Baseball is the only sport I’m interested in, so the offseason can be tough. I’m usually burnt out by the end of the season, but by December or so, I start getting itchy for baseball again. A few years ago, during the offseason I actually started listening to archived games via gameday audio, I missed it so much! But I’ve got a kid now, so I don’t have time for that now.

I try to take on some sort of brand new hobby. Last offseason, I bought a ukulele and taught myself how to play most of the basic chords (but still very poorly). Dunno what I’ll attempt this winter.

That and the W’s, Sharks, some NFL here and there and McCovey Chron and I’m set.

Oh, and a new daughter born three weeks ago and her 27-month-old sister should keep me pretty busy.

MVP ’05 and Baseball Mogul. Also the Warriors, I guess.

Oh…wait…no there isn’t….

My MLB 08 The Show fantasy draft Franchise is still going strong.

Cain and Lincecum have been going back and forth in the CY lead all year long and Josh Hamilton is hitting about .390 with 26 HR into June.

I’m going to write my thesis.

I survive the long, depressing Pacific NW winters and stave off suicide by becoming involved with women even crazier than I am. Oh, does the time fly!

I think this year I am going to force myself to finish Don Quixote. I bought it in 1999 and I am on page three.

Video games, reading, writing, cooking, and beadwork is how I keep myself occupied during the cold dark winter.

Plus I have my university applications due this fall/winter and I’m moving to the South Bay in December so I imagine that will take up a lot of my time and energy.

follow the winter meetings, various lower leagues (like the AZ fall league, Dominican league, and whatever)

think about next season.

read baseball books.

oh yeah, and graduate

School; TV(NCIS, The Unit); almost every other sport except NBA, I follow the Pacers, but don’t like the league; and sports I play.

Typically basketball gets me through. The last few years this has worked out okay, as I am a warriors fan, but for years before they were just damn hard to watch. I’m excited about the upcoming season, though. If you like basketball, i’d suggest following the trailblazers up there: they’re going to be fun as hell to watch this year, and for years to come.

Cal football gets me through. And once my heart is completely ripped out from that, I am really ready for baseball to start. Yay!

Mostly sit around staring at the wall, waiting for next season to begin.

This offseason, I’m sure I’ll also have plenty of opportunities to berate people for making idiotic Matt Cain for One Guy trade proposals. So there’s the other part of my offseason.

Euro footy season has already kicked off as was said above. Hooray for relegation. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Taking a religious pilgrimage of sorts to Eugene so I can see my ducks whoop some UCLA ass.

The Office is back on so I’m prepping for some knee-slapping gafaw kinda laughs…

Oh, and I’ll also be policing the countless mock trade/FA/lineup threads here on the cove. Idiots beware…I’m onto you!

Duck football, and Duck basketball. Then, like magic, it’s baseball season again.

and selling a lot of life insurance.

See you in Scottsdale.

probably a little bit of Sharks hockey, too.

But what else keeps you guys sane?

Who says I was sane in the first place?

I live life

I play bass in two bands, write and record my own music, DJ, and do other music-related stuff.

I’ve recently rediscovered cycling.

Catch up on the Netflixes that built up over the baseball season.

I read. I read a lot of books. Then I read some more. I’m going to barnes&noble at lunch today to get my first dose. Any suggestions? (non-baseball please, it’ll just make me check for Giants rumors more frequently)

Lots of work. Coaching and baseball on the weekends starting back again in January. Sharkies and Warriors are always fun. Going to stay as updated as possile w/ the little Giants as well.

Oh yea, and I just moved in with the girlfriend this weekend. That should definitely be an experience that will take up some of my time… I don’t know if it will necessariy keep me sane, though.

Niners and Warriors. I love football and basketball, but not as much as baseball. Oh yeah, my wife is about to give birth to our first child, so that might take up some of my time.

The Office.

We survive by not talking about this topic until about a week in or so instead of the night of the last game. That way we can waste two days on it later instead of now.

First thing I do is keep watching the rest of the baseball season. Playoffs, World Series and all that.

Lots of books, Ken Burns for nostalgia, and lots of hot stove gatherings. Maybe some wiffle on warm(ish) days.

the JT O’Sullivan era.