Intro / Manifesto / Welcome

As a recent college graduate with a degree in English and consequently no career prospects, I hereby launch Deucedbrains with the following objectives:

-to function as a vehicle by which I can explore the fascinating obscurities of the athletic world which often go unexamined by larger media institutions

-to provide an excuse for me to keep up my writing chops in the futile hope that I may one day enter the sportswriting industry

and most importantly

-to attain global fame and fortune

With all of this being said, I would like the opportunity to introduce myself to whoever was unfortunate enough to lay eyes upon my creation. As a remarkably mediocre Division III baseball player, I experienced the most distant and unglamorous margins of the athletic world. Dwelling in the obscurity of DIII athletics provided me with a unique perspective on the world of sports. I have developed a tremendous appreciation for athletes who experience a relative anonymity akin to my own. I find myself curiously magnetized to major league baseball players of little significance from the 1980s to the 1990s A.D., individuals perhaps known more for their proclivity for facial hair growth than their athletic prowess. Otherwise, I am a fan of University of Georgia athletics, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Atlanta Braves and elitist country club sports, with an unjustifiable yet undying loyalty to the professional golfer David Duval. I delight in mocking others, while simultaneously trying to maintain a healthy sense of self-deprecating humor. I enthusiastically follow past and present uniform trends, especially in college football. Along the same lines, I appreciate athletic fashion from the 1990s with an emphasis on Nike footwear and snapback hats. I also value fresh fits of the contemporary New Era 5950. In closing, it is my hope to somehow communicate and perpetuate these highly specialized and not necessarily related tastes through this fledgling but ambitious establishment, hoping to endear myself to others who do not particularly share my predilections, while also catering to those individuals who might harbor similar fancies.