Saturday, October 31, 2009

2009 Outlaws Baseball Tournament #5 Day 1

Jack missed three days of school this week with flu. With him at best about 80%, we took off in the morning for the Big League Dreams in Manteca.

The Outlaws played the Bay Valley Bombers at 12:20 p.m. When they started the game, they had only nine players.

At the plate, Jack was 0 for 1 with two walks. In his first at-bat, he walked on eight pitches. With the count 2 and 2, Jack fouled off two pitches and then took two walk to get the walk. He stole second, but ended the innings there. Jack struck out looking on four pitches in his second plate appearance. In this third at-bat, Jack walked on six pitches. Time expired for the game with Jack on first.

In the field, Jack played third base for four innings. He had only one ball hit to him. In the top of the fourth, Jack fielded a grounder to the left side. With the runner going from second to third, Jack wheeled and tried to get the runner behind him. Missing the runner and spinning in a circle, he then tried to make the throw to first. Jack airmailed one about five feet over Keaton's head. As Jack said later, Yao Ming would have made the catch at first.

I jinxed him. In an email thread with Rod and Scott in the last two weeks, we were reviewing the number of unearned runs that the Outlaws had given up through the first four tournaments. I said in one e-mail that I was probably jinxing Jack, but he had not had a fielding error yet...

The Outlaws won the game by a score of 9 to 6 in four innings.

The Outlaws played the Nevada Dust Devils in the second game of the day at 2:30 p.m.

At the plate, Jack had one walk. In his only at-bat in the second inning, he walked on seven pitches. He stole second. Jack ended the inning at second.

In the field, Jack played two innings at first. He had one put on a throw from the pitcher and fielded a grounder to the right side and tagged first.

In a hard fought game, The Outlaws lost to the Dust Devils by the score of 3 to 2 in four innings. With four total errors, all of the runs were unearned.

The Outlaws ended the day with a record of 1 and 1. With an eleven team tournament, the Outlaws are seeded sixth in Sunday's single elimination and will be back at Big League Dreams for an 8:00 a.m. game. urrggghhhh.....

Outlaws 11U versus Nevada Dust Devils 11U Box Score

October 31, 2009 - Outlaws versus Nevada Dust Devils
.                 1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
     Outlaws      0    1    0    1    X    X    2    1    4
     Dust Devils  1    0    1    1    X    X    3    2    1


  #  Hitter      POS  AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO    #P    AVG    OBP
  2  Cooper      4/8   2    0    0    0    0    2    10    0.167  0.464
  4  AD           6    2    0    0    0    0    0     7    0.174  0.424
  2  Matt         7    1    0    0    0    0    1     6    0.136  0.321
  1     James    1/7   0    1    0    0    1    0     5    0.273  0.619
  6  Keaton      8/3   2    0    0    1    0    0    13    0.182  0.357
  3  Josh        5/1   2    0    0    0    0    0    12    0.192  0.410
 55  Jeremy     1/5/6  2    1    1    0    0    0    10    0.241  0.273
 33  Jack         3    0    0    0    0    1    0     7    0.176  0.545
 10    Jordan     4    1    0    0    0    0    1     5    0.105  0.190
 23  Breyton      9    1    0    0    0    0    1     0    0.100  0.182
 21     DeAndre   9    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0.400  0.615
 22  Trevor       2    1    0    0    0    0    0     3    0.227  0.261

                      14    2    1    1    2    5    78

Keaton reached base on an error by the shortstop.


     Pitcher     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP PC-ST    ERA
 55  Jeremy     1 2/3  1    1    0    3    4    1  46-24    1.50
  3  Josh        1/3   0    0    0    1    0    0   6-2     7.71
  1  James       1/3   0    1    0    2    1    0   18-6    4.50
  6  Keaton     1 2/3  1    1    0    1    2    1  25-13    5.14

                  4    2    3    0    7    7    2  95-45

Outlaws 11U versus Bay Valley Bombers 11U Box Score

October 31, 2009 - Outlaws versus Bombers
.            1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
Bombers      2    0    3    1    X    X    6    1    0
Outlaws      1    7    0    1    X    X    9    3    1


 #  Hitter      POS  AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO    #P    AVG    OBP
 2  Matthew     4/6   2    2    1    1    1    0    11   0.143  0.333
 6  Keaton       3    2    0    0    1    0    0     8   0.194  0.375
 3  Josh       6/1/2  1    2    0    0    2    0    14   0.208  0.432
33  Jack         5    1    0    0    0    2    1    18   0.176  0.531
10  Jordan      9/4   1    1    0    0    0    0     3   0.111  0.200
21  DeAndre      7    1    1    1    2    1    0    10   0.400  0.615
23  Breyton      8    1    1    0    0    1    1    12   0.105  0.190
 1  James       1/7   2    1    1    1    0    0     8   0.273  0.600
55    Jeremy     1    0    0    0    0    0    0     0   0.222  0.258
22  Trevor       2    1    1    0    0    1    0     7   0.238  0.273
 5     Cooper    4    0    0    0    0    0    0     0   0.188  0.500

                     12    9    3    5    8    2    91

Keaton had a sacrifice bunt, while Jordan was hit by a pitch.


    Pitcher     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP PC-ST    ERA
 1  James       1/3   1    2    2    2    1    1  29-12    4.63
 3  Josh       2 2/3  0    3    3    4    3    0  51-25    7.94
55  Jeremy       1    0    1    0    1    0    0  18-13    1.74

                 4    1    6    5    7    4    1  98-50

Friday, October 30, 2009

Liz and Janie for Dinner

We had Liz and Janie over for dinner. Sharon made her much requested cornflake chicken.

Afterwards, Sharon insisted that we all watch Fright Night.

ESPN 30 for 30 - Muhammad and Larry


In the fall of 1980, Albert and David Maysles filmed a documentary of Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes training for their upcoming fight. The documentary never received a public screening or airing. Mixed with comtemporary interviews with some of the principles from both the Ali and Holmes camps, this footage has been released as Muhammad and Larry. This film is the fourth in ESPN's 30 for 30 series.

I am not a boxing fan; it is not one of my passions. Nevertheless, the flim is a amazingly candid look at Muhammad Ali in the twilight of his career. Shockingly, you can see the beginnings of Ali's Parkinson's disease even as he is training for the fight. I was also surprised by the comtemporary interviews with Holmes. He comes off as an oddly endearing character. Although not my favorite of the 30 for 30's so far, it is definitely worth watching!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

3rd Grade: Art Lesson A again...

From the Fall of 2003 until the Spring of 2009, Sharon served as the art docent for Jack's class. About once a month, she would spent a couple of hours presenting a lesson on variety of subjects. Once they reach sixth grade that program stops and they have art as a formal elective. Sharon enjoyed doing this so she decided to volunteer to help with some of the younger grades.

She spent the afternoon as the art docent for the third grade class. This class has at least eight siblings of kids who are in Jack's class. The lesson introduced a more in depth look at portraiture. She gave the same lesson to Jack's class a little over three years ago. The Mona Lisa poster that she had brought back from the Louvre and put was still in the art box and she used it. The lesson also looked at four other portraits: American Gothic by Frank Wood; Don Manuel by Francisco de Goya; and George Washington and The Skater by Gilbert Stuart.




For their art projects, the kids created a portrait.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

California Historical Landmark #140

Sharon and I stopped at this waymark after lunch on our way back from our anniversary trip to Yosemite.

Wells Fargo Express Company Building
California State Historical Landmark #140

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This landmark is located at the southwest corner of Main Street and Solinsky Alley, Chinese Camp, California in Tuolumne County. There are 18 other California State Historical Landmarks in Tuolumne. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 37° 52.252 W 120° 25.902.

You can log your visit to this landmark at waymark.com.

California Historical Landmark #140

This building, erected in 1849 by the Walkerly brothers, was subsequently owned by the Morris brothers. It housed a general merchandise store in connection with the office of Adams Express Company, predecessor of Wells Fargo & Company. The original express agents were Sol Miller, C. W. H. Solinsky, and the Morris brothers.

California Historical Landmark #140

The plaque on the building reads:

To Honor
Eddie Webb
Born December 17, 1880, in Snelling, Calif. One of the last
of the Stage Drivers, Eddie made the haul from Chinese to
the Coulterville, Groveland areas between 1898-1902 and drove
the first mail stage over the "new" shawmut road.

Dedicated by
Matuca Chapter, No. 1849
E Clampus Vitus
May 6, 1961

Tyreke Evans as Rookie of the Year?

With Blake Griffin out for an extended period with a broken kneecap, do I dare think that Tyreke Evans might be a legitimate rookie of the year candidate?

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Living Daylights

Continuing our glacial quest to watch all of the James Bond Films in order, we watched The Living Daylights on Saturday night.  Released in 1987, it is the fifteenth James Bond movie and the first to star Timothy Dalton in the title role. The film's title is taken from Ian Fleming's short story The Living Daylights.

The movie has a fairly convoluted plot. Bond is sent to act as a counter sniper to protect a defecting Soviet. After successfully getting the Soviet defector to a safe house in England, he informs the British secret service that head of the KGB is systematically killing British and American spies. When the defector is seemingly snatched back by the Soviets, Bond follows him across Europe, Morocco and Afghanistan. Much of the last part of the film is set in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation.

In addition to Timothy Dalton as James Bond, the film stars Jeroen Krabbé as General Georgi Koskov (the Soviet Defector), Maryam d'Abo as Kara Milovy (Koskov's girlfriend), Joe Don Baker as Brad Whitaker (an American arms dealer) and John Rhys-Davies as General Leonid Pushkin (head of the KGB).

The opening sequences of the film have some interesting footage of Rock of Gibraltar. I have added it to the list of places that I would like to visit someday.

Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - Monsters of Folk - Baby Boomer



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Monday, October 26, 2009

Lexus RX400h Day 485

I took the Lexus RX400h in for the 30,000 mile service today. I am on a pace to drive 46,500 miles in the first two years. I am averaging 25.2 mpg since I brought the car, up slightly from 25.0 mpg at 20,000 miles. The EPA rating is 24 on the highway and 26 in the city.

Except for the fact that I wish that the cargo area was deeper and the fuel efficiency gauge was more accurate, I continue to be very pleased with the vehicle. Knock on wood, I have not had any problems.

NBA Power Rankings 2009-2010 Week 0

The Sacramento Kings open the season this week ranked as the worst team in the league in Marc Stein's power rankings of NBA teams.

NBA Basketball Power Rankings - National Basketball Association - ESPN
One of our fave scouts says the Kings -- with a hot-shot rookie (Tyreke Evans) and our fave rook (Omri Casspi) -- will be better than folks think. Last in the West, though, remains their probable destiny.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Join us at the Woodland Opera House!

We are going to see The Andrew Heringer Band at the Woodland Opera House on Friday night, November 20.

The show which includes two other local songwriters starts at 7:30 p.m. Drew thinks that he will be on stage starting about 8:30 p.m.

You can buy tickets on-line!

Saturday, October 24, 2009

2009 Flag Football End of Season Party


After finishing up the flag football game in the morning, Jack and I shopped for a birthday present for Breyton and then went to the end of season party for his flag football team at Fat Duck Pizza on Bruceville.

2009 Flag Football Game #6

Jack running for a touchdown from heringermr on Vimeo.


Jack played in his sixth and final game of the 2009 CSD Flag Football season. The Quick Silver played the Jet Hawks.

Jack played offense in the first half. He caught four passes including a long pass for a touchdown. Trying to throw deep, Wes threw a little bit of a duck. Jack did a great job of coming back for the ball, making the catch and then scoring. A lot of the kids do not adjust their routes once the ball is in the air. Jack does a good job of reacting to the ball. On the touchdown pass, he looked a center fielder tracking the ball in the air and making the catch.

Jack ran with the ball twice. In the video included above, Jack takes the ball, makes one kid miss, gets to the sideline and then turns on the jets. Jack also ran a half-back option play three times: the first time he threw an incompletion in the end zone, the second time he put the ball away and ran for a short gain and the last time he threw a strike into the end zone, but was across the line of scrimmage.

Jack played defense in the second half. With the Jet Hawks on the one yard line, they tried to run a flair in the end zone to Jack's man. As soon as the quarterback rolled to Jack's side of the field, I knew that the other team was in trouble. Covering a shorter player, Jack jumped the route and made the interception. He raced up the sidelines for a touchdown. Jack also made a number of good plays on defense, including not giving up on the play and catching several players from behind.

Although I had an argument with Jack about the final score, I think that the Quick Silver beat the Jet Hawks by a score of 45 to 34. The Quick Silver's record in games that Jack played was 3 wins and 3 losses.

The team might play in a flag football tournament in West Sacramento in November.

Sherry

Friday, October 23, 2009

ESPN 30 for 30 - Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

Running on the treadmill on Wednesday night, I watched Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL. Celebrating ESPN’s 30 year anniversary, this is part of a documentary series featuring thirty films from an all-star cast of filmmakers.. ESPN has been running a new documentary every week; this is the third in the series.

The documentary does a great job of summarizing the three year rise and fall of the United States Football League (USFL). I am frankly amazed at how well they told the story in less than hour. The story of the USFL includes Herschel Walker, Mike Rozier, Reggie White, Jim Kelly, Steve Young, Brian Snipes, Burt Reynolds and Donald Trump.

There is also a podcast interview of Mike Tollin, the producer, by Bill Simmons that is a nice supplement to the documentary.

Phil and Marlene

Thursday, October 22, 2009

California Historical Landmark #419

Sharon and I stopped at this waymark after lunch on our way back from our anniversary trip to Yosemite.

Jacksonville
California State Historical Landmark #419

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This landmark is located in the vista point at the north approach to Don Pedro Bridge, State Highway 120, 3.5 miles southeast of Chinese Camp, California in Tuolumne County. There are 19 other California State Historical Landmarks in Tuolumne. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 37° 50.672 W 120° 22.935.

You can log your visit to this landmark at waymark.com.

California Historical Landmark #419

Near this site stood the historic town of Jacksonville, now inundated by the waters of Don Pedro Reservoir. The town was settled by Julian Smart, who planted the first garden and orchard in the spring of 1849, and named for Colonel A. M. Jackson. In 1850 it was the principal river town in the area and the center for thousands of miners working the rich bed of the Tuolumne River.

California Historical Landmark #419

Kevin and Donna

Outlaws 11U Earned and Unearned Runs Allowed Analysis

Runs Allowed As of October 19, 2009

Inning           1       2       3        4       5       6

Games Played    15      15      15       13       7       3

Earned Runs     22      11      15       10       7       0     65
Unearned Runs    4       3       7       17       0       0     31

Earned Runs     23%     11%     16%      10%      7%      0%    68%
Unearned Runs    4%      3%      7%      18%      0%      0%    32%

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Anniversary Yosemite Bike Ride Maps

Sharon and I spent last Monday morning riding our bikes around Yosemite Valley. Using my Garmin 305, I generated the following topo map, Google Earth views and Google Map.

Exploring on a bike is a fantastic way to see the valley!  You can see Half Dome in the upper center of the second graphic.








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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

John and Deborah

Outlaws 11U 2009 Pitching Statistics

As of October 19, 2009
1-James                IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  All Star Bl 17-Oct   2     3    4    3    4    2    0   42-21
  Monterey Ba 3-Oct    3     1    0    0    3    2    0   42-22
  Warriors    20-Sep   3     2    0    0    0    4    0   48-31
  Hard 90     19-Sep   1/3   1    0    0    1    0    0    16-7
  Blue Devils 6-Sep    2     2    4    3    3    1    2   33-20
  Demons      5-Sep    1     2    2    2    1    1    0   27-12
              Total  11 1/3 11   10    8   12   10    2  208-113  4.24
                                                         

2-Matt                 IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  Warriors    20-Sep   1     1    0    0    0    0    0    12-7
              Total    1     1    0    0    0    0    0    12-7   0.00


3-Josh                 IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  Bombers     18-Oct   2     1    0    0    1    0    0   18-13
  All Star Bl 17-Oct   2/3   1    1    1    0    2    0    13-9
  Monterey Ba 4-Oct    2     3    3    1    0    2    0   36-24
  Hard 90     20-Sep 1 1/3   6    5    5    2    0    0   34-19
  Amigos      5-Sep  1 2/3   7    8    4    1    1    0   37-20
  River Bandi 5-Sep    1     0    1    1    3    1    0   26-10
              Total  8 2/3  18   18   12    7    6    0   151-86  8.31


4 - AD                 IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  Acorns      17-Oct   2     2    2    2    2    1    0   35-19
  Warriors    20-Sep   2     1    2    2    2    1    0   34-18
  River Bandi 5-Sep    2     2    1    1    1    0    0   37-23
              Total    6     5    5    5    5    2    0   106-60  5.00


6 - Keaton             IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  Bombers     17-Oct   2     3    4    1    0    1    0   33-22
  Monterey Ba 3-Oct    3     0    2    2    3    5    0   57-32
  Hard 90     20-Sep   3     4    7    7    5    0    0   61-34
  Demons      5-Sep    2     0    0    0    0    1    0   16-14
              Total    10    7   13   10    8    7    0  181-102  6.00


7 - Pat                IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  Bombers     18-Oct   2     1    0    0    1    1    0   23-15
  Warriors    17-Oct   2     2    3    0    1    2    0   38-21
  Bulldogs    19-Sep   2     0    3    3    3    2    0   39-19
  Hard 90     19-Sep   1     2    2    1    1    0    0   19-12
  River Bandi 5-Sep    1     0    0    0    0    0    0    11-6
              Total    8     5    8    4    6    5    0   130-73  3.00


9 - Niko               IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  All Star Bl 16-Oct 2 1/3   2    2    2    3    1    0   41-18
  Hard 90     3-Oct    3     5    3    3    3    1    0   51-29
  Blue Devils 6-Sep    0     2    5    4    2    0    0   24-11
              Total  5 1/3   9   10    9    8    2    0   116-58 10.13


10 - Jordan            IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  Warriors    0ct 17   2     2    1    1    2    0    0   40-18
  Monterey Ba 4-Oct  2 1/3   4    4    2    1    1    1   42-26
  Amigos      5-Sep    2     5    2    2    0    3    0   48-31
              Total  6 1/3  11    7    5    3    4    1   130-75  4.74


23 - Breyton           IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  Monterey Ba 4-Oct    2/3   4    3    3    3    0    0   32-15
  Hard 90     19-Sep 1 1/3   7    9    7    2    2    1   46-24
              Total  2      11   12   10    5    2    1   78-39  30.00


33 - Jack              IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  Amigos      5-Sep    1/3   1    0    0    0    1    0    11-6
              Total    1/3   1    0    0    0    1    0    11-6   0.00


55 - Jeremy            IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP  PC-ST   ERA
  Acorns      17-Oct 2 1/3   2    6    0    4    0    2   51-19
  Hard 90     3-Oct    2     3    3    0    2    1    0   43-25
  Bulldogs    19-Sep   2     3    3    2    1    4    0   56-33
  Blue Devils 6-Sep    2     0    0    0    0    1    0   23-13
  Demons      5-Sep    1     0    1    1    2    2    0   23-12
              Total  9 1/3   8   13    3    9    8    2  196-102  1.93


    Team      Total  68 1/3 87   96   65   63   47    6           5.71

Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - Diane Birch - Rise Up

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Monday, October 19, 2009

2009 Fall Dinner Party Menu


The Omnivore’s Dilemma



October 17, 2009

The way we eat represents our most profound engagement
with the natural world. How do the alchemies of the kitchen
transform the raw stuff of nature into some
of the great delights of human culture?



American Sturgeon Caviar, Russian Blinis, Crème Fraiche
~~~
Ice Chilled Ketel One Vodka



Caesar Salad
with Pouched Quail Egg
~~~
2007 King Estate Pinot Gris



Lobster Bisque Shooters
~~~
2005 Chalk Hill Chardonnay



Free Range Wild Boar with Calvados Sauce,
Mashed Potatoes with Celery Root Mousseline,
Sautéed Chard
~~~
2006 Willakenzie Estate Pierre Leon Pinot Noir



“Just An” Intermission



Spiced Pumpkin Soufflés with Bourbon and Molasses Sauce
~~~
Choice of Jack’s Rose 2007 Aparicio Zinfandel,
Revolution Wines Orange Muscat
or Jessup Cellars Napa Valley Zinfandel Port


Outlaws 11U Fall 2009 Batting Statistics

As of October 19, 2009

For the weekend of October 17 and 18, the Outlaws hit 0.217 (17 for 78). Excluding the game against the Warriors where they hit 0.500 (11 for 22), they hit 0.107 (6 for 56) in the other three games.

.    NAME   GP  AB  R  H RBI BB SO SF HP 2B 3B HR TB   BA   OBP   SLG
 1  James   12   9  5  2  3   9  4  0  0  1  1  0  5  0.222 0.611 0.556
 2  Matt    14  19  4  2  3   5  6  0  0  0  0  0  2  0.105 0.292 0.105
 3  Josh    15  23  7  5  6   9  4  2  0  0  0  0  5  0.217 0.412 0.217
 4  AD      12  21 12  4  8  10  4  0  0  2  0  0  6  0.190 0.452 0.286
 5  Cooper   9  16 11  3  5  10  4  0  0  1  0  0  4  0.188 0.500 0.250
 6  Keaton  15  29  8  6  8   9  5  0  0  1  0  0  7  0.207 0.395 0.241
 7  Pat     10  20  6  6  5   2  8  0  1  1  2  0 11  0.300 0.391 0.550
 8  Niko    15  22  8  1  1   9  7  1  2  0  0  0  1  0.045 0.353 0.045
 9  RJ       1   1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.000 0.000 0.000
 10 Jordan  12  17  4  2  2   1  2  0  0  2  0  0  4  0.118 0.167 0.235
 21 DeAndre 14  14  7  5  3   9  4  1  0  1  0  0  6  0.357 0.583 0.429
 22 Trevor  13  20  5  5  1   0  5  0  1  0  0  0  5  0.250 0.286 0.250
 23 Breyton 11  18  6  2  2   1  4  0  0  0  0  0  2  0.111 0.158 0.111
 33 Jack    12  16  6  3  5  11  5  1  1  0  0  0  3  0.188 0.517 0.188
 55 Jeremy  12  27  6  6  7   1  1  2  1  1  0  0  7  0.222 0.258 0.259

               272 95 52 59  86 63  7  6 10  3  0 68  0.191 0.388 0.250

Sunday, October 18, 2009

2009 Outlaws Baseball Tournament #4 Day 2

We skipped the first day of the Outlaws fourth fall tournament; Sharon and I were scrambling to get ready for the party. Up much earlier than I would have thought possible, Jack and I ended to Big League Dreams in Manteca for the second day of the tournament.

The Outlaws played an 8:00 a.m. against the Bombers. The Outlaws had 1 win and 2 losses on Saturday. In order to make the play-offs, they needed to win and hold the Bombers essentially scoreless.

At the plate, Jack was 0 for 1 with a walk. In his first at-bat, Jack hit a 1 and 1 pitch down the first baseline. The first baseman fielded the ball cleanly and tagged him out at first. The Bombers starting pitcher was very effective; he struck out 6 of the 10 batters the first time through the order. Jack walked on five pitches in his second plate appearance in the bottom of the fifth inning. Josh singled to drive in Jeremy and move Jack to third. James walked to load the bases. With one out, the next batter struck out. The following batter grounded into a fielder's choice to end the inning. The inning ended with Jack still on third.

In the field, Jack played third base for the first two innings and first base for the last four innings. In the second inning, he fielded a slow roller and threw the runner out at first. Jack was very busy at first base. He ended up recording 9 put-outs on throws from the pitcher, second baseman, shortstop and third baseman. Keaton caught one of the runners off base. Jack took the throw and chased the runner towards second. Unfortunately, he waited a little long to make the throw to Jeremy at second. His point blank throw bounced off Jeremy's chest and the runner was safe at second.

With the score tied 0 to 0 in the top of the fourth. The Outlaws made a series of fielding and throwing errors and ended up allowing four runs. One of the things that I struggle with as the scorer for the team is scoring errors. I ended up scoring one of the runs as earned and three of the runs as unearned.

The Outlaws ended up losing by a score of 4 to 1 in six innings. In addition to bases loaded with one out in the fifth, the Outlaws had a runner on third with no outs in the bottom of the sixth, but could not score.

The Outlaws ended up with 1 win and 3 losses for the weekend and finished fourth out of five teams.

Outlaws 11U versus Bay Valley Bombers 11U Box Score

October 18, 2009 - Outlaws versus Bay Valley Bombers

                  1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
     Bombers      0    0    0    4    0    0    4    5    0
     Outlaws      0    0    0    0    1    0    1    1    3


  #  Hitter      POS  AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO    #P    AVG    OBP
  5  Cooper      10    2    0    0    0    1    1    18   0.188  0.500
  4  AD           4    2    0    0    0    1    1    13   0.190  0.452
  6  Keaton      3/1   2    0    0    0    0    2     8   0.207  0.395
 22      Trevor   2    1    0    0    0    0    0     1   0.250  0.286
 55  Jeremy       6    1    1    0    0    1    0    10   0.222  0.258
  7  Pat        1/5/7  2    0    0    0    0    2     8   0.300  0.391
 33  Jack        5/3   1    0    0    0    1    0     8   0.188  0.517
  3  Josh        2/1   2    0    1    1    0    0     5   0.217  0.412
  2  Matthew      7    1    0    0    0    0    1     5   0.105  0.292
  1      James    7    0    0    0    0    1    0     6   0.222  0.611
  8  Niko         9    1    0    0    0    0    1     5   0.045  0.353
 21      DeAndre  9    1    0    0    0    0    1     6   0.357  0.583
 23  Breyton      8    1    0    0    0    0    1     3   0.111  0.158
 10      Jordan   5    1    0    0    0    0    0     8   0.118  0.167

                      18    1    1    1    5   10   104


     Pitcher     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP PC-ST   ERA
  7  Pat          2    1    0    0    1    1    0  23-15    3.00
  6  Keaton       2    3    4    1    0    1    0  33-22    6.00
  3  Josh         2    1    0    0    1    0    0  18-13    8.31

                  6    5    4    1    2    2    0  74-50

Saturday, October 17, 2009

2009 Fall Dinner Party

Sharon and I have made it a tradition to host a fall dinner party [2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003]. From a smaller event ten years ago, the party has taken on a life of its own. This year's group totaled twelve; this matches biggest group that we have ever done. The guests included the Cunninghams, Gainsleys, Sanborns, Pat and Bernard, Sherry and Janie.



We were able to get everyone out of the kitchen and into the backyard before dinner for caviar and vodka. This year's main course was wild boar. I will post the full menu in the next couple of days.



Continuing something that we started last year, before dessert, we showed a video. Last year we showed Dinner for One. This year, we showed two Justin Timberlake Saturday Night Live skits.

It was a great evening!

Sharon's Table for the Fall Dinner Party

Outlaws 11U versus All Out Acorns 11U

October 17, 2009 - Outlaws versus All Out Acorns

                  1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
     Outlaws      0    1    0    1    0    X    2    2    2
     Acorns       1    1    1    5    0    X    8    4    1


  #  Hitter      POS  AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO    #P    AVG    OBP
  4  AD           1    2    0    0    0    0    0    14   0.211  0.464
  2  Matt         4    1    0    0    0    0    1     4   0.111  0.304
  1      James         1    1    1    0    0    0     3   0.222  0.588
  6  Keaton       3    1    0    0    0    0    0     6   0.222  0.417
 10      Jordan        1    0    0    0    0    0     2   0.125  0.176
  7  Pat          8    2    1    1    0    0    0     6   0.333  0.429
 55  Jeremy       6    2    0    0    0    0    1     7   0.231  0.241
 55  Josh         2    2    0    0    1    0    1     6   0.190  0.406
 21  DeAndre     10    1    0    0    0    1    1     7   0.385  0.609
  8  Niko         5    1    0    0    0    0    1     6   0.048  0.364
  9      RJ            1    0    0    0    0    0     5   0.000  0.000
 23  Breyton      7    2    0    0    0    0    0     6   0.118  0.167
 22  Trevor       9    1    0    0    0    0    0     5   0.263  0.300

                      18    2    2    1    1    5    77

Jordan reached base on an error by the center fielder.

     Pitcher     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP PC-ST   ERA
  4  AD           2    2    2    2    2    1    0  35-19    5.00
 55  Jeremy     2 1/3  2    6    0    4    0    2  51-19    1.93
                4 1/3  4    8    2    6    1    2  78-39

Outlaws 11U versus Warriors 11U

October 17, 2009 - Outlaws versus Warriors

                  1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
     Outlaws      1    2    2    9    X    X   14   11    2
     Warriors     3    0    1    0    X    X    4    4    2


  #  Hitter      POS  AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO    #P    AVG    OBP
  2  Matthew           1    1    0    0    1    0     6   0.118  0.318
 22      Trevor        2    2    1    1    0    0     4   0.278  0.316
  6  Keaton            3    1    2    2    1    0    15   0.231  0.429
  7  Pat               3    1    0    0    0    1    11   0.313  0.421
 55  Jeremy            3    2    3    1    0    0     8   0.250  0.259
 55  Josh              1    1    0    1    1    1    11   0.211  0.433
 21  DeAndre           1    1    1    1    0    0     2   0.417  0.619
  1      James         1    1    1    2    0    0     2   0.125  0.563
  8  Niko              1    2    1    0    1    0    10   0.050  0.375
 23  Breyton           1    1    0    0    0    0     1   0.133  0.188
  4      AD            2    1    1    3    0    0     5   0.235  0.500
 10  Jordan            3    0    1    2    0    0     4   0.133  0.188

                      22   14   11   13    4    2    79

Both Pat and Niko were hit by pitches.  Josh had a sacrifice bunt, while
DeAndre had a sacrifice fly.  AD reached base on an error by the shortstop,
while Trevor reached base on an error by the second baseman.

     Pitcher     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP PC-ST   ERA
  7  Pat          2    2    3    0    1    2    0  38-21    4.00
 10  Jordan       2    2    1    1    2    0    0  40-18    4.74
                  4    4    4    1    3    2    0  78-39

Outlaws 11U versus Club All Star Blue 11U Box Score

October 17, 2009 - Outlaws versus Club All Star Blue

                  1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
   Outlaws        0    0    0    4    0    0    4    3    2
   All Star Blue  0    0    3    1    3    0    7    6    2


  #  Hitter      POS  AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO    #P    AVG    OBP
  2  Matthew      4    2    0    0    0    1    0    14   0.125  0.300
  6  Keaton       7    2    1    0    0    1    0    10   0.174  0.387
  7  Pat          3    2    1    0    1    1    2    18   0.385  0.467
 55  Jeremy       6    3    1    0    0    0    0     6   0.143  0.167
 55  Josh         5    2    0    1    1    0    0     9   0.222  0.444
 23  Breyton      8    1    0    0    0    0    1     4   0.143  0.200
 21    DeAndre    8    2    0    1    1    0    0     3   0.400  0.667
 23  Niko         1    3    1    0    0    0    1    13   0.000  0.310
  1  James        9    1    0    0    0    1    1     9   0.000  0.467
 22  Trevor       2    2    0    1    0    0    0     3   0.250  0.294

                      20    4    3    3    4    5    89

Niko reached third base on an error by the right fielder, while Jeremy
reached base on an error by the shortstop.


     Pitcher     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP PC-ST   ERA
  8  Niko       2 1/3  2    2    2    3    1    0  41-18   10.13
  1  James        2    3    4    3    4    2    0  42-21    4.24
  3  Josh        2/3   1    1    1    0    2    0  13- 9   10.82
                  6    6    7    6    7    5    0  96-48

2009 Flag Football Game #5

ugh... Jack played in his fifth game of the 2009 CSD Flag Football season. Although the Outlaws were playing in a tournament in Tracy, we had him play flag football as we were racing to get ready for the fall dinner party. The Quick Silver played the Panthers.

Jack played offense in the first half. He had three nice receptions and two long runs. On the second run, he had turned the corner on the defense was free up the sideline. I don't think that anyone was going to catch him, but his flags fell on. Although this seems to happen to other kids all the time, it is the first in the three years of flag football that I can remember this happening to him. Jack was not pleased. Although they moved the ball up and down the field, they were not able to score and trailed by the score of 19 to 0 at halftime.

In the second half, Jack played defense. He had one interception.

The Quick Silver got stream rolled. The final score was 39 to 6. The Panthers just had more skilled players and team speed. The Quick Silver's record in games that Jack has played is 2 wins and 3 losses.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Jack returning an interception for a touchdown

Last Saturday, Jack's flag football team played Cole's team. I spent most of the game wandering the sideline with my flip camera.

Late in the game, Jack intercepted a long pass and returned it for a touchdown. He is #20 on the far side of the video at the beginning. Unfortunately, I was playing more attention to the game than where I was pointing the camera. As a result, I do a poor job of following him with the camera after the interception.

I am intrigued by video because of the move that he makes after he intercepts the ball. Starting up the field, he makes a move towards the center of the field, cuts to the outside and accelerates to the sideline for the touchdown. As an athlete, I was never capable of making that kind of move...


Jack returning an interception for a touchdown from heringermr on Vimeo.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

California Historical Landmark #446

Sharon and I stopped in Groveland for lunch on our way back from our anniversary trip to Yosemite.

Groveland
California State Historical Landmark #446

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This landmark is located on the northeast corner of Main (State Highway 120) and Back Streets, Groveland, California in Tuolumne County. There are 18 other California State Historical Landmarks in Tuolumne. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 37° 50.352 W 120° 13.797.

You can log your visit to this landmark at waymark.com.

Formerly called 'First Garrote' because of the hanging of a Mexican for stealing a horse, Groveland was built in 1849 as shown by dated adobe brick taken from a partition, adobe buildings were still standing in 1949. Gold was discovered here in 1849, and thousands of dollars in placer gold were taken from mines on Garrote Creek, Big Creek, and other diggings.

Yosemite Hike: North Valley Trail to Mirror Lake Loop Trail to Snow Creek Trail

Using data from my Garmin 305, I generated the following maps and views of our hike along the North Valley, Mirror Lake and Snow Creek trails in the Yosemite Valley on Sunday. You can see Half Dome on the right of the second image; this is a screenshot from Google Earth. Towards the end, you can see where we climbed up the Snow Creek Trail above the tree line so that we could get a view back down the valley.



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In the batting cage

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

2009 Kings Tickets Draw

For the last twelve years, I have been part of an odd group that shared Kings season tickets. Through some unfortunate twists of fate, I actually ended up managing the group for the last three years. As I predicted last fall, due to the economy and the Kings record, I was not able to keep that group together.

Over the last year, I mentioned to a number of people that I might be looking to join a different group. I ended up joining a group that includes Marlene, Alan (a parent of one of Jack's classmates) and a couple of lobbyists. We drew the tickets last night at Hangar 17. Although I was a little confused initially about how the draw was going to go, I am pleased with the tickets I got.

The previous seats were in the second row of the upper deck behind the cameras. These seats are in the lower level on the side opposite the benches on an aisle.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Yosemite Day 2

Up fairly early, we had breakfast in the Ahwahnee Dining Room. With few people up and moving around yet, we got a great table in the west end of the dining room.


We brought our road bikes with us. The plan for the morning was explore the valley by bike. We took our time and made a number of stop including the Visitor Center, Lower Yosemite Falls, the Chapel, Curry Village and Mirror Lake. In total, we covered more than 9 miles in about 2 hours.  We essentially traveled almost all of the bike trails in the Valley.


I have never ridden a bike in the Yosemite Valley before.  It is a great way to wander around.  You can cover a lot more ground and still stop and enjoy the views as travel along.


We got back to the hotel about 11 a.m.  We packed up the car and started back towards Elk Grove about 11:45 a.m.  We made a quick stop for lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Groveland.  Instead of taking highway 120 back through Oakdale, I cut across to Copperopolis and came down highway 4.  We were back in Elk Grove to pick up Jack about 3:30 p.m.

a very nice short getaway...

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Yosemite Day 1

Sharon and I have tried to make it a tradition to get away for a night or two for our anniversary. Dropping Jack at the Outlaws Baseball practice Sunday morning, we rolled out of town. We are spending a couple of short days in the Yosemite Valley.

Leaving Elk Grove about 9:15 a.m., we got to the Ahwahnee Hotel about 12:45 with a couple of quick stops. Our room was actually ready so we are able to check in; we ended up in a nice corner room (A210). Dropping the bags, we headed down and had a light lunch on the patio in the back of the hotel.

The plan for the rest of the afternoon was a hike. From the Ahwahnee, we ended along the North Side Trail to the Mirror Lake Trail.

Half Dome from the Mirror Lake Trail

I had told Sharon about some pictures I had seen of the views from the Snow Creek Trail. We pushed to the junction of the Mirror Lake Trail and the Snow Creek Trail and then started up the Snow Creek Trail. It is steep with repeated switchbacks. I am interested to see what the GPS map ends up looking like; the GPS was getting confused as we headed up the switchbacks. We got to a point above the tree line with a view back down the valley before we turned around.


Back on the Mirror Lake Loop, we went as far as the Tenaya Creek Bridge. The South side of the Mirror Lake loop was closed due to an enormous rock fall. We turned around and headed back towards the hotel. With the quick stop at Mirror Lake, we headed up covering more than 6 miles in about 2 1/2 hours.


After getting cleaned up, we headed down and had sat in the Great Lounge and had a drink. The Great Lounge is 77 feet long and 51 feet wide with 24-foot-high ceilings and a massive fireplace.

I walked outside to get some better phone reception to check on Drew and Jack. The twilight view of the hotel against the granite cliffs is amazing.


We finished the evening with dinner in the Ahwahnee Dining Room. Sharon had prime rib, while I had the rack of lamb. We had a bottle of Mary Edwards Pinot Noir with dinner. While the food was adequate, the dining room is unique. It was a 34-foot high ceiling with large sugar pine trestles and ceiling-to-floor windows framed with stained glass.

Lunch at the Ahwahnee Hotel



Lunch at the Ahwahnee, originally uploaded by heringermr.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Fund Raiser for Dan Lungren

Sharon, Janie, Marlene, Phil and I went to a fund raiser for Dan Lungren at the Lent Ranch. In addition to Lungren, John Boehner minority speaker of the house spoke after dinner.

2009 Flag Football Game #4

Jack returning an Interception for a Touchdown


Jack played in his fourth game of the 2009 CSD Flag Football season. He missed last week's game playing baseball in the tournament in Tracy. The Quick Silver played the White Knights; Cole was on the other team.

Jack played his best game of the year. He threw for a touchdown, ran for a touchdown, caught a pass for an extra point and returned an interception for a touchdown.

He played offense in the first half. Jack had two catches. The first catch for a small gain and the second catch to score an extra point after their second touchdown. Jack ran the ball three times. He got a short gain early in the first half. With Jack playing halfback, they ran a half back option twice. The first time Jack swept left and threw a low pass into the end zone for a touchdown; the receiver made a nice catch. The second time Jack went left looking to throw, put the ball away, reversed his field and sprinted into the right corner of the end zone.

Jack played defense in the second half. He had one interception that he returned about 40 yards for the touchdown.

The Quicksilver won the game by a score of 25 to 0. Their record in games that Jack has played is 2 wins and 2 losses.

Friday, October 09, 2009

Drew and Marlana!

Drew and Marlana are on the cover of the Ticket Section of the Sacramento Bee this morning!

There is a two page article about their music on pages 8 and 9. You can find the article on-line at:

http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/story/2241257.html

Drew and Marlana on the Cover of the Ticket Section!

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Elk Grove Outlaws 11U versus Woodland Thunder 11U

Jack and I went to Klenherd Park in Woodland. The Outlaws played the Woodland Thunder.

At the plate, Jack was 1 for 2 with an RBI. In his first at-bat, he fell behind in the count 0 and 2. Jack tomahawked the third pitch through the left side of the infield as the shortstop was rotating over to hold the runner at second. On at first, Jack purposely got caught in a rundown so that Josh could score from third. With the bases loaded, Jack hit a 1 and 1 pitch to the right side of the infield in his second plate appearance. It was probably his sharpest hit ball in the last couple of weeks. Glancing off his extended glove, the Thunder second baseman was able to track the ball down and get Jeremy in a fielder's choice at second. Jack drove in one run. Jack ended the inning stranded at third.

In the field, Jack played two innings in left field, an inning at third and an inning at first. He only had one opportunity to handle the ball. Playing first with Matthew playing shortstop, Matthew fielded a slow roller and threw a ball in the dirt to Jack's right; Jack was mad at himself for not digging it out...

The Outlaws won the game by a score of 6 to 5 in a long four innings. The next tournament is the weekend of October 17 and 18.

Jack at bat against the Woodland Thunder

Jack at bat against the Woodland Thunder

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Out of the Dark into the Light

For the first time in almost exactly twenty-five years, I have bought an Apple Mac. The last time I bought a Mac for myself was September of 1984 and Drew was seven months in utero. My sister and I have bought MacBooks for both Drew and Morgan as college graduation presents.

Over the last three years, I have carried an HP laptop running Vista for work. The desktop in the den at home has been a five and a half year old HP running XP Media Center. Using these two computers every day has convinced me that Vista really added no value to the Microsoft Windows franchise. I have tried to articulate this to Microsoft on several occasions...

The HP in my den has been getting slower and slower. I was trying to make it to the introduction of Windows 7 in late October. Unfortunately, it died a painful death and I have been unable to get it running again. I have been toying with the idea for some time and decided that I would replace the home desktop with an Apple Mac. I got a Mac Pro.

I ordered my offsite back-ups (>140G) from Mozy. Using the back-ups, I was able to get my iTunes library rebuild in about 30 minutes. I was using Picasa to manage my pictures. I downloaded the Mac version and loaded all the pictures into Picasa in another 30 minutes.

So far, I am extremely pleased with the Mac. I am going to switch my work laptop to Windows 7 in the next month. I will be interested in comparing the Mac running Snow Leopard with the HP running Windows 7.

Help the Andrew Heringer Band get to South by Southwest

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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Outlaw 11U Fall 2009 Pitching Statistics

As of October 5, 2009
.                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HBP  PC-ST   ERA
1-James
  Monterey B 3-Oct    3   1   0   0   3   2   0   42-22
  Warriors   20-Sep   3   2   0   0   0   4   0   48-31
  Hard 90    19-Sep  1/3  1   0   0   1   0   0    16-7
  Blue Devil 6-Sep    2   2   4   3   3   1   2   33-20
  Demons     5-Sep    1   2   2   2   1   1   0   27-12
             Total  9 1/3 8   6   5   8   8   2   166-92 3.21

2-Matt
  Warriors   20-Sep   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    12-7
             Total    1   1   0   0   0   0   0    12-7  0.00
 
.                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HBP  PC-ST   ERA
 3-Josh
  Monterey B 4-Oct    2   3   3   1   0   2   0   36-24
  Hard 90    20-Sep 1 1/3 6   5   5   2   0   0   34-19
  Amigos     5-Sep  1 2/3 7   8   4   1   1   0   37-20
  River Band 5-Sep    1   0   1   1   3   1   0   26-10
             Total    6   13  14  10  6   2   0   133-73 10.00

4 - AD
  Warriors   20-Sep   2   1   2   2   2   1   0   34-18
  River Band 5-Sep    2   2   1   1   1   0   0   37-23
             Total    4   3   3   3   3   1   0   71-41  4.50

.                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HBP  PC-ST   ERA
6 - Keaton
  Monterey B 3-Oct    3   0   2   2   3   5   0   57-32
  Hard 90    20-Sep   3   4   7   7   5   0   0   61-34
  Demons     5-Sep    2   0   0   0   0   1   0   16-14
             Total    8   4   9   9   8   6   0   133-80 6.75

7 - Pat
  Bulldogs   19-Sep   2   0   3   3   3   2   0   39-19
  Hard 90    19-Sep   1   2   2   1   1   0   0   19-12
  River Band 5-Sep    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    11-6
             Total    4   2   5   4   4   2   0   69-37  6.00

.                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HBP  PC-ST   ERA
9 - Niko
  Hard 90    3-Oct    3   5   3   3   3   1   0   51-29
  Blue Devil 6-Sep    0   2   5   4   2   0   0   24-11
             Total    3   7   8   7   5   1   0   75-40  14.00

10 - Jordan
  Monterey B 4-Oct  2 1/3 4   4   2   1   1   1   42-26
  Amigos     5-Sep    2   5   2   2   0   3   0   48-31
             Total  4 1/3 9   6   4   1   4   1   90-57  5.54

.                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HBP  PC-ST   ERA
23 - Breyton
  Monterey B 4-Oct   2/3  4   3   3   3   0   0   32-15
  Hard 90    19-Sep 1 1/3 7   9   7   2   2   1   46-24
             Total    2   11  12  10  5   2   1   78-39  30.00

33 - Jack
  Amigos     5-Sep   1/3  1   0   0   0   1   0    11-6
             Total   1/3  1   0   0   0   1   0    11-6  0.00

55 - Jeremy
  Hard 90    3-Oct    2   3   3   0   2   1   0   43-25
  Bulldogs   19-Sep   2   3   3   2   1   4   0   56-33
  Blue Devil 6-Sep    2   0   0   0   0   1   0   23-13
  Demons     5-Sep    1   0   1   1   2   2   0   23-12
             Total    7   6   7   3   5   8   0  145-83  2.57


   Team      Total   49   54  58  45  40  33  3  983-555 5.51

Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - Yo La Tengo - Here To Fall

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Monday, October 05, 2009

Outlaws 11U Fall 2009 Batting Statistics

As of October 6, 2009

For the weekend, the Outlaws hit 0.190 (11 for 58).

.    NAME  GP AB  R  H RBI BB SO SF HP 2B 3B HR TB   BA    OBP   SLG   OPS
 1 James    8  6  3  0  1   7  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.000 0.538 0.000 0.538
 2 Matt    10 14  3  2  3   3  4  0  0  0  0  0  2  0.143 0.294 0.143 0.437
 3 Josh    11 16  6  3  2   8  2  0  0  0  0  0  3  0.188 0.458 0.188 0.646
 4 AD       9 15 11  3  5   9  3  0  0  1  0  0  4  0.200 0.500 0.267 0.767
 5 Cooper   8 14 11  3  5   9  3  0  0  1  0  0  4  0.214 0.522 0.286 0.807
 6 Keaton  11 21  6  4  6   7  3  0  0  1  0  0  5  0.190 0.393 0.238 0.631
 7 Pat      6 11  3  5  4   1  3  0  0  1  2  0 10  0.455 0.500 0.909 1.409
 8 Niko    11 16  5  0  1   8  4  1  1  0  0  0  0  0.000 0.346 0.000 0.346
10 Jordan   9 12  4  1  0   1  2  0  0  1  0  0  2  0.083 0.154 0.167 0.321
21 DeAndre 10  8  6  3  1   8  2  0  0  1  0  0  4  0.375 0.688 0.500 1.188
22 Trevor   9 14  3  3  0   0  5  0  1  0  0  0  3  0.214 0.267 0.214 0.481
23 Breyton  7 13  5  2  2   1  2  0  0  0  0  0  2  0.154 0.214 0.154 0.368
33 Jack    11 15  6  3  5  10  5  1  1  0  0  0  3  0.200 0.519 0.200 0.719
55 Jeremy   8 18  2  3  6   0  1  2  1  1  0  0  4  0.167 0.190 0.222 0.413

             193 74 35 41  72 42  4  4  7  2  0 46  0.181 0.407 0.238 0.645

Fall 2009 Outlaws Game Log for Josh

As of October 5, 2009
.          GP AB  R  H RBI BB SO SF HBP 2  3 HR TB  BA   OBP    SLG   OPS

  09/05-#1  1  1  2  0  0   2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  09/05-#2  1  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0
  09/05-#3  1  3  1  0  1   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  09/06-#1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  09/19-#1  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  09/19-#2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  09/20-#1  1  2  1  0  1   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  09/20-#2  1  1  1  1  0   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
  10/03-#1  1  1  1  1  0   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
  10/03-#2  1  1  0  1  0   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
  10/04-#1  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

 3  Josh   11 16  6  3  2   8  2  0  0  0  0  0  3 0.188 0.458 0.188 0.646
Josh reached base on errors by the shortstop and the pitcher (both 9/5-Game #3).

Sunday, October 04, 2009

2009 Outlaws Baseball Tournament #3 Day 2

Back at the Tracy Sports Complex for the second day, the Outlaws played Monterey Bay again at 11:00 a.m. The Outlaws had beaten Monterey Bay the previous day by a score of 7 to 2.

At the plate, Jack was 1 for 2 with a run scored. In his first at-bat, Jack lifted a 2 and 2 pitch over the shortstop in shallow left center for a single. He stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. When Josh walked, Josh continued towards second drawing a throw. Jack raced home to score. In his second plate appearance, Jack hit a 3 and 2 up the middle. The pitcher made a nice play on the ball and threw Jack out at first.

Jack and Cooper were both designated hitters for the game. Apparently, the tournament rules allow you to bat as many people as you want.

In a seesaw game, Monterey Bay ended up winning by the score of 10 to 7. After four innings, the Outlaws trailed by the score of 7 to 6. They gave up a couple of unearned runs in the top of the fifth throwing the ball around in a perfect example of monkey ball... Keeping the book for the team, I have a hard time figuring out how to score all the throwing errors.

Monterey Bay threw a giant pitcher for the first four innings who had pitched for Lamorinda at Cooperstown. Pat and Jack were the only two boys to get a hit off of him.

Interestingly, Monterey Bay went on to beat Hard 90 in the next game by the score of 10 to 1.

Outlaws 11U versus Monterey Bay 11U Box Score

October 4, 2009 - Outlaws versus Monterey Bay

                  1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
   Monterey Bay   3    1    3    0    3    X   10   11    0
   Outlaws        4    1    1    0    0    X    6    3    3


  #  Hitter      POS  AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO    #P    AVG    OBP
  5  Cooper      10    2    1    0    0    1    1    15   0.214  0.522
  4  AD          7/6   1    1    0    0    1    0     7   0.200  0.500
  6  Keaton       3    1    1    0    0    1    0     5   0.190  0.393
  7  Pat          8    2    1    1    2    0    0     5   0.455  0.500
 55  Jeremy      5/2   2    0    0    1    0    0     6   0.167  0.190
 33  Jack        11    2    1    1    0    0    0    11   0.200  0.519
  3  Josh        5/1   1    0    0    0    1    0     6   0.188  0.458
 23  Breyton     1/9   1    0    0    0    0    0     1   0.154  0.214
 10     Jordan    1    1    0    0    0    0    1     5   0.083  0.154
  8  Niko        9/5   1    1    0    0    1    0     9   0.000  0.346
 22  Trevor      2/4   2    0    0    0    0    1     5   0.214  0.267
  2  Matthew      4    1    0    0    0    0    1     3   0.143  0.294
 21     DeAndre   7    1    0    1    0    0    0     6   0.375  0.688

                      18    6    3    3    5    4    84

Matthew reached base on a dropped third strike.

     Pitcher     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP PC-ST   ERA
 23  Breyton     2/3   4    3    3    3    0    0  32-15   30.00
 10  Jordan     2 1/3  4    4    2    1    1    1  42-26    5.54
  3  Josh         2    3    3    1    0    2    0  36-24   10.00
                                                  110-65
                  5   11   10    6    4    3    1

Saturday, October 03, 2009

Deborah's Birthday Party

Sharon and I finished the night at a wonderful birthday party for Deborah.

2009 Outlaws Baseball Tournament #3 Day 1

Up early, Jack and I took off for the Tracy Sports Complex.

The Outlaws played Monterey Bay in a 9:00 a.m. game.

At the plate, Jack walked twice and had a RBI on a sacrifice fly. In his first at-bat, Jack walked five pitches; he was still at first when the inning ended. With the bases loaded and one out in his second plate appearance, Jack hit a towering shot to right center for a sacrifice fly and a RBI. Jack walked on six pitches in his third at-bat. He advanced to second and third on wild pitches. Josh hit a chopper in front of the mound. The pitcher fielded it and caught Jack off third. He got in a run down and was eventually called out for going out of the baseline.

For the first time that I can remember, Jack played first base in a tournament game. He handled the ball cleanly on six throws to first base. James threw a pick off move wide. Jack tracked the ball down quickly and threw the runner out trying to go to second.

The Outlaws won the game by a score of 7 to 2 in six innings.

After the game was over, the Outlaws turned around and played Hard 90 at 11:00 a.m. This is the third time that they have faced Hard 90 in the last two weeks.

Jack was the designated hitter for the game. He was 1 for 2 with a strike out, hit by pitch and a run scored. In his first at bat, Jack was hit on the foot by the first pitch. He was still at first base when the inning ended. In his second plate appearance, Jack struck out swinging on five pitches. Jack hit a chopper off the end of the bat to the right side of the infield in his third at-bat. The ball had a funny spin on it. By the time the second baseman tracked it down, Jack was charging down the line and was safe at first. He stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. Jack scored on an infield out to the right side by Breyton.

In a close game, Hard 90 won by a score of 6 to 4 in five innings. The Outlaws had runners on third in every inning and the bases loaded twice. It just seems like they never get any of the close calls against Hard 90. The parents were getting more than a little animated as the game wore on. Unfortunately, one of the boys (not Jack) got thrown out of the game for yelling at the umpire after a particularly close call.

The Outlaws ended up seeded third out of six teams and will be back on Sunday to face Monterey Bay again.

Outlaws 11U versus Hard 90 11U Box Score

October 3, 2009 - Outlaws versus Hard 90

                  1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
     Hard 90      0    1    2    3    0    X    6    8    2
     Outlaws      0    0    1    1    2    X    4    3    2


  #  Hitter      POS  AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO    #P    AVG    OBP
  4  AD           6    1    1    0    0    1    1    11   0.214  0.500
 10     Jordan    5    1    0    0    0    0    0     4   0.091  0.167
  6  Keaton       3    3    0    0    0    0    2    12   0.200  0.385
 55  Jeremy      5/1   3    0    1    0    0    0    14   0.188  0.211
  8  Niko       1/5/6  1    1    0    0    2    0    10   0.000  0.333
 33  Jack        10    2    1    0    0    0    1     7   0.154  0.520
 21  DeAndre      7    2    0    0    0    1    1    14   0.286  0.667
 23  Breyton      9    2    1    0    1    1    1    16   0.167  0.231
 22  Trevor       8    0    0    0    0    0    0     1   0.250  0.308
  1     James     8    1    0    0    0    1    0     9   0.000  0.538
  3  Josh         2    1    0    1    0    1    0     9   0.200  0.455
  2  Matthew      4    2    0    1    1    0    0     4   0.154  0.313

                      19    4    3    2    7    6   111

Jack and Trevor were both hit by a pitch.  Jack reached base on an 
error by the first baseman, while Niko reached base on an error by 
the shortstop.

     Pitcher     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP PC-ST   ERA
  8  Niko         3    5    3    3    3    1    0  51-29   14.00
 55  Jeremy       2    3    3    0    2    1    0  43-25    2.57

                  5    8    6    3    5    2    0  94-54

Outlaws 11U versus Monterey Bay 11U Box Score

October 3, 2009 - Outlaws versus Monterey Bay

                  1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
   Monterey Bay   2    0    0    0    0    0    2    1    2
   Outlaws        0    4    3    0    0    x    7    5    1


  #  Hitter      POS  AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO    #P    AVG    OBP
  4  AD          8/6   3    1    0    3    1    0    17   0.231  0.500
  6  Keaton      1/8   2    0    0    2    1    0     8   0.235  0.435
 21     DeAndre   8    0    0    0    0    0    0     0   0.400  0.750
 55  Jeremy      6/2   3    0    1    1    0    0     3   0.154  0.188
 33  Jack         3    0    0    0    1    2    0    14   0.182  0.545
  8  Niko         7    3    0    0    0    0    1    11   0.000  0.286
  3  Josh         5    1    1    1    0    1    0    14   0.143  0.400
 23  Breyton      9    3    2    1    0    0    0     8   0.200  0.200
 22  Trevor       2    2    2    1    0    0    0     6   0.250  0.250
  1     James     1    1    0    0    0    1    0     8   0.000  0.545
  2  Matthew      4    0    1    0    0    1    0    10   0.091  0.286
 10     Jordan    4    1    0    1    0    0    0     5   0.100  0.182

                      19    7    5    7    7    1   104

Jeremy reached base on an error by the shortstop, while AD reached
base on an error by the third baseman.

     Pitcher     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP PC-ST   ERA
  6  Keaton       3    0    2    2    3    5    0  57-32    6.75
  1  James        3    1    0    0    3    2    0  42-22    3.21

                  6    1    2    2    6    7    0  99-54

Thursday, October 01, 2009

California Historical Landmark #600

Headquarters of the Big Four
California State Historical Landmark #600

This landmark number has been retired and this landmark site is now included as part of the registration of Old Sacramento, Landmark #812.

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The reconstructed building is located on I Street west of the California Railroad Museum. There are 57 other California State Historical Landmarks in Sacramento County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 35' 4.17" W 121° 30' 16.38".




From the late 1850s and into the 1880s, the Big Four Building occupied much of the entire south side of K Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. The store’s telegraph address, "54 K Street," was also its physical address.

At street level, the Stanford Brothers Warehouse and the Huntington, Hopkins & Company Hardware Store occupied interconnected buildings. At first, the second floor spaces were occupied as living quarters by the Huntington and Hopkins families. But as both businessmen became more prosperous and were able to build homes in residential areas, the upper floor of the Huntington, Hopkins & Company side was used as a stockroom and as lodging for the store’s clerks. Most important among the Stanford side’s upstairs tenants was the Central Pacific Railroad, established by Charles Crocker, Huntington, Hopkins, and Stanford. The Big Four Building would serve as the railroad’s first headquarters, throughout the challenging years of construction and into the first decade of transcontinental operations.

However, by the late 1870s both the railroad and the hardware store had grown beyond the capacity of the Sacramento area. The Central Pacific Railroad especially needed the access offered by a big city. Thus, in the early 1880s, both were moved to a large storefront in San Francisco.

By the time construction for Interstate 5 necessitated the building’s demolition in 1963, there was little evidence left to suggest the site held historical significance. The California Department of Parks and Recreation determined that the Big Four Building was worthy of preservation, at least in spirit. When the time came for demolition, a sampling of decorative elements and building materials were set aside for future use. A site was found, next to the historic Nathaniel Dingley Steam Coffee & Spice Mill building on I Street, upon which to re-create a new Big Four Building in 1965.