My girlfriend is a finalist for special edition playmate of the year. Go vote for Bryleigh Rayne. Ill be in good standing!
http://www.playboy.com/specialeditions/top10vote/
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
And Don't Forget Those Wonderful Words, "You Know What I Like"
Z. Kroenke spent all day doing habitat for humanity which is a tremendous cause his first day on the marlins caravan. I believe an autograph signing was mixed in at a Jiffy Lube which is just awesome.
Taylor Green was taking a bit of a beating for "waiting" on his injury which was disappointing to read. Taylor was originally injured at the end of the regular season and waited to see how it healed per the teams request. Hope this clears up all taylor green questions regarding his decision to wait.
Watched a couple of guys throw bullpens at my old HS today, got to see adrian nieto catch for the first time this off season and am headed to st lucie tomorrow most likely to see Darren Ford and Mike Brantley
That it for today
Mahalo
J
Taylor Green was taking a bit of a beating for "waiting" on his injury which was disappointing to read. Taylor was originally injured at the end of the regular season and waited to see how it healed per the teams request. Hope this clears up all taylor green questions regarding his decision to wait.
Watched a couple of guys throw bullpens at my old HS today, got to see adrian nieto catch for the first time this off season and am headed to st lucie tomorrow most likely to see Darren Ford and Mike Brantley
That it for today
Mahalo
J
Monday, February 2, 2009
25 random facts, habits, and goals about me!
5 random facts, habits, and goals about me!Share
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.
1. I have had 40 surgeries in my lifetime.
2. John Buccigross destroyed the periodic table because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
3. In spite of traveling to a billion countries (england,france,israel, ETC...) I have never been to mexico and finally got to canada in 2008
4. I dont watch sports on my down time except for hockey,I guess that means I watch A sport on my down time
5. I went to LA with my dear friend Brandon after HS. We saw the movie swimming pool at some small theater in LA. In line next to us waiting to buy tickets was james worthy. At the end of watching that nonsensical garbage of a film I got up and yelled "what in the name of James Worthy did we just fucking watch?"
6. I hate people that blog. Nobody fucking cares.
7. I run my own blog
8. Kurt Cobain is my musical savior
9. Eddie Vedder is not
10. I had the nickname 80 in high school because I told everyone I could throw 80 mph as a freshman.
11. I couldnt and was promptly hazed on the hood of a camero
12. I pitched 1 inning in HS with the stellar line of 9 runs none earned 3 walks 5 hits and 1k
13. I saw Kurt Cobain perform when I was 12
14. I saw Mitch Hedberg perform when I was 20
15. I performed in college doing stand up the last 2 years I was at fsu
16. Was I any good? I no longer perform stand up comedy.
17. Fsu was the only college I applied to in high school
18. I have over 100,000 autographs I mostly acquired in high school in lieu of working
19. I tend to date girls that are tall, blonde, hate their dads have an eating disorder and/or a drug problem
20. I am allergic to Latex and Penicillin proving there is a god and he hates me for many many reasons. He also seems to have a sense of humor.
21. I taught myself how to play the guitar in 8 months. I am an awful teacher.
22. I study philosophy everyday. Really.
23. I hate celebrity more than anything on the planet.
24. Ive always believed I would die before everyone else.
25. I'm still waiting.
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.
1. I have had 40 surgeries in my lifetime.
2. John Buccigross destroyed the periodic table because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
3. In spite of traveling to a billion countries (england,france,israel, ETC...) I have never been to mexico and finally got to canada in 2008
4. I dont watch sports on my down time except for hockey,I guess that means I watch A sport on my down time
5. I went to LA with my dear friend Brandon after HS. We saw the movie swimming pool at some small theater in LA. In line next to us waiting to buy tickets was james worthy. At the end of watching that nonsensical garbage of a film I got up and yelled "what in the name of James Worthy did we just fucking watch?"
6. I hate people that blog. Nobody fucking cares.
7. I run my own blog
8. Kurt Cobain is my musical savior
9. Eddie Vedder is not
10. I had the nickname 80 in high school because I told everyone I could throw 80 mph as a freshman.
11. I couldnt and was promptly hazed on the hood of a camero
12. I pitched 1 inning in HS with the stellar line of 9 runs none earned 3 walks 5 hits and 1k
13. I saw Kurt Cobain perform when I was 12
14. I saw Mitch Hedberg perform when I was 20
15. I performed in college doing stand up the last 2 years I was at fsu
16. Was I any good? I no longer perform stand up comedy.
17. Fsu was the only college I applied to in high school
18. I have over 100,000 autographs I mostly acquired in high school in lieu of working
19. I tend to date girls that are tall, blonde, hate their dads have an eating disorder and/or a drug problem
20. I am allergic to Latex and Penicillin proving there is a god and he hates me for many many reasons. He also seems to have a sense of humor.
21. I taught myself how to play the guitar in 8 months. I am an awful teacher.
22. I study philosophy everyday. Really.
23. I hate celebrity more than anything on the planet.
24. Ive always believed I would die before everyone else.
25. I'm still waiting.
A Person Is As People Care
I heard a tremendous story today. A major league player and his agent went to Las Vegas together on a vacation. Sometime after the vacation the agent sent the player a bill for the vacation. Moral of the story. Dont tell your players you're taking them on vacation if you dont play on paying for it. Said player has a new agent. Old agent....job well done.
Taylor Green had wrist surgery. He's got a hockey player spirit in a baseball players body. He'll be totally fine. Count it.
Set up some bullpens for some guys training locally. Mike Brantley, Z. Kroenke and D. Ford are all in town. Z for the Marlins fanfest, Mike lives in st lucie and D. is going to train with Mike. It's good to get some more off season face time with the guys.
Exhausting week at home, I hate my neighbors, My roommate is awesome, but is not very good at mortal kombat 2. I am horrible at any video game created after 1995 so I just stick to what I remember from the childhood. It's matt's bday today and he's excited about the mets signing Oliver Perez. It's the little things in life.
This is for matt, see you tonight
Taylor Green had wrist surgery. He's got a hockey player spirit in a baseball players body. He'll be totally fine. Count it.
Set up some bullpens for some guys training locally. Mike Brantley, Z. Kroenke and D. Ford are all in town. Z for the Marlins fanfest, Mike lives in st lucie and D. is going to train with Mike. It's good to get some more off season face time with the guys.
Exhausting week at home, I hate my neighbors, My roommate is awesome, but is not very good at mortal kombat 2. I am horrible at any video game created after 1995 so I just stick to what I remember from the childhood. It's matt's bday today and he's excited about the mets signing Oliver Perez. It's the little things in life.
This is for matt, see you tonight
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Last Night I Dreamed I Had Insomnia. I Woke Up Exhausted, Yet Too Well Rested To Go Back To Sleep.”
Back from the negative 17 windchill temp of wisconsin and back to florida where I belong. This is a new year and it's time to grow up. I have made the conscious decision to upgrade my professionalism, at the very least while Im working and in public. Ill be wearing bright shirts and ties to the field from now on because thats what needs to happen. More guys are growing close to the big leagues each day and I believe this is just part of the natural maturation process of my job. I will never embarrass a player to anybody but I am a character and I will continue to bring myself to this job every single day. Lots of other agents harp on the fact that Im a character and criticize the way I do my job but they never attack the quality of my work. So for the first time in this blogs short history I have one thing to say. Fuck you.
Thats it for tonight. Milwaukee was a blast and I had a tremendous time with the guys that were invited to the fanfest
peace love empathy
JAK
mixing it up
Thats it for tonight. Milwaukee was a blast and I had a tremendous time with the guys that were invited to the fanfest
peace love empathy
JAK
mixing it up
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Why So Serious?
Another bout of insomnia waiting for phone calls that never come. The phone stopped rining at 1 am est and I have been reading financial data for about an hour mixed in with reruns of top chef, the dentist staring roger dorn, and about 15 minutes of the good son which ironically yet expectedly is very bad. I have to pack for Milwaukee today and make a billion more phone calls to teams and companies and whatever. I am setting up interviews for clients and myself. Searching for all star tickets that wont bankrupt me to give away and figuring out how to balance any form of a personal life. My social life is as dead as dillinger but I still have my personal life to cling to from time to time. Spring is almost here again and I will once again be reintroduced to my on again off again soulmate the road. I am starting to embrace this life more and more and dare I say I may have even matured just a tad. It's a strange process going from kid agent to just an agent. I have always wondered what the reaction would be like from my clients when I lose my youth and start to "normalize" myself to the job. I hope the transition goes smoothly because at the end of the day Im still the same crazy monster I make myself out to be.
Im thankful for a new regime in washington, it was long overdue.
My iron man like streak of going to the gym for 12 days in a row is still intact. I hate eliptical machines. HATE THEM.
Saw Gran Torino and Notorious. Overrated versus worst biopic on earth. I loved biggie growing up and this movie did nothing to aid the legacy. It was like watching fat albert play a rapper.
Thats it. Well that, and I am pulling for Heath Ledger today. (can you believe it's been a year already to the day? My god he's missed.)
Mahalo
J
Two for one today movie and music
Im thankful for a new regime in washington, it was long overdue.
My iron man like streak of going to the gym for 12 days in a row is still intact. I hate eliptical machines. HATE THEM.
Saw Gran Torino and Notorious. Overrated versus worst biopic on earth. I loved biggie growing up and this movie did nothing to aid the legacy. It was like watching fat albert play a rapper.
Thats it. Well that, and I am pulling for Heath Ledger today. (can you believe it's been a year already to the day? My god he's missed.)
Mahalo
J
Two for one today movie and music
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
I Dont Care If It's Old
Havent been here in 09 so here...we....go! Going to Milwaukee on friday for their fanfest, will get to see Taylor Green, Omar Aguilar and Alex Periard. Should be a good time and hope to get a lot of work done there. Getting ready for spring training. Brantley,Browning,Suomi all got big league invites last week. Trying hard to get our last two free agents signed and waiting for the industry to expand their budgets so I can more endorsement stuff finished.
The dark times are coming soon. Travel will begin again and I cant wait til it's over. I love it when Im working but man, travel takes its freaking toll.
Got a personal trainer last week and had this exchange.
Trainer: What are your personal fitness goals?
Josh: I dont really have any.
Trainer: Dont you want to change your life and feel better about yourself?
Josh: I like my life and I already feel pretty good about myself.
Trainer: Dont you want to live longer?
Josh: Not really.
Trainer: What the hell are you doing here then?
Josh: I have no idea.
Also my baseball america story finally ran and was on their homepage for the weekend. I thought Id be more excited about that moment but it is what it is. I appreciate it, I really do but it's a weird feeling. Thats all I can say
Happy new president in the oval office day.
Mahalo
J
The dark times are coming soon. Travel will begin again and I cant wait til it's over. I love it when Im working but man, travel takes its freaking toll.
Got a personal trainer last week and had this exchange.
Trainer: What are your personal fitness goals?
Josh: I dont really have any.
Trainer: Dont you want to change your life and feel better about yourself?
Josh: I like my life and I already feel pretty good about myself.
Trainer: Dont you want to live longer?
Josh: Not really.
Trainer: What the hell are you doing here then?
Josh: I have no idea.
Also my baseball america story finally ran and was on their homepage for the weekend. I thought Id be more excited about that moment but it is what it is. I appreciate it, I really do but it's a weird feeling. Thats all I can say
Happy new president in the oval office day.
Mahalo
J
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