Day 18 (Thursday, June 29)

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One of the reasons why I fell in love with journalism at the young age of 12 years old was the sports-coverage factor. As a little kid I used to dream of playing in the major leagues. Of course, that dream kind of fell through when my baseball talents ended at the high school level and was never offered a scholarship to University of Texas, the way I dreamed a lot about during my high school baseball days.

I am a pretty stubborn person. So, once I knew I wasn't going to be a pro athlete I had to figure out a way to get onto the pro baseball fields.

Assignments like the one that I had today at the home of the Chicago White Sox, U.S. Cellular Park, makes it all worth it. Journalism is putting me right on the field.

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Along with putting me on the field, it's bringing me around some pretty important people. Today's assignment was to go to the stadium to the news conference by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. I had a chance to see this important person right up front and the photo above looks pretty cool.

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Being in the stadium was cool and I got to see some of the behind the scenes. One of the offices at the stadium has this really cool lawn chair. It's composed of baseballs, bats and bases. How cool is that!

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I also got a chance to be right up close to the World Series trophy the White Sox won last year.

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I also got the chance to see the World Series ring right up close. Oh, that reminds me. I have to put in my order for my graduation ring. Woohooo. I get to sport some bling bling. This week I got a letter in the mail from CSUN telling me I am on the Dean's List. What????!!!??? Me on the Dean's List???

Believe it or not. I racked up 3.8 GPA and got me on the Dean's List. Not bad considering I took seven courses altogether.

My dream of being on the baseball fields is coming true. And I guess it's school and journalism that has got me there. I must say I am a lucky person for being able to live my dreams.

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