Baseball

While reading some of Tom's blogs tonight, the subject of baseball came up. Although hockey is now the sport that consumes my life, baseball is the sport that gave me my start in athletics.

When I was a kid, I felt like I was born to play the game of baseball. I loved everything about the game; the fresh cut grass, the warm summer sun, and the feeling of connecting with a fastball and sending it over the outfielders head. I made more memories playing baseball than I can even remember.

As I got older, politics started to define the teams I was on. Suddenly, it seemed that talent level was no longer a criteria for playing time because someone else knew someone to keep them in the starting lineup. Anyway my baseball playing career ending very bitterly and because of that I really stayed away from the game for a long time.

Sometime last year I watched the movie Moneyball. I thought it was great. It reminded me about everything I love about the game. From the thrill of winning in extra innings to the heartache of losing a one run game, baseball has taught me so many lessons about myself and about life.

Since then, I have been fully back into watching every game of the Bucs and watching baseball all the time just like I used to. Tonight I went to the game with my dad and it was the best memory I have from this summer. We saw an unbelievable game and it was great to spend time with him.

When I look back now, all I see are the great memories and friends the game has given to me. There is an old saying that asks "Ain't baseball great." My answer is that it truly is.

I'm Back!

Hello readers! Just like I said I have been blogging frequently and giving you a lot to read! Or maybe I haven't posted anything at all since then, who's to say really? Anyways I'm once again going to attempt to start blogging more frequently.

Today was a pretty good day. School was fairly uneventful except we had an assembly about dating violence. It was pretty depressing but it was also powerful and I hope it reached the kids it needed to. After stats, I went down to watch my girls swim in WPIALS with Tom which was fun. The girls swam well and are poised to take another WPIAL championship which I am extremely proud of them for. Tom had a good time BS ing and playing blackjack while the boys events were going on. Watching the WIPS made me think about the upcoming hockey playoffs and how I would do anything to win this year. I feel like my whole playing career will be defined by what my team and I does in the next month. After words we all went to dinner at Bravo and pretty much talked about how tired we all were. Even though it turned out being a long day, I can't wait to do it all again tomorrow.

I realize this isn't the most riveting blog post but I'm just trying to get back into the swing of things. Also, always feel free to comment on my posts about anything. I always enjoy feedback or your thoughts on other things. So keep reading and god bless!

Social Media

I remember when I first registered for facebook about 3 years ago. It was fun to see my friend count rise and then get jittery when I got a friend request from a girl a liked (ha just kidding, but not really). Over time these devices like facebook and twitter have turned into a way for people to have an alter ego. A personality that is now suddenly capable of taking on the world because they can get away with dishing their thoughts into cyber space.  Also, it is not the websites faults', but the users'. Most people would never say half the things they say on social media networks if they were talking to someones face. These social media sites let people off the hook of handling their problems like an adult. It is my personal belief that technology is making people anti-social rather than connecting the world like it claims. We can message a person half-way across the world in a second but yet we are incapable of having a conversation with someone sitting across the room from us. As some of my friends know, there is nothing I hate more than going somewhere and having everyone just sit in a circle and stare at their iphones. Why did you even invite me here if we're just gonna sit and text other people and play Temple Run? We should enjoy each others company while we still can. I laugh when people post things on twitter that I know a future employer can easily find and use against them. We get it, you get drunk on the weekends. Social media has now become a tool for people to complain because it will help them stay miserable because happiness is boring to them.

As for me I am going to attempt to practice what I preach by extinguishing my involvement in social media. They just cause much more problems then they do positive effects. My twitter account will be deleted later tonight and I will keep my facebook for the sole purpose of keeping in touch with my friend Moritz from Germany but will not post in it. I do not want an alter ego, and I do not want a platform to complain on. If people want to talk to me I would love to have them call or text me. Preferably call because like I said, we should be able to talk to each other.

I have decided to keep this blog though because this is not an alter ego. This is me Jared DiSanti, not Draino or some other personality to hind behind telling you my feelings. So if you wish to keep up with my blog, you will still be able to. And I also challenge you to make an effort to maybe skip a tweet for a night and call someone to ask how they are.

Thanks for reading!