About Hit by a Pitch
The child of Lithuanian immigrants, I spent my youth on the south side of Chicago selling newspapers, delivering groceries, and prizefighting.
Oh wait. That wasn’t me.
I’m a Chicago native living in the historic and crime-ridden Cole neighborhood of Denver with my boyfriend fiancé husband, our son (est. October 2009), and our two three (shit!) dogs and four cats (seriously). We live in a little (950 square feet) old (1888) house. In addition to kid and animal wrangling and writing here, I have a full-time job (I’m an editor). I used to be an attorney (I’m the type who loved law school but didn’t really love practicing law) and I have ADHD. Oh, also, I’m (known to abuse parentheses). I’m bad at most things but I mean well.
I like sports, and this was exclusively a sports blog until I got lame and started writing about other shit, and then I had a baby and it all went downhill. I still try to write about sports sometimes. Other than that, I write about whatever I feel like writing about. I blog because I like writing, and I blog publicly because it’s more fun for me if people read what I’ve written than it is if I write a bunch of stuff nobody ever sees.
My policy about writing about my kid is as follows: I write nothing I wouldn’t say to his face when he’s, like, 13 years old and pissed off or with his friends. I try to be respectful of him.
You can read about why I call this “Hit by a Pitch” here. If you want to know anything else, I suppose you just have to read some entries, because I’m not going to sit here and talk about myself all day.
I know the site is ugly; it’s just a WordPress template. I’d love to make it look cool, but I’m a lover, not a web designer.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy your time on my little site. Although I no longer allow comments on most posts (read why here — it’s nothing bad, I promise), I’ll do my best to respond if you email me at fanmail at hitbyapitch dot com or @hitbyapitch me on Twitter.
P.S. Here is my advice for you (if you were to ask me for advice): Things you can do that have a great chance of increasing your general level of happiness include working out really hard for an hour five days per week, living close to where you work, and having at least one animal. No excuses. Excuses are for pussies.
‘Just wanted to drop off a comment and tell you that I like your blog. The light humor makes it amusing to read! Definitely going to add it to my blogroll.
Troy
6 Apr 07 at 10:54 am
Awesome — thanks!
I’ll add you to my blogroll, too. It’s great to meet other people who like writing about sports.
hitbyapitch
7 Apr 07 at 5:17 pm
hey, just wanted to say that I like this blog, mostly because I also love José Mesa! And yes, I found this blog while Googling “José Mesa”
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Becky
16 Apr 07 at 7:03 am
hello hit by a pitch,
just a random hit, but not in the face…
hope all is well.
peace.
chris
12 Aug 07 at 2:10 pm
question? when a player throws a glove at a ball over his head in the out field. misses the ball and pickes the ball up and throws the player out at second. what is the ruling on that play. 2 question? when a player in on first and the batter hits him and he is still on the bag, is the player on first out?
matthew
8 Sep 07 at 7:00 am
You’re the nuts! Just found you via Deadspin but plan to continue reading… good takes.
J
J Money
1 Aug 08 at 12:20 pm
I love this blog. I finally found a chick that loves baseball (and sports, and beer) more than I do (maybe not beer). I’m still a Bears fan from the 80′s because I was in love with Jim McMahon. Keep up the good shit.
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1 Aug 08 at 5:19 pm
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Linda
2 Oct 08 at 7:42 am
What the fuck is twitter?
Matt
23 Dec 08 at 1:04 pm
Haha, Twitter is like a micro-blog for people with ADHD. It’s awesome.
Tracy
23 Dec 08 at 7:49 pm
Your blog really hits “home” with me. If I ever learn how to use twitter, read blogs, and do other things on the internets, I will check-in on this from time to time. See ya around!
Reed
21 Feb 11 at 2:32 pm
That will certainly make it easier for me to stalk you!
Tracy
21 Feb 11 at 5:26 pm
Hey,
I was googling White Sox vs. Rockies and found this site! I’m originally from Oak Forest, so Southside pride all the way! I’ll be at the White Sox vs. Rockies game on Wednesday also, but I got rockpile tickets because I’m cheap. I love the blog (or atleast what I’ve read so far!).
Amanda
28 Jun 11 at 12:33 pm
Thanks, Amanda! There were lots of Sox fans at Coors Field last night — it was great! Hope they can pull off a win tonight and it doesn’t rain or whatever it’s thinking of doing right now.
Tracy
29 Jun 11 at 3:32 pm
You make me laugh! HA. Also, I like to pretend like we are similar. I went to law school (and graduated), but do not practice law and I do not understand juice. What is juice for?!
Chrissy
20 Jan 12 at 6:35 pm
Hi Chrissy! Thanks, and welcome! It’s nice to find another person who doesn’t get law practice or juice!
Tracy
21 Jan 12 at 3:36 pm