The Official Blog of Rob Smith

Well, we’re at post 106 in the history of www.therobsmith.com, along with 1,516 reader comments. Roger’s blog, by comparison, had a seemingly impressive 167 posts in its day, but most of those were short, poorly worded, and nearly incoherent or were rambling and talking about TV shows that no one watches.
Anyway, here is my somewhat [...]

I’m very happy that my Wright trade went through. I know a lot of people are going to make fun of Roger in this trade and say “Who trades Wright for Morneau?”, but the draft position he gains is pretty substantial. Besides giving up 30 HR and 100 RBI, I’m giving up 48 draft slots [...]

I think I have become convinced to get a PS3. Some introspection along with guidance from others has led me to this decision. The only downside will be that I won’t be able to play the few XBox games I already have. Even though I said console price wasn’t a big consideration, here are a [...]

Yes, it’s true, I’ve unearthed video footage of a college-aged Jim Perrotti at the UConn ice rink in late 2001 auditioning for a spot on the Solo Male Ice Dancing team (at that young age he was too timid to skate with a female partner) for the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. Unfortunately his [...]

Pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training, and the internet is heating up with fantasy baseball content. It’s a very exciting time of year, and I’m in the process of taking last year’s final rosters, figuring likely keepers and available players to determine who I might be able to target with my 9th and [...]

Greg, it’s good to hear from you – I thought you only posted under your nickname, “SPT”. How many times have WebAdmin and Internal Reports been down since I left?
I would like the officially announce that www.therobsmith.com supports the proposed “TicketNetwork Forest” outdoor music venue in Vernon, CT. In very broad terms, I see local [...]

So has anyone actually listened to the new HIM CD to offer their opinions? I guess not. Anyway Malone established the baseball league for this season, and I signed up my team, called “RogersWeddingCrasher”. Spring training starts next week and the internet will soon be awash in fantasy baseball projections, mock drafts, guides, player info, [...]

Today, February 9th, is of course the release date for HIM’s new album, “Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice”. I’ve listened to the album and am ready to offer my review of it. Whenever there is a conversation about HIM, their musical genre is questioned or debated. HIM has always existed on the periphery of [...]

I am finally back in Ramadi. The two people I was traveling with and I had a lot of difficulty getting out of the small base we were visiting – very few flights go in and out of there, and the few that did were canceled due to the snow/wind. We finally got on a [...]

Here in far western Iraq, the elevation is higher and the temperature can be much colder. Right now there is a strong, cold wind and a few minutes ago there was some brief snow and hail. It’s probably not that bad by New England standards, but our bodies aren’t accustomed to this kind of weather [...]