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.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Updated Reading List
I posted an updated version of my reading list. My goal is to read at least one book a month; I have reached this target every month since I started the list almost 18 years ago.
Since Augusts 2008, I have been posting a short weblog entry for every book with some comments and observations.
Since Augusts 2008, I have been posting a short weblog entry for every book with some comments and observations.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus OLA
The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Eagles played the Our Lady of Assumption Cougars in the second round of the JV Championship Tournament. The boys got to play on the basketball court at the Jesuit gym. The Eagles had beaten the Cougars in December in the semi-finals of the St. Ignatius Tournament.
With the Eagles starting center, Andy, scoring 6 points (3 for 3), the Eagles trailed by the score of 8 to 7 at the end of the first quarter. Unfortunately, Andy got in foul trouble with three fouls in the first quarter and ended up playing only 4 minutes of the first quarter.
The Cougars widened their lead to 17 to 11 at half-time. Jack and Jacob scored the only points for the Eagles in the second quarter.
The Eagles starters put enormous defense pressure on the Cougars in the third quarter and held them to only 2 points. With Jack getting two baskets, Joe adding a foul shot and Jacob hitting a three late in the quarter, the Eagles tied the game at 19 to 19 at the end of the third.
Unfortunately, the Eagles offense ground to halt in the fourth quarter. The Cougars packed the key with a zone defense. The Eagles would swing the ball around the perimeter and drop the ball into the power forward and center, but they kept kicking the ball back out rather than going up for a shot. The situation was not helped by the fact that the starting center hurt his hand and did not play in the fourth quarter.
Jack eventually tried to create his own shot off the dribble; something he rarely does. As his parent, I was sure that he was fouled every time. The Eagles took only four shots in the fourth quarter; Jack took two and Jacob took two (including one three).
In the last minute, they finally called a foul as Jack was driving and he got to the free throw line. He drained both free throws, literally nothing but net. These were the only points that the Eagles scored in the quarter.
The Eagles ended up losing the game by the score of 23 to 21. The score box is here and the season game log is here.
I was very proud of Jack. When most of the rest of the team tightened up and would not shoot the ball, he continued to attack. Jack ended up as the high scorer with 8 points on 3 for 11 from the field and 2 for 2 from the free throw line. He added a team leading 3 steals.
At the end of the day, OLA's best player was better than the Eagles' best player and the Eagles did not get contributions from players who had been the Eagles high scorers over the course of the season. Jack was the high scorer in both of the tournament games; he is only the fourth highest scorer on the team for the season!
I am not someone who remembers my dreams, but on Friday night I dreamed that the Eagles lost to OLA by the score of 20 to 18. I told Sharon, but did not mention it to Jack...
With this loss, the basketball season is over. I had hoped that the team would get to at least the semi-final game of the championship tournament. Nevertheless, it was a very successful season. Their record for the season was 16 wins and 4 losses.
With the Eagles starting center, Andy, scoring 6 points (3 for 3), the Eagles trailed by the score of 8 to 7 at the end of the first quarter. Unfortunately, Andy got in foul trouble with three fouls in the first quarter and ended up playing only 4 minutes of the first quarter.
The Cougars widened their lead to 17 to 11 at half-time. Jack and Jacob scored the only points for the Eagles in the second quarter.
The Eagles starters put enormous defense pressure on the Cougars in the third quarter and held them to only 2 points. With Jack getting two baskets, Joe adding a foul shot and Jacob hitting a three late in the quarter, the Eagles tied the game at 19 to 19 at the end of the third.
Unfortunately, the Eagles offense ground to halt in the fourth quarter. The Cougars packed the key with a zone defense. The Eagles would swing the ball around the perimeter and drop the ball into the power forward and center, but they kept kicking the ball back out rather than going up for a shot. The situation was not helped by the fact that the starting center hurt his hand and did not play in the fourth quarter.
Jack eventually tried to create his own shot off the dribble; something he rarely does. As his parent, I was sure that he was fouled every time. The Eagles took only four shots in the fourth quarter; Jack took two and Jacob took two (including one three).
In the last minute, they finally called a foul as Jack was driving and he got to the free throw line. He drained both free throws, literally nothing but net. These were the only points that the Eagles scored in the quarter.
The Eagles ended up losing the game by the score of 23 to 21. The score box is here and the season game log is here.
I was very proud of Jack. When most of the rest of the team tightened up and would not shoot the ball, he continued to attack. Jack ended up as the high scorer with 8 points on 3 for 11 from the field and 2 for 2 from the free throw line. He added a team leading 3 steals.
At the end of the day, OLA's best player was better than the Eagles' best player and the Eagles did not get contributions from players who had been the Eagles high scorers over the course of the season. Jack was the high scorer in both of the tournament games; he is only the fourth highest scorer on the team for the season!
I am not someone who remembers my dreams, but on Friday night I dreamed that the Eagles lost to OLA by the score of 20 to 18. I told Sharon, but did not mention it to Jack...
With this loss, the basketball season is over. I had hoped that the team would get to at least the semi-final game of the championship tournament. Nevertheless, it was a very successful season. Their record for the season was 16 wins and 4 losses.
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus OLA Box Score
SEAs versus OLA - February 27, 2010
2nd round of the PAL JV Comp Championship Tournament
Game Log
2nd round of the PAL JV Comp Championship Tournament
Game Log
. __1__ __2__ __3__ __4__ __T__
OLA 8 9 2 4 23
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 7 4 8 2 21
Starters MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Joe 20 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 1
Jack 20 3-11 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 8
Malcom 16 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jake 21 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0
Andy 9 3-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 0 0 0 2 3 6
Bench MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Jacob 6 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
Chad 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Connor 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
Anthony 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Aidan 14 0-2 0-0 1-3 3 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 1
120 8-28 1-2 4-7 4 17 21 2 9 1 10 14 21
28.6% 50.0% 57.1%
Friday, February 26, 2010
March Violets
I finished reading March Violets by Philip Kerr. I bought the book after hearing the author on the NPR Books podcast.
March Violets is essentially a detective novel, but with an unusual twist; it is set in Nazi Germany in 1936. It provides a fictional look into day to day life in pre-war Berlin and Nazi Germany at a key point in history. Plot elements include Goering, the Gestapo, the 1936 Olympics, Jesse Owens, the treatment of the Jews and the German death camps.
My major complaint about the book is the almost unbelievable amount of things that happen to the main character, Bernie Gunther (an ex-policeman turned private detective), in the last 40 pages of the book. The closing of book is definitely Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. While the plot twists do not seem as outlandish as The Lost Symbol, they came at you in a dizzying rush.
In spite of this criticism, I enjoyed it enough that I bought the second book of the trilogy after I finished the first book. I would give the book a solid B grade and recommend it as a nice interlude between more serious books.
March Violets is essentially a detective novel, but with an unusual twist; it is set in Nazi Germany in 1936. It provides a fictional look into day to day life in pre-war Berlin and Nazi Germany at a key point in history. Plot elements include Goering, the Gestapo, the 1936 Olympics, Jesse Owens, the treatment of the Jews and the German death camps.
My major complaint about the book is the almost unbelievable amount of things that happen to the main character, Bernie Gunther (an ex-policeman turned private detective), in the last 40 pages of the book. The closing of book is definitely Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. While the plot twists do not seem as outlandish as The Lost Symbol, they came at you in a dizzying rush.
In spite of this criticism, I enjoyed it enough that I bought the second book of the trilogy after I finished the first book. I would give the book a solid B grade and recommend it as a nice interlude between more serious books.
California Historical Landmark #437
California State Historical Landmark #437
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This landmark is located at the entrance to Mossdale Crossing Park, California. There are 25 other California State Historical Landmarks in San Joaquin County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 37° 47.242 W 121° 18.305.
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The plaque is missing.
First known sail launch to ascend San Joaquin River from San Francisco landed here autumn, 1846. It carried 20 Mormon pioneers who founded New Hope Agricultural Project on Stanislaus. A yoke of oxen and span of mules were driven from Marsh's Landing (Antioch) by two men who followed a crude map drawn by Merritt the trapper. Two years later Doak and Bonsell operated here the first ferry on San Joaquin River.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus Holy Trinity
The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Eagles played the Holy Trinity Titans in the first round of the JV Comp Championship Tournament.
The boys came out really tight. They were 1 for 12 in the first quarter; an 8.3% shooting percentage. Joe was 0 for 3, Jack was 0 for 4, Jake was 0 for 1, Andy was 1 for 3 and Jacob was 0 for 1 (a missed three pointer). The Eagles defense kept the game close. The Titans led the Eagles by the score of 3 to 2 at the end of the first quarter.
With a number of substitutions, the Eagles started to push the ball in the second quarter. The Eagles outscored the Titans 10 to 3 in the second quarter and led by the score of 12 to 6 at halftime.
Over the last three quarters of the game, the Eagles shooting percentage increased markedly. They shot 11 for 27 (40.7%). After starting 0 for 4, Jack went 3 for 5 over the rest of the game.
The final score was SEAS 29, Holy Trinity 18. The score box is here and the season game log is here.
Playing 15 minutes of the 24 minute game, Jack had 6 points on 3 for 9 from the field. He added 2 rebounds and 1 steal. Jack (the starting shooting guard) and Joe (the starting point guard) led the team in scoring with 6 points each.
The Eagles advance to the second round of the JV Championship Tournament on Saturday morning at Jesuit High School. I am pretty sure that they are going to play OLA. The Eagles beat OLA by a score of 20 to 16 in the St. Ignatius Tournament in December. They are going to need to shoot much better to win on Saturday!
The boys came out really tight. They were 1 for 12 in the first quarter; an 8.3% shooting percentage. Joe was 0 for 3, Jack was 0 for 4, Jake was 0 for 1, Andy was 1 for 3 and Jacob was 0 for 1 (a missed three pointer). The Eagles defense kept the game close. The Titans led the Eagles by the score of 3 to 2 at the end of the first quarter.
With a number of substitutions, the Eagles started to push the ball in the second quarter. The Eagles outscored the Titans 10 to 3 in the second quarter and led by the score of 12 to 6 at halftime.
Over the last three quarters of the game, the Eagles shooting percentage increased markedly. They shot 11 for 27 (40.7%). After starting 0 for 4, Jack went 3 for 5 over the rest of the game.
The final score was SEAS 29, Holy Trinity 18. The score box is here and the season game log is here.
Playing 15 minutes of the 24 minute game, Jack had 6 points on 3 for 9 from the field. He added 2 rebounds and 1 steal. Jack (the starting shooting guard) and Joe (the starting point guard) led the team in scoring with 6 points each.
The Eagles advance to the second round of the JV Championship Tournament on Saturday morning at Jesuit High School. I am pretty sure that they are going to play OLA. The Eagles beat OLA by a score of 20 to 16 in the St. Ignatius Tournament in December. They are going to need to shoot much better to win on Saturday!
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus Holy Trinity Box Score
SEAs versus Holy Trinity - February 24, 2010
1st round of the PAL JV Comp Championship Tournament
Game Log
1st round of the PAL JV Comp Championship Tournament
Game Log
. __1__ __2__ __3__ __4__ __T__
Holy Trinity 3 3 5 7 18
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 2 10 11 6 29
Starters MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Joe 17 1-5 0-0 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 6
Jack 15 3-9 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
Connor 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jake 15 2-5 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
Andy 16 2-7 0-0 0-0 6 3 9 2 1 0 1 2 4
Bench MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Jacob 10 1-5 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Chad 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Malcom 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
David 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Anthony 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Aidan 8 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 2
120 12-39 0-3 5-7 8 14 22 3 2 0 11 8 29
30.8% 0.0% 71.4%
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Hank and Pigeon on iTunes
Morgan's latest album is on iTunes at:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hank-and-pigeon/id355418477
It includes In the Ridge, the song performed in this video.
Monday, February 22, 2010
NBA Power Rankings 2009-2010 Week 17
With only 26 games left in the season (15 home and 11 away), it is going to be interesting to see if Westphal can shape the group into something resembling a consistent and competitive team.
The Kings dropped from 24th to 28th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of only the Timberwolves and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
The Kings dropped from 24th to 28th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of only the Timberwolves and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
The immediate impact of the Carl Landry trade? Sacramento just shook up the Sixth Man Award race by dealing for Landry to anchor its frontcourt, eliminating Jamal Crawford's foremost threat in the sixth-man race.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
St. Mary's Crab Feed
Saturday night, Sharon, Jack and I went to the St. Mary's Crab feed with Tim, Kathy, Eileen, Tom, Becky and Eric. Sharon and her two brothers (Tom and Tim) as well as Tim's two girls all went to grammar school at St. Mary's.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus St. Philomene's
The St. ELizabeth Ann Seton Eagles played their seventh and final league game against St. Philomene's.
For the third straight game, Jack came out and had a great first period. He had 4 points on 2 for 2 from the field with two steals and two assists. Andy has also been playing very well over the last three games; he added 8 points on 4 for 4 from the field. The Eagles shot 8 for 12 (75%) in the first quarter and ran out to a 16 to 0 first quarter lead. The bench ended up playing the loin's share of the rest of the game.
The final score was SEAS 37, St. Philomene's 8. The score box is here and the season game log is here.
Playing only 9 minutes of the 24 minutes game, Jack had 4 points on 2 for 2 from the field. He added 3 assists and 2 steals.
The JV Comp Basketball Tournament starts this week. I expect that the Eagles will be seeded 3rd or 4th out of the 16 teams in the tournament. They will be playing their first game either Tuesday or Wednesday night at Holy Family.
If they win their first game, the tournament moves to Jesuit for the weekend. I think that playing on a full size floor in a big gym at Jesuit is going to be a big shock to the boys...
For the third straight game, Jack came out and had a great first period. He had 4 points on 2 for 2 from the field with two steals and two assists. Andy has also been playing very well over the last three games; he added 8 points on 4 for 4 from the field. The Eagles shot 8 for 12 (75%) in the first quarter and ran out to a 16 to 0 first quarter lead. The bench ended up playing the loin's share of the rest of the game.
The final score was SEAS 37, St. Philomene's 8. The score box is here and the season game log is here.
Playing only 9 minutes of the 24 minutes game, Jack had 4 points on 2 for 2 from the field. He added 3 assists and 2 steals.
The JV Comp Basketball Tournament starts this week. I expect that the Eagles will be seeded 3rd or 4th out of the 16 teams in the tournament. They will be playing their first game either Tuesday or Wednesday night at Holy Family.
If they win their first game, the tournament moves to Jesuit for the weekend. I think that playing on a full size floor in a big gym at Jesuit is going to be a big shock to the boys...
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus St. Philomene's Box Score
SEAs versus St. Philomene's - February 20, 2010
7th League Game
Game Log
7th League Game
Game Log
. __1__ __2__ __3__ __4__ __T__ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 16 6 11 4 37 St. Philomene's 0 6 0 2 8
Starters MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Joe 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Jack 9 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4
Connor 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
Andy 9 6-7 0-0 0-0 5 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 12
Bench MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Jacob 15 0-0 2-5 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 6
Chad 15 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Malcom 10 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 1
David 13 1-3 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
Anthony 14 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
Aidan 15 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 6 8 0 0 0 1 1 4
120 15-33 2-5 1-4 13 17 30 5 8 2 5 3 37
45.5% 40.0% 25.0%
Friday, February 19, 2010
Report card time: Grading the NBA trades
While I agree that it was time to trade Kevin Martin, it seems to me that the Kings should have been able to get a little more for him than Carl Landry...
Report card time: Grading the trades - John Hollinger hands out trade-by-trade, team-by-team marks
New York trades Larry Hughes to Sacramento, and Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill, a top-5 protected 2012 first-round pick and the right to swap first-rounders in 2011 to Houston (top-1 protected);
Houston sends Tracy McGrady to New York, and Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey to Sacramento; Sacramento sends Kevin Martin and Hilton Armstrong to Houston, and Sergio Rodriguez to New York.
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Report card time: Grading the trades - John Hollinger hands out trade-by-trade, team-by-team marks
New York trades Larry Hughes to Sacramento, and Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill, a top-5 protected 2012 first-round pick and the right to swap first-rounders in 2011 to Houston (top-1 protected);
Houston sends Tracy McGrady to New York, and Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey to Sacramento; Sacramento sends Kevin Martin and Hilton Armstrong to Houston, and Sergio Rodriguez to New York.
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KINGS:
We had been hearing for a while that the Kings weren't looking to trade Martin, but that belied the on-court reality that he and Tyreke Evans go together like peanut butter and onions. And once they pulled the trigger, the Kings got exactly what they were looking for: cap relief and a young, productive, inexpensive power forward in Landry.
More importantly, the deal positions Sacramento (stop me if you've heard this before) to be a major player in the free-agent market. As a result of deals in the past 48 hours, the Kings, Clippers, Wizards and Bulls all have positioned themselves to offer a maximum free-agent contract, while the Knicks now can offer two maximum deals. In the Kings' case, they probably will take a more piecemeal approach -- LeBron ain't coming to Sacto, folks. But if they can add a young point guard to build around with Evans, Omri Casspi, Landry, Thompson and Hawes, they should be in good position to turn things around.
Grade: B+
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
California Historical Landmark #780-7
Site of the Completion of Pacific Railroad
California State Historical Landmark #780-7
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This landmark is located at the entrance to Mossdale Crossing Park, California. There are 24 other California State Historical Landmarks in San Joaquin County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 37° 47.242 W 121° 18.305.
You can log your visit to this landmark at waymark.com.
The plaque is missing.
The construction of the San Joaquin River bridge completed the last link of the transcontinental railroad. Building has proceeded simultaneously from the bay area and Sacramento to meet at the San Joaquin River. The first train crossed the bridge on September 8, 1869.
Outlaws 11U versus Dawgs 11U Box Score
February 14, 2010 - Dawgs versus Outlaws
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Dawgs 1 1 0 0 4 0 6 5 2
Outlaws 1 5 0 0 0 0 6 3 3
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO #P
5 Cooper 6/4/7 2 1 0 1 0 1 14
4 AD 4/6 2 0 0 1 0 0 12
7 Patrick 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 14
3 Congress 3/1 3 0 0 0 0 1 12
55 Jeremy 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 14
10 Jordan EH/5 1 1 0 0 1 0 16
00 Greysen 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Jack 8 1 1 1 0 2 0 11
22 Trevor 9 2 1 0 1 1 0 17
2 Matthew 7/EH/4 2 1 1 1 0 0 11
1 James 1/7/EH 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
19 6 3 5 5 4 126
Cooper and Jeremy reached base on errors by the pitcher and third baseman, respectively.
Cooper had a sacrifice bunt in the second inning.
Jordan, James and AD were each hit by a pitch to reach first.
James was charged with two errors: one when he was pitching and the other while
he was played left field. Cooper was charged with an error when he was playing
second base.
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
1 James 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 30-65
3 Josh 2 3 4 2 0 3 0 21-34
6 5 6 4 4 5 2 51-99
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
2010 Kings versus Celtics
I continue to be dissappointed in Kevin Martin's play. He had 11 points on 3 for 10 from the field and 0 for 3 from three point range. Martin did not play in the fourth quarter until the last 15 seconds!
Omri Casspi led the Kings with 19 points on 7 for 13 from the field and 3 for 5 from three point range. Unfortunately, Casspi was only 2 for 6 from the free throw line. Tyre Evans added 17 points on 5 for 13 from the field, 1 for 2 from three point range and 6 for 10 from the free throw line. Evans added 7 assists and a career high 11 rebounds.
Overall, the Kings were 19 for 30 (63%) from the free throw line. The Kings poor free throw shooting cost them the game.
Rasheed Wallace and Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 17 points each. The Celtics only shot 37.5% from the field. Their poor shooting almost cost them the game!
Outlaws 11U versus Bulldogs 11U Box Score
February 15, 2010 - Outlaws versus Bulldogs
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Outlaws 0 0 0 0 X X 0 2 3
Bulldogs 4 3 5 X X X 12 12 3
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO #P
5 Cooper 8/4 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
4 AD 6/1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11
3 Josh 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 4
55 Jeremy 1/5/8 2 0 1 0 0 1 7
7 Patrick 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 12
10 Jordan 5/7/5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
33 Jack 7/8/EH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
22 Trevor 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
2 Matthew 4/1/6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
1 James EH 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
00 Greysen 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 0 2 0 1 3 57
AD, Jordan and Jack reached base on errors by the shortstop,
third baseman and second baseman respectively.
AD committed two errors, one at shortstop and one
at pitcher. Trevor had one error in right field.
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
55 Jeremy 1/3 3 4 3 2 0 0 10-27
2 Matthew 1 2/3 6 6 6 1 1 0 26-42
4 AD 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 8-11
3 12 12 10 3 1 0 44-80
Monday, February 15, 2010
2010 Outlaws Baseball Tournament #2 Day #3
Seeded fourth after the first two days of the tournament, the Outlaws played the Vacaville Bulldogs. The Outlaws beat the Bulldogs 10 to 6 in Woodland in September. As Scott noted before the game, the Bulldogs have been playing in tournaments consistently over the last five months, while the Outlaws took a couple of months off.
At the plate, Jack was 0 for 1. In his only plate appearance, Jack hit a 0 and 2 pitch hard to the right side of the infield. With Jordan moving on contact and Jack charging up the line, the ball went right through the second baseman into right center. I scored it as an error on the second baseman. Jordan went to third. When Jack stole second, Jordan got picked off third. Jack went to third on Trevor's infield out. Jack ended the inning at third.
Jack played 1/3 of an inning in left, 1 2/3 innings in center and 1 inning as the Extra Hitter. While he was in the outfield, he fielded three or four hits through the infield routinely and got the ball back in quickly. In the second inning when he was playing center, a ball was hit over shortstop in short left center. Jack got a nice jump on the ball and made the catch look easy.
In the top of the first, the Outlaws had the bases loaded with one out, but they did not score. In each of the first three innings, the Outlaws had a player thrown out at a base. Cooper was thrown out at home in the first, Jordan was picked off third in the second and James was doubled off first in the third. Outlaws ended up getting flattened. They lost by a score of 12 to 0 in four innings.
In spite of the fact that Jack has not picked up a bat in six weeks, I was very pleased how he played. He ended up getting on base five of the six times he came to the plate. The Outlaws have a scheduled tournament the last weekend of February. It is unlikely that Jack will play. The JV Basketball Championship Tournament is the same weekend.
At the plate, Jack was 0 for 1. In his only plate appearance, Jack hit a 0 and 2 pitch hard to the right side of the infield. With Jordan moving on contact and Jack charging up the line, the ball went right through the second baseman into right center. I scored it as an error on the second baseman. Jordan went to third. When Jack stole second, Jordan got picked off third. Jack went to third on Trevor's infield out. Jack ended the inning at third.
Jack played 1/3 of an inning in left, 1 2/3 innings in center and 1 inning as the Extra Hitter. While he was in the outfield, he fielded three or four hits through the infield routinely and got the ball back in quickly. In the second inning when he was playing center, a ball was hit over shortstop in short left center. Jack got a nice jump on the ball and made the catch look easy.
In the top of the first, the Outlaws had the bases loaded with one out, but they did not score. In each of the first three innings, the Outlaws had a player thrown out at a base. Cooper was thrown out at home in the first, Jordan was picked off third in the second and James was doubled off first in the third. Outlaws ended up getting flattened. They lost by a score of 12 to 0 in four innings.
In spite of the fact that Jack has not picked up a bat in six weeks, I was very pleased how he played. He ended up getting on base five of the six times he came to the plate. The Outlaws have a scheduled tournament the last weekend of February. It is unlikely that Jack will play. The JV Basketball Championship Tournament is the same weekend.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
2010 Outlaws Baseball Tournament #2 Day #2
With Jack playing a lot of basketball in January, we made a decision to shutdown baseball for a while. The Outlaws have continued to practice in the indoor facility and played a tournament two weeks ago.
The Eagles have fewer basketball games in February. So after some discussions with the Outlaws coaches, I decided to take Jack out for part of the tournament they are playing this weekend.
In the first day of the tournament, the Outlaws Baseball beat Bret's Muckdogs by the score of 8 to 6 and they beat the Danville Diablos by the score of 4 to 1.
Given that Jack has not picked up a bat in six weeks, I expected him to be rusty, but I was surprised at how well he did. Jack got on base in four of his five plate appearances.
The Outlaws played the Bandits in the first game. At the plate, Jack was 0 for 2 with an RBI and a run scored. In his first at-bat, he drove an 0 and 1 pitch hard right at the feet of the shortstop. Josh scored from third and Jack was safe at first. I scored it as an error on the shortstop. Jack ended up coming around and scoring on a passed ball. He struck out on three pitches in his second plate appearance. The umpire was calling low outside strikes all day. I rarely complain about pitches, but the called third strike on Jack was in the dirt.
Jack played two innings as the EH (extra hitter) and two uneventful innings in left field.
The Bandits beat the Outlaws by the score of 6 to 4 in four innings.
The Outlaws played the Tri Valley Dawgs in the second game.
At the plate, Jack was 1 for 1 with two walks and a run scored. In his first at-bat with runners on first and second, Jack laid down a punt. Jeremy had a great jump off of second. The pitcher fielded the ball and threw it to third and everyone was safe. Jack eventually scored on a walk to James. Jack walked on four pitches in second plate appearance, but got picked off first when he got caught leaning the wrong way. In his third at-bat, Jack walked on five pitches. He was still on first when the inning ended.
Jack played sixth uneventful innings in center field.
With the Outlaws giving up four runs on two errors in the fifth inning, the game ended in a tie with score Outlaws 6, Dawgs 6.
The Outlaws finished the first two days of the tournament seeded fourth. They will play the first seeded Bulldogs on Monday.
The Eagles have fewer basketball games in February. So after some discussions with the Outlaws coaches, I decided to take Jack out for part of the tournament they are playing this weekend.
In the first day of the tournament, the Outlaws Baseball beat Bret's Muckdogs by the score of 8 to 6 and they beat the Danville Diablos by the score of 4 to 1.
Given that Jack has not picked up a bat in six weeks, I expected him to be rusty, but I was surprised at how well he did. Jack got on base in four of his five plate appearances.
The Outlaws played the Bandits in the first game. At the plate, Jack was 0 for 2 with an RBI and a run scored. In his first at-bat, he drove an 0 and 1 pitch hard right at the feet of the shortstop. Josh scored from third and Jack was safe at first. I scored it as an error on the shortstop. Jack ended up coming around and scoring on a passed ball. He struck out on three pitches in his second plate appearance. The umpire was calling low outside strikes all day. I rarely complain about pitches, but the called third strike on Jack was in the dirt.
Jack played two innings as the EH (extra hitter) and two uneventful innings in left field.
The Bandits beat the Outlaws by the score of 6 to 4 in four innings.
The Outlaws played the Tri Valley Dawgs in the second game.
At the plate, Jack was 1 for 1 with two walks and a run scored. In his first at-bat with runners on first and second, Jack laid down a punt. Jeremy had a great jump off of second. The pitcher fielded the ball and threw it to third and everyone was safe. Jack eventually scored on a walk to James. Jack walked on four pitches in second plate appearance, but got picked off first when he got caught leaning the wrong way. In his third at-bat, Jack walked on five pitches. He was still on first when the inning ended.
Jack played sixth uneventful innings in center field.
With the Outlaws giving up four runs on two errors in the fifth inning, the game ended in a tie with score Outlaws 6, Dawgs 6.
The Outlaws finished the first two days of the tournament seeded fourth. They will play the first seeded Bulldogs on Monday.
Outlaws 11U versus Bandits 11U Box Score
February 14, 2010 - Bandits versus Outlaws
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Bandits 3 1 2 0 X X 6 5 3
Outlaws 0 3 0 1 X X 4 1 3
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO #P
5 Cooper 6/8 3 0 0 0 0 1 14
4 AD 8/6 3 0 0 0 0 0 11
7 Patrick 3/1/3 3 0 0 0 0 3 15
3 Congress 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 7
55 Jeremy 5/3/5 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
33 Jack EH/7 2 1 0 1 0 1 5
10 Jordan 1/5 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
00 Greysen 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Trevor 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
2 Matthew 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
1 James 7/1 1 0 0 0 1 1 8
17 4 1 1 3 6 88
Matthew, AD and Jack reached base on errors by the first baseman,
third baseman and shortstop respectively.
Trevor, Jordan and Josh were each hit by a pitch to reach first.
Cooper had two errors at shortstop and Patrick had one error at pitcher.
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
10 Jordan 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 6-14
7 Patrick 3 2 3 1 4 1 0 34-77
1 James 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8-10
4 5 6 4 5 2 1 48-101
Celebrating Valentine's Day in Napa
Leaving Jack with Eric and taking off after the basketball game, Sharon and I headed to Napa for an early Valentine's Day celebration. We spent the afternoon wine tasting in southen part of the Napa Valley known as the Los Carneros. This appellation is known for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir; we focused on Pinot Noir wineries. We made stops at Etude, Bouchaine and Domaine Carneros. It was a gorgeous afternoon with temperatures in the mid-60's.
We finished the day with an early dinner at Tra Vigne. We have eaten here several times before and Sharon made the comment as we were walking in that she had never had a bad meal. We split lobster risotto and short ribs for dinner. Frankly, the short ribs were not very good.
After dinner, we headed home and were back in Elk Grove a little after 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus Holy Rosary
The St. ELizabeth Ann Seton Eagles played their sixth league game against Holy Rosary.
For the second straight game, Jack had a great first period. He had 6 points on 3 for 6 from the field. Jake added 6 points in the quarter on 3 for 3 from the field. With Joe getting four assists, the Eagles ran out to a 18 to 7 first quarter lead and never looked back. The bench played all of the second and fourth quarters.
The final score was SEAS 52, Holy Rosary 9. The score box is here and the season game log is here.
Jack had 8 points on 4 for 11 from the field. He added 1 rebound, 2 assists and 8 steals! Jack and Joe were putting enormous pressure on the Holy Rosary guards. Several of Jack's missed shots in the third period were layups off of steals where he got hammered, but no foul was called. With the game a blow-out, the referees were letting the kids play.
Coming off the bench, Andy had a second straight monster game at center. He had 11 points on 5 for 9 from the field with 11 rebounds.
For the second straight game, Jack had a great first period. He had 6 points on 3 for 6 from the field. Jake added 6 points in the quarter on 3 for 3 from the field. With Joe getting four assists, the Eagles ran out to a 18 to 7 first quarter lead and never looked back. The bench played all of the second and fourth quarters.
The final score was SEAS 52, Holy Rosary 9. The score box is here and the season game log is here.
Jack had 8 points on 4 for 11 from the field. He added 1 rebound, 2 assists and 8 steals! Jack and Joe were putting enormous pressure on the Holy Rosary guards. Several of Jack's missed shots in the third period were layups off of steals where he got hammered, but no foul was called. With the game a blow-out, the referees were letting the kids play.
Coming off the bench, Andy had a second straight monster game at center. He had 11 points on 5 for 9 from the field with 11 rebounds.
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus Holy Rosary Box Score
SEAs versus Holy Rosary - February 13, 2010
6th League Game
Game Log
6th League Game
Game Log
. __1__ __2__ __3__ __4__ __T__
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 18 13 10 11 52
Holy Rosary 7 2 0 0 9
Starters MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Joe 12 2-7 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 4
Jack 12 4-11 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 8 0 0 1 8
Connor 11 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2
Jake 12 5-6 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 10
Aidan 15 4-7 0-0 0-2 3 3 6 1 1 1 0 0 8
Bench MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Jacob 12 1-3 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 3
Chad 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
Malcom 12 3-6 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 6
Anthony 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Andy 12 5-9 0-0 1-5 4 7 11 1 0 0 0 1 11
120 25-50 1-1 1-11 13 21 34 17 15 2 8 4 52
50.0% 100.0% 9.1%
Outlaws 11U versus Diablos 11U Box Score
February 13, 2010 - Diablos versus Outlaws
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Diablos 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Outlaws 0 1 0 1 2 x 4 2 1
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO #P
5 Cooper 0 0 0 0 3 0 17
4 AD 3 0 0 0 0 2 15
3 Congress 3 1 0 0 0 0 8
55 Jeremy 1 1 0 1 2 0 12
10 Jordan 3 0 0 0 0 1 7
22 Trevor 3 2 0 0 0 0 6
2 Matthew 2 0 0 0 0 1 13
1 James 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
0 Greysen 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
18 4 2 1 6 4 91
Trevor reached base on errors by the pitcher and shortstop, while Josh reached base on an error by the shortstop.
The Outlaws first baseman committed an error in the fifth inning.
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
55 Jeremy 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 28-53
3 Josh 2 0 1 0 4 5 0 25-49
6 0 1 0 6 7 1 53-102
Outlaws 11U versus Bret's Muckdogs 11U Box Score
February 13, 2010 - Bret's Muckdogs versus Outlaws
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Brett's Muckdogs 1 0 0 1 4 X 6 7 0
Outlaws 0 4 0 1 3 X 8 7 0
# Hitter POS AB R H RBI BB SO #P
5 Cooper 6 3 1 1 1 0 1 6
4 AD 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 19
3 Congress 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 10
55 Jeremy 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 12
10 Jordan 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 9
22 Trevor 8 2 2 1 0 1 0 12
2 Matthew 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 10
1 James 7 3 1 1 2 0 0 8
0 Greysen 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 10
19 8 7 4 7 2 96
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP ST-PC
4 AD 3 3 1 1 2 4 1 25-42
2 Matthew 1 1/3 4 5 5 4 1 0 24-52
3 Josh 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 8-15
5 7 6 6 6 5 1 57-109
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
2010 Laguna Youth Baseball Tryouts
While I was skiing with Tomasin, Sharon took Jack to the 2010 Laguna Youth Baseball (LYB) Tryouts. This is the fourth year (2007, 2008 and 2009) that Jack has gone to the tryouts. This spring will be Jack's eighth year of organized baseball.
Jack has played an enormous amount of organized baseball in the last two years. Starting in March of 2008, he played spring baseball (Padres) followed by summer ball (Yankees), fall tournament ball (Gunners), spring baseball (Twins), the Cooperstown tournament (Gunners), the Northern California Cal Ripken tournament (LYB 10U All Stars) and finally another season of fall tournament ball (Outlaws).
Given that Jack was an all-star for the league last season, he has to play Majors this year. Majors will be composed mostly of 11 and 12 year olds.
Talking to Alan, Gary, Greg and Scott, I made an attempt to get Jack as a protected player on a team. I failed. As a result, Jack will be going into the draft. It looks like there are going to 10 Major teams in the league this year.
There are a couple of odd twists this year. First, the 11 year old all-stars from last year are not returning to play as 12 year olds. Almost all of them are going to play together on a tournament team, rather than play rec ball. Joe, the starting point guard on Jack's basketball team, is one of these players. Second, the local Pony league folded dumping a large number of 12 year olds in the Cal Ripken league.
As part of the tryout, Sharon and Jack said that Jack's throws from shortstop to first were not very good and that he hit one of the three pitches from the pitching machine. Talking to a couple of the people who were at the first tryout, the talent was pretty thin. It will be interesting to see where Jack goes in the draft and on which team he lands.
Jack has played an enormous amount of organized baseball in the last two years. Starting in March of 2008, he played spring baseball (Padres) followed by summer ball (Yankees), fall tournament ball (Gunners), spring baseball (Twins), the Cooperstown tournament (Gunners), the Northern California Cal Ripken tournament (LYB 10U All Stars) and finally another season of fall tournament ball (Outlaws).
Given that Jack was an all-star for the league last season, he has to play Majors this year. Majors will be composed mostly of 11 and 12 year olds.
Talking to Alan, Gary, Greg and Scott, I made an attempt to get Jack as a protected player on a team. I failed. As a result, Jack will be going into the draft. It looks like there are going to 10 Major teams in the league this year.
There are a couple of odd twists this year. First, the 11 year old all-stars from last year are not returning to play as 12 year olds. Almost all of them are going to play together on a tournament team, rather than play rec ball. Joe, the starting point guard on Jack's basketball team, is one of these players. Second, the local Pony league folded dumping a large number of 12 year olds in the Cal Ripken league.
As part of the tryout, Sharon and Jack said that Jack's throws from shortstop to first were not very good and that he hit one of the three pitches from the pitching machine. Talking to a couple of the people who were at the first tryout, the talent was pretty thin. It will be interesting to see where Jack goes in the draft and on which team he lands.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
California Historical Landmark #178
California State Historical Landmark #178
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This landmark is located at City Hall, on Civic Street between Miner and El Dorado Streets, Stockton, California. There are 24 other California State Historical Landmarks in San Joaquin County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 37° 57.433 W 121° 17.498.
You can log your visit to this landmark at waymark.com.
In August 1844, the first settlers arrived at Rancho del Campo de los Franceses. One of the company, Thomas Lindsay, built the first dwelling, a tule hut, on this site. He was later murdered by Indians and buried here by travelers. The Point was formed by the junction of McLeod's Lake and Miner's Channel.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
RunKeeper
I am playing with a new iPhone app called RunKeeper. It uses the GPS technology found in the iPhone 3G/3GS to track fitness activity. Runkeeper tracks how far you went, how long it took, what your pace/speed was, how many calories you burned and the path you traveled on a map. When you are finished with the workout, it automatically unloads the information to a web site. It is not as accurate as the Garmin 305 that I carry, but I love how easy it is to create maps!
Monday, February 08, 2010
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs Eagles Season To Date Statistics
Since January 1, 2010
. Rebounds Miscellaneous Name GP GS MIN PTS OFF DEF TOT AST SLT BLK TO A/TO PF Joe 12 11 155 79 3 13 16 12 32 0 17 0.71 21 Jacob 12 1 130 50 6 13 19 9 12 0 17 0.53 7 Jack 12 11 161 51 5 11 16 11 21 2 13 0.85 11 Chad 12 1 104 12 2 6 8 7 12 0 10 0.70 9 Malcolm 11 1 127 37 7 25 32 7 17 0 13 0.54 6 David 12 2 103 23 18 20 38 0 12 2 9 0.00 5 Anthony 10 1 78 18 13 14 27 0 2 0 4 0.00 6 Connor 11 9 91 7 3 21 24 0 5 0 12 0.00 7 Jake 12 11 157 62 15 23 38 2 15 1 12 0.17 12 Aidan 12 3 120 47 28 44 72 2 13 0 3 0.67 10 Andy 12 9 145 55 25 29 54 1 6 5 9 0.11 10 1371 441 125 219 344 51 147 10 119 0.43 104 Fields Goals 3-Points Free Throws 2-Points Name FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% 2PM 2PA 2P% PPS Joe 33 81 40.7% 1 7 14.3% 6 17 35.3% 32 74 43.2% 0.98 Jacob 19 60 31.7% 8 22 36.4% 3 7 42.9% 11 38 28.9% 0.83 Jack 24 83 28.9% 0 1 0.0% 1 6 16.7% 24 82 29.3% 0.61 Chad 6 37 16.2% 0 5 0.0% 0 2 0.0% 6 32 18.8% 0.32 Malcolm 18 45 40.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 1 3 33.3% 18 45 40.0% 0.82 David 11 49 22.4% 1 3 33.3% 0 0 #DIV/0! 10 46 21.7% 0.47 Anthony 9 28 32.1% 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 9 28 32.1% 0.64 Connor 3 12 25.0% 1 1 100.0% 0 0 #DIV/0! 2 11 18.2% 0.58 Jake 29 52 55.8% 0 1 0.0% 2 6 33.3% 29 51 56.9% 1.19 Aidan 24 45 53.3% 0 0 #DIV/0! 2 4 50.0% 24 45 53.3% 1.04 Andy 25 56 44.6% 0 2 0.0% 3 4 75.0% 25 54 46.3% 0.98 201 548 36.7% 11 42 26.2% 18 49 36.7% 190 506 37.5% 0.00
NBA Power Rankings 2009-2010 Week 15
The Kings have 1 wins and 12 losses since Kevin Martin returned to the line-up in January.
The Kings dropped from 26th to 28th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of only the Warriors and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
The Kings dropped from 26th to 28th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams, ahead of only the Warriors and the Nets.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
Everyone loves the Kings' draft, but GM Geoff Petrie's best move might have been securing his contract extension when he did. The Kings had just beaten Denver at home to improve to 14-16. They're 2-18 since.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Saturday, February 06, 2010
15 years ago
Part of an e-mail that I wrote Nooter afterwards is here.
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus St. Patrick's
Jack came out firing. He was 4 for 5 in the first quarter. I think that he was partly motivated by Cooper being on the other team. With Joe, Aidan and Andy all going 2 for 3 in the first quarter, the Eagles shot 63% and ran out to a 20 to 4 first quarter lead.
I felt bad for Cooper. He was trying to carry the Tigers, but the Eagles size and depth (six different Eagles players scored 4 or more points) were just too much for his team. Jack actually blocked two of Cooper's shots in the first quarter.
The final score was SEAS 49, St. Patrick's 16. The score box is here and the season game log is here.
Jack had 10 points on 5 for 10 from the field. He added 2 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Coming off the bench, Andy had a monster game at center. He had 12 points on 6 for 9 from the field with 10 rebounds.
2010 PAL JV Comp SEAs versus St. Patrick's Box Score
SEAs versus St. Patrick's - February 6, 2010
5th League Game
Game Log
5th League Game
Game Log
. __1__ __2__ __3__ __4__ __T__
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 20 7 12 10 49
St. Patrick's 4 5 4 3 16
Starters MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Joe 9 3-8 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 6
Jack 12 5-10 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 10
David 10 0-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake 9 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 4
Aidan 9 4-8 0-0 0-0 3 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 8
Bench MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Jacob 12 1-4 1-1 0-0 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 3
Chad 15 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0
Connor 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Malcom 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2
Anthony 13 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 4
Andy 15 6-9 0-0 0-2 4 6 10 0 0 0 2 2 12
120 24-57 1-1 0-4 14 28 42 7 9 2 9 7 49
42.1% 100.0% 0.0%
Friday, February 05, 2010
2010 Kings versus Suns
Jack and I went to the Sacramento Kings versus Phoenix Suns NBA Basketball game. Leading by 20 to 30 points for most of the game, the Phoenix Suns won by the score of 114 to 102.
Jack was happy; he is a Steve Nash and Phoenix Suns fan. From my perspective as a Sacramento Kings fan, the game was a mess. The Kings offense looked nonexistent, including no much passing, lots of long shots and players driving 1 on 3 to the basket. The team that I enjoyed watching in the first part of the season is nowhere to be seen.
Frankly, I am starting to blame Kevin Martin. He had 5 points on 2 for 9 from the field and 0 for 3 from three point range. In the Warrior game we saw last week, Martin was 1 for 7 from the field and 0 for 2 from three point range. In the second quarter, the Kings played Udrih, Evans, Casspi, Greene and Hawes and they looked much better than they did when Martin was on the floor.
Donte Green led the Kings with 31 points on 11 for 20 from the field, 1 for 3 from three and 8 for 10 from the line. Unfortunately, none of those points were in the flow of any kind of offense; they were mostly long jumpers or drives to the basket.
Nash was a force of nature. He is amazing to watch. Nash had 23 points in 32 minutes on 7 for 12 from the field, 4 for 7 from three and 5 for 5 from the free throw line. He added 10 assists and 8 rebounds. He did not even play in the 4th quarter!
I thought the Warrior game was slow and full of fouls, but this game was worse. While Warrior game "featured" 51 fouls, there were 58 fouls tonight. Jack took to calling it a foul-a-rama. The game lasted almost 2 1/2 hours.
The Kings have 3 wins and 4 losses in games that I have seen in person this season.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
California Historical Landmark #513
California State Historical Landmark #513
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This landmark is located at 1100 East Weber Street at North Union Street, Stockton, California. There are 24 other California State Historical Landmarks in San Joaquin County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 37° 57.352 W 121° 16.610.
You can log your visit to this landmark at waymark.com.
In 1846, during American conquest of California, John Brown -nicknamed Juan Flaco - rode from Los Angeles to San Francisco in four days to warn Commodore Stockton of the siege of Los Angeles, and troops were sent to secure the city. This 'Paul Revere of California,' who lived in Stockton from 1851 to 1859, is buried in the former Citizen's Cemetery near this site.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
2010 Northstar Day 3
Compared to Sunday morning, Tomasin and I got a much earlier start to the day on Monday. After I wandered the village looking for eggs, we had a quick breakfast and jumped on the gondola.
We were skiing by 9:15 a.m. With essentially no lift lines, we skied under the Comstock chair for about an hour. Just as we were about to switch over to the Backside chair, Hunter and Debbie showed up. I was pleasantly surprised; I had not expected them to catch up with us until much, much later.
The four of us skied the Backside chair for about an hour and a half. We skied hard and explored six or seven different runs. Although more overcast than Sunday, the weather and the snow was good.
Breaking for lunch, we headed back again to Shaffer's Camp, the private restaurant at the top of the Zephyr chair.
We finished up the day skiing under the Comstock chair and then headed over to the terrain parks for the last couple runs of the day. We skied back to the condo about 3:15 p.m.
Tomasin and I packed up and were on the road by 3:45 p.m. I was back home in Elk Grove before 6:00 p.m.
It was a very nice couple of days. I don't get enough opportunties to see Tomasin. I enjoyed everyone's company a great deal.
We were skiing by 9:15 a.m. With essentially no lift lines, we skied under the Comstock chair for about an hour. Just as we were about to switch over to the Backside chair, Hunter and Debbie showed up. I was pleasantly surprised; I had not expected them to catch up with us until much, much later.
The four of us skied the Backside chair for about an hour and a half. We skied hard and explored six or seven different runs. Although more overcast than Sunday, the weather and the snow was good.
Breaking for lunch, we headed back again to Shaffer's Camp, the private restaurant at the top of the Zephyr chair.
We finished up the day skiing under the Comstock chair and then headed over to the terrain parks for the last couple runs of the day. We skied back to the condo about 3:15 p.m.
Tomasin and I packed up and were on the road by 3:45 p.m. I was back home in Elk Grove before 6:00 p.m.
It was a very nice couple of days. I don't get enough opportunties to see Tomasin. I enjoyed everyone's company a great deal.
NBA Power Rankings 2009-2010 Week 14
The Kings climbed 27th to 26th in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings of the 30 NBA teams. Their record in January was 2 wins and 13 losses.
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
NBA Basketball Power Rankings
The way things have unraveled -- 3-16 since a 13-14 start -- it looks like it'll be a l-o-n-g string for the Kings to play out after the highlight of the season: Tyreke and our man Casspi teaming up in the Rookie Game.
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