tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729583447361917752024-03-12T19:00:52.027-07:00Nick's RamblingsNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-24471418049053635532011-05-02T18:00:00.000-07:002011-05-02T18:03:45.600-07:00Let's Do This!! 10k Mud Run!!So with less than a week to go this will probably be my last blog post. I am happy to say I am probably 98% healthy and about as ready as I can be for this mud run. The strain on my pelvic muscle really hampered my training but I am not offering any excuses. Doing any type of running, jumping or core workouts were pretty much out for four weeks but I feel good.I have been running and biking Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-35018050134632532872011-04-24T11:40:00.000-07:002011-04-27T16:59:47.798-07:00Getting Down and Dirty for Charity!!!As I write the most recent blog entry for my 10k Mud Run I write it on Easter Sunday and after of course, my most recent workout. I was debating on if I should go for a run today or not, but I had so much on my mind and had such a bad nights worth of sleep I felt I needed to go for a run. Sometimes a long run helps to clear my mind, in fact sports and athletics has always been my escape. When I Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-46889405544616954632011-01-11T18:01:00.000-08:002011-01-11T18:11:21.788-08:00 my donation pageIt's been about one full year since I last posted on my blog, I figure with 2011 here now is as good a time as any to get back to blogging. With that in mind I figure I would start where I left off in 2010, with Master the Met!In 2010 I ran up the Met and I was able to raise close to $200 while finishing with a time of 8:56. Out of 1,244 people that participated I finished 231...Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-36815855221125116402010-02-09T08:29:00.000-08:002010-02-11T20:29:12.862-08:00Running up 42 Floors of the Met! my donation pageFor anyone that has ever been unemployed, you know you have more time than you know what to do with. I try to make the most of my time, by going to networking events and talk to people that might help me get a job.However, I also spend a good amount of time watching television to pass the time and one night while staying up late I saw a commercial for Master the Met. I was Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-75773115599929515852010-01-04T11:29:00.000-08:002010-01-04T11:31:05.796-08:00New Year, Million Dollar ContractsSo now that the New Year is hear, I want to reflect on a few things. First off, how to say the year.For the past 10 years I have put up with how people said the year, mentioning it in the thousands. For example, 2009 was said as two thousand and nine.It is now 2010. Please stop saying it as two thousand and ten. It should be twenty-ten. It’s not a big deal; I just think too many people are sayingNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-90237797903961543732009-12-23T15:45:00.000-08:002009-12-23T15:54:52.067-08:00Food Poisoning At Christmas!There are not many things in life that could be as uncomfortable as food poisoning. I got to experience that for the third time in my life on Monday night. It probably was by far the worst experience of the three times I had it.It hit me pretty hard when I was driving home around 8:30pm. I had gone out to meet some friends for dinner at 7:00 p.m. and I already wasn’t feeling good at the Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-18113547706396913422009-10-09T11:08:00.000-07:002009-10-09T13:48:45.250-07:00I'm Out of Ideas Looking for a JobDo this, don’t do that. Fill this form out, and that form out. Post your resume here and here and take that out and put that in. It’s amazing how many people out there offer advice on how to land a job.If there is one thing I have discovered in my quest for a job is that nobody can seem to agree on how to get a job, or what makes a resume stand out. I have changed my resume so many times it Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-11708527371806020962009-07-15T06:10:00.000-07:002009-08-10T07:37:33.815-07:00Stan "The Man" Deserved BetterOne of the common arguments I would get into while traveling up and down the East Coast broadcasting baseball was how great Stan Musial was. It was common, after all I worked in an area where the Yankees ruled, I worked with Yankee fans, and they are the team and only team for many people.However, when I started dropping Musial stats on them, what he did in his career and how he is one of the Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-72551136523768390602009-05-25T07:12:00.000-07:002009-05-25T07:24:34.623-07:00Moving Back to St. LouisSo after almost making it three years in Augusta, GA I have decided to move back home to St. Louis and start a new adventure. I will be teaming up with my friend Brendan to host a two-hour late night sports show in St. Louis.While I am sad that I am not doing baseball play-by-play this year, sometimes things always have a way of working out for the best. After all, if I was still broadcasting Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-42725919529584259072009-04-23T09:00:00.000-07:002009-04-23T09:13:46.312-07:00Expensive seats, the Natinals and No Hitters.So there are quite a few things in baseball the last week or so that has caught my eye. First, the feel good story of Patrick Schuster. If you haven’t heard of him then you are not paying attention. Schuster is a high school senior in Trinity, FL and has pitched four consecutive no hitters. He is 18-years old, is 6’2, 165 pounds and has not allowed a hit in 26.1 innings while striking out 60. Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-40788607788808043922009-04-13T13:47:00.001-07:002009-04-14T10:35:50.413-07:00Kalas Was One of the GreatsIt’s a sad day in the sports world with the announcement that Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas has passed away. This has been a rough start to the baseball season, first the tragic news of the Angles young 22 year old pitcher Nick Adenhart being killed in a hit and run traffic accident. Now 73 year old Kalas passes away.Adenhart had a world and lifetime of baseball still to experience and was Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-28518836442332942832009-04-08T12:32:00.000-07:002009-04-11T10:43:32.551-07:00The Religion of BaseballSome people tell me I have an unhealthy addiction to baseball. I don’t know about that, I just love the game. People have different things in their lives that bring them joy, mine is baseball. That is why I chose to pursue a career in the game, because I wanted to work in a job that I love.Some people choose to work in baseball for just the pure fact that it’s a job. Then there are people like meNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-66421761851912164812009-04-06T11:57:00.000-07:002009-04-06T11:59:17.032-07:00Web Site Change...AgainSo I decided to update my web site…again. This is probably the fifth time I have changed the overall design and look of it. Generally I like to take ideas from other web sites and see if I can incorporate them into mine.While the layout is the same, you will notice the colors and graphics have all been changed. The idea behind the design change is to make the web site a little more bright and Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-69972581675270951092009-03-16T12:55:00.000-07:002009-03-16T13:30:35.805-07:00Helping a Friend Get HiredI was sent this video from my Mom and I absolutely love it!!! I wonder if I have friends that would do this for me? With me being a bit of a showman, I would probably do it for a friend of mine. Enjoy.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-40547264868373519452009-03-11T10:25:00.000-07:002009-03-11T10:39:05.081-07:00Making Sacrifices During Hard Times There comes a time in a person’s life when you sit down and have to make hard, tough decisions. I am at one of those points in my life right now. The economy is in the crapper and good paying jobs are just about impossible to get.Layoffs are a common word in the daily headlines along with foreclosures, bankruptcy and bailouts. I am not getting any bailout money, I have been one of the many Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-18190719122646473252009-02-27T05:34:00.000-08:002009-02-27T08:51:21.837-08:00Manny Ramirez, Get a Clue!There is such a disparity in this country I can not believe it. As I sit and write this, I continue to live pay check to pay check. I continue to watch my spending and hope that I can make rent next month, however I still find myself lucky to even have a job. Considering the millions of people that are out work, I can not believe what I am reading today from the world of baseball.Manny Ramirez Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-66143638220083605502009-02-24T13:07:00.000-08:002009-02-24T13:18:16.796-08:00The MLB Network...or CricketThis is an appeal to all cable companies, please add MLB Network as part of the standard cable package.I don’t care about Fox Sports World and some cricket game in Indonesia.What I do care about is watching baseball and getting all the latest info I can.Of course, that is probably why cable companies feel they should charge to add MLB Network (or NFL Network). It’s all about demand and if people Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-12739587208471239142009-02-23T10:27:00.000-08:002009-02-23T10:45:53.333-08:00Getting LocalSo I have stayed away from writing about this economy for as long as I can, but it is absolutely killing the communications industry. Radio and television stations across the country are cutting back, freezing salaries, laying off people and adding on more work on the people left behind. In the end it’s the product that suffers, and the product is what you need in order to sell to make the Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-11233258744030806832009-02-02T06:51:00.000-08:002009-02-02T07:24:15.936-08:00Warner has MVP Game in Super Bowl LossSuper Bowl XLIII was probably one of the best Super Bowl’s in history. Kurt Warner has now played in three of arguably the top five Super Bowl’s in history and is 1-2. Warner probably went to sleep thinking about how the interception at the end of the first half cost the game for the Cardinals, a 100 yard TD return by Pittsburgh going into the half. I still can't believe nobody could make a Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-40827070017388151922009-01-28T09:24:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:35:49.078-08:00The Kurt Warner Gold JerseyFor anyone that knows me, they know I am a very superstitious person when it comes to sports. I have been my whole life. I had my routine when I played baseball and soccer. I still have the same routine when I play on my soccer league now.However, my superstitions carry over to watching sports as well. If I am doing something that is affecting my team, I pay attention. Which is why when I had a Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-78598613503991781182009-01-13T10:22:00.000-08:002009-01-13T12:26:15.811-08:00Long Days In Single-A BaseballI am not sure too many people realize the amount of work and hours it takes to be a broadcaster in Minor League Baseball, at least at the Single-A level. I am not sure on the hours put in by Double-A and Triple-A broadcasters since I have yet to reach that plateau, but in Single-A, the days were long and grueling.I was in a discussion with a college kid the other day about working in broadcastingNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-33179214380544043312009-01-04T07:46:00.000-08:002009-01-07T16:18:47.215-08:00Sports fans deserve better than the BCSThere are many things in this world that are flawed; the price of gasoline, the cost of checking a bag on an airplane, having to pay for cheese on a whopper and then of course the BCS.I can not continue to speak of how stupid, idiotic and dumb the Bowl Championship Series is. Utah did it again, went undefeated in the regular season and won its BCS game by knocking off Alabama and still will not Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-84161751970448512232008-12-23T16:32:00.000-08:002009-01-14T13:51:29.900-08:00So I Like Notre Dame, Big DealMy name is Nick Barrale…and I am Notre Dame Fan. I feel like I should stand up and make that announcement in front of a group of people or during an intervention.If you are the type of person that has a hard time meeting new people, just go out in public wearing a Notre Dame shirt or anything Notre Dame related for that matter because you will have all sorts of people coming up to you, at least INickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-70482691630403998352008-12-13T13:10:00.000-08:002009-01-13T10:37:59.733-08:00What is My Value to a Company?While I was employed with the GreenJackets, I was given a copy of Cal Ripken Jr.’s book, Get into the Game. I actually started reading it at the start of the season when riding on the bus. However, as the season went on, I decided to use my time on the bus to catch up on sleep.I finally finished it after picking it up again. The book itself draws upon many thoughts of Ripken and relates his Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272958344736191775.post-48257508156515750892008-12-01T06:02:00.000-08:002008-12-02T06:06:07.041-08:00Why I Hate FlyingFor anyone that knows me, it’s no secret that I absolutely hate to fly. It’s not so much the flying part that bothers me; it’s the coming down part. What makes it even worse is the fact that this last time flying the airline decided to send my bag to San Juan, Puerto Rico instead of St. Louis, MO. How it ended up in San Juan is a mystery to me, however I did finally get my bag, the day before I Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791445282617203736noreply@blogger.com0