June Update - Welcome Summer!

The month of May brought a number of things my way. In terms of sports, tennis season is in full swing and it seems like my game is improving rapidly after a sideways year in 2016 while I re-tooled my serve. 

And, over the past few months, I have found myself missing the game of baseball. So, I decided to do something about it. 

For the first time since 2011, I am pitching again. I am playing for the East York Bulldogs of the Greater Toronto Baseball League (here's my player page), which is a rung below the semi-pro level that represented the pinnacle of my baseball career.

This is still competitive baseball. We will be competing in the Ontario championship in August for a berth in the national championship. In fact, I was named pitcher of the year in the GTBL in 2010 before moving up to semi-pro.

My arms feels great so far and past teammates think I may actually be throwing harder, with better control, than I did six years ago.

Work-wise, I was able to combine a baseball anecdote with the music of Meat Loaf for a fun anchor chat.

At the end of May, I went on a road trip to Vegas and California with two of my best friends from high school. There were a lot of laughs and a lot of potent potables.

I was also able to get a picture on the way back to Toronto with one of my favourite characters from The Office, Toby Flenderson.

"If I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and Toby, I would shoot Toby twice."

April Update - Spring Sprung

And so begins the best first week of any month (in my mind anyway). 

Monday marks the opening day of the 2017 Major League Baseball season (the best sport in the world) and it's also the start of Masters week (the greatest tournament in the world).

I'm probably in the minority, but the World Baseball Classic catalyzed my focus on the new baseball season a couple of weeks earlier than normal (and that's with Team Canada laying a complete egg in their three lacklustre games).

The passion from the players in the WBC was contagious.

And Jays fans had to be ecstatic seeing Marcus Stroman weave six innings of dominance in the final against Puerto Rico.

I shared my thoughts on how he did it on Global Durham:

It should be another exciting baseball season in Toronto that's for sure!

Here's my April schedule at Global:

Wednesday through Friday - 5 p.m. newscast for Durham, 11 p.m. for Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Fredericton.

Saturday and Sunday - 10 p.m. newscast for Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon and 11 p.m. for Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Fredericton. 

Thanks for reading and watching!

March Update - Winter Time and the Living's Easy

February was a very fun month. Due to a scheduling quirk, I was able to take two vacations down south for sunshine and warmth (although it was unseasonably warm across much of the country).

I spent the middle of February in Puerto Rico. It was the same resort I went to last year and, yes, I did once again run into my tennis buddies from Minnesota. This time we included some after-dark potent potables in addition to the tennis.

I returned to work and co-hosted Global's morning show for a week, which was an absolute blast. I always love filling in on that show. I did everything from cooking segments, a cocktail feature and even ended a show with some yoga.

After my week on the morning show, I was able to get away to Hilton Head, South Carolina for a few days to visit my parents and play some more tennis.

I will be back to my normal schedule in March. 

Wednesday through Friday - 5 p.m. newscast for Durham, 11 p.m. for Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Fredericton.

Saturday and Sunday - 10 p.m. newscast for Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon and 11 p.m. for Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Fredericton. 

Thanks for reading and watching!