I've been watching the Clark-fest fireworks of the past few days and figure I'll go ahead and throw my hat into the fray. I happened upon the BFT back in 2001, made a few posts using this same handle, and then got away a little bit. I think I may have posted once or twice on the old version of this site, and I've been back and reading regularly for the past two seasons.
Grew up in Houston, but for now I am holding down the fort in Nashville, TN. As far as I can tell after two years here, Nashville is a complete baseball wasteland. The Atlanta Braves yukfest seems to die out somewhere in the Smoky Mountains, and the collective stench of Cincinnati and St. Louis don't quite make it this far. The main activities in the spring and summer around here seem to be watching the U. of Tennessee's spring practice and then waiting on college football season to arrive. College baseball is the one saving grace, with Vanderbilt fielding a solid team with a beautiful stadium and the SEC being the best college baseball conference in the country.
(As an aside, if you want a couple of names to remember, think Pedro Alvarez and David Price. Both play for Vanderbilt - Price is a dominating left-handed pitcher and Alvarez was hitting moonshots into the upper tank at Yankee Stadium before turning down the Yankees and Red Sox to come to school. He's National Hitter of the Week after going long 6 times in 4 games)
So anyway, I might start chiming in from time to time (hopefully 2+ years lurking is an appropriate probationary period), but my main weakness is that I rarely get to actually watch the games. So, I appreciate the insight provided by the board and I'll try my best not to suck.
