Mr. 3000 is an American Sports Comedy film. The film’s plot surrounds a retired Major League Baseball player who makes a comeback at age 47 in order to attain 3,000 hits. Mr. 3000 received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office flop. Thank you Wikipedia.
My “movie” isn’t much different. It’s about sports, but mostly Chicago related; sometimes it is a comedy. I’m not retired per se, but I am retired from baseball, have been ever since right after high school. Not quite 47, but 13 months away is close enough. My blog does gets mixed reviews from critics, but since mostly there are no reviews, I guess it can be considered a flop from one point of view; I do NOT share this point of view.
I was thinking about what to write today, on this special day. I wanted to come up with something cool to do; it hasn’t hit me yet, so… I need to get going. Then, I was just going to write a normal one, summing up another Cubs loss in LA on Saturday night; I fell asleep. So much for being excited for my big milestone… so much for making it special…
Yeah, well, I’m back for 3,000 anyways; I have no plans on stopping there either. That thought had passed through my mind at times… ending this at a specific point, or maybe like my favorite TV series of all time, just fading to black right before the end; ending this at 2,999 would have achieved that… or maybe just ending it mid sentence like… If a tree falls in the woods, and nobody is there, does it make a sound?
This is all just a figment of my imagination anyways; writing this blog as though somebody is reading it. I know I do have readers out there; thank you… I hope my sharing brings some entertainment in whatever way to you. Besides mental health, another reason I started writing this is because I thought I could do it better. I got sick of reading the same stuff over and over about my teams from someone who doesn’t know my teams as good as I do, from someone who doesn’t care whether they win or lose, from someone who does all this just because it’s their job. This is not a job for me; part of me hopes it never will be. It would all change then, no? Being forced to write about certain things; not being able to share how I want to share… what I really feel. Having my thoughts managed… don’t we have enough of that in our day to day lives? Yes, this is mine… 100% mine, and I will do whatever I please with it. Yet, doing so, I know people, if they read it, would love it… at least some. I read my own stuff from time to time; it’s not always top notch quality, but most of the time, I think it’s pretty good; I enjoy it… I may be biased, just like with my teams. But yeah, if you’re a die hard fan of something, maybe you would enjoy it like I do… maybe not…
Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey with me. And just like a championship season, when that last pitch is thrown, when the clock reads triple zeros, sometimes the ending is both happy and sad at the same time. Happy because we did it; sad because it’s over. Well, let’s just stick with the happy part; I made it to 3,000. We’ll keep the sad part on the back burner, at least for now, because the show goes on… the journey continues… it’s all about the journey man…
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