I’ll Have Another…

Welcome to Chilsportstalk2 from the female half of the duo!  Being our second attempt at a successful blog site, I feel as though naming this post after the winner of the Kentucky Derby last weekend is only fitting.  In addition, ‘I’ll Have Another’ can be used to interpret many exciting moments in sports, such as most recently Josh Hamilton’s production at the plate last night with four homeruns.  As I write to convey that feeling you get each time you ‘have a moment’ with sports, be my guest and ‘Have another’.

First, I will tell you a little about myself. I am someone who fell in love with sports the day I was born.  Although I don’t remember that day, my three year old brother was already lacing up his own ice skates, and my parents were still feeling a sports hangover from Flyers ‘74 and ‘75 back to back Stanley cup victories a few years earlier.  Hence, I was born into a sports family and had no choice but to love sports. From the moment I could walk, I was playing and watching sports.  I chose to play soccer and basketball early on, and I played both through high school.   In high school I also picked up field hockey, but was never very good.  My brother played hockey very competitively and we traveled all over the world to watch him play.  Thus, I grew up in ice rinks and was happy to be a rink rat with all the other siblings.  Once in college, I got sick of the politics involved in sports and realized that I was just in it for fun, so I started running and swimming for exercise, and became a spectator of others for the competition.  I think this is when I started to fall in love with sports as I realized that sports would always love me back. 

Born in Philadelphia, I was raised to eat, sleep, and breath Philadelphia teams, thus one could say I am a true ‘Philly Fanatic’.  I currently live in Boston.  When I moved here nine years ago, I was immediately drawn to this city because of the strong bond people share over sports.  I work as a nurse at Children’s Hospital of Boston which is where Wil and I met and quickly realized that we share a similar passion for sports.  While I love being a nurse, I have always aspired to work in sports.  The first time I met Wil, I remember having a conversation about hockey (as he grew up on skates) and I instantly knew that we were going to get along.  Ever since, scattered in our long shifts at work, are exciting, intense conversations (and sometimes arguments) about sports.  When Wil invited me to join him in blogging and doing podcasts, I was thrilled.  The invitation last winter motivated me to pursue my dream of being in the MLB Fancave, thus I applied in 2012.  I didn’t win this year, however my experience in blogging and social media is growing and my campaign for the 2013 Fancave has started out strong, and I am more than determined to be a cave dweller next year.  Follow me on twitter (@TineLorigo) and you can see where my campaign has been and follow where it is going. 

While I do love and appreciate almost every sport, there are a few I favor more than others.  As we blog and podcast, you will get to know what we favor.  To give you a hint about myself, I will leave you with this… Today when Wil and I were brainstorming creative names for our new blog, I came up with the name “The Tenth Inning”.   

So now I leave the floor to Wil, so you can learn more about the male half of the duo.  And while we expand and grow, follow us both on twitter (@chilhartigan, and @TineLorigo).

CL (my new screen name)