I like the new name. Andy told us a story about his experience with baseball card grab bags (maybe he can tell it here) and I had a similar story. When I was a kid living in New Orleans, my dad would sometimes take us on crazy road trips. If they involved watching music or sports, I was down. But sometimes we'd just go to random towns. Boring, right? So the first time he took us 90 minutes away to Ponchatoula, LA, my brothers and I were dreading it.

This was the early- to mid-90s. Beckett was the Bible, right? Right

And the gr

At this time, we were mainly into the NBA and usually went to the basketball packs. We ended up with more Shaqs and Jordans than our friends even knew existed. We'd have so

"What? You're giving me a Dan Majerle rookie card? Beckett says this is worth $5!"
"Dude, we have 23 of them in that one shoebox alone."
Seriously, we would save up $10 or $20 each and beg to go to Ponchatoula and spend all of our money on grab bags. The guy who owned the store knew then what we all know today: 99.9% of those cards from the 80s and 90s are financially worthless. But what it did for young sports fans and collectors is immeasurable.
Years later, even after that guy closed his store, I found myself bringing my own family to Ponchatoula, which also happens to be like the strawberry capital of the universe. No one sells cards there anymore, as far as I know, but I'll never forget that antiques store and those grab bags.
So Grab Bag Sports it is...
Unfortunately for me, the launch of this site comes at a pretty low point for me as a sports fan. The Cubs are so terrible and aren't even fun to watch anymore. I still do it, but it isn't fun. I usually put it on while I'm working these days. Or trying to fall asleep. Meanwhile, I'm hearing the Hornets not exactly refusing to listen to offers for Chris Paul. That would be a serious blow, possibly the nail in the coffin, as far as my interest in the NBA goes these days. (The Hornets need him and so does that city and its kids... if you trade him right now, personally, I'm done.) There's also a College World Series going on without LSU, which is always sort of sad.
So, maybe the Cubs will do something exciting soon? If not, there's always Saints stuff coming up! Either way, I'm looking forward to the new site and I think Allen has done a great job. Get ready for more nonsense from me soon.
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What, Big Z not exciting enough for you?
The Cubs are dead to me. Not that I was spending much time following them this year, but I've probably read my last game recap until 2011.
Great, great times here, though. Onward and upward for the Grab Bag Boys!
You know, Big Z would've excited me 5 years ago. Now I'm old and bitter and want these young punks off of my lawn and my baseball team. If he's 8-2, I wouldn't see what the big fuss is about. But this guy is not a good pitcher. Bad player + bad teammate = no patience from me.
But how about those Cubs! A win yesterday and now we'll sweep the Pirates!
I retract my "sweep" statement.
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