by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball, People
BASEBALL, PEOPLE Jack Hammer For the playoff run with the Boston Red Sox in 2013, I was the inactive 26th man traveling with the team in case of injuries. I did everything with the team like I was active; took batting practice, went to all the scouting meetings, and...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball, Lifestyle
BASEBALL, LIFESTYLE My Favorite Performance Enhancing Drug Is Laughter During the 2019 season, I took a Yale Summer School Online class titled “Brains of Genius”. It is one of the most popular classes at Yale, and I can see why. We studied the concept of genius...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball
BASEBALL You Need to Play When I tried out for the high school baseball program as a Freshman, I looked around at all the players that were older, bigger, stronger, and faster than me and, for the first time in my life, doubted if I was good enough. I made the team...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball
BASEBALL Baseball Terminology Bang it (verb) – cancel, end or suspend.Used in a sentence: “It is going to rain all night, so we need to postpone the game. Bang it!” Can also be used in the past tense: “The game was banged.” Dry Hump (noun, verb) – the act or process...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 12, 2022 | Random
RANDOM The Queen’s Gambit I played as the alternate on the chess team in 8th grade. Every time I tell someone that, I laugh to myself a little bit because it is in such contrast to the baseball/ “jock” stereotype that I might fit into otherwise. Also, I wasn’t...
