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• Abundant supply of official MLB baseballs for autographs…check
• Backpack with nifty convenient pockets for swapping out baseballs during the autograph rush…check
• Long-life lithium batteries for camera…check
• Pens and Sharpies for autographs…check
• Proper spring training attire…check
• Haircut so I don’t look/feel like a hippy…check
• Tickets to games…check
• Printed list of 40-man rosters (and non-roster invitees) of teams we’ll be seeing…check
• Laptop with charger and tethered Blackberry service for guaranteed internet access from anywhere…check
  
• Ability to wait patiently for Wednesday evening…

I got my copy of Andrew Peterson’s book in the mail yesterday.  What’s that you say?  It’s before the release date?  How did I manage to get an advance copy?

I’m excited to announce that moreron.com will be part of the Andrew Peterson blog tour.  That’s right, folks, I’m gonna read a book.

The review will go up the week that the book is released.  Until then, I’ve got to figure out a clever way to give away the 2nd copy of the book they sent.  (Yeah, I got 2 advance copies.  I must be special.)  One copy was for me, and the other copy is supposed to be given out through my web site.

Any ideas on clever ways to give away a book?

So here’s another reason (like you need another reason) to hate Red Sox fans.  Apparently a group of Red Sox fans beat a man wearing a Yankees hat, sending him to the hospital for treatment.

I’ve got 2 very good friends (Ethan, Bryan) who are Red Sox fans.  I’m convinced that they’re the only decent Sox fans in the history of the franchise.  So if you know them, don’t hate them.  But feel free to hate the rest of Red Sox Nation.

(Note to Ethan and Bryan: Be careful, guys.  That article said the attackers are described as being “white men.”  I know you fit that description, and I wouldn’t want you to have issues with the police.)

With the excitement of spring training baseball getting started this week, I offer this quote by Hank Steinbrenner.

“Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans. Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is a Yankee country. We’re going to put the Yankees back on top and restore the universe to order.”

Yeah, he’s a Steinbrenner…no doubt about that.

Play ball! (and go Yankees!)