Spring Break
Pipe dreams
Nick Lilja
Issue date: 5/14/08 Section: Sports
This column was meant for last week, but due to certain events, it was waived until this week. In retrospect, this column sounds rather absurd, you don't have to read it.
Birthdays are always tricky. What to ask for? I tend to ask for nothing but a smile and a "happy birthday" from friends and family. I've never been one to need anything material. Love and respect are my favorite gifts. Top them off with a sincere "how's your day?" and it'll be a good day.
But there are a few things I have been inkling for during the past few years and I just want to let them out and give everyone a while to get them ready for me.
I want to watch an athlete who makes a big play to not point at the sky, kiss his Cross or make any kind of religious motion. I believe religion should be private, call me old-fashioned if you must, but I hope that your God was busy with war, disease and famine and not helping you sack a quarterback in a preseason game.
I want to have a baseball brawl in early May between two .500 teams. Then later that year have one win the pennant and point to that brawl as the solidifying moment of the season. I also want a pitcher to be ejected for fighting dirty.
I want Oregon State basketball to win 20 games, three years in a row again. I also want to see all of those players stay all four years and graduate with a degree in something other than speech communication and basket weaving. I know that's asking for a lot from coach Craig Robinson, but I bet I'm not alone - and that he can do it.
I want to call play-by-play for a college baseball game from a college baseball stadium. Trust me, it's a lot to ask for.
I want LaVonda Wagner to teach me how to intimidate the opposition without saying a word. She can walk into a room, command attention and incite panic. She is a very pleasant woman but I couldn't name one person on campus that would want to meet her in an alley.
I want Goss Stadium to stay the same as it is, right now, regardless of how many championships the Beavers win, or fans they have at games. It's the perfect size for Corvallis.
Birthdays are always tricky. What to ask for? I tend to ask for nothing but a smile and a "happy birthday" from friends and family. I've never been one to need anything material. Love and respect are my favorite gifts. Top them off with a sincere "how's your day?" and it'll be a good day.
But there are a few things I have been inkling for during the past few years and I just want to let them out and give everyone a while to get them ready for me.
I want to watch an athlete who makes a big play to not point at the sky, kiss his Cross or make any kind of religious motion. I believe religion should be private, call me old-fashioned if you must, but I hope that your God was busy with war, disease and famine and not helping you sack a quarterback in a preseason game.
I want to have a baseball brawl in early May between two .500 teams. Then later that year have one win the pennant and point to that brawl as the solidifying moment of the season. I also want a pitcher to be ejected for fighting dirty.
I want Oregon State basketball to win 20 games, three years in a row again. I also want to see all of those players stay all four years and graduate with a degree in something other than speech communication and basket weaving. I know that's asking for a lot from coach Craig Robinson, but I bet I'm not alone - and that he can do it.
I want to call play-by-play for a college baseball game from a college baseball stadium. Trust me, it's a lot to ask for.
I want LaVonda Wagner to teach me how to intimidate the opposition without saying a word. She can walk into a room, command attention and incite panic. She is a very pleasant woman but I couldn't name one person on campus that would want to meet her in an alley.
I want Goss Stadium to stay the same as it is, right now, regardless of how many championships the Beavers win, or fans they have at games. It's the perfect size for Corvallis.
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