Joining the 21st century

I finally got around to joining Facebook . Now, I'm pondering whether Twitter is nothing more than a passing fad for narcissistic egoist...

Update: 10 Big Sigs

Before the 2008-09 hockey hounding season down here in Hockey Bay, I predicted that these items would be added to the collection. Let's...

Fan Pack attack II

Though I didn't enjoy much success in my fan pack efforts, it's nice to know that Moody, Hound Central 4.0's roving Southeast co...

Three things to do

Now, I know I'm not the only person who has to work on Memorial Day. So, if you're lucky enough to have the day off and family cooko...

A trophy and Tommy John

So, what do those two things have in common? Check out Baseball Mondays , the offseason pursuit of Hound Central 4.0's top two hounds, ...

Outside the norm

Though we added only six signatures to the Slovakian team jersey over the 2008-09 hockey hounding campaign , it's hard to complain when ...

Just one more

In compiling the season-ending update for Hound Central 4.0's Slovakian team jersey , I discovered that an autograph went uncounted. Upd...

Little Gray Box: Rick Nash

Want to know how much I like this new Hound Central 4.0 feature? So much so that I'd post two within three days. I hope you don't mi...

Flashbacks 05.20

Let's try something new with this edition of Flashbacks, shall we? How about team reports from Hound Centrals 1.0 , 2.0 and 3.0 ? Hopef...

Boys will be boys

So, Tampa Bay's Ryan Malone is a guest on today's NHL Live! , the cameras and audio rolling, when his cell phone rings, interruptin...

Reasons to believe

Every so often, in my hockey-hounding travels, I stumble upon a piece of hockey memorabilia that appears to have seen some game action in th...

Update: 85 Young Guns

After stopping by our local card shop -- the House of Cards in Pinellas Park -- I learned those 85 Young Guns I pulled from a hobby box of ...

Little Gray Box: Tim Thomas

I was putting away some items when I came across our Little Gray Box, where we store our autographed homemade player cards. The box, itself,...

Tuning in Versus

A few years ago, news that games wouldn't be broadcast on ESPN brought about dread for the hockey-watching public. Instead of a well-kno...

Ice isn't necessary

The Florida State League may be miles away from the National Hockey League, but that doesn't mean a hound can't score autographs fro...

Big save

Just in case USA Hockey magazine doesn't publish this drawing in a future installment of Slap's Gallery, this fine effort by Colin, ...

Poor thing

So, Washington's Alex Ovechkin played with a sore wrist -- dinged in the regular season -- during the playoffs. Well, he certainly didn...

Honoring efforts

Over the course of the past season, I took time to reflect upon the dedication required to pursue this hockey-hounding hobby of mine. The ti...

Hockey Quiz No. 10

If it weren't for a handful of regular readers -- such as Brett, Drew and Moody -- I'd wonder whether these monthly installments are...

Higher priority

For some reason, I thought that this Hockey USA team jersey would be nothing more than an afterthought throughout the 2008-09 NHL hounding ...

Win this Auto: Colin 37

Given that Colin scored 10 goals in one-on-one drills during his Mini Mites practice yesterday, it's a reasonable expectation that this...

One word: Certainly

Technically, I could hold the only two entrants to a serious violation of the "no more than 100 words" rule April's Win this A...

It's Monday. That means baseball.

What former New York Yankees infielder, now managing in the Florida State League, was one of 14 Tampa Yankees to sign a team ball last week...

After practice

There's nothing more rewarding at the end of back patio hockey workout here in Hockey Bay than hockey balls clustered in the net.

Just got home

Sorry, folks, but we just got home from Mother's Day activities and hockey practice ( Someone scored 10 goals ). You'll have to wait...

Explained absences

With family in town, we've been doing what most Florida visitors do -- playing the role of tourists. Watching the Rays lose to the Red S...

A very good deed, indeed

There are times in the course of a hounding career where success is not measured in how many autographs you get in a single outing. Sometime...

Dodging raindrops

Sometimes, you just have to grin and bear it. Take Moody, for instance, during a late-season hounding trip to Duluth, Ga. , to catch the vis...

Boulton Believers

When it comes to the Moody household, it's not Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk , Slava Kozlov or Kari Lehtonen who get top billing. No, i...

Friends in cold places

Here's a nice little bonus, courtesy of Al, Hound Central 4.0's Toronto-based correspondent. These 8x10s, signed by Calgary's Ol...

Step up to the plate

Jonesin' for some John Hancocks? Achin' for some autographs? Shiverin' for some signatures? Me, too. Maybe these posts at Baseba...

Poll: Vinny's staying put

In an e-mail over the weekend, I learned that the Tampa Bay Lightning will host “Beyond the Blue Line” open houses this summer for fans. The...