I'M ALIIIIIIVE!!!

Hey all. Sorry for not posting on this in like...forever! But here's a quick (maybe not) run down of what is going on with me. Enjoy.

I've finished my first year with the Yankees and it ended quite well. I was promoted to High A Tampa to finish out the year and I did quite well there. My ERA was around a 2.4 and I had more K's than IP. I'm not sure what all my exact stats were this year but if you go to this webiste it'll give you a look at all of my stats from all 4 stops I had this year. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=John%20Axford&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=446099
My worst place was Charleston. After leaving Staten Island to go back to Charleston in the very beginning of August my ERA there was a 2.95. I had two crappy outings and raised it above a 4 but then was promoted to Tampa! So I guess it wasn't all bad there either...just two bad outings.

Based on my age and how well I finished up this year I will most likely start in High A Tampa and possibly even AA in Trenton, NJ. I didn't think I would ever be saying this but I'm hoping to live in the armpit of America come next April! But that requires me to kick some John Axford ass this offseason and work out all the kinks from this past year! I've heard good things about these steroids...maybe even a little HGH!!! HAHA. Ya right!

Well, outside of ball now, I'm currently trying to find a job and an apartment. So if anyone has either of those for me please tell. Apparently every place I apply to or send a resume in decides that I suck at life and never call me back. Even when they say that they will. I might have to go see if McDonalds will let me flip burgers...but even then I have a feeling that they wouldn't hire me!

I am trying desperately to make it to the BC game. My only problem right now is my lack of job, which means lack of money... And since the game is in two weeks those 14 days will certainly take a toll on my bank account along with that weekend. Plus I live with the lady friend ... and haven't relyed on the parents in quite some time! I'm desperately trying because all of you seem like you'll be there plus the 2002 baseball team is having a reunion. We're even supposed to be playing a game against each other at 9am on Saturday...along with the 1957 World Series team. So that could be cool to watch and get drunk too for a while. Hell no I ain't playin. Season ended September 2nd...meaning I haven't done a thing since September 2nd (except for a 10K run for cancer which I kicked ass in).

My offseason program starts up this Monday so maybe this week will bring new change into my life...like a job and some money. Then I can steal my girlfriends car and head down to the SB to see all you guys.

I'll try and fill you all in some more in the days/weeks to come!

Peace

Ax

Hilarity

Everybody Ready for Notre Dame Football

The records of my football rooting interests:
Glenbard East High School: 1-4
Notre Dame: 0-4
Northern Illinois: 1-3
Chicago Bears: 1-2

Combined record: 3-13 (Thank God that the Cubs are looking good)

Anyway, it seems like we've got a good group coming in for the Notre Dame vs. Boston College game. I want to start planning the weekend now so we aren't relying on the actual game to provide any happiness. Here are the people that I know are going: Sam, Pat, Rowlands, Kate (Rowland's Girlfriend), Jonathan, Meryl, Alissa, and Steve. Ted - are you coming up?

Sam, Pat, Rowlands, and Kate all get into Midway around 8:00 central time. They're crashing at my house that night. Plans for that night aren't set yet. Molly, my girlfriend might be coming into town, so if I promise Busch Light (for Pat), Guinness (for Sam), and whatever med students drink, can we party in that night? If everyone gets in on time, we probably will be back to my house a little after 9:00 pm. If Molly doesn't come up, we might want to consider seeing a cover band that a guy on my b-ball team is on. He is playing at a place Maxim magazine said you were "most likely to contract an STD." Jonathan - are you going straight to SB Friday? We probably have room for 2 more people at my house.

Saturday - Who knows of tailgates? We probably should have some type of plan since we are going to be a big group. We'll lose an hour getting to the game because South Bend is on Eastern time now. The game starts at 3:30. Leaving my house between 8:30 and 9:00 should have us tailgating by 12:00 SB time. After the game, do we want to eat in South Bend? Or head back to Illinois right away? I'm gonna be hungry because the game will end probably around 7:30.

The flights are all around 10:00 am on Sunday. My house is about a half hour away from Midway without traffic and there shouldn't be traffic on Sunday morning.

Just wanted to start getting people on the same page.

Peace Out,
Chris

Old Pat back in the Bend

Aw, boyos, can't wait til the BC game... it'll be my first trip back since graduation! I'm flying in and out of Midway the same times as Sam, so I likewise encourage anyone for whom it is any sort of a possibility to come to Chicago for Friday night. It's going to be a long day on Saturday (thanks for driving Chris!) but it's about damn time. Any brainstorms about stupid or abrasive shit that I should try to pull off now that the man (aka Paul Doyle) can't hold me down?

In other news, business school is whipping my ass. I'm making mostly all A's, but the workload is way worse than law school, and law school is bad. It's quickly killing me. But on the plus side, I get to chill in Spain next semester with my only responsibility being to learn Spanish, so it'll all even out.

Female escapades of late are sleazy but altogether uninteresting.

I'm working on getting an internship for next summer, and that's getting pretty grueling... no kidding I've had about 30 internviews in the last month. Yeah my resume is getting attention, but I must have bad breath or something because the hit rate is LOW. It'll work out, and I'll let you know when I get it sorted out.

Other than that, just enjoying Columbia... living with my buddy from back home, Swilley, who just transferred into USC Law School, and Roger The Cat. Yes, I am a cat guy. Wanna fight abboudit?

Anyways, looking forward seeing you guys at the game; let's make some new stories!

- Pat

P.S. When will YOUR team stop losing?

Chris come to the game

I have a ticket for you.

Sundy, give a call if you still need tickets. And are you going to come to Chicago that Friday night? Anybody else coming to Chicago that night?