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As some of you know, every now and then, a good, happy riff catches my attention. And when you put some baseball in there, you got me… This is my new favorite “HAPPY” commercial, and now that we have it here, I don’t have to annoy my beautiful bride by playing it over and over on TIVO.
If this doesn’t make you happy, I don’t what to do… And let us always remember, baseball is, God’s sport…
By the way, it’s Will.I.Am covering Bob Dylan for Pepsi. The Kansas City Royal player is Billy Butler.

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The dog ate my diary. Seriously, “Stella the Wonder Dog” ate my yellow legal note pad, so I’m working off my limited memory this go around…
First, another big thanks to our sponsors for making our live broadcast of the Lassen High School championship softball game possible. They were (and still are if you listen to the archive): Lassen Municipal Utility District, the San Francisco Chronicle (call 257-6227 for home delivery), Rose’s Cafe (get a 10% off coupon for Rose’s by clicking on their ad), T & A Lounge, Leslie’s Jewelry, Mark Nareau, Attorney at Law and the CHP 140 Squad Club.  
Our next scheduled broadcast is June 13th, when the correctional officers from High Desert State Prison and the California Correctional Center square off in the Grizz Bowl at Arnold Field. As you can see on this page, the smack talk has already begun.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Lassen High football program, as renovations at Arnold Field continue. New bathrooms and a completely rebuilt press box. For more information, and to purchase tickets, click here. Lassen’s head football coach Tom St. Jacques has agreed to provide color commentary and carry me through the broadcast…
Also coming up exclusively here on the Lassen Sports Network, our live unedited interview with his “coachness” Ben Wade. We’ll be sitting down with coach  … Click the headline to continue reading this LSN Story

Competing correctional officers from the California Correctional Center and High Desert State Prison are set, (almost), to square-off on the gridiron at Arnold Field, Saturday, June 13th.
We say almost, because we’re told that C.C.C. is having some issues getting enough players to field a team. (Dare we say, scared ?). With that said, C.C.C has been given the go ahead to open up the roster to, Susanville Police Department personnel as well as members of the Lassen County Sheriffs Department.
Ticket prices have been set at $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for kids 12 and under. Proceeds from the game benefit the Lassen High School football program, as the building of a new press box at Arnold Field begins.
This will be the fifth meeting of  teams from the two correctional facilities.
At least until the game is over, can we call them “Prison Guards?” It sounds some much more, “footballish,” than “Correctional Officer.” 
Now to more ramblings from the yellow legal notepad, or as we like to call it, “The Diary”… I’ll start with something to listen to while you read on… This is my “happy commercial.”

You may have seen it during various sports broadcasts. Every time it comes on, it cheers me up. Enough so that  … Click the headline to continue reading this LSN Story

So, here we go. I’ve had numerous requests to do more column type writing here on Lassen Sports Network. Thank you for the comments, they are greatly appreciated and we will work harder.
Let me be clear, my style of writing is very “three-dottish,” mostly because my attention span sometimes lacks. I used to do some writing for the local paper and my column was, in essence, random notes from what my beautiful bride refers to as “my diary.” It’s actually a yellow legal notepad so it was oft times, mockingly referred to as “Dear Diary.”
My sister came up with “Blackwood’s Random Points of Ponderance” for a name. What say you ? (Hey Blackwood shut up doesn’t count). Anyway. I had a couple of comments that I wanted to pass along…
If you have a chance, shake the hand of a Lassen College baseball player and/or coach. I know you see an 8-22 record for the Cougars. What you may not see, is the fact that as recently as August, there was, in essence, no Lassen College baseball program. These young men and the staff have not only been a credit to their school, they have been a credit to our community,  … Click the headline to continue reading this LSN Story

Nope, I am not now, nor have I ever been a fan of Alex Rodriguez. And for previously publicized reasons of my own, but I do not hesitate to say:

Alex Rodriguez is one of the best baseball players I, or you, have ever seen play the game. Unless you just hate the guy or don’t get baseball, there’s no argument to be had. Was it the right thing to dabble in Performance Enhancing Drugs, (PEDs) from 2001 – 2003? (as he has confessed). That’s debatable. Was it the wrong thing? Probably.

I’m not one to judge the sincerity of an apology from someone I do not personally know, but I’ll say this for A-Rod, his coming-clean party  was the first time, outside of injury, that I felt an athlete gave a legitimate response as to why they did what they did. As I took it, Rodriguez told ESPN’s Peter Gammons, when asked why he took PEDs, and I’m paraphrasing here: “I just signed a ten year, 252 million dollar deal. Dude, that’s the biggest contract ever ! You don’t think I felt the pressure to be the best baseball player in history.” By no means am I advocating the use of  … Click the headline to continue reading this LSN Story