• Baseball

    My Time With Gary Carter

    What can I say about Gary Carter, that has not been covered since the Hall Fame baseball Player passed away.  First, let’s look at the obvious things that most people will mention when it came to his baseball career. Born in 1954, Carter was drafted by the Montreal Expos and played 17 of his 19 big league season with the them as well as the New York Mets, including the 1986 World Championship season.  He was  inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003. I always admired Gary as a baseball player, but I got to know him as a person during the one season he played under Tommy Lasorda…

  • Baseball,  Technology

    2011 MLB Team Salaries (INFOGRAPHIC)

    I am not a designer.  I admit it.  However, I have been fascinated by all of the cool infographics that have been showing up online lately.   I have mentioned them and posted a few here in the last two weeks.  This includes the Facebook vs Twitter Infographic or the 2011 Obsessed with Facebook Infographic. This morning, I got up determined to create my first-ever sports infographic.  I have not seen many online.  The closest I have ever seen something like this in the sports world is the USA Today Snapshots from the printed paper.  I stumbled across the salaries page on ESPN.comand thought that would be a good place to start. As a former PR…