We knew at the end of last season (which was terrible) that the Evansville Otters would be receiving a new manager. Personally, I've not been looking forward to who the candidates were or who the City would finally decide on, but I think I'm happy. Just taking a look at this guys experience gives me goosebumps at the opportunities next years team will have. Jason Verdugo is the new Otters manager and with him he brings experience from: Verdugo was named head baseball coach at Division III Hamline before the 2002 season. He overcame an 8-28 record in his first year to post a 21-19 mark in 2003. His...

What does Halloween in Evansville Indiana mean to you? To me it means keeping a watchful late night eye on my front yard, to keep the neighborhood kids from TPing me like they did last year. It also means it's time to start keeping up on the falling leaves, because last year I did them all at once to the tune of over 70 HUGE bags(I eventually just gave up). But this year will be special, because I plan on starting a new tradition for my family and most importantly my daughter. Tonight we will be going to Boo at the Zoo at Mesker Park. The activities they have for little kids sounds like fun and a...

I'm not sure about all of you, but I was dreading last night. According to Weather.com and our friends at WFIE the red blog of nastiness was going to hit Evansville hard. Luckily, my side of Evansville, the East Side, was only rained on hard for about 20 minutes. Despite all the tornado warnings going off for Spencer County, Henderson Kentucky, and our friends in Tell City all I got was a little bit of rain and a reminder to clean out my gutters. Today it looks like the storm brought fall weather back to Evansville, we'll see how long it lasts. In the vein of this post topic I just want to say my...

I love public transportation, when I visit big cities it's all that I use, however in Evansville, I do not. I'm lucky enough to afford a vehicle, pay for expensive gas, and feel comfortable enough to navigate the Lloyd Expressway at rush hour. But just because I don't use it, does not mean it is not needed or better yet, need to be FIXED! My pet peeve of Evansville Public Transportation is that there appears to be a bus stop on every single block, at least on main street. Is it too much to ask that people walk a block or two so that they can get on the bus? It's actually a hazard, when you consider...

I do believe this is the first day of the year that it actually feels like Fall. While technically it's a few weeks late, the cooler temps are more than welcome in my life. What a refreshing feeling to feel first thing in the morning on my way into work. Today's high is only supposed to be something like upper 60's. Now I can start thinking about Halloween, Thanksgiving, and even...eeek, Christmas Shopping. Of course, if your anything like my wife you started thinking about Christmas during July and watching QVC.