Where the Market Meets the Stadium

I love sports...along with millions of other human beings who dedicate their life to following professional sports. My first attempt at a blog lasted about 3 weeks, spanning the end of the 2010 baseball season to after the Giants were done celebrating their first world series in SF. I wanted to keep it going, but I came to realize that there were 100 blogs who already committed more than enough time to writing a plethora of information about the Giants. Who wants to do something that is already being done (and done extremely well) by so many other people?

So here I was faced with my dilemma: I love talking about sports and believe I have something worthwhile to say on multiple points, but I wanted to do something different and interesting. My fiancee' Caitlin said I should keep writing about sports about 2 weeks ago and I told her it was a lost cause since I felt I was bringing little value to any reader. Then it hit me: why not create a sports blog that does more than just inform readers about sports? Sports are great, but they don't provide fans with a number of things people tend to need, such as: money, intellectual prowess (depending on the circle), an understanding of international politics and the list goes on. In the last 3 months, I have officially become a stock owner and another member of the group of people who think they can make more money by predicting the unpredictable. I have been reading up on stock strategies, stock news and a number of other sources that I assumed would make me a better investor. My idea: a merger of two topics which have little in common on the surface, but that require a basic understanding of algebra and have some similarities deep down. The Sports Exchange: Where the Market Meets the Stadium.

In my blog I will do my best to analyze sports and the market, neither of which I do for a living, but have a keen interest in. It will be a learning experience for all as every post I research and write will further develop my knowledge of the market, creating new strategies along the way. So, we begin our journey together via the internet (thank you Al Gore), as I give you my opinion on sports and the market like no one has done before...because who else would think to mix money and sports.