I follow a lot of people on twitter, but one of my very favorites goes by the handle @phenom1984. He is smart, he is funny, and he knows a lot about baseball. And football, and apparently tennis. Come to think of it, I have no idea why he isn’t a staff writer here. Oh wait. I remember now. He has a job and kids and school and a life, he even has a blog he doesn’t write on much.
Anyway, I’ve been bugging him to write stuff for me for a long time now and he did and so I am very happy. Please welcome Phenom.
- Sarah
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Despite facing an alarm that would be going off at 4:30 in the morning, I could be found at 11:30 last night watching, of all things, tennis. Specifically, the Australian Open, which started a couple days ago in Melbourne. Considering Australia is on the other side of the world, all the good stuff happens overnight for those of us in the Eastern Time Zone, so I have to take what I can get and sacrifice some things like, well, sleep.Directv has no fewer than six channels dedicated to Australian Open coverage, and these can be found in the 700s for those of you wondering where to get your tennis fix. One of these channels is a mix channel which shows as many as six matches at once. Those of you familiar with Directv mix channels know that it’s the most awesomest and most crappiest way to watch, because we are simultaneously treated to tons of similar coverage wrapped into the smallest of available screen space. This, however, did not deter me as I settled into the pulse-pounding excitement of the much-ballyhooed and overhyped second round match between… umm… crap, no Wikipedia today… wait, there it is…USA’s own Christina McHale and neighboring New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic.
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