The worst thing about getting out of the habit of writing every day is that it's hard to get going again.
I was researching Mark McGwire's but there was a discrepancy in his stats that I didn't understand and for some reason it took me a few days to figure it out.
I have found out that when I really don't understand something I tend to look for the hard answer instead of the simple answer that is right in front of my eyes. In this case, he was traded from Oakland to St. Louis in 1997 and Baseball Perspective had that season's stats broken down in a simple way that I failed to understand for a few days. Yes, I am mentally slow for real sometimes.
I believe that part of the problem is that for some reason I go into a weird depression /funk from January through March every year. I believe it is so,me form a a mental block I put myself through but don't know how to break. I don't know if that is true; but it is what I believe.
It has not helped that a unforseen issue came up this month and that has taxed me mentally and emotionally also.
With that being said, it was and is my intention to at least act as though I am a real baseball writer this season. I am buying the MLB.TV package and intend to daily blog about the season. It would be better to actually have the ability to go to games and do interviews but this is the best I can do.
Since the season starts Wednesday, and I want to finish up the "Steroid ERA HOFer's" and predictions for this season; I am "officially" putting myself on the clock tomorrow and will get caught up by Wednesday.
At least that is the plan.
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