Comments on: Chasing the Game http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/06/chasing-the-game/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ken Arneson http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/06/chasing-the-game/#comment-300133 Ken Arneson Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:37:54 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94320#comment-300133 [6] Similar thing happened to me when I got back to blogging in September. First two things I wrote, I got like 30 readers. Then the third thing I wrote went a bit viral and got about 3,000. That was my 5-homer week. Suddenly, I was measuring myself against that, and when I'd write something that got 30 readers again, I'd feel like I was failing, and then I'd be knocking my head trying to figure out how to capture that high again, and then all the fun went out of it and I've kinda crashed with my writing since then. Success too soon -- not a good thing. [6] Similar thing happened to me when I got back to blogging in September. First two things I wrote, I got like 30 readers. Then the third thing I wrote went a bit viral and got about 3,000. That was my 5-homer week. Suddenly, I was measuring myself against that, and when I’d write something that got 30 readers again, I’d feel like I was failing, and then I’d be knocking my head trying to figure out how to capture that high again, and then all the fun went out of it and I’ve kinda crashed with my writing since then. Success too soon — not a good thing.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/06/chasing-the-game/#comment-300132 Alex Belth Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:09:23 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94320#comment-300132 6) Oh, yeah, absolutely. You don't forget that. Funny, but he remembers the one time I launched one in a high school game. We were playing in Tuckahoe on a field without a fence. Had we been at our home field it would have gone over for a homer. As it was, I was so stunned that I only managed to get to second. All I recall is not believing that I actually hit one that far, that I later made an error that led to a run and that we lost, 2-1. But Adam remembers the hit perfectly. I think he was probably happy for me and envious that he didn't square on up that day like that. LOL 6) Oh, yeah, absolutely. You don’t forget that. Funny, but he remembers the one time I launched one in a high school game. We were playing in Tuckahoe on a field without a fence. Had we been at our home field it would have gone over for a homer. As it was, I was so stunned that I only managed to get to second. All I recall is not believing that I actually hit one that far, that I later made an error that led to a run and that we lost, 2-1.

But Adam remembers the hit perfectly. I think he was probably happy for me and envious that he didn’t square on up that day like that. LOL

]]> By: Jon DeRosa http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/06/chasing-the-game/#comment-300131 Jon DeRosa Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:53:38 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94320#comment-300131 [4] Well whatever the case for him, I can imagine myself having such an extreme experience and it embedding itself in my subcoscious identity calculus. [4] Well whatever the case for him, I can imagine myself having such an extreme experience and it embedding itself in my subcoscious identity calculus.

]]> By: Start Spreading the News http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/06/chasing-the-game/#comment-300130 Start Spreading the News Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:36:35 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94320#comment-300130 Nice writeup. Nice writeup.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/06/chasing-the-game/#comment-300129 Alex Belth Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:36:19 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94320#comment-300129 3) I can't say for sure of course cause it's not my life. I think that week was just something he could grasp on but the leanings to fantasy, the relationship between the game and pleasing his father, were already there, so perhaps it wouldn't have changed anything. Or maybe it did. It's hard for me to tell. Not sure it came across in the story but the guy is really funny, too. 3) I can’t say for sure of course cause it’s not my life. I think that week was just something he could grasp on but the leanings to fantasy, the relationship between the game and pleasing his father, were already there, so perhaps it wouldn’t have changed anything. Or maybe it did. It’s hard for me to tell.

Not sure it came across in the story but the guy is really funny, too.

]]> By: Jon DeRosa http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/06/chasing-the-game/#comment-300128 Jon DeRosa Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:32:14 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94320#comment-300128 [2] Looking back, do you think he would rather not have had that week? I wonder what his life would have looked like if he had a only 2 homers and a nice hot streak that week, but not the whole she-bang. [2] Looking back, do you think he would rather not have had that week?

I wonder what his life would have looked like if he had a only 2 homers and a nice hot streak that week, but not the whole she-bang.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/06/chasing-the-game/#comment-300127 Alex Belth Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:15:25 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94320#comment-300127 1) Great point. But I think, from what I know of you and what I know of Birbrower, you were always a more grounded person. 1) Great point. But I think, from what I know of you and what I know of Birbrower, you were always a more grounded person.

]]> By: Jon DeRosa http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/06/chasing-the-game/#comment-300126 Jon DeRosa Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:11:17 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94320#comment-300126 Excellent, Alex. It's amazing how that one week shaped his perceptions. I played over-18 hardball until I was mid-to-late 20s, and now play in an annual summer tournament through work. I guess it's hard to explain why people keep showing up, but for me, it's harder to explain why I wouldn't. Excellent, Alex. It’s amazing how that one week shaped his perceptions.

I played over-18 hardball until I was mid-to-late 20s, and now play in an annual summer tournament through work. I guess it’s hard to explain why people keep showing up, but for me, it’s harder to explain why I wouldn’t.

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