Archive | September 2011

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Angry Birds, Turtles, and Braves, Oh My!


Up until now I have written about stuff that has happened in the past, but this 2011 St. Louis Cardinals story was something that is just incredible to anyone outside of Boston, Tampa Bay, or ESPN. The Cardinals game back from an 8.5 game over the Atlanta Braves to win the Wild Card.  Tampa Bay […]

Being Cardinals Red Far Away– Part Two of ‘A Life Bleeding Cardinals Red’


Ok, I was born and raised bleeding Cardinals red.  But what happens to a Cardinals fan when he moves away from St. Louis and has to live in the non-baseball area of Southern California?  Well, he moves back home to Cardinals Nation as soon as he can. On September 5th 1989, I left St. Louis […]

16 Years Ago Today


Sixteen years ago today I married my best friend and wife Lyn. Wow!  I really cannot believe I have been so lucky to of survived this long and I can honestly say have only begun in the journey of life with her. It was a Friday evening in July of 1993 and I was at […]

Born and Raised Cardinals Red – Part one of ‘A Life Bleeding Cardinals Red’


In my initial blog I talked about one of the references to the name ‘Born Bleeding’.  This was that I have been a St. Louis Cardinals (1) fan all of my life and I know I was born bleeding Cardinals red.  I do remember not being a Cardinals fan growing up so I can honestly say I […]

Born Bleeding


When thinking about a blog title, only three titles came to mind for me.  They were Door Opener, Semper Gumby, and Born Bleeding.  I will explain the meaning of each one and the reason I chose Born Bleeding. Door Opener is a reference to my confirmation verse which is Revelation 3:20.  It states :  Behold, […]