I\u2019m trying to work on my interview skills for the coming season, so my week started by watching old episodes of Michael Landsberg\u2019s Off the Record on TSN. Good show. But if those conversations were off the record, then why were we seeing it? Are you allowed to do that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n2. Disclaimer 2.0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My legal team has advised me that my disclaimer from last week<\/a> wasn\u2019t as iron clad as they\u2019d like, and that I could still be prosecuted to the fullest This website is for entertainment purposes only.<\/p> The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred.<\/p> No animals were harmed in the making of this recap; although I suppose I did eat some chicken wings at one point between edits (R.I.P. those chicken<\/em>s). And I guess we can\u2019t ignore the unspeakable things I did to those chocolate bunnies while taking notes over the weekend. Correction<\/strong>: many animals were harmed in the making of this story. Sorry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n 3. Facebook Free Agency<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There were 2 free agents battling it out for a coveted NCBL roster spot last week over on Facebook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris Weber, a Texan who hasn\u2019t played baseball since High School in the 90\u2019s, is looking for a spot on a \u201cLevel 2\u201d team, based on the recommendation of a random Kingston Umpire who\u2019s favourite movie is Fifty Shades Darker. Louis Gadbois of the Black Sox is suspicious, no offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dylan DeRepentigny (.113), a former Raider, Hurricane, and Lynx, took the unprecedented approach of trying to land a spot as a Tier 4 reserve. What isn\u2019t known is if D. DeRepentigny is related to the F. DeRepentigny that hit .337 for the Beaver Lumber Athletics in the early 90\u2019s. That’s the kind of thing managers like to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ProTip<\/strong>: Don\u2019t ever put Tier 4 in your bio. That immediately eliminates you from Tiers 1-3, and the Tier 4 teams that are left are all trying to recruit Tier 1 talent to turn their franchises around (like the SweatSox did in \u201803)<\/em>. Just say you want Tier 1, and figure out how to not suck when tryouts come around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good luck to both players looking for spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. April Fools Day<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 1st came and went last Thursday, and dozens of people slid into my DM\u2019s asking if I, Shaun Keay, was going to post something foolish. Of course the answer was no, I don\u2019t need to wait for April Fools to post something stupid, I already do that all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plus, anything I could\u2019ve come up with would\u2019ve been too obvious. Would anyone have believed either of these clearly faux AFD headlines?<\/p>\n\n\n\n See, too unbelievable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Unhappy Easter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The NCBL Twitter account is no stranger to posting their well wishes on holidays. They\u2019ve done it in the past on New Years, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and who could forget the infamous NCBL Arbor Day tweet, but for whatever reason they were silent over this past Easter weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did they not want us to have a Happy Easter? Unlikely. I\u2019m going to assume that was just an oversight; so to avoid that in the future I suggest sending me the @NCBL<\/a> login credentials, which I will use to make sure mistakes like this don\u2019t happen again. #SweatSoxTakeOver<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n See you next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shaun Keay<\/p>\n\n\n\nif<\/s> when I eventually say or do something inappropriate (if I haven\u2019t already this week)<\/em>. The following should cover me moving forward:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n