So apparently I’m going to be reporting on MTSU Baseball this season. Perhaps not exclusively, and perhaps not in the most profound sense, but it’s going to happen. By some miracle, I walked into the clubhouse last week and got an impromptu interview with Steve Peterson, the head coach.
Maybe it’s not a miracle, maybe it’s just that he’s exactly the accessible, stand-up guy I hear he is. He certainly seems to be. Either way, not to get all crazy with the hopes and dreams thing, but I actually see this as a dream come true. I mean, it isn’t the Detroit Tigers, I’m not talking to Jim Leyland or Mike Ilitch, and I’m not making a 6-figure sum of money. Or any money. Wait, I think Sidelines pays something like $6 for an article submission… or maybe I’m thinking of something completely different?
Regardless, I need to get published, and there’s nothing I’d rather do than get my first publication with an article about baseball. This, of course, is all very presumptuous. First, my actual sports writing teacher needs to read it and tell me if it sucks. Then we go to our lovely school newspaper. Bottom line: if it’s good enough for Wendell “Sonny”Rawls, who is perhaps the single most accomplished person I’ve ever met in my life, it’s good enough for Sidelines. Likely more about this Monday night.
So I’m going to Chicago this week. It’s effectively for vacationing purposes, with the exception of one day (Friday), but I wouldn’t mind getting a few things written about the city I hear so much about. That being said, I don’t have any idea where to start? Who wants to give me a nudge on this one?
