Introductory Post

Hello anyone interested. I'm Alex Freeman, a senior Electrical Engineering student at Virginia Tech who also happens to be very passionate about baseball. The two teams I'll talk about in this blog are my two favorite teams: the Nationals and the Orioles. This post is to give a few details about how I'm gonna be managing my blog and what you can expect me to talk about.

My first big disclaimer: I'm a bigger Nationals fan than Orioles fan. I almost never miss a Nationals game even though there's 162 of them. I'll probably catch about 40-50 Orioles games a year, but I do my best to keep up with Orioles news. Due to this, I'll probably be posting about 80-90% about the Nationals and 10-20% about the Orioles. However, when it comes to the playoffs, I watch every game like a hawk so I'll probably have some analysis on every playoff game but will definitely be posting in-depth on both teams during the playoffs.

My next big disclaimer: I'm extremely busy. This blog isn't my job, being a student is. I'm most likely entering graduate school either this winter or next fall, so I'll be very busy. I apologize ahead of time if I don't post nearly as much as any of you would like. However, I'll be doing my best to keep up with this blog so expect anywhere from 2-5 posts a week, depending on my workload (for instance, if I have 3 exams in one week like last week you'll be seeing closer to 2).

Finally, don't expect any deep historical posts. I think the best baseball blog I've seen is the Nationals blog written by Harper. He'll go up to 100 years in the past for some posts to prove a point. Don't expect that from me because 1) I don't have the time and 2) I'm not getting paid for this. However, if you have any suggestions for things you want me to look into for historical trends, don't hesitate to leave a comment suggesting I do that.

Speaking of comments, I'll be doing my best to respond to as many comments as I can. I want this to be an open, conversational blog so I'll keep the dialogue going between me and all of you. Don't hesitate to critique me but please be polite and I promise you'll get a positive reaction from me.

My last point: I hope this blog is fun for you all to read! I'm a huge fan but this won't be a "Yay look how good my team is! Let's talk about how good they are!" blog. I tend to think I know a lot about how baseball works so I'll be going relatively in-depth when it comes to aspects of both teams.

Thanks for reading and I hope you all enjoy!