tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60003558721280209772012-02-16T02:03:42.319-05:00This is a blog concerning All Things Chad. From his love for Detroit sports, to his fascination with the trite and trivial, Chad will bring his unique writing style to this blog every week.Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748857579350390942noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000355872128020977.post-58181754468112428692008-05-31T16:01:00.002-04:002008-05-31T17:16:30.744-04:00

The Detroit Pistons were eliminated from the 2008 playoffs by the Boston Celtics last night, suffering an 89-81 defeat in front of a sellout crowd at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The last time the Pistons were eliminated at home was when the New Jersey Nets completed a sweep in the 2003 Eastern Conference Finals. Each year since '03, this Detroit team has defied odds, angered fans, endeared

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Well, folks, I haven't written a blog here for a considerable time now. You see, the final year of college can be a rather hectic time, full of academics, a social life (as pathetic as that was), and extracurriculars. So my final year of college was very busy, especially this spring.Unfortunately, I have failed to write about some absolutely wonderful things in the sports world, both on the

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I won't even ask how each of you has functioned this last month without any post to read from me. Your life was probably much more boring, a lot less informed about sports, and you don't feel quite as intelligent (because anyone that reads my blog is intelligent, of course).Well, since my last post on September 12, lots has happened. Lots in the world of

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There are days, events, moments that will never be forgotten. Not as long as we live, no matter where we go, no matter what we do, no matter whom we’re with. Yesterday was a day like that. September Eleventh, Nine Eleven, Nine One One. No matter how you say it, the same thoughts, fears, memories, pictures flood back into memory. And that will never leave us: it’s stamped in our minds as a

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Today’s blog will be one of the “other things” that I have decided to write about. Being busy at school with activities and homework has hindered my writing endeavors. Yes, I have been keeping up with my beloved Tigers, watching them continue to blow big leads, fail to put teams away, causing a playoff berth to be that much more difficult a thing to reach. Two walk-off wins in a row may spur a

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Up to this point on this blog, I have written primarily on baseball. My main reason for that is because, well, it’s baseball season. Seems logical enough, right? Right. My Tigers have been going through an absolutely treacherous second half of the season: our starting pitchers struggling, our hitters slumping, our bullpen shaky. Our fans worrying.This has not been an easy time to be a Tigers fan.

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As I'm sure you can tell, I'm a sports fan. I really enjoy playing, watching, reading about, writing about, and discussing sports. All of my family is into sports, too, so we're always watching the Tigers or Pistons or Red Wings or U of M (no, not the Lions. I'm definitely more of a college football guy. That's what my dad is, so I grew up watching more NCAA football than NFL. I'm not an

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I finished reading The Boys of Summer this afternoon. It was a wonderful book. As I mentioned in my post 'A Quote from a Book,' this book was more than just a book about baseball. That was something that made me want to read the book: I wanted to see baseball painted against the backdrop of culture, family, and life. There's more to the game of baseball than what's shown on the field: the

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Well, I haven't written a blog for quite a while. I apologize, since I know your life revolves around reading this blog. I've been very busy the last two weeks -- wrapping up an internship, followed by a week at camp. Translated: no time to write about sports. So again, I extend my deepest apologies to all of you, my faithful five or six readers!You may be wondering why I haven't written

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Good evening. I got a new book today. There's something cool about getting a new book, you know -- the crisp cover; the straight, unworn pages; the excitement of starting a new book. Granted, some of you haven't read a book since it was last assigned in high school (with the ensuing diorama, poster board, or decorated pencil). To some of you the thought of reading a book for leisure is about as

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Sports can be frustrating sometimes. You can attest to that if you're a sports fan. One day your team's on a winning streak and on top of the division; four days later they get swept in a series and are down in the standings. Sports are rude that way: they don't care about the fan; they don't take the fans' feelings into consideration. That's life, and that's the life of a sports fan. Up and down

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Hello, all. I haven't written for about a week now, so I am fresh and ready to write. However, there are too many things to write about, too many things that I have a take on. Last week, Michael Vick got indicted for dogfighting. Last week, David Beckham played his first game with the LA Galaxy (that's a famous soccer player on Los Angeles' soccer team. That's right -- there is a soccer league in

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Last night, my brother and I were watching TV. Actually, we were watching the replay of the Tigers game -- the 4-3 win over the Twins in 10 innings to complete the sweep. Very rewarding. Anyway, I was flipping through the channels when we happened upon one of the greatest kids movies ever -- The Sandlot. We came in right at the part when they hit the kid's dad's Babe Ruth-signed baseball in the

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I'm not a soccer fan.Now don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the sport, and I'll touch on that a little later. But I would never call myself a soccer fan. Growing up, I played a little soccer. I was never exceptionally good at it, and more importantly, I never developed a love for the game. I'd watch some soccer, cheer for my team, but that was about the extent. I think growing up in Detroit and

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If you consider yourself a sports fan -- even the remotest of remote sports fan -- you know that the most hallowed record in all of baseball and all of sports is the all-time home run record. Once held by the Great Bambino and currently held by Henry Aaron, this record is about to be broken by Barry Bonds. Yep. Barry Bonds. With Bonds comes more baggage than a twice-divorced woman with three

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Before I delve into my thoughts on Baseball's Mid-Summer Classic, I want to further explain the purpose, or at least the current intent, of this blog. In my first post, I said that I want to blog mainly about Detroit sports but also touch on "other things." Those "other things" being anything that comes my way that I deem blog-worthy. A very high standard, I assure you. But yesterday's blog was a

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Mr. Richard Blog, President and CEO of All Blogs: "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is with great excitement and much anticipation that I introduce to you our newest blogger. Mr. McCune is a native of the metro-Detroit area. He is an avid sports fan and has a true love of writing. I'm hesitant to reveal too much personal information because we all know how crazy folks on the internet

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