Mason Schweizer

Sports cards. Former Daily Journal sports editor and Game Night color analyst.

[Mason Schweizer @MSchweizer68]

Took 3 months to find it in me to write anything of substance about losing my mother, but the holidays felt like the right time to do it. Of course, she was on top of things and did her Christmas shopping over the summer this year.

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Ahead of the holidays, Mason Schweizer shares a column about his late mother, her sports fandom and holiday grief. https://t.co/7zJColto3U

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Now that my Journal tenure is over, I’m excited to say I’ll have a bit of a different job in sports in Michigan, where I’ve accepted a job in sports cards. Gonna officially start my card tweets by humbly bragging about a couple shed finds of mine while packing last week.

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Until next time

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Clocked out for the last time. My time as Daily Journal sports editor has officially ended. A wild sentence to type

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Oh yeah and the unpictured @mikeclarkpreps made both stops on my farewell tour, coming out last night and with some friends on Saturday. The realest of real ones!

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Got to see some current and former Journal pals for a going away party last night. Really gonna miss a newsroom that truly has become my family

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And naturally I end up going to the one game of the four-game set that he doesn’t pitch in. Lol

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Had an awesome interview a little bit ago with former Reed-Custer standout pitcher Brent Headrick, now a huge piece to the New York Yankees bullpen. Now I get to have this as my office while I do some writing tonight. Brent’s story will be in print Saturday and online before then

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@NotoriousJTB Now that is a great question I didn’t think to ask

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Had an awesome interview a little bit ago with former Reed-Custer standout pitcher Brent Headrick, now a huge piece to the New York Yankees bullpen. Now I get to have this as my office while I do some writing tonight. Brent’s story will be in print Saturday and online before then

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It’s absolutely bananas at Wrigley tonight

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Well, I’m actually gonna miss this place so much that I’m staying an extra week. I’m around until Aug 7!

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Some personal news to share

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Some personal news to share

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@bcrsportsed Gonna make me tear up! Getting to say I’m your colleague the past 18ish months has been quite a privilege. You’re a great sports editor and even better man

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John Geary, a longtime area youth and high school football coach and driver at Kankakee County Speedway, died last Sunday. Whether on the field or track, Geary will be remembered fondly for his passion and care, especially when it came to the kids he was coaching.

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Coach Geary was one of the biggest positive influences in my life. Writing this story was so surreal, as was talking about him to his friends and other former coaches of mine in the past tense. Rest easy, coach. “Nothing changes if nothing changes.”

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We are hiring! Shaw Local has full time sports reporter openings at our newspapers in Kane County, Joliet and the Bureau County Republican in Princeton. We are also hiring a news reporter in Ottawa.

Apply in the link below or forward to anyone interested.
https://t.co/qpBrUQT9rh

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And of course the highlight was catching @VincentDJohnson in action

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So very happy NASCAR is back at Joliet

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@mikeclarkpreps And my buddies tell me I’m a bad fantasy league commish…

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Seeing Denny Hamlin tie Kyle Busch in career wins yesterday is probably the coolest sports moment I’ve ever seen in person. Especially doing so with this hottie

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Starting a weekend of baseball, a wedding and NASCAR. With the awesome hat giveaway to boot