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Night Owlz

Tonight we caught another Orem Owlz game with Leah and her new roomate, Danielle.

I love minor league baseball.

The concessions-laden, family atmosphere makes it seem equal parts athletic event and carnival. There is a unique air of relaxation and lightheartedness. If the home team loses, it’s a shame, but it’s easily forgivable. If you don’t know the players by name, you get to cheer for them indiscriminately.

Not so with the Red Sox at Fenway. No sir, that’s business. Tough losses sting for days and stars have to live up to their hype. October is always on the line. There’s no time for silly fan promotions…only monster home runs and faultless defensive play.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the MLB, but–pardon the expression–it’s a whole different ballgame.

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Mascot Demolition Derby

We got free VIP passes to go to the Rocky Mountain Raceway’s “Doomsday of Destruction” event with some friends on Labor Day, and let me tell you…it was white-trash awesomeness.

The highlight of the show for me was the Mascot Demolition Derby, where BYU’s very own Cosmo the Cougar got to face off with Swoop, the U of U’s, ugly, avian, blundering-idiot mascot (and four other cooler mascots as well…Chief from the Utah Blaze, the Utah Flash Fox, etc).

The mayhem that ensued was a sight to behold. Before the derby even started, Swoop got out of his car and began vandalizing the hood of Cosmo’s ride with red spray paint. But, to the satisfaction of the BYU fans in the bleachers, Cosmo was also armed and proceeded to douse his fat head with blue silly string before wrestling him off the hood.

It was pretty crazy…Cosmo and Swoop were at each other the entire time.

The result? Take a look at the condition of these two cars and you tell me:

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Does it look like BYU 33, Utah 31 in 2006? Or perhaps BYU 17, Utah 10 in 2007? That’s right. Go Cougars.

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(Abbreviated) 20 Mile Run – Tom

Well…

When I set out it looked overcast.

When I got  half a mile in, it started to drizzle.

When I got a mile in, Provo Canyon looked like midnight.

When I got a mile and a half in, I was getting pelted by stinging hail and torrential downpours of rain.

When I got two miles in, Kristie was waiting under an overpass along the trail insisting I stop right away.

It was a good call…the run would have been miserable in heavy, wet shoes and chafing clothes…but it was tough because I was mentally prepared for it. It cleared up later (naturally), but by then I didn’t have enough time to finish it. Aggh. Now I’ve gotta figure out when I can do it next…time is winding down till Oct. 4th!