On an Unrelated Topic, Go Bears

This entry has nothing to do with watches. I graduated in 1997 from the University of California, Berkeley, and eared four varsity letters playing baseball. Last fall, the university announced that it would cancel baseball after the 2011 season because baseball lost so much money and hadn't been performing well. Just a few weeks ago, after a lot of work by the alums and parents, we were able to raise almost $10 million to save the baseball program. Not distracted by this problem, and likely motivated to go out in style, the baseball team was able to put together an amazing season, winning a regional series with numerous remarkable comebacks, then winning a super-regional series in the Bay Area to advance to the College World Series for the first time since 1992 (the year before I arrived on campus). The Bears finally were eliminated from the College World Series last week, but what the team was able to accomplish was incredible. I want to congratulate the team (including Pac-10 Player of the Year Tony Renda) and the coaches (including national Coach of the Year David Esquer) on an amazing run. Watching this run, I could not have been more proud to be an alum.