KWB and Jackals Link

The first order of business today is to thank the NJ Jackals for acknowledging this little blog we have here at KWB. As I've mentioned many times before, I'm flattered by how many people visit the site and comment. (Thanks again to our loyal readers!) Now we have another member of the group! Recently, they have added a link to KWB on their homepage at www.jackals.com. Be sure to check out jackals.com for up-to-the-minute news and information about the team.

I also wanted to share something that I was able to be a part of today before our 11am game this morning. Before the game, I was asked to be interviewed by a number of students that were studying journalism. From the looks of it, they ranged from ages 13-15. They set up the interview with the group having questions for me as well as two other players. We were up on the "stage" one at a time, and the "reporters" (students) fired away their questions. A lot of the questions were thought out and it was apparent that they had spent time researching our team. We even had a "moderator" who repeated each question to the group, so everyone knew the questions being answered.

This was the first time that I had ever been interviewed in this setting, by this age group. I really appreciated the teachers setting this up with our team. What a great idea to be able to give the students great on-the-job experiences with professional athletes and coaches!

I hope the students got what they wanted out of the interviews. I know that I truly enjoyed answering their questions and it was refreshing to talk about the Jackals with the group.

We are home through Monday so if you're around, stop by the ballpark and come down and say hello!