SoCal Autograph Odysses

Statistics only tell a very partial story when it comes San Diego icon Tony Gwynn.  Of course any baseball fan can spew the numbers from memory; 3141 hits. A .338 lifetime hitter, 15 time all-star, 5 time Gold Glover,  first ballot Hall of Famer (with 97.6% of the vote).  Perhaps the stat that has always stuck out in my mind is the one in which someone calculated that if Gwynn had zero hits in his last 1100 something at bats, he still  would have a lifetime average over .300.  Mind boggling.  The problem is, these numbers only do justice to Tony Gwynn the player, not Tony Gwynn the person.  San Diego is a sports town with a history of losing teams, and few stars.  When we are lucky enough to find a great player we can get attached to, they leave for greener pastures elsewhere.  Tony Gwynn did not, and for that reason he is arguably the most beloved figure in our sports lexicon.  Everyone remembers what he did for the city.  Sto...

As I've made mention on this blog before, hockey is my favorite sport.  The Los Angeles Kings have been my favorite team in any sport since I was a kid in 1988.  As such, I follow just about all things Kings on Twitter.  You can imagine then that when I saw one such Kings sponsor, the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino having a giveaway on Twitter, I did what they asked to be eligible.  I retweeted a tweet.  Took me about three seconds total to do so.  Turns out I won a signed puck from Kings captain Dustin Brown, which arrived in the mail yesterday. This is a pretty awesome prize if you ask me.  What makes it even better is I won it the day before Dustin Brown raised the Stanley Cup over his head for a second time!  On a side note, I have been to San Manuel and had a blast.  I live in Northern San Diego County so it isn't exactly close, which shows you what I actually think of the casino.  I'd recommend anyone going if they want to...