Jack played in his first game of the 2010 Laguna Youth Baseball season. He missed the first game of the season last Saturday while we were at spring training. The Angels played the Diamondbacks.
It was a miserable day: cold, windy and wet. It started to rain in the second inning.
At bat, Jack was 0 for 2. In his first plate appearance, he popped a 1 and 2 pitch high to the right side of infield which was caught by the pitcher. Jack drove a 0 and 1 pitch to the right side of the infield in his second at-bat. The ball went through the second baseman into right field for an error and Breyton scored. Jack stole second and went to third on a passed ball. He ended the inning at third.
In the field, Jack played 2/3's of an inning at shortstop and pitch 2 1/3 innings. This is the most innings he has pitched in one game since the LYB Tournament of Champions last June. Jack had no fielding opportunities while he was playing shortstop.
With Niko struggling with his control in the cold, Jack came in to pitch with two outs in the bottom of the first. He told me after the game that he had a hard time getting loose in the cold. Jack pitched 2 1/3 innings. He threw 50 pitches and 25 strikes, walked 2, struck out 4, hit 1 batter and gave up 1 unearned run and 1 earned run. At pitcher, he fielded two infield grounders cleanly and threw to first for the out. In the bottom of the third, Jack tried to barehand a weak grounder on the left side of the infield. He had trouble getting the handle in the wet grass and then threw wildly to first. Fortunately, the gunner was thrown out trying to go to second on the overthrow.
The game was called after the third inning by the umpires due to lightning and ended in a 7 to 7 tie. The game log is here and the box score is here. The Angels now have 1 win, 0 losses and 1 tie for the season.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
2010 LYB Major Angels versus Diamondbacks Box Score
March 31, 2010 - Angels versus Diamondbacks
Game Log
The game was called due to lightning after 3 innings and was replayed from the beginning.
Game Log
The game was called due to lightning after 3 innings and was replayed from the beginning.
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Angels 4 1 2 X X X 7 1 3
Diamondbacks 5 2 0 X X X 7 2 4
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO HBP SAC #P
4 Niko 1/6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
8 Breyton 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
22 Jack 6/1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
28 Dominic 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
2 Greysen 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
30 Austin 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
24 Braden 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9
12 Richie 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7
Zachary 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12
15 7 2 3 3 6 0 0 75
Jack reached base once and Austin reached base twice on errors by the
second baseman. Breyton reached base on an error by the shortstop.
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
4 Niko 2/3 0 5 2 6 1 0 22-50
22 Jack 2 1/3 1 2 1 2 4 1 24-50
3 1 7 3 8 5 1 49-100
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
South Mountain Park Run
Using data from my Garmin 305, I put together a Google Earth image, an elevation graph and a Google map of our run in South Mountain Park on Sunday morning.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
2010 Spring Training Day 4
I enjoyed the opportunity to spend a big block of time with Drew. It was also a nice chance for Jack to bond with his brother...
Sunday, March 28, 2010
2010 Spring Training Day 3
A very busy day...
After a quick bite of breakfast at the hotel, Jack, Drew, Wallen and I headed back to South Mountain Park for a short run. We ended up covering 2.25 miles in about 39 minutes. We ran up and over some very steep terrain. I will post some maps and graphs of the run in the next week or so.
I have said that the day is quickly approaching when I will not be able to keep up with Jack anymore. The day is getting close. Given the roughness of the trail and the fact that I am not the most surefooted beast, I was pulling drag most of run.
After we got back to the hotel, Jack, Drew and I joined Wallen, Jill and Nate by the pool. We lounged in the hot tub and took some dips in the pool.
Getting cleaned up, we took off to catch up with Bachman, Chris, Mike and Tomasin at Starters in Tempe. We shot pool for a couple of hours and watched the Tennessee versus Michigan State NCAA Basketball game.
From there, we headed to Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The game for the day was the Oakland A's versus the Colorado Rockies. We tailgated for a while in the parking lot before heading into the game.
The game ended in a 6 to 6 tie after 9 innings. The Rockies led 6-1 before Oakland scored once in the seventh and four times in the eighth to tie the game. Troy Tulowitzki homered for the third time in his last four games while Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa gave up one run in five-plus innings.
Bachman and I spent some time watching the game from the concourse. I enjoyed getting a chance to catch up with him and hearing about Gail who is serving two years in the Peace Crops in Ethiopia. Bachman traveled there earlier this year to visit her.
After the game, we spent some time back at the hotel around the pool visiting and playing cribbage.
We finished the night with a big group having dinner at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant in downtown Tempe.
After a quick bite of breakfast at the hotel, Jack, Drew, Wallen and I headed back to South Mountain Park for a short run. We ended up covering 2.25 miles in about 39 minutes. We ran up and over some very steep terrain. I will post some maps and graphs of the run in the next week or so.
I have said that the day is quickly approaching when I will not be able to keep up with Jack anymore. The day is getting close. Given the roughness of the trail and the fact that I am not the most surefooted beast, I was pulling drag most of run.
After we got back to the hotel, Jack, Drew and I joined Wallen, Jill and Nate by the pool. We lounged in the hot tub and took some dips in the pool.
Getting cleaned up, we took off to catch up with Bachman, Chris, Mike and Tomasin at Starters in Tempe. We shot pool for a couple of hours and watched the Tennessee versus Michigan State NCAA Basketball game.
From there, we headed to Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The game for the day was the Oakland A's versus the Colorado Rockies. We tailgated for a while in the parking lot before heading into the game.
The game ended in a 6 to 6 tie after 9 innings. The Rockies led 6-1 before Oakland scored once in the seventh and four times in the eighth to tie the game. Troy Tulowitzki homered for the third time in his last four games while Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa gave up one run in five-plus innings.
Bachman and I spent some time watching the game from the concourse. I enjoyed getting a chance to catch up with him and hearing about Gail who is serving two years in the Peace Crops in Ethiopia. Bachman traveled there earlier this year to visit her.
After the game, we spent some time back at the hotel around the pool visiting and playing cribbage.
We finished the night with a big group having dinner at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant in downtown Tempe.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
2010 Spring Training Day 2
After getting cleaned up, we took off with a group for Harlow's Cafe for breakfast. Jenny discovered this place in 2004 and we have been going back annually ever since.
Drew, Jack and I took off from there to Camelback Stadium. We are going to see the Dodgers play the Mariners today. We got to the ballpark early and laid in the outfield and watched batting practice.
We had 29 people in our group for today's game, including Wallen, Jill, Nate, Marcus, Bob Wallen, Adam, Jenny, CJ, Carol, Chris, Brea, Luke, Mary Rose, Kyle, Moore, Sue, Pete, Kelly, a friend of Kelly's, Bob, Tomasin, Chris, Mike, Bachman, Jonathon, Mari, Drew, Jack and I.
The Dodgers beat the Mariners by the score of 3 to 1. Knuckleballer Charlie Haeger threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings for the Dodgers.
The crowd of 15,583 set a Cactus League single-game attendance record. Yesterday, there was only 4,407 people at Maryvale. Unfortunately, it took forever to get out of the ballpark. We sat for almost 40 minutes without moving before the traffic started to flow.
Brea and Luke invited everyone back to their house. We finished the barbecuing and hanging out at their house.
Friday, March 26, 2010
2010 Spring Training Day 1
Up very early, Jack, Drew and I caught a flight from Sacramento to Phoenix to spend a few days at spring training. This is the fifth straight year that Jack has gone with me to spring training in Arizona and the second straight year that Drew has attended.
We had a leisurely breakfast in Phoenix, did a little shopping and waymarked one site. I really enjoyed the opportunity to hear some rough cuts from the new album that Drew is working on and some tracks from the Milo Green project. We finally caught up with the Wallens in the late morning and then headed to the ball park.
We went to Maryvale to see the Milwaukee Brewers play the San Diego Padres. Maryvale has always been one of my favorite spring training venues. The Padres won the game by the score of 9 to 4. After taking a year off from baseball, Jim Edmunds signed with the Brewers. He had a two run homer and a RBI double.
We had some great seats behind home plate. The group for today totalled 18 people, including lots of Wallens! I have jokingly called this the Wallen Family and Friends Spring Training Tour over the last few years. The group will be even larger tomorrow.
After the game, we fought our way through Friday afternoon traffic back to the hotel. We are staying this year at the Best Western Temple by the Mall.
We spent some time in the room visiting and watching the NCAA basketball tournament sweet 16 games. The group eventually headed to Doc and Eddy's to watch the end of the basketball games and grab a late dinner. Given that we started the day at 4 a.m., Drew, Jack and I crashed pretty hard.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
GoldenEye
GoldenEye was released after legal disputes forced a six-year hiatus in the series. During this period, Timothy Dalton resigned from the role of James Bond and was replaced by Pierce Brosnan. M was also recast with actress Dame Judi Dench becoming the first woman to portray the character replacing Robert Brown.
In the film, Bond fights to prevent an arms syndicate from using the GoldenEye satellite weapon against London in order to cause a global financial meltdown. GoldenEye was the first Bond film made after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War which provided a background for the plot.
In addition to Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and Dame Judi Dench as M, the film stars Sean Bean as Alec Trevelyan (an MI6 agent who fakes his death and establishes a crime syndicate), Izabella Scorupco as Natalya Simonova (a programmer who helps Bond disarm GoldenEye), Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp (Trevelyan's henchwoman), Joe Don Baker as Jack Wade (a veteran CIA agent), Gottfried John as General Ourumov (a renegade Russian general) and Desmond Llewelyn as Q (head of research and development).
Llewelyn was the only actor to reprise a role from a previous Bond film. Samantha Bond made her first of four appearances as Moneypenny.
GoldenEye was the first film bound by a three picture deal with BMW. Although used in a very limited role, the BMW Z3 was featured in the film months before its release.
This is one of the James Bond films that I remember seeing in the theater. At this point in the series, the stunts start to get a lot bigger. I distinctly remember several of the stunts, including the sequence where Bond skydives into a plane and scenes where he is driving a tank through St. Petersburg. The opening sequence of the film includes a 720 feet bungee jump shot at the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
.700 BA; .786 OBP; .900 SLG
With baseball gearing up, Jack has been practicing with his rec [Angels] and tournament [Outlaws] teams over the last three plus weeks. The Outlaws team played a local tournament this past weekend. Although the competition was not as tough as some of the tournament teams that we have faced, Jack had a tremendous weekend.
Jack had a .700 batting average (7 for 10 - 6 singles and a triple), a .786 on base percentage (4 walks) and a .900 slugging average. He had 5 runs scored and 6 RBIs.
Have I said recently, how much I am looking forward to the rec season?
Jack had a .700 batting average (7 for 10 - 6 singles and a triple), a .786 on base percentage (4 walks) and a .900 slugging average. He had 5 runs scored and 6 RBIs.
Have I said recently, how much I am looking forward to the rec season?
Outlaws 11U versus Diehard Baseball 11U Box Score
March 20, 2010 - Outlaws versus Diehard Baseball
Sac March Madness 4GG tournament Pool Game #2
Spring 2010 Game Log
Sac March Madness 4GG tournament Pool Game #2
Spring 2010 Game Log
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Diehard Baseball 0 0 1 0 X X 1 1 4
Outlaws 8 4 3 3 X X 18 7 1
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO HBP SAC #P
5 Cooper 6/4 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 22
2 Trevor 7/2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 16
3 Josh 3/5 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 17
55 Jeremy 2/6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
33 Jack 8/5/1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 20
10 Jordan 5/7 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 12
22 Breyton 1/3 2 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 17
00 Greysen 9 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13
1 James 4/8 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13
22 18 7 6 12 1 1 0 141
2B: Josh, Jeremy, Breyton
Breyton reached on an error by the right fielder. Greysen reached on
an error by the shortstop. Josh reached on an error by the catcher.
Jeremy reached on an error by the second baseman.
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
22 Breyton 3 1 1 0 4 3 1 28-50
33 Jack 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10-16
4 1 1 0 4 5 1 38-66
Outlaws 11U versus Brentwood Blast Blue 11U Box Score
March 20, 2010 - Outlaws versus Brentwood Blast Blue Baseball
Sac March Madness 4GG tournament Pool Game #1
Spring 2010 Game Log
Sac March Madness 4GG tournament Pool Game #1
Spring 2010 Game Log
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Outlaws 3 4 1 1 10 X 19 10 3
Brentwood Blast Blue 0 0 2 0 6 X 8 9 4
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO HBP SAC #P
5 Cooper 6/1/4 2 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 19
1 James 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 13
3 Josh 2 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 10
55 Jeremy 1/6 3 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 16
33 Jack 3 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 14
10 Jordan 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
22 Breyton 8 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13
22 Trevor 4/1 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 11
00 Greysen 7 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 15
29 18 10 10 10 1 1 0 125
2B: Jeremy
James reached on an error by the shortstop. Josh and Trevor reached on
an error by the third baseman. Jeremy reached on an error by the second
baseman.
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
55 Jeremy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-14
5 Cooper 3 3 2 1 3 7 0 36-58
22 Trevor 1 6 6 2 0 2 0 16-19
5 9 8 3 3 9 0 59-91
Monday, March 22, 2010
NBA Power Rankings 2009-2010 Week 21
After suffering a concussion, chipped tooth and gum laceration in the overtime loss to Milwaukee, Tyreke Evans will miss at least three games. He is not expected back until Friday in Boston at the earliest. With 11 games to go in the season, Evans is averaging 20.3 points, 5.6 assists and 5.2 rebounds.
The Kings dropped from 22th to 24th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of the Pistons, Warriors, 76ers, Wizards, Timberwolves and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
The Kings dropped from 22th to 24th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of the Pistons, Warriors, 76ers, Wizards, Timberwolves and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
Even if you think he's already done enough to clinch the ROY trophy you're obviously hoping Evans is back soon to finish his rookie season strong. Casspi can't make the Kings watchable on his own ... except maybe for us.
Spring 2010 Outlaws Tournament Game Log
03/21/2010 - Outlaws 7, Delta Dawgs 4 - [Box Score]
03/21/2010 - Outlaws 7, Delta Dawgs 4 - [Box Score]
03/20/2010 - Outlaws 18, Diehard Baseball 1 - [Box Score]
03/20/2010 - Outlaws 19, Brentwood Blast Blue 8 - [Box Score]
02/15/2010 - Bulldog Baseball Club 12, Outlaws 0 - [Box Score]
02/14/2010 - Outlaws 6, Tri-Valley Dawgs 6 - [Box Score]
02/14/2010 - Bandit Baseball Club 6, Outlaws 4 - [Box Score]
02/13/2010 - Outlaws 4, Danville Diablos 1 - [Box Score]
02/13/2010 - Outlaws 8, Bret's Muckdogs 6 - [Box Score]
01/31/2010 - Bandit Baseball 12, Outlaws 1 - [Box Score]
01/30/2010 - Outlaws Baseball 7, Bandit Baseball 0 - [Box Score]
01/30/2010 - Outlaws Baseball 9, Norcal Diamond Dawgs 5 - [Box Score]
The Fall 2009 Outlaws Tournament Game Log is here.
03/21/2010 - Outlaws 7, Delta Dawgs 4 - [Box Score]
03/20/2010 - Outlaws 18, Diehard Baseball 1 - [Box Score]
03/20/2010 - Outlaws 19, Brentwood Blast Blue 8 - [Box Score]
02/15/2010 - Bulldog Baseball Club 12, Outlaws 0 - [Box Score]
02/14/2010 - Outlaws 6, Tri-Valley Dawgs 6 - [Box Score]
02/14/2010 - Bandit Baseball Club 6, Outlaws 4 - [Box Score]
02/13/2010 - Outlaws 4, Danville Diablos 1 - [Box Score]
02/13/2010 - Outlaws 8, Bret's Muckdogs 6 - [Box Score]
01/31/2010 - Bandit Baseball 12, Outlaws 1 - [Box Score]
01/30/2010 - Outlaws Baseball 7, Bandit Baseball 0 - [Box Score]
01/30/2010 - Outlaws Baseball 9, Norcal Diamond Dawgs 5 - [Box Score]
The Fall 2009 Outlaws Tournament Game Log is here.
Outlaws 11U versus Delta Dawgs 11U Box Score
March 21, 2010 11:10 AM - Delta Dawgs versus Outlaws
Sac March Madness 4GG tournament Pool Game #3
Sac March Madness 4GG tournament Pool Game #3
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Delta Dawgs 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 6 0
Outlaws 1 0 2 0 4 X 7 6 3
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO HBP SAC #P
5 Cooper 4/8 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 9
8 Niko 1/4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 12
3 Josh 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13
55 Jeremy 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12
33 Jack 3 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 12
10 Jordan 7/1/7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 14
23 Breyton 8/7/9 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10
22 Trevor 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
1 James 9/1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
00 Greysen 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
19 7 6 5 7 4 1 0 106
Triple: Jack
Jack had the game winning hit.
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
8 Niko 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 14-23
10 Jordan 4 5 3 1 2 3 0 37-54
1 James 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 10-17
6 6 4 2 3 5 0 61-94
Sunday, March 21, 2010
the most exciting play in baseball [2010 Outlaws Baseball Tournament #3 Day #2]
At the plate, Jack was 2 for 2 with a walk, a run scored and three RBIs. In his first at-bat, Jack walked on four pitches. He stole second and went to third on a passed ball, but ended the inning at third. Jack drove a 3 and 1 pitch through the left side for a single in his second plate appearance. Again, he ended the inning on third base.
With the Outlaws trailing 4 to 3 in the bottom of the fifth, Jack came to bat with the bases loaded and one out. He crushed a 1 and 1 pitch over the right fielder to the fence. I don't know that I have ever seen him hit a ball harder. The fence on the field was 279 feet. Three runs scored and Jack motored into third.
As Hank Aaron once said, "the triple is the most exciting play in baseball." Trying to watch Josh running from second and Jeremy running from first, the ball rolling in the outfield and Jack rounding the bases all at the same time, it was a wild 10 seconds...
Jack scored from third on Jordan's ground out.
Jack played sixth innings at first base. He had a fairly busy game with six put-outs on throws from the catcher, third baseman, second baseman and shortstop.
The Outlaws won the game by the score of 7 to 4 in six innings. The box score is here.
Based on the pool play, the Outlaws turned around and played the Delta Dawgs again in the championship game of the tournament. The Outlaws were seeded #1 and the Dawgs were seeded #2.
At the plate, Jack was 1 for 3 with a run scored. In his first at-bat, Jack struck out looking on four pitches. The called third strike was high and inside, but Jack bailed out of the batter's box. At this age, the umpires are pretty consistent about calling strikes if it is close and you don't stay in the box. Jack pushed the first pitch into right field for a single in his second plate appearance. He ended up scoring from third on Josh's sacrifice fly. Jack drove the first pitch hard right at the third baseman for an out in his last at-bat.
Jack played sixth innings at first base. He had five put-outs, including throws from the catcher, second baseman and shortstop. Jack also made a nice catch on high pop-up in front of first base. The Outlaws turned two double plays in this game: a 1-2-3 with the bases loaded in the second inning and a 1-6-3 in the fourth inning. I can't remember the last time they turned a double play.
This was the most exciting game I have seen the Outlaws play in a while. They gave up four runs in the top of the first. The Outlaws then scored one run in each of the first four innings to tie the score at 4 to 4 after four innings.
In the bottom of the fifth with one out, Josh doubled into left center. With Jeremy running for Josh, Jordan hit a hard grounder to the shortstop. The shortstop booted it; it was the Dawgs only fielding error in either of the games. Breyton walked to load the bases. After a fly out to left center made it two outs, James lifted one into left center to drive in a run; this turned out to be the game winning hit. Greysen followed with another hit to drive in two more runs.
The Dawgs loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the sixth, but James made a shoetop catch in right field to end the game.
The Outlaws won the game by the score of 7 to 4 in six innings. The box score is here.
Outlaws 11U versus Delta Dawgs 11U Box Score
March 21, 2010, 1:30 PM - Delta Dawgs versus Outlaws
Sac March Madness 4GG Tournament Championship Game
Sac March Madness 4GG Tournament Championship Game
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Delta Dawgs 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1
Outlaws 1 1 1 1 3 X 7 9 1
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO HBP SAC #P
5 Cooper 4/6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 16
33 Jack 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
3 Jeremy 6/1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8
55 Josh 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 15
10 Jordan 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
22 Breyton 7/8 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 17
2 Trevor 8/4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9
1 James 1/7/9 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
00 Greysen 9/7 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 15
24 7 9 4 2 5 1 1 95
Doubles: Josh
Jordan reached base on an error by the shortstop.
James had the game winning hit.
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
1 James 1 1/3 4 4 4 0 1 3 22-38
55 Jeremy 4 2/3 2 0 0 4 3 0 32-58
6 6 4 4 4 4 3 54-96
Saturday, March 20, 2010
2010 Outlaws Baseball Tournament #3 Day #1
Since the beginning of March, Jack is back playing baseball. He is practicing with both the Outlaws and his rec team the Angels. With the rec season starting next weekend, the Outlaws decided to squeeze in one last tournament.
The Outlaws played in the Sac March Madness 4GG tournament at Freedom Park. They played against the Brentwood Blast Blue in the first game.
At the plate, Jack was 2 for 3 with a walk, a run scored and 3 RBIs. In his first at-bat, he hit a chopper to the right side to drive in Jeremy and was out at first. Jack walked on four pitches in his second plate appearance and ended the inning at second base. In his third at-bat, he drove one down the third base line for a single. Jack ended the inning at third. With bases loaded and one out in the fifth, Jack pushed one through the right side in right field to drive in two more runs in his fourth plate appearance. He eventually came around to score.
Jack played five relatively quiet innings at first base. He had two put-outs on throws from the second baseman and the catcher.
The Outlaws won the game by a score of 19 to 8 in five innings.
The Outlaws turned right around and played Diehard Baseball Club in the second game of the day. This team seemed very new.
At the plate, Jack was 2 for 2 with two walks and two runs scored. Jack walked on six pitches in his first plate appearance and eventually came around to score. In his second at-bat, he hit a hasty chopper down the third base line and was safe at first. Trying to draw the throw so that Jeremy could go home from third, Jack got thrown out at second. He walked on five pitches in his third plate appearance and eventually came around to score. Jack hit a 2 and 2 pitch through the left side for a single in his fourth at-bat. With Jack on first, Jordan hit a high hopper to the right side, Jack, the second baseman and the ball all got to the same place at the same time. Jack was called out for interference.
In the field, Jack played center field for two innings, third base for one inning and pitched the fourth inning. In center and at third, Jack did not handle the ball. After Breyton pitched the first three innings, Jack pitched the fourth and final inning. This is the first time that he has pitched for the Outlaws since pitching 1/3 of an inning in early September. He threw 16 pitches: 10 strikes and 6 balls. Facing the top of order, he got the first batter to ground out to first and then struck out the next two batters. Jack got the last batter to strike out on a circle change in the dirt.
The Outlaws won the game by the score of 18 to 1 in four innings.
They will face some more difficult competition tomorrow.
The Outlaws played in the Sac March Madness 4GG tournament at Freedom Park. They played against the Brentwood Blast Blue in the first game.
At the plate, Jack was 2 for 3 with a walk, a run scored and 3 RBIs. In his first at-bat, he hit a chopper to the right side to drive in Jeremy and was out at first. Jack walked on four pitches in his second plate appearance and ended the inning at second base. In his third at-bat, he drove one down the third base line for a single. Jack ended the inning at third. With bases loaded and one out in the fifth, Jack pushed one through the right side in right field to drive in two more runs in his fourth plate appearance. He eventually came around to score.
Jack played five relatively quiet innings at first base. He had two put-outs on throws from the second baseman and the catcher.
The Outlaws won the game by a score of 19 to 8 in five innings.
At the plate, Jack was 2 for 2 with two walks and two runs scored. Jack walked on six pitches in his first plate appearance and eventually came around to score. In his second at-bat, he hit a hasty chopper down the third base line and was safe at first. Trying to draw the throw so that Jeremy could go home from third, Jack got thrown out at second. He walked on five pitches in his third plate appearance and eventually came around to score. Jack hit a 2 and 2 pitch through the left side for a single in his fourth at-bat. With Jack on first, Jordan hit a high hopper to the right side, Jack, the second baseman and the ball all got to the same place at the same time. Jack was called out for interference.
In the field, Jack played center field for two innings, third base for one inning and pitched the fourth inning. In center and at third, Jack did not handle the ball. After Breyton pitched the first three innings, Jack pitched the fourth and final inning. This is the first time that he has pitched for the Outlaws since pitching 1/3 of an inning in early September. He threw 16 pitches: 10 strikes and 6 balls. Facing the top of order, he got the first batter to ground out to first and then struck out the next two batters. Jack got the last batter to strike out on a circle change in the dirt.
The Outlaws won the game by the score of 18 to 1 in four innings.
They will face some more difficult competition tomorrow.
Friday, March 19, 2010
2010 Service Awards Banquet
For the first time, they assigned each group to a specific table of set of tables. Technical Services had three tables. As part of the program, I had the responsibility of going around, talking to about a dozen employees who work in my service line and thanking them for their service.
I enjoyed wandering around and talking to the honorees. I actually ran out of time and had to rush through the last one. As part of my management rounding process, I have been sitting and talking a random Technical Services employee about once a week for an hour. I am going to add all of the honorees to the schedule.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Laguna Youth Baseball Score Keepers Clinic
I attended the Laguna Youth Baseball score keepers clinic on Wednesday night. I am going to be the official score keeper for Jack's rec team this year.
When Jack started playing tournament baseball in the summer of 2008, I started keeping my own scorebook so I would have some idea of who was doing what. Prior to this, I had never kept score. When Jack played minor rec ball last spring, the coach's wife kept score and the coach published box scores and summary statistics so I did not keep score.
At Cooperstown last June, I decided to just relax and enjoy the games rather than keep score. Afterwards, I regretted it. Without being able to look back at the score book, I kept thinking what the heck happened.
When Jack started playing in the Northern California Cal Ripken Tournament last July, I ended up as the official scorer for the team. I also generated box scores and summary statistics. This continued when Jack played tournament play with the Outlaws last fall. When basketball season started, it morphed into keeping score for Jack's basketball team.
I was an economics major in college. At higher levels, economics is a lot of math and statistics. I enjoyed the statistics then and still do now, but fell in love with the computers that we used for to do the heavy lifting for advanced statistics and the economic modeling.
When Jack started playing tournament baseball in the summer of 2008, I started keeping my own scorebook so I would have some idea of who was doing what. Prior to this, I had never kept score. When Jack played minor rec ball last spring, the coach's wife kept score and the coach published box scores and summary statistics so I did not keep score.
At Cooperstown last June, I decided to just relax and enjoy the games rather than keep score. Afterwards, I regretted it. Without being able to look back at the score book, I kept thinking what the heck happened.
When Jack started playing in the Northern California Cal Ripken Tournament last July, I ended up as the official scorer for the team. I also generated box scores and summary statistics. This continued when Jack played tournament play with the Outlaws last fall. When basketball season started, it morphed into keeping score for Jack's basketball team.
I was an economics major in college. At higher levels, economics is a lot of math and statistics. I enjoyed the statistics then and still do now, but fell in love with the computers that we used for to do the heavy lifting for advanced statistics and the economic modeling.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Licence to Kill
With Sharon out of town, Jack and I watched Licence to Kill in Blu-ray on Saturday. This is the first Blu-ray movie I have seen. I was impressed with the quality enough that I will probably sample a few more films in Blu-ray in the future.
Released in 1989, Licence to Kill is the sixteenth James Bond film. It is the first film not based on an Ian Fleming novel. More violent and darker than its predecessors, it was the first James Bond film to be given a PG-13 rating in the United States. Due to the rating and some marketing problems including a last minute title change, Licence to Kill grossed only $34 million domestically. Adjusted for inflation, it is the lowest grossing of the James Bond films. It is also a film that I had definitely never seen.
The second Bond film starring Timothy Dalton, it turned out to be his final performance in the lead role. Legal wrangling over control of the series and James Bond character created a years-long delay in production of the next Bond film which resulted in Dalton deciding to not pursue a return.
In the story, Bond resigns from the secret service to avenge the attempted murder of his CIA friend, Felix Leiter. The early parts of the film are set in the Florida Keys, including a pivotal scene in the Hemingway House. The latter parts of the film are set in the Republic of Isthmus, a fictional South American country based on Panama. Mexico was used to double for this location.
In addition to Timothy Dalton as Bond, the film stars Robert Davi as Franz Sanchez (the most powerful drug lord in Latin America), Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier (an ex-Army pilot and CIA informant), Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora (Sanchez's girlfriend), and Wayne Newton (Sanchez's middleman and TV evangelist for Olimpatec Meditation Institute).
Sharon is looking forward to moving on to the Pierce Brosnan films.
Released in 1989, Licence to Kill is the sixteenth James Bond film. It is the first film not based on an Ian Fleming novel. More violent and darker than its predecessors, it was the first James Bond film to be given a PG-13 rating in the United States. Due to the rating and some marketing problems including a last minute title change, Licence to Kill grossed only $34 million domestically. Adjusted for inflation, it is the lowest grossing of the James Bond films. It is also a film that I had definitely never seen.
The second Bond film starring Timothy Dalton, it turned out to be his final performance in the lead role. Legal wrangling over control of the series and James Bond character created a years-long delay in production of the next Bond film which resulted in Dalton deciding to not pursue a return.
In the story, Bond resigns from the secret service to avenge the attempted murder of his CIA friend, Felix Leiter. The early parts of the film are set in the Florida Keys, including a pivotal scene in the Hemingway House. The latter parts of the film are set in the Republic of Isthmus, a fictional South American country based on Panama. Mexico was used to double for this location.
In addition to Timothy Dalton as Bond, the film stars Robert Davi as Franz Sanchez (the most powerful drug lord in Latin America), Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier (an ex-Army pilot and CIA informant), Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora (Sanchez's girlfriend), and Wayne Newton (Sanchez's middleman and TV evangelist for Olimpatec Meditation Institute).
Sharon is looking forward to moving on to the Pierce Brosnan films.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tyreke Evans 20-5-5 Watch Game 68
Last Game: Lakers-106, Kings-99
Tyreke Evans Game Total: 25 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists
Tyreke Evans Season Averages: 20.3 points, 5.6 assists, 5.2 rebounds
Only Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James averaged 20 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds (20-5-5) as rookies.
Tyreke Evans Game Total: 25 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists
Tyreke Evans Season Averages: 20.3 points, 5.6 assists, 5.2 rebounds
Only Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James averaged 20 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds (20-5-5) as rookies.
Sutter Health to jump-start its $400M EHR installation in NorCal
San Francisco Business Times: Sutter Health to jump-start its $400M EHR installation in NorCal
By Chris Rauber
March 15, 2010
Sutter Health said Monday it will accelerate implementation of its electronic health record system in affiliated hospitals across 26-hospital system, after putting on the brakes in late 2007.
Sacramento-based Sutter estimates the project will cost $400 million over the next five years. The nonprofit system slowed the installation process in November 2007, in response to a rapidly cooling economy.
At the time, Sutter said it would aim to complete the huge project in phases by 2015, starting with six hospitals that account for roughly half of overall patient volume at the 26-hospital system. That phase began with Burlingame’s Peninsula Medical Center in early 2009.
In Monday’s announcement, Sutter said the reinvigorated inpatient EHR project “builds on Sutter’s ongoing installations across its affiliated medical groups and follows the nationally-recognized installation at Sutter-affiliated Mills-Peninsula Health Services in Burlingame last year.”
What Sutter didn’t say is that it also follows in the footsteps of arch-rival Kaiser Permanente, which recently put the final touches on a $6 billion electronic medical record installation across all of its hospitals and clinics.
“Last year we directed our resources to where the majority of our patients access care – physician offices,” Pat Fry, Sutter’s president and CEO, said in the March 15 statement. “Now, we’re ready to ramp up our hospital roll out.”
To make sure that multiple hospital can “go-live” with the EHR by 2011, officials said Sutter will launch prep work this year at five facilities: Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz, Menlo Park Surgical Hospital, Memorial Medical Center, Memorial Hospital Los Banos and Sutter Tracy Community Hospital. All five are slated to go live next year.
Earlier plans called on San Francisco’s California Pacific Medical Center and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center -- with campuses in Berkeley and Oakland -- to have the Epic electronic health record system installed by mid-2011, but neither CPMC nor Alta Bates was mentioned in Monday’s announcement.
Sutter says it has already installed the EHR system in most of its physician offices and clinics throughout Northern California, connecting more than 12,000 clinicians. In addition, nearly 300,000 patients use the network’s personal health record service.
By Chris Rauber
March 15, 2010
Sutter Health said Monday it will accelerate implementation of its electronic health record system in affiliated hospitals across 26-hospital system, after putting on the brakes in late 2007.
Sacramento-based Sutter estimates the project will cost $400 million over the next five years. The nonprofit system slowed the installation process in November 2007, in response to a rapidly cooling economy.
At the time, Sutter said it would aim to complete the huge project in phases by 2015, starting with six hospitals that account for roughly half of overall patient volume at the 26-hospital system. That phase began with Burlingame’s Peninsula Medical Center in early 2009.
In Monday’s announcement, Sutter said the reinvigorated inpatient EHR project “builds on Sutter’s ongoing installations across its affiliated medical groups and follows the nationally-recognized installation at Sutter-affiliated Mills-Peninsula Health Services in Burlingame last year.”
What Sutter didn’t say is that it also follows in the footsteps of arch-rival Kaiser Permanente, which recently put the final touches on a $6 billion electronic medical record installation across all of its hospitals and clinics.
“Last year we directed our resources to where the majority of our patients access care – physician offices,” Pat Fry, Sutter’s president and CEO, said in the March 15 statement. “Now, we’re ready to ramp up our hospital roll out.”
To make sure that multiple hospital can “go-live” with the EHR by 2011, officials said Sutter will launch prep work this year at five facilities: Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz, Menlo Park Surgical Hospital, Memorial Medical Center, Memorial Hospital Los Banos and Sutter Tracy Community Hospital. All five are slated to go live next year.
Earlier plans called on San Francisco’s California Pacific Medical Center and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center -- with campuses in Berkeley and Oakland -- to have the Epic electronic health record system installed by mid-2011, but neither CPMC nor Alta Bates was mentioned in Monday’s announcement.
Sutter says it has already installed the EHR system in most of its physician offices and clinics throughout Northern California, connecting more than 12,000 clinicians. In addition, nearly 300,000 patients use the network’s personal health record service.
Monday, March 15, 2010
20-5-5 plus Rookie of the Year plus NBA Power Rankings 2009-2010 Week 20
With only 15 games left in the Kings season, I am convinced that the team has set its sights on two goals.
First, they want Tyreke Evans to finish the season averaging at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. As of today, Evans is averaging 20.3 points, 5.6 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game. A week ago, Evans was averaging less than 5.0 rebounds per game. In the last three games, he has gotten 10, 10 and 9 rebounds to pull his average over 5. I don't think that this is a coincidence!
Second, The Kings want Evans to be Rookie of the Year. As a result, I expect the Kings to be less focused on winning games as they are on making sure that Evans is showcased and that he piles up statistics!
The Kings climbed from 24th to 22th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of the Pistons, Clippers, Warriors, Wizards, 76ers, Pacers, Timberwolves and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
First, they want Tyreke Evans to finish the season averaging at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. As of today, Evans is averaging 20.3 points, 5.6 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game. A week ago, Evans was averaging less than 5.0 rebounds per game. In the last three games, he has gotten 10, 10 and 9 rebounds to pull his average over 5. I don't think that this is a coincidence!
Second, The Kings want Evans to be Rookie of the Year. As a result, I expect the Kings to be less focused on winning games as they are on making sure that Evans is showcased and that he piles up statistics!
The Kings climbed from 24th to 22th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of the Pistons, Clippers, Warriors, Wizards, 76ers, Pacers, Timberwolves and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
Tyreke is still averaging 20, 5 and 5, something only Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James did as rooks. Which is why Tyreke is still the ROY favorite ahead of his fast-charging Golden State neighbor.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
ESPN 30 for 30 - Winning Time: Reggie Miller versus the New York Knicks
After a three month hiatus, ESPN aired the eighth installment of their 30 for 30 film series, Winning Time: Reggie Miller versus the New York Knicks. I turned it on Sunday night just to check and make sure that it was being DVR'ed and Sharon, Jack and I got drawn into watching the whole thing. The film tells the story of the 1994 and 1995 NBA basketball play-off series between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks.
1994 and 1995 were particularly interesting years because Michael Jordan was playing minor league baseball. His absence from the NBA created an opportunity and a sense of urgency for a number of teams, including the Pacers and the Knicks.
I was particularly captivated by three aspects of the film. First, the NBA game was much more physical then. There was a lot more fighting and hard fouls. By increasing the penalties and the length of suspensions, David Stern has effectively softened the game over the last fifteen years. Second, I did not realize how good a basketball player Cheryl Miller was. Reggie Miller grew up trying to compete against his older sister who was a better basketball player for much of his early life. Third, the subplot of Reggie versus Spike Lee has some amazing footage. Spike Lee has court side seats in Madison Square Garden. Lee and Miller spent a number of games in the two play-off series trash talking each other.
As an NBA fan, I enjoyed this installation of the 30 for 30 series a great deal. Bill Simmons has a podcast with Dan Klores, the director of the film; I am planning to listen to it in the next couple of days.
The film is available on Amazon.
Winning Time is also available on iTunes.
1994 and 1995 were particularly interesting years because Michael Jordan was playing minor league baseball. His absence from the NBA created an opportunity and a sense of urgency for a number of teams, including the Pacers and the Knicks.
I was particularly captivated by three aspects of the film. First, the NBA game was much more physical then. There was a lot more fighting and hard fouls. By increasing the penalties and the length of suspensions, David Stern has effectively softened the game over the last fifteen years. Second, I did not realize how good a basketball player Cheryl Miller was. Reggie Miller grew up trying to compete against his older sister who was a better basketball player for much of his early life. Third, the subplot of Reggie versus Spike Lee has some amazing footage. Spike Lee has court side seats in Madison Square Garden. Lee and Miller spent a number of games in the two play-off series trash talking each other.
As an NBA fan, I enjoyed this installation of the 30 for 30 series a great deal. Bill Simmons has a podcast with Dan Klores, the director of the film; I am planning to listen to it in the next couple of days.
The film is available on Amazon.
Winning Time is also available on iTunes.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Outlaws Sleepover
Jack's tournament baseball team, the Outlaws, had a sleepover on Friday night. They played Laser Tag on Friday night in Carmichael and then spent the night together at one of the coaches houses. I am convinced that he got almost no sleep.
I picked Jack up about 10 a.m. Saturday morning and took him to baseball practice for the Angels, his rec baseball team; getting him there was a challenge. It was after 1 p.m. by the time we got home and Jack was a vegetable the rest of the day...
I picked Jack up about 10 a.m. Saturday morning and took him to baseball practice for the Angels, his rec baseball team; getting him there was a challenge. It was after 1 p.m. by the time we got home and Jack was a vegetable the rest of the day...
Friday, March 12, 2010
El Retiro San Inigo 2010
Sharon and Janie took off for a weekend at El Retiro San Inigo, the Jesuit Retreat House of Los Altos. They are attending a silent retreat for members of the legal profession; this year's session is titled Jesus Christ: The Source & Goal of Our Desiring. Sharon has gone to this retreat every year since 1994, except the year after Jack was born; 16 out of the last 17 years.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Ten Years Ago Today - Building the Elk Grove House Pic #1
In January of 2000, Sharon and I sold the house in Shingle Springs and started the process of building the house in Elk Grove. Over a three plus month period, I took pictures of the house as it was built. The first picture shown below was taken ten years ago today. Drew, Morgan, Jack and I stopped at the site on the way to Davis to see Keith play baseball and have dinner with the Snipes.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
2010 Kings versus Raptors plus Rally for 'Reke Roy
The Kings designated the game "Rally for Reke Roy Night." They gave out 10,000 free "Reke Roy" T-shirts and 5,000 face-on-a-sticks which include an image Evans. The pre-game introductions included a couple of extras touting Tyreke Evans for Rookie of the Year (ROY).
I was a little worried before the game that Evans would wilt under all of the attention. The opposite happened. Evans turned in his first triple-double! He had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in 36 minutes. He was 7 for 15 from the field, 0 for 2 from three and 5 for 7 from the free throw line.
Evans loves to drive to the basket, but actually kicked the ball out to open shooters three or four times. If he can add this to his game consistently, the Kings will be a much better team.
Evans also had an amazing circus shot. Fouled on a baseline drive late in the second quarter, Evans tossed up a floater from behind the backboard that went in.
Beno Udrith was actually the leading scorer for the Kings. He had 24 points on 10 for 14 from the field, 2 for 2 from three and 2 for 2 from the free throw line. Beno added 4 rebounds and 8 assists.
Center Andrea Bargnani was the leading scorer for the Raptors. He had 20 points on 8 for 12 from the field, 1 for 1 from three and 3 for 4 from the free throw line. Touted as one of the major free agents next summer, Chris Bosh looked out of sync. He had 14 points on 6 for 20 from the field.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
2010 LYB Major Angels First Practice
After getting rained out for the last week, Jack's rec baseball team finally got on the field to practice last night. When I was done with my run, I sat and watched the team take infield. After watching Jack play in the Cooperstown tournament last June, the Cal Ripken Northern California tournament last July, six travel tournaments during the fall and one tournament in February, I had frankly forgotten what rec baseball looked like!
It will be interesting to see how the Angels round into shape over the next couple of weeks and how they do during the season. They have a strong core of players.
The coaches had Jack at first base and Niko at short during the infield practice. It will be interesting to see where Jack ends up playing the most innings over the course of the rec season.
It will be interesting to see how the Angels round into shape over the next couple of weeks and how they do during the season. They have a strong core of players.
The coaches had Jack at first base and Niko at short during the infield practice. It will be interesting to see where Jack ends up playing the most innings over the course of the rec season.
Monday, March 08, 2010
NBA Power Rankings 2009-2010 Week 19
The Kings climbed from 26th to 24th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of the Pistons, Pacers, Warriors, Knicks, Timberwolves and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
Our beloved Casspi was back in Dallas on Friday night for the last time as a rookie, while the committee [of one] was on a plane bound for Dorkapalooza. Which is the only bad thing we can say about the weekend.
Sunday, March 07, 2010
2010 Kings versus Thunder
John Cunningham and I went to see the Sacramento Kings versus Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Basketball game. Keeping the game close, the Kings lost by the score of 108 to 106.
It was an odd game. It was the most inconsistently called game I have ever seen. At the times, the referees would let the players bang each other and then they would turn around and call a foul on what was incidental contact. The game included four technical fouls and a flagrant foul. Two of the technical fouls were called on Durant and Evans when they scored baskets. The crowd got very restless with the calls and started consistently booing after most of the calls. At one point, a fan sitting to our left got up and walked down and yelled at the referees. The referees had security throw him out of the arena; I am not sure that I have ever seen this happen at Acro before.
Kevin Durant scored 27 points for the Thunder on 9 for 21 from the field, 8 for 8 from the free throw line and 1 for 3 from three point range. He added 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Durant looked very smooth.
Tyre Evans led the Kings with 24 points on 9 for 16 from the field, 2 for 3 from three points range and only 4 for 7 from the free throw line. Evans missed three consecutive free throws at the end of the game. He added 4 rebounds and 7 assists.
Unfortunately, the thing that I am going to remember about this game is how poor the officiating was...
The Kings have 3 wins and 6 losses in games that I have seen in person this season.
It was an odd game. It was the most inconsistently called game I have ever seen. At the times, the referees would let the players bang each other and then they would turn around and call a foul on what was incidental contact. The game included four technical fouls and a flagrant foul. Two of the technical fouls were called on Durant and Evans when they scored baskets. The crowd got very restless with the calls and started consistently booing after most of the calls. At one point, a fan sitting to our left got up and walked down and yelled at the referees. The referees had security throw him out of the arena; I am not sure that I have ever seen this happen at Acro before.
Kevin Durant scored 27 points for the Thunder on 9 for 21 from the field, 8 for 8 from the free throw line and 1 for 3 from three point range. He added 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Durant looked very smooth.
Tyre Evans led the Kings with 24 points on 9 for 16 from the field, 2 for 3 from three points range and only 4 for 7 from the free throw line. Evans missed three consecutive free throws at the end of the game. He added 4 rebounds and 7 assists.
Unfortunately, the thing that I am going to remember about this game is how poor the officiating was...
The Kings have 3 wins and 6 losses in games that I have seen in person this season.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
2010 Andrew Heringer Band Living Room Set
For the second year in a row, we hosted a living room set for Drew's band. We ended up with about 65 people, including a herd of kids. It was a very nice evening of music and friends.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Pony Express Mangels Ranch Adobe
Mangels Ranch Adobe
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This landmark is located in the Pony Express Business Park, Fairfield, California. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 13.800 W 122° 07.900.
A list of Pony Express Waymarks that I have visited can be found here. You can log your visit to this landmark at waymark.com.
Possibly dating back to 1836, this adobe structure is one of the oldest in Solano County [California].
The structure remains a mystery with many theories as to who constructed it and what it was used for. One such idea is that it was part of the mission system and provided shelter to missionaries and their converts.
In addition the site was on the route of both Stages Lines and the Pony Express (1860-1861) route from Sacramento to the Benicia Ferry and on to Oakland. This route was used when the steams ship could not navigate the Sacramento River or riders missed the connection with the ships to San Francisco.
The site was part of the original 230 acres acquired in 1876 by Louis Mangels from money earned during his days as a cooper in San Francisco.
Because this site has been part of the history of California and Solano County it was preserved by Headwaters Development to provide inspiration, education and a monument to the adventurous spirit which is… California!
Dedicated October 10th 2007
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Dinner with Randy Wong
Randy Wong and I got together at Scott's on the River for drinks and some food. We ended up sitting at bar and talking for almost three hours about kids, wives, work and youth sports.
Randy and I had gotten together early last year when the Gunners were trying to recruit Aaron for the Cooperstown trip. I had reached out to him again in the last couple of weeks because the Outlaws are going through some changes and Scott and Rod were wondering whether or not Aaron might be available.
Randy and I had gotten together early last year when the Gunners were trying to recruit Aaron for the Cooperstown trip. I had reached out to him again in the last couple of weeks because the Outlaws are going through some changes and Scott and Rod were wondering whether or not Aaron might be available.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs Eagles Season Statistics
for the games played after January 1, 2010
. Rebounds Miscellaneous Name GP GS MIN PTS OFF DEF TOT AST SLT BLK TO A/TO PF Joe 16 15 213 92 4 18 22 17 36 0 25 0.68 24 Jacob 16 1 173 66 7 15 22 13 14 0 20 0.65 10 Jack 16 15 217 77 6 14 20 16 35 2 15 1.07 16 Chad 16 1 141 14 3 8 11 11 15 0 12 0.92 11 Malcolm 15 2 177 46 11 30 41 9 18 1 17 0.53 7 David 15 2 127 27 19 24 43 0 14 3 9 0.00 8 Anthony 14 1 110 20 13 19 32 0 2 1 7 0.00 6 Connor 15 12 119 9 4 24 28 0 5 0 14 0.00 7 Jake 16 15 211 79 17 33 50 4 21 2 14 0.29 13 Aidan 16 4 181 62 37 59 96 3 14 1 7 0.43 14 Andy 16 12 191 88 41 44 85 5 7 5 13 0.38 17 1860 580 162 288 450 78 181 15 153 0.51 133 Fields Goals 3-Points Free Throws 2-Points Name FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% 2PM 2PA 2P% PPS Joe 37 98 37.8% 1 7 14.3% 11 24 45.8% 36 91 39.6% 0.94 Jacob 23 72 31.9% 12 33 36.4% 3 7 42.9% 11 39 28.2% 0.92 Jack 36 116 31.0% 0 1 0.0% 3 8 37.5% 36 115 31.3% 0.66 Chad 7 44 15.9% 0 5 0.0% 0 2 0.0% 7 39 17.9% 0.32 Malcolm 22 59 37.3% 0 0 #DIV/0! 2 7 28.6% 22 59 37.3% 0.78 David 13 55 23.6% 1 3 33.3% 0 2 0.0% 12 52 23.1% 0.49 Anthony 10 30 33.3% 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 10 30 33.3% 0.67 Connor 4 15 26.7% 1 1 100.0% 0 2 0.0% 3 14 21.4% 0.60 Jake 37 66 56.1% 0 1 0.0% 3 7 42.9% 37 65 56.9% 1.20 Aidan 28 67 41.8% 0 0 #DIV/0! 3 10 30.0% 28 67 41.8% 0.93 Andy 41 82 50.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 4 11 36.4% 41 82 50.0% 1.07 258 704 36.6% 15 51 29.4% 29 80 36.3% 243 653 37.2% 0.00
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
2010 LYB Major Angels
As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I had a lot of trepidation about this year's baseball draft. Jack ended up getting drafted 15 overall in the middle of the second of twelve rounds (I think the fourth 11 year old?) by the Angels. Two of the assistants coaches for the team are dads whose sons played on the Outlaws. Overall, there are three of Jack's teammates from the Outlaws, including Breyton, Niko and Greysen. Breyton was Jack's bunkmate at Cooperstown last summer with the Gunners. Additionally, the Angels drafted one of Jack's classmates and Eagles' teammate, Andy. Unfortunately, Andy broke his wrist in the Eagles last game against OLA and will probably be out for the season.
Overall, I could not be more pleased.
I think that the Angels will be a very competitive major league team.
Monday, March 01, 2010
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs Eagles Championship Tournament Statistics
. Rebounds Miscellaneous Name GP GS MIN PTS OFF DEF TOT AST SLT BLK TO A/TO PF Joe 2 2 37 7 0 2 2 0 1 0 7 0.00 3 Jacob 2 0 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 2 Jack 2 2 35 14 0 2 2 0 4 0 2 0.00 4 Chad 2 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0.00 2 Malcolm 2 1 28 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 #DIV/0! 1 David 2 0 11 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 #DIV/0! 2 Anthony 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0 Connor 2 1 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0 Jake 2 2 36 5 1 7 8 1 2 0 1 1.00 0 Aidan 2 0 22 3 4 6 10 0 0 0 3 0.00 3 Andy 2 2 25 10 7 7 14 2 1 0 3 0.67 5 240 50 12 31 43 5 11 1 21 0.24 22 Fields Goals 3-Points Free Throws 2-Points Name FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% 2PM 2PA 2P% PPS Joe 1 7 14.3% 0 0 #DIV/0! 5 7 71.4% 1 7 14.3% 1.00 Jacob 3 9 33.3% 1 5 20.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 2 4 50.0% 0.78 Jack 6 20 30.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 2 2 100.0% 6 20 30.0% 0.70 Chad 0 1 0.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 1 0.0% 0.00 Malcolm 1 5 20.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 1 5 20.0% 0.40 David 1 3 33.3% 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 1 3 33.3% 0.67 Anthony 0 0 ###### 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0!###### Connor 0 1 0.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 1 0.0% 0.00 Jake 2 7 28.6% 0 0 #DIV/0! 1 1 100.0% 2 7 28.6% 0.71 Aidan 1 4 25.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 1 4 25.0% 1 4 25.0% 0.75 Andy 5 10 50.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 5 10 50.0% 1.00 20 67 29.9% 1 5 20.0% 9 14 64.3% 19 62 30.6% #REF!
NBA Power Rankings 2009-2010 Week 18
The Kings climbed from 28th to 26th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of the Warriors, Knicks, Timberwolves and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
We certainly didn't expect Westphal's Kings to need this long to reach 20 wins after a 13-14 start ... but we can also still remember plenty of folks back in October who thought this team's ceiling was less than 20 wins.
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