Alas, we have arrived at our last blog post for the semester and we have been given free reign over our content so I've decided to post about something that I am most passionate about. I am an avid Yankee fan and the season so far could not have gotten off to a better start.

The team has begun the season 9-3 which paces an astounding 123 wins for the season (I know its wishful thinking but hey, thats what being a fan is about). The pitching has been absolutely dominant lead by 37 year old Andy Pettitte who has seeming found the fountain of youth along with his pinpoint control and a stellar 1.35 ERA.

One of the most encouraging signs is that the production on this team has been coming from unexpected sources. The well compensated, highly touted middle of their lineup consisting of Alex Rodriguez and Mark Texiera have gotten off to very slow starts by their lofty standards. They remain 5th in all of baseball in run production despite the abysmal start to the season by their main run producers. The idea that this lineup can be this productive while receive little help from their 3 and 4 hitters should strike fear in the rest of the league for the inevitable day when these two proven veterans get locked in and back to their normal levels of production.

Lastly, the only thing that can be more satisfying from for a Yankee fan than the success of the Yankees is the failure of the Red Sox. Boston is off to their worst start in recent memory and is tied for the third worst record in all of baseball trailing only Baltimore and Houston. Everything seems to be falling apart in chowda land. The man that was pillar of their lineup for so many years, David Ortiz, is looking every day and then some of his 34 years. It seems awfully coincidental that the meteoric decline in his production coincides with baseballs testing for steroids his his positive drug test. Far be it from me to jump to conclusions.

Unfortunately, I didn't get the opportunity to hear the guest speaker this week but reading the posts has made me think about something that I've never given any thought before. I've never even considered writing a book before. If I were going to undertake the task, I'm not even sure what I would write about. One thing I know for sure is that it would have to be some sort of non fiction, my limited creativity and writing style dictate that fiction would be out of the question.

Now that I think about it, the thought of sitting down at a computer charged with the task of producing a full length book is a rather daunting task. And the publishing process must be an emotional nightmare. If you've taken the time to produce a book, by the time its finally completed you must be highly emotionally invested in the product. Now you have to taken this thing that you've invested yourself in completely and put it out there for publishing companies to tear apart and reject. And then even if it does get to be published, its likely that it will be highly edited and changed to make it more appealing to the public.

The more I think about it, no thanks.