I came to the conclusion that 99 percent of college students think their life is hard. That is fallacy and the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. The best part is, the one percent of students with the hard life don’t complain.
Disagree? Sure. I mean, waking up at 10 a.m. is downright painful after a night of Halo 2. Class at 11? Forget about it – it’s time for lunch in the MU for a few hours, followed by skipping the next class to go back home. Homework is due tomorrow? Meh, it’s time for a nap.
Yes, skipping class and homework while simultaneously playing video games and socializing is multitasking, but it doesn’t make your life hard.
Examples of a hard life include that bird in the sink that the Flintstones used as a garbage disposal, anyone attempting to tag Barry Bonds on steroid use, and the host of the Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel who caught a fish with a spear he made from a branch before eating the fish right out of the water. (That’s not only hard, but the manliest thing I have ever seen.)
I think another job should be added to that list: second base on the Oregon State baseball team this season. Disagree? Well, given what Chris Kunda did for the position last season, you might want to change your mind.
Kunda held that spot in the 2006 season and made it apparent that it wasn’t a job to take lightly. The team awarded him the Gold Glove Award and the Bill Bosner Award, which goes annually to the most improved player. Even the Pac-10 recognized Kunda’s talent, deeming him the Defensive Player of the Year. Then the Yankees, the most elite major league baseball franchise, drafted him in the 19th round.
Insert my man, true freshman out of Sprague High School, Joey Wong. Dude is not taking his job description lightly.
They saying playing second base is tough. Add to that the fact that the guy is doing it for the defending national champions, replacing a senior leader who was a multiple award winner, and is a freshman. I might just start calling him Buckshot because “That’s Tough.”
He is no Outkast, but to Joey “Buckshot” Wong, it ain’t no thang but a chicken wing.
Buckshot helped the Beavers to a 7-0 start, tied for best in the last 45 years. He is one of the 16 incoming freshman and has made a name for himself by finding his niche, playing in all 16 games to date. He is batting .352 in 54 at bats with a double and a triple. Not bad, considering Kunda was only able to hit two triples his entire senior season.
But where Kunda was really going to be missed was on defense, and Buckshot has stepped up there as well.
The move from shortstop to second base is never easy. There are new responsibilities and new assignments, but it’s no trouble for the ex-two-sport athlete. Change is in his diet. His move from shortstop to second base hasn’t even fazed him, and he is still boasting a perfect fielding percentage while turning double plays from the other side of the bag with ease.
Even though coach Pat Casey still hasn’t finalized the second base position, I can’t imagine he’d leave Wong on the bench. And the best part is his youth: he is only going to get smarter, faster, stronger and better. He has proven he can play and can compete at a high level and has my vote to get the nod at second base to replace Kunda.
It’s an easy choice for me; the only tough part for me is finding a way to sneak in the fact that Jonah Nickerson has his own Wikipedia. Well, I guess that was easy, too.
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