Almost a brush with greatness, twice removed

My sports fever is starting to shift from baseball to football now that it's almost Labor Day. Bring on the pigskin! But I've still been following Major League Baseball.

The Rangers are my fave, but there are several players around the league that I dig too; one being Torii Hunter from the Minnesota Twins. A friend of ours grew up with Torii and they party at his house in Dallas during the off season, but I've never had the chance to meet him. I would probably get all nervous and fail to squeak out any real words if I happened to be face to face with him.

Well, last night Torii's brother was at our house and I wasn't home. Insert frustrated grunt here! At the very least I could have had his brother pass along the message of admiration. I could have asked him all sorts of questions about what it was like to grow up with Torii, what the backyard baseball games were like.... Okay, maybe it's best I wasn't home. Staaaalkerrrr...

What in the world was Torii Hunter's brother doing at our house? Uhh...Dropping off a huge stash of Torii's bling and asking us for insight on ways to increase batting average. Okay, not really. Although that would have been sweet. Actually, he was helping our friends load up a TV that conked out on us. Our friends are going to fix it and keep it and we're getting a different one. The real story isn't nearly as exciting as the fake one.

Hmmm....maybe I'll break more of our stuff and it will just happen to coincide with Torii's offseason in Dallas...stay tuned!