Daily Archives: January 18, 2015

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 18, 2015

Photo - David J. Phillip. USA Today Sports

Photo – David J. Phillip. USA Today Sports

It is time for the Sunday Request.

It could be time for the Cardinals, the smartest team in baseball to open the wallet and making them the favorites of the NL… unless of course they don’t.

It is a Red Bird edition of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast

 

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Confessions Of A Ball Park Chaser – 2015 Edition Part 3: Why I Will See 220+ Games In 2015

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Confessions Of A Ball Park Chaser – 2015 Edition: Why I Will Attend 220+ MLB Games This Year Part 1

Confessions Of A Ball Park Chaser – 2015 Edition Part 2: Why I will See 220+ MLB Games in 2015

So I finally had my insurance settlement (that I was waiting almost 3 years)  paid out in the summer of 2013.. The 1st thing I did was take a lesser route for my courier job.  I had already bought this website in Nov of 2012.

From June 2013 – February of 2014, I barely made a profit at work, but still had physical lingering of not taking the 6 months off I needed.  The symptoms were a lot more apparent in the summer when it is hotter, and I was staring down a long 6 months of warmer weather.

2013 had been a gong show for me personally, and I only made it 2 games at MLB Parks (Safeco Field and Dodger Stadium).  I was at least happy that this website was flourishing with a growing network of readers, and we had 40 writers work the season with us.

Not adding enough money to my savings account, in order to take off 6 months straight was frustrating.  I needed to come up with something quick.  A new route popped up that was the highest paying profit in the company, and I pounced on the chance. In March of 2014 I embarked on my new quest that required more work than I ever had done in my life.

To give myself some fun for the baseball year in 2014,  I purchased a portion of Mariners Season Tickets to attend games.  The baseball was awesome, and I had fun, but 10 hour days of going to Seattle and back, then working straight through after arriving home, was a lot to do that much in one year.

When the hot month’s hit last season in July and August. , it was the 1st time I had taken on so much work ever at the job (Twice as much than any other year).  I had the 2008 and 2009 summer’s off, I had 2 jobs still in 2010, in 2011 I had a lower paying route, recovering from the accident, the months of June, July and August of 2012 are the only 3 months I failed to turn a profit in the last 90 – with less papers coming back after my 2012 baseball streak. Read the rest of this entry