Big (Personal) News

We need to talk.

We need to talk about Albert Pujols hitting four home runs since I mentioned someone tell him he's slumping, just proving that he reads this blog.  We need to talk about another decent offensive showing in Florida.  We need to talk about the offense then declining as the Cards moved north, to the point that they almost got no-hit last night.  We need to talk about whether this ultra-aggressive approach is working.  We need to talk about Chris Carpenter not being completely Chris Carpenter, but Brad Thompson getting the job done.

We need to talk about all of that and more, but unfortunately my time this morning is limited, so those discussions will have to wait for a while.  However, I've got good news, everyone (said Professor Farnsworth) and it has nothing with switching my car insurance to GEICO.

Somehow, in all this blogging, my e-mail address has popped up to some interesting people.  I've had a chance to review books (I still need to comment on Rob Rains's Tony LaRussa book, that'll come soon.) and interact with people at FSMW, not to mention more regular discussions with people like Derrick Goold and Matthew Leach.  So when I had an e-mail from an account coordinator talking about scheduling interviews for some people, it wasn't a huge surprise, but it was an amazing opportunity.

After some back and forth, tomorrow, at 1:30 pm Central time, I will be talking to none other than Ozzie Smith, my childhood Cardinal hero.  He is doing some promotional work for Bank of America and their MLB Checking program.

(I'm sure we'll talk about the details of that tomorrow, but this is a pretty interesting program besides the whole "Cardinals on your debit card" thing.  I mean, they increase their regular match from the "Keep The Change" program to 10% and you accumulate points toward things like game-used memorabilia or possibly even participating in pre-game activities.  How cool is that?)

Anyway, you can hear this interview at Blog Talk Radio tomorrow, just like our regular UCB Radio Hour.  If you can't make it live, this will be available via iTunes, on BTR, or on any of the UCB sites that have a BTR player soon afterwards.  To say I'm looking forward to it is an understatement and I hope that you will enjoy it as well.