Filed under: Baseball; Rockies
Ask me if I want to talk about it.
I don’t.
At all.
My heart hurts and I am going to bed.
Filed under: Uncategorized
Power just went out! Good thing i have my safety vest!
Filed under: Uncategorized
Power just went out! Good thing i have my safety vest!
So I blogged on Monday about the disappointing pattern of the Rockies coming from behind in dramatic fashion fueled by a late-inning Tulow dinger and then Brian Fuentes coming in and failing to close the game out for us.
Friday night in Toronto – Tulow 2-run shot to put us up 6-4. Fuentes blows the save.
Monday night in Chicago – Tulow 3-run shot to cap a six run ninth that put us up 9-8. Fuentes blows the save.
So last night, I am at Buffalo Wild Wings where you will find me every Wing Thursday (boneless = $.50) and am watching my Rockies falter away a lead this time. Cook pitched alright. And it was enjoyable watching Biggio get his 3,000th. So the game goes extra innings. Then comes the 11th. Tulow gets up and I get excited. Sure enough, doink, solo shot to put us up 5-4. I am now very excited and am watching Brian come in from the outfield to close this one. (Surely there is no way that he will blow 3 saves IN A ROW! IN CLOSE GAMES!)
Guess what? He loaded the bases and gives up a walk-off grand slam to Carlos Lee.
Hey Clint, just a suggestion. Maybe we let someone else have the ball in actual save situations. I know that we pay Brian out the butt to come in and lose close games for us, but I am getting a little tired of it. Brian, you are continually breaking my heart.
Filed under: Presidents
But it seemed blog-worthy.
Look what happens when a President gets elected in a year with a “0” at the end.
Also notice it goes in increments of 20 years.1840: William Henry Harrison (died in office)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (assassinated)
1880: James A. Garfield (assassinated)
1900: William McKinley (assassinated)
1920: Warren G. Harding (died in office)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (dies in office)
1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated)
1980: Ronald Reagan (survived assassination attempt)
2000: George W. Bush ????????????And to think that we had two guys fighting it out in the courts to be the one elected in
2000.You might also be interested in this.
Have a history teacher explain this—– if they can.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in
1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.Now hang on to your seat.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named ‘Ford.’ Kennedy was shot in a car called ‘Lincoln’ made by ‘Ford.’
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here’s the kicker…….
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
Filed under: Baseball; Rockies
On Friday night in the top of the 10th inning in Toronto, Tulow hit a two-run shot to deep left center. This put the Rockies on top. In comes Brian Fuentes to blow the save (his 3rd blown save of the year.) And we drop the first of three to the Blue Jays.
Tonight, in the top of the 9th. The boys start the inning down 8-3 and proceed to put 6 up and take the lead. Aided by a 3 run shot by, yep, Tulow. In comes Brian Fuentes to, yep, blow another save.
For some reason I thought we had one of the best closers in the National League. Apparently, I was mistaken. Brian, you have broken my heart twice now in 4 games. Please stop that.
My Rockies seem to always lead me into heart-breaking and difficult situations. Last week was the peak of the season for me so far. The almighty Yankees came into town and in front of over 147,000 people in 3 games managed to eek out only 5 runs as my Rockies swept the home series. This was a pinnacle. Tons of people saw how good the Rockies have been playing recently. I had some clout now to say that Rockies baseball was competitive and exciting to watch and follow. My friends began to pay attention to them and a couple were even interesting in heading with me down the the park. My office had very little to chide me about as I faithfully place another ‘W’ on my Rockies sheet hung proudly on my cubicle wall.
Then we went to Toronto. Yep, those are my Rockies. We got shellacked. Thrice. Pitching sucked. We couldn’t hit. Tulow was good. Brian Fuentes blew another save (3rd this year.) We were three outs away from walking away hitless. Now we are back at 5 and a half out of the lead of the division. We are still alright, but I am sitting here wondering . . .
Will we do what it takes to take the division? Namely, acquire someone who resembles a starting pitcher. Right now, with the exception of Francis and sometimes Cook, we have a starting lineup that consists of men who would be pleased coming out the bullpen in middle relief for most teams in baseball. It is not the caliber of pitching staff that will see us through to a game in October. I hope that we will.
But for now let’s remember that we are the best defensive team in all of baseball. That is a good thing. Someone said that defense wins championships. Not in baseball. Pitching does.
Sorry Seanster, but its science. Thanks Foxnews for reporting that I am smarter than my brother. (I sure wish I was taller than him too.)
Children at the top of the pecking order — either by birth or because their older siblings died — score higher on IQ tests than their younger brothers or sisters.
The question of whether firstborn and only children are really smarter than those who come along later has been hotly debated for more than a century.
Norwegian researchers now report that it isn’t a matter of being born first, but growing up the senior child, that seems to result in the higher IQ scores.
Today is their 4th anniversary. Congratulations. I still can’t fathom how Mark holds on, but he seems to do alright. (It gives me hope.)
Mark and Judi,
Congratulations on another great year. I speak for everyone who is close to you and I say thank you for being such a phenomenal, God-chasing couple. You are a great example of what it means to chase God first and allow Him to bless your lives in a crazy way! Thanks for loving each other and showing those around you what it means to live happily with someone you love passionately.
You are an amazing couple! I am blessed to call you my friends!
– Josh
Please read this. I have blogged about the Irresistible Revolution, as has Josh Mick. It is a book by Shaine Claiborne who helped start The Simple Way which is a movement in Philly. It is communal experiment of sorts and does a lot of good for the people who are connected to it. This is from their home page this morning.
This morning, a 7-alarm fire consumed an abandoned warehouse in our Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The Simple Way Community Center at 3200 Potter Street was destroyed as well as at least eight of our neighbors’ homes. Over 100 people were evacuated from their homes, and 400 families are currently without power. Despite this developing tragedy, we are incredibly thankful to share that all of our community members and every one of our neighbors is safely out of harm’s way.
This fire will forever change the fabric of our community. Eight families are currently homeless, and in many cases have lost their vehicles as well as their homes. One of our neighbors, the Mahaias Family, lost their three cars as well as the equipment one family member uses for her massage therapy business. Teenager Brian Mahaias is devastated not because he has lost his belongings, but because he fears that this fire will force him to move away from this neighborhood that is his family as well as his home.
The Simple Way has lost a community center that was home to our Yes! And… afterschool program, community arts center, and Cottage Printworks t-shirt micro-business as well as to two of our community members. Community members Shane Claiborne and Jesce Walz have lost all of their belongings, Yes! And…’s after school studio and library were ruined, and community member Justin Donner’s Cottage Printworks equipment and t-shirts were destroyed.
We are thankful that we are able to help each other during this time of need, and we will continue to keep your informed about today’s events.
We have established funds to support the families who have lost their homes, the Yes! And… afterschool program, and the Simple Way community.
A fund to support the families has been established through a partner organization, EAPE. Tax-deductible donations can be made at https://www.tonycampolo.org/online_donation.php. Please make sure to put “Kensington Families Fund” in the memo section.
Donations to the Rebuilding Fund can be made via PayPal to contribute@awip.us.
-The Simple Way Community
I am going to send them what I can. If you can help them with anything, please do.
Josh Brage 