So, I got to do an interview...

[biggentleben]

...with one of my heroes of writing!

 

John Sickels is one of the guys who really fanned the flame of my interest in prospects in his ESPN days and has kept it up for years since. I interviewed him for Puckett's Pond on his career and his Twins fandom. I figured it'd be a fun read for those here:

 

http://puckettspond.com/2017/07/13/interview-prospect-writer-minnesota-twins-fan-john-sickels/

[gunnarthor]

nice work

[nicksaviking]

"One day, Bill James walked into the luggage store where my wife was working. She recognized him and mentioned that her husband would love to work for him"

 

How do you make the dumbfounded emoji? That's quite an impressive spouse.

[biggentleben]

 

"One day, Bill James walked into the luggage store where my wife was working. She recognized him and mentioned that her husband would love to work for him"

 

How do you make the dumbfounded emoji? That's quite an impressive spouse.

 

No kidding. That was perhaps the most awesome part of that story!