Okay...I said I knew two of my readers should know the answer to the question I asked in the first comment one my post called "Rosters". Neither of them have seen the question I am guessing. So here is the answer for the rest of you who were waiting for it. (that would be no one) And for those of you who had forgotten about it, and are sick of my baseball post...(that would be everyone)...here it is anyway.
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Joey Devine was the pitcher that gave up Chris Burke's homer in the bottom of the 18th inning, sending the Astros to the NLCS for the second stright year. Six games later they were in the World Series.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
The latest poll.
In the latest poll on my blog, I ask my readers to vote for their favorite tool. Much to my disappointment, my favorite tool did not receive the winning votes. Here are the final totals, and a picture of each tool.
The hammer came in first place with 50% of the votes. (4 of 8).
A hammer is used to drive nails into wood. However though this is it's most popular use it is also commonly used for demolition. It is said that if you use more then three strokes with this rugged tool while driving a nail, you are considered a rookie with the hammer.
Screwdriver came in second with 2 votes.
The screwdriver is often used for more then what it was meant for when it was first thought of. Besides the obvious driving of screws, it also is used as a small crowbar. This is a very common use for it now day, because we use drill to drive screws more often then not. Even if we can use a screwdriver.
Tap measure only got one vote.
The tap measure is a tool that cannot be lived with out. Or if it were you would not live very long. There is no end to it's use when it comes to making something straight and square.
DK1 only one person voted for my favorite tool. I would sit here and sing the praises of this kindred spirit of mine...if it were not for the fact that I was the one who voted for it.
The DK1, though not as slick or sharp as her sister the DK6S, she is still a very reliable and easy to use Duct Knife. This one pictured was my first DK and has sense been retired. It is also the only tool pictured here that is really mine. I could not bring my self to post pictures of my real hammer, screwdrivers, or tap measure, for the reason that they are just too ugly. After a year or two of being used, they have become...a little less then stealer.
Robert L.
The hammer came in first place with 50% of the votes. (4 of 8).
A hammer is used to drive nails into wood. However though this is it's most popular use it is also commonly used for demolition. It is said that if you use more then three strokes with this rugged tool while driving a nail, you are considered a rookie with the hammer.
Screwdriver came in second with 2 votes.
The screwdriver is often used for more then what it was meant for when it was first thought of. Besides the obvious driving of screws, it also is used as a small crowbar. This is a very common use for it now day, because we use drill to drive screws more often then not. Even if we can use a screwdriver.
Tap measure only got one vote.
The tap measure is a tool that cannot be lived with out. Or if it were you would not live very long. There is no end to it's use when it comes to making something straight and square.
DK1 only one person voted for my favorite tool. I would sit here and sing the praises of this kindred spirit of mine...if it were not for the fact that I was the one who voted for it.The DK1, though not as slick or sharp as her sister the DK6S, she is still a very reliable and easy to use Duct Knife. This one pictured was my first DK and has sense been retired. It is also the only tool pictured here that is really mine. I could not bring my self to post pictures of my real hammer, screwdrivers, or tap measure, for the reason that they are just too ugly. After a year or two of being used, they have become...a little less then stealer.
Robert L.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Get ready to playball!
"True to his word, Padres pitcher Jake Peavy has agreed to play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic in March." WBC.com
Joining Jon Lackey and very good friend Roy Oswalt in the rotation for team U.S.A is Jake Peavy. There was talk that Roy and Jake might play on the same team this season, as the Astros were interested in treading for him from the Padres. But the deal fell through, and now they will both settle with playing for their country. Roy, when he heard that his good friend Jake Peavy may be coming to the Astros, told his GM that he would be willing to re-work his contract if it would help bring in better players. But it was going to take more then a smaller salary to get Jake Peavy over to the Astros. The Padres wanted a lot in return for the ace and the Astros did not have what they wanted. So Padres held on to him. Last year Peavy bested Roy Owsalt in the season opener at PETCO Park, not only with his arm but with his bat. But for now they will be teammates, and savor every moment of it.
Jake Peavy pitch for team U.S.A in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He made two starts for them, beating Mexico in the opener, and pitching the first part of the game against Japan, a game that the U.S.A. won in the bottom of the ninth.
Jon Lackey is not a stranger to playing against other nations teams. He was part of the All-Start squad that went to Japan to play their All-Stars, the year after the Japan team had won the first World Baseball Classic. The U.S. All-Stars beat the Japan All-Stars five Games to none.
Robert L.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Comment Promises.
I promised that I would post about the twelve things that can go wrong when putting up Christmas lights, after I had posted the twelve things that go wrong while getting your lights to work. But I never got around to it as things got busy. I guess I will save it for next Christmas season. I am sure no one is that disappointed. I made the last one kind of long and will try to make the second one shorter.
I had also said in a comment on my post "Of the Games" that I would make a post about some single ping pong matches that were played, in order to rectify a misrepresentation of a players skills due to the one bad night they were having on the table, of which night I made my post of. So the player informed me that they had not been filling well that night thus the reason they did not do so good. And so I said that this post would follow. So with out any further babbling here are the records that proves the player in question to be an able player.
The top four players the night of my post were Myself at 21, Johanna at 16 or 18 (she went in earlier then the rest of us), Calvin at 12 or something like that, and Sierra at 9. That was the problem. Sierra is known as the second best Texas Tornado player among us. So the fact that the only time I gave the finals in one of my post, was the only time she was not in second, might have been a tad unfair. But she made up for it in single play later. After I had played Mr.Candler I had Sierra play him. She had been teasing him every time made a mistake, say things like "Dad how could you do that!" and so on and so fourth. So I figured a little humbling would not hurt. Mr.Candler is the only person to have beaten me more then once while playing for the V.A. title at the Family Conference. We split the games 2-2, but I held a doubles tie breaker over him. I really wanted to play a fifth game but we never got around to it. Anyway, that was all history, and even though I have beaten him the last six of eight games we have played, I still think of him as the second best player that I have played against. So it came as a surprise when his daughter beat him. I then sent in Calvin to see what he could do against her. And for the first 15 points I thought the buck was going to have to stop with me. But with the score in her favor 9-6 and momentum clearly on her side things fell apart. Calvin hit one good slam. It rattled her enough that he picked up several more points. It was not till the score was 18-12 did she regain focus and start playing like she had for the last game and a half. But it was too late. Final there was 21-14. Then later that night, the highlight of her ping pong career took place! With midnight approaching she held a 11-9 lead over her closest competitor in Texas Tornado. In eight head to head matches she had won six of them against him, and with it she had tie breaker over him. But after he pulled within one there was only one thing left to do. Making it to the finals herself she faced off with the would be tier. She beat him regaining a two game lead over him. But over the next four rounds she failed to make a finals appearance, getting knocked out late in each round. The second place player did win however. Making it to the finals three times but only managing two wins out of it. That was enough to tie them at 12-12. everyone agreed that this would be the last round. All she had to do was win the round or have him not win it. She still held the tie breaker over him with head to head wins. One by one player dropped out of the last round. The final four, the last three and finally the finals them selves. The tie breaker meant nothing now, she had made it but so had he. The winner would take all. *battlefield music starts playing here* Just across from her stood the player that had been neck and neck with her all night. Now was the moment of truth. Now all the chips were on the table! This is what makes legends! The man and the moment were about to meet! And...she lost but it was close. *Music stops suddenly here with a trumpet striking a wrong note*
Robert L.
I had also said in a comment on my post "Of the Games" that I would make a post about some single ping pong matches that were played, in order to rectify a misrepresentation of a players skills due to the one bad night they were having on the table, of which night I made my post of. So the player informed me that they had not been filling well that night thus the reason they did not do so good. And so I said that this post would follow. So with out any further babbling here are the records that proves the player in question to be an able player.
The top four players the night of my post were Myself at 21, Johanna at 16 or 18 (she went in earlier then the rest of us), Calvin at 12 or something like that, and Sierra at 9. That was the problem. Sierra is known as the second best Texas Tornado player among us. So the fact that the only time I gave the finals in one of my post, was the only time she was not in second, might have been a tad unfair. But she made up for it in single play later. After I had played Mr.Candler I had Sierra play him. She had been teasing him every time made a mistake, say things like "Dad how could you do that!" and so on and so fourth. So I figured a little humbling would not hurt. Mr.Candler is the only person to have beaten me more then once while playing for the V.A. title at the Family Conference. We split the games 2-2, but I held a doubles tie breaker over him. I really wanted to play a fifth game but we never got around to it. Anyway, that was all history, and even though I have beaten him the last six of eight games we have played, I still think of him as the second best player that I have played against. So it came as a surprise when his daughter beat him. I then sent in Calvin to see what he could do against her. And for the first 15 points I thought the buck was going to have to stop with me. But with the score in her favor 9-6 and momentum clearly on her side things fell apart. Calvin hit one good slam. It rattled her enough that he picked up several more points. It was not till the score was 18-12 did she regain focus and start playing like she had for the last game and a half. But it was too late. Final there was 21-14. Then later that night, the highlight of her ping pong career took place! With midnight approaching she held a 11-9 lead over her closest competitor in Texas Tornado. In eight head to head matches she had won six of them against him, and with it she had tie breaker over him. But after he pulled within one there was only one thing left to do. Making it to the finals herself she faced off with the would be tier. She beat him regaining a two game lead over him. But over the next four rounds she failed to make a finals appearance, getting knocked out late in each round. The second place player did win however. Making it to the finals three times but only managing two wins out of it. That was enough to tie them at 12-12. everyone agreed that this would be the last round. All she had to do was win the round or have him not win it. She still held the tie breaker over him with head to head wins. One by one player dropped out of the last round. The final four, the last three and finally the finals them selves. The tie breaker meant nothing now, she had made it but so had he. The winner would take all. *battlefield music starts playing here* Just across from her stood the player that had been neck and neck with her all night. Now was the moment of truth. Now all the chips were on the table! This is what makes legends! The man and the moment were about to meet! And...she lost but it was close. *Music stops suddenly here with a trumpet striking a wrong note*
Robert L.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Are you ready?
We are looking for some revenge. It does not matter whether we were ready last year or not. We are the U.S.A. we win...and do not forgive. But we will forget. The World Baseball Classic that was played back in 2006 is forgotten. We are ready for this years match. No one will stand in our way. Here we come world! The U.S.A. is back!
Here are the highlights of '06.
Here are the highlights of '06.
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