Joe Ruiz

I don’t normally have my Windows Media Center turned on in the mornings, but a funny tweet from my friend Brett prompted me to turn on SportsCenter. A few minutes later, I hear the breaking news alert, so I come back to my computer and see the news that Manny Ramirez has been suspended by MLB for 50 games for a positive test of a performance-enhancing substance.

I react to the news, but my obvious first thought is to tweet it out. I dig around for the link from the LA Times — who broke the story and were credited by SportsCenter — and I find the tweet from the @latimes account (not to get off track, but link to your own story, @latimes, not the home page). I retweet @latimes (adding the shortened URL I’d just created to the story) and watch the coverage.

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Here’s something embarrassing about me: I snore. Loud. I’ve known this because I’ve been told so, but it doesn’t happen all the time, or so I’ve been told by people who would have no reason to lie.

Why am I sharing this? Well, it’s 6:39 a.m., according to the coffeemaker that I’ve been sitting next to for the last 45 minutes.

Why am I sitting here? Well, I usually wake up during the night, but at various times this early morning, I’ve been stirred by grunts and my name being said. I’m staying at the home of my friend Mike’s brother, Matt, because we’re going to the Texas Rangers game on Opening Day.

The last time I woke up, I decided to check my phone for e-mail, and something made me look at Facebook, too. Well, I see my buddy Brett’s status message complaining about my snoring. Also added to the 10 comments was the host’s complaints about my snoring, too.
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I get home tonight and start bumping around the Internet while listening to the Spurs game. While browsing, I come across a link to today’s big Texas sports story about a banner flying over the University of Texas asking Longhorns head coach Mack Brown to quit whining about the BCS rankings (at Texas State in the FCS, we settle things on the field, but that’s not what I’m posting about, though). Thanks to the Austin American-Statesman for the better photo than the one below.

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