Story #12, 13 -- Written from coast to coast...

CINCINNATI, OHIO -- OK, the "coast" of the Ohio River to be more precise.

Greetings from the Buckeye State. That's right, I'm in Ohio, seeing Mary once more before she heads to Greece this summer and enjoying the extended Memorial Day Weekend. It was a hectic week leading into this opportunity, and this one has been no different.

(FYI-- next week will, shocker, also be hectic. But I'm OK with that.)

I was able to knock in a few more stories and 40 more hours this week. Some of aforementioned hours were in Sacramento, Cali. Some of them were about 10,000+ feet in the air between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Cincinnati, Ohio. And some of the writing was done at Mary's desk while she was off at work.

Case and point, (cue the music) keep a look out for Mark Shugar and his amazing, fan-tacular 'virtual office,' it could be coming to a city near you. Tickets on sale now.

Alright, here are my stories that went live on MiLB.com today:

Click here for my story about High Desert Mavericks third baseman Michael Saunders. He's Canadian, he chose baseball over hockey despite "NHL potential," so what's not to like? A shout out to hockey moms in the story, who says you can't put a personal touch on a story?

Click here for my story about Salt Lake Bees radio announcer Steve Klauke. I've done a few announcer stories before, but this was one more like what I expected. Fourteen years of experience, loves the team and the city, can list players and moments, etc. Steve was a nice guy and made for a heck of a story. Fun to write (hopefully) means fun to read!

Well, everyone have enjoyable holiday weekends. I'm looking forward to The Taste of Cincinnati tomorrow (went last year, deeeee-licious), so I hope you have something fun planned too!