, that’s not how we dress here.
Anyways, we only have 24 days left to the kickoff of what could be the best Knights season yet. I’m excited for the first game in Chippewa as always and you can be sure there will be some fun. I really have nothing left to write about but I couldn’t let the opportunity pass to describe this funny, funny looking lady. Once in Denver I’ll be sure to have a beer and post this, which should be around 11AM. I know Mau, you were drinking earlier than 11 yesterday….. sweet life!
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Guns
February 10, 2009 - 07:58 PM --
Today’s post will be short; there are only two things I want to talk about.
1. Flair Guns
These both seem like necessities for this coming season. I’m not sure about you but when I think about either of these things I get really excited, and think about how much/bad I NEED either or both of them! What would I do with a flair gun you may ask… well, there are a lot of things to do with flair guns. Most of which seem pretty unsafe and not very legal. If I owned a flair gun the first thing I would do is find some beer. I would drink a few of those beers so I had empty bottles to shoot at. I would then set up those empty bottles in right field right next to Hill. I’d wait until he’s not ready and have a crack at taking out as many bottles as I could in one shot. The problem with this plan is that I’d have to reload every time I want to shoot. That’s why I’ve gone out and found an 18 shot flair gun. (1 shot for every empty bottle) I’m not quite sure why there’s even such a thing as an 18 shot flair gun, unless your name is Rick Flair. I think that’s probably enough on flair guns, they draw too much attention to where you’re located and can get you in some serious trouble.
One thing that shouldn’t get you in too much trouble is a net gun. How funny would it be to own a net gun. I mean, seriously, you can walk around and if you see an animal you can net that thing! I think I would hide in a bar closet and wait for people to walk by, I’d crack the door open just a bit and crawl out as far as I could without them knowing and capture them with my net gun. I’ll tell you one thing that wouldn’t happen anymore if I owned a net gun. Mau wouldn’t be stealing home anymore!
My point tonight is to look alive this baseball season; you never know when some guy from the knights will show up with a flair gun and/or a net gun. If it happens you may want to look out.
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Uniforms
January 26, 2009 - 07:32 PM --
Okay, okay, I know it’s been way too long and I know you all love my posts more than that other guys’ on here but unlike him I actually have a life and things to do. So without any further a-do I will be talking about uniforms today. That’s right, warm ups, jerseys, unis’, knickers, baggies, sweaters or whatever else you want to call the pieces of clothing you wear while playing a sport.
Warm ups are generally worn during the pregame period where the players warm up so they are ready to play, unless your name is John. You might as well keep that warm up on because I don’t think we’re going with the young hurler unless we want to go 14 with Seeley.
Jerseys are the main piece of the uniform. They tell a story about your team. They can either look fantastic or they can look terrible. You don’t want to wear a terrible looking uniform. It makes your team look bad and that's embarrassing.
In the early days baseball players wore knickers paired with stirrups which I think looks fantastic. If the knights decided to throw back and go with this style I would be the happiest guy ever. I could very easily jump over to Google right now and get a time frame of when this style was used but I’m too lazy. So you can do it yourself.
Baggies are what the knights currently wear (except Andrew Mau). I like this look, it gives freedom to run and slide and do all of those other things you do in baseball.
Sweaters actually have nothing to do with baseball unless you’re playing in Wisconsin. The reason I put this in there is because if you play hockey this is what you wear. I still don’t get it, or like it but it’s the truth.
Anyways, the biggest reason I wanted to write about uniforms today is because I was at Twins Fest over the weekend and I found the perfect new uniform for Mau to wear if he doesn’t get baggies this year.
I will try to keep up with this more than I have been. Look for something new in the next week!
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Christmas Mail Bag
January 14, 2009 - 04:37 PM --
As you can already see by Erik’s blog we’ve been asking people at work/friends/whoever to tell us what they got for Christmas so we can pretty much make fun of them. And as you can also see by Erik’s blog is that he may have less of a life than Mau based on the constant posting, FIO Hill.
Anyways, this is what I’ve been sent and here we go….(I will also keep it to 9 for the sake of baseball)
Tickle Me Elmo – kind of neat in 1999 not 2009. My original thought was that this person better be 6, but when I looked into it I found out she’s 26 and lives with 3 cats. What are you doing with the tickle me elmo?
Nintendo Wii – Probably the 2nd best gift on the list. You can play baseball, golf, tennis all from the comfort of your own home, how sweet is that. (Be aware if they also gave you Wii fitness.)
Karoake Machine - First I want to say it’s not karoake, it’s karaoke. How hard is that? You can’t look on the box to figure out the spelling? Jesus……. Sorry about that, this is actually by far the best gift on the list. Why go to the bar and pay them for beer, just so you can sit in line and maybe get a chance to sing your favorite song just before last call when they’re trying to kick you all out and no one can hear anyways. And to top all of that off, most of the time no one wants to hear your terrible voice anyways, so good, sing it at home and give Erik and me more opportunities to sing sweet hits. You’ve all heard them!
Michael Vick Jersey – Is it camouflage for dog hunting?
Detroit Lions Season Tickets – Any season tickets are usually pretty cool, the problem here is now you have to pay to go to the dirtiest city in the country to watch the worst games possible. Look on the bright side, at least you get to see Calvin Johnson play before he goes to a good team which will be impossible to get tickets for.
N Sync Christmas CD – Funny thing is “Tearing Up My Heart” just came on. No Joke, I just hate Christmas music. N Sync Greatest Hits would have maybe been a better idea. Think next time Mr. Gift Giver
Fred Durst Poster – Possibly one of the worst front men ever for any band, I’m not sure why you’d ever want a poster of this guy. Their songs suck, he sucks, I mean the guy looks like a turd…. “I did it all for the nookie” – Yeah, maybe if nookie is code for Lundberg… COME ON!!!!
Slingshot – I have a feeling this goes along with the next item on the list.
The DVD’s: Dr. Zhivago, Brief Encounter, A Bridge on the River Kwai (a Lean night!) – Well what can I say here? This gift is just flat out unforgivable. But I DON’T CARE!
The one thing this list is missing is a sweet duster.
PS – email me your favorite band or post it in the chat room, we’re having a best band of all time duel!
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Team Names
January 7, 2009 - 11:17 PM --
Ravens a bird, Hawks a bird, how about you guys copy each other more. Giants, not real. Mudpuppies, what can you do? Somewhat swim and skip across the mud a bit? Hornets, people hate hornets and try to squash them when they’re around. Islanders, you’re stuck, good luck getting off (the island that is). Cardinals, go hang out with the Ravens and Hawks, the only difference is, their birds kill, your bird gets killed. Honkers, really?? Orioles, Jesus, how many bird names can this league come up with? Steelers, well, I’ll tell you one thing you’re not steeling, a championship. Millers, I hate to say it but we need you to mill stuff for us, like the bats that we’ll use to hit all of those home runs. Knights, well, what can I say? A mounted soldier serving a superior……. If that superior was baseball, and we’re all serving the game of baseball does that make us all Knights?
I think so.
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Blog Thoughts
January 6, 2009 - 10:00 PM --
I would like to go ahead and introduce myself for those of you who don’t know me. My name is Derc and I’m the backup catcher for the Haugen Knights behind a mediocre Travis Thompson. I will be writing this blog periodically to let you know what I think about baseball, random thoughts, and knight life. Today’s thought is about blogging.
I’m sitting here thinking about blogging. Blogging seems like a weird concept which is probably why I haven’t ever done it before. When I think about blogging a lot of questions come to mind. Why would you blog? Who would read your blog? Where do you blog? And how do you blog? Well after doing some research I’ve found the answers to all of these questions and you’ve guessed it, I’m going to tell you.
To answer why you would blog the best I can see is that someone has way too much time and nothing to do, which brings up another question. Why am I doing this and where has Mau’s blog been over the last five years? The kid actually has a massaging chair for his computer room which says he could use something to do. Who would read your blog? Well, you are! Simple as that. Where do you blog? I’ve never known where to blog until Erik Hill has blessed us with this fantastic website that pretty much rules. So here it is. How do you blog? I just did. I sat down and started typing what I was thinking about. I do apologize that it wasn’t that entertaining tonight but I had to test the waters. Travis, I know you’re sitting there still reading thinking, “God this is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read, I just wasted 10 minutes of my day that I’ll never get back.” Yep, you’re right, I did just waste 10 minutes out of your day, but you know what? You’re still reading it! I promise I’ll try to make it more interesting in the future and you all won’t be sorry if you come back.
That’s all for tonight but I would like to leave you with this. Feel free to email me at teschlerd@haugenknights.com and let me know what you want me to blog about. I may not do it every time but I’m sure I’ll run out of interesting stories to talk about, but probably not.
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