In the interest of broadening your cultural diversity, I thought I would promote another blog. The blog which caught my interest is known as PlunkBiggio.blogspot.com. It chronicles the Major League Baseball career of my former classmate at Seton Hall University, Craig Biggio, who stands at the precipice of breaking the modern day hit-by-pitch record. He has been hit 266 times during a career of 18 years made even more remarkable by the fact that it was with a single team. Don Baylor stands in Craig's way having been hit 267 times. In the late 1800s, early 1900s, a player by the name of Hughie Jennings was hit 287 times but I can tell you for sure that the ball was softer then.

Aside from being plunked by more pitches than anyone else in modern history, Biggio also is reasonably close to the 3,000 hit mark. He also owns a lifetime batting average of around .285. If you get a chance, check out http://plunkbiggio.blogspot.com. Here's to hoping Craig catches at least two more pitches and breaks the modern day record. It would take him, on average, another whole season to break the all-time mark. But as far as I know, he plans to play as long as it takes to reach 3,000 hits. He sees trying to go for 3,000 as an obligation to the game.

Let's hope he plays as long as it takes to achieve both marks.