Too Darn Hot

This last week, its been such a pain. Too hot. Just TOO hot. The air conditioners are cranked and the fans are buzzing all day long. Blasphemy!

I don't know if summer sports have started since boy golf doesn't have one, but the weather has been a nuisance to do anything outside. That doesn't mean we don't do anything though or any other professional sport that still play.

Like the Angels:
Interplay league has been stellar with a 4-0 record. Francisco Rodriguez, their closing pitcher, has 31 saves in 12 weeks of the season. The fastest ever. The Angels are doing really really well.

Like the Dodgers:
It has been tough for them with a bunch of their great players injured (Andruw Jones, Rafael Furcal, Nomar...). But they still pushing. Chad Billingsley is being consistent and Clayton Kershaw is doing well for a rookie. There is a lot to look forward to. Just a matter of when.

Like Kobe Bryant:
Although he is indoors away from the heat, he still is preparing for the Olympics. For the Gold baby! He will have surgery on his pinkie after the Olympics and skip the Lakers Training Camp. Oh well. NBA Draft is this Thursday, but Lakers have the second-to-last pick. Maybe a trade? Probably not.

Like Euro 2008:
Probably soccer is one of the sports I don't get and boxing too. But some plays in soccer are SWEET. I'll post some if I can find any. Anyway, four teams are left. Turkey. Germany. Russia. Spain. Who will it be?

As for the professionals and Oxford athletes, I hope the summer sports you do will be well. Make sure you drink a lot of fluids. Don't be an idiot! Have fun guys.

Spring Break Volleyball Practice

So over spring break, the volleyball team is still having practice Monday through Thursday. Usually every year we have practice over the break. But yesterday, I was surprised when I only saw seven people show up to practice. Even Tim and Michael were not there. Though it was pretty funny when William Trinidad said, "What? Were being lead out by the third co-captain!" when I started up the warm-ups.

Practice had a very different feel, also in part to not having practiced since like the week before. Everyone was a little off in their passing and hitting and the overall feel for the practice was a tad too laid back.

Allen mainly took each person to practice float jump serves to use against Sage Hill and Brethren Christian. Not only do we have to be able to serve floaters consistently but also pass them well, something our team has always struggled with.

Well, I guess I will see how practice goes today. It sucks only have seven people because can't scrimmage quite as readily.

It was still nice to hang out with the guys. And oh, Jake Wainwright got a haircut and he needs to do something with it because it just looked comical yesterday. William could not stop laughing for the first five minutes of practice.

-Seth