Dirk Hayhurst's Blog
Words and thoughts still trying to make it to the big leagues...The Bullpen Gospels, The Lost Chapters #2
Quit, a verb meaning to leave, depart, or withdraw from. For the competitor, the word quit carries a meaning so potent, it seems something closer to suicide or euthanize would better define it. I guess it depends on how it relates to your life. Quitting doesn't belong...
King James Who?
I had the pleasure of flying through the Cleveland airport the other day. I say pleasure because the place has been efficiently renovated and brought up to date with other icon city airports, complete with stylish nods to what makes Cleveland, Cleveland. There is now...
The Bullpen Gospels, The Lost Chapters #1
Chapter XX The teacher shushed the class, or she tried to at least. Kids in this age group don't shush easily. They don't keep talking on defiantly like teenagers, they just can't stop spreading the passion they have for their favorite cartoon character or who's a...
Worth Remembering.
The inside fastball was turned on and struck hard, but foul. It shot off the dirt in front of the dugout scattering the players who lingered there. After a hard bounce it skipped off the railing, and into the stands where it caught a lady by surprise. Her hands...
3 Weeks In Birmingham – #1
Because I'm staying in this hotel for so long, I asked the management if they would upgrade me to a suite. My argument was, "I'm spending around 6k to be here this month, the least you can do is give me a suite." I wasn't really spending anything, the medical expenses...
Don’t Hate Me Cause I’m Rich!
Let me first preface this entry with the defensive statement that I am not actually rich, so don't assume I'm boasting like some young rap-star. I just wanted the title to be catchy, edgy, and enticing to readers. I know a statement like the above makes people want to...
Video Game Reviewer
Since this is my blog and I can talk about WHATEVER I WANT, I've decided to review some video games. I wont say I spend a lot of time playing video games these days, but the time I do spend is quality time. I just don't have the time I used to, say, back when I was...
The Year of the Umpire
I know there has been a lot of talk about how this is the year of the pitcher. I myself have talked about that only a few posts back. However, I would venture to say this has also been the year of the umpire, or, at least the year of umpire scrutiny. 2010 has been a...
Texas and the MLB Apocalypse
Just because I'm a player doesn't mean I can't take sides in this years hunt for the World Series. I'm a fan too, ya know, and as such I'm pulling for teams and players based on a very different scale than the average drunk guy screaming obscenities at bad plays in a...
Epic Bank Fail.
Banks suck because Stone Cold said so. However, since I am not Stone Cold, I must resort to tempered argument not involving steal chairs or turnbuckles. Banks suck because they do things, hidden secret things they dress up as connivence's but then conveniently charge...
Roy, Chuck, and Baseball America
…Observe Roy’s work ethic for just one cycle of the pitching rotation and any doubt you held that Chuck Norris was just God warming up to create Roy Halladay (which explains their similar looks) will irrevocably be destroyed…
Numero Uno
…then God rested, and text messaged, and enjoyed his creation of modern Cinema, and also various forms of jerky and processed snack spreads because, being God, he does not worry about cholesterol…