MLB Playoffs

Tomorrow is a big day for the MLB. For the first time, there will be NL and AL wildcard playoff games to discern who the wildcard team is from each perspective division. From the NL we have the St. Louis Cardinals traveling to Atlanta to face the Braves on their home turf at Turner Field. STL will send Kyle Lohse to the mound to face off against Kris Medlen. On the AL side we have the Baltimore Orioles traveling to Arlington to combat the offense power-house Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark. Texas will be sending Japan sensation Yu Darvish to the mound to duel Joe Saunders. The surprising Oakland Athletics took the AL by storm with an extremely impressive run after the All-Star game granting them the title of the AL west after finishing with a dominant 94-68 record.

After the wildcard playoff games, the winner of the NL contest will move on to play the Washington Nationals and the winner of the AL wildcard playoff game will go on to play the Bronx Bombers. That leaves Oakland playing Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Lions, and the Cincinnati Reds playing the San Francisco Giants.

Needless to say, the new wildcard playoff games will add a lot of drama, intensity, and cut-throat baseball to the 2012 postseason. Stay tuned for an exciting and thrilling October as we kick off the fall season with great playoff match ups. 

Dave Matthews Band at the Gorge Amphitheater

This last weekend I was lucky enough to attend the live performance of Dave Matthews Band at the Gorge for the third year in a row. In all honesty, this show has been the best I have seen yet, with lengthy set-lists covering his biggest hits as well as new tracks from his upcoming album Away from the World (releasing September 11th). Here are the setlists from all three days at the Gorge (August 31st-September 2nd).

Friday August 31st:

1. #41
2. Proudest Monkey
3. Satellite
4. Gaucho (new album)
5. Sweet (new album)
6. Why I Am
7. Grace Is Gone
8. Eh Hee
9. You Never Know
10. Mercy (new album)
11. Shake Me Like a Monkey
12. Typical Situation
13. Grey Street
14. Digging a Ditch
15. So Damn Lucky
16. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) (Sly and the Family Stone cover)
17. You & Me
18. Lie In Our Graves
19. What Would You Say
20. Pantala Naga Pampa
21. Rapunzel

Encore
22. The Space Between
23. Still Water (Daniel Lanois cover)
24. Dont Drink the Water

Saturday September 1st:

1. Seven
2. The Stone
3. Squirm
4. Alligator Pie
5. Crush
6. Spaceman
7. Mercy (new album)
8. Out of My Hands
9. Lying in the Hands of God
10. Dancing Nancies
11. Warehouse
12. Crash Into Me
13. Jimi Thing
14. Everyday
15. Time Bomb

Encore:
16. Some Devil
17. Ants Marching

Sunday September 2nd:

1. Minarets
2. Grave Digger
3. The Dreaming Tree
4. Funny the Way It Is
5. If Only (new album)
6. Stay or Leave
7. Raven
8. Cornbread
9. The Riff (new album)
10. Where Are You Going
11. Belly Belly Nice
12. Seek Up
13. Mercy (new album)
14. You Might Die Trying
15. Cant Stop
16. Lie In Our Graves (Reprise)
17. Halloween
18. Tripping Billies

Encore:
19. Sister
20. All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover)

First Post!

In a nutshell I will be using this newly created blog to build my "online portfolio." Also this blog will be used for my ComStrat 381 course as well as  my ComStrat 412 course. As I gain experience in the real world I hope to document my success and path through this blog account, using it to connect myself with other professionals and hopefully employers! Open to any and all followers and comments!