I'm only one man, there's only so many people I can piss off in one day. Although, thanks to the internet, my production has gone up nicely.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Four - 0 - and 1

Well here we are 5 games into a 12 game regular season. Tyler is one of my top three pitchers, and #2 in batting averages. We tied the first game of the season and have since gone on to win four straight. We have one more team in our league we haven't played. So what it comes down to is with two more wins with 7 games left(all teams play twice) we will qualify for the County playoffs in July. A .500 season gets an automatic seeding, but if we beat every team twice we could win our division and have a #1 seed.
Regardless, I bought all the players pizza tonight after the game. Every game I choose a top player to receive an award, usually candy. Tonight we had at least 4 players excelling, so I treated the whole team to pizza. These kids have really improved and I hope they understand what they have accomplished thus far.

Games:
Clackamas 8, Gladstone 8
Clackamas 18, Putnam 8
Clackamas 15, Milwaukie 9
Clackamas 12, Lakeridge 5
Clackamas 20, Redland 14

Friday, May 22, 2009

Lest We Forget

Memorial Day

"Once each May, amid the quiet hills and rolling lanes and breeze-brushed trees of Arlington National Cemetery, far above the majestic Potomac and the monuments and memorials of our Nation's Capital just beyond, the graves of America's military dead are decorated with the beautiful flag that in life these brave souls followed and loved. This scene is repeated across our land and around the world, wherever our defenders rest. Let us hold it our sacred duty and our inestimable privilege on this day to decorate these graves ourselves -- with a fervent prayer and a pledge of true allegiance to the cause of liberty, peace, and country for which America's own have ever served and sacrificed. ... Our pledge and our prayer this day are those of free men and free women who know that all we hold dear must constantly be built up, fostered, revered and guarded vigilantly from those in every age who seek its destruction. We know, as have our Nation's defenders down through the years, that there can never be peace without its essential elements of liberty, justice and independence. Those true and only building blocks of peace were the lone and lasting cause and hope and prayer that lighted the way of those whom we honor and remember this Memorial Day. To keep faith with our hallowed dead, let us be sure, and very sure, today and every day of our lives, that we keep their cause, their hope, their prayer, forever our country's own." --Ronald Reagan

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE

"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not.." Thomas Jefferson

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE


1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
3. Colt: The original point and click interface.
4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
8. If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.
9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
10. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights Reserved.
11. What part of 'shall not be infringed' do you not understand?
12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
14. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.
15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
16. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
17. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
19. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.
20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
22. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.
23. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don't make more.
24. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.
25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

LET THERE BE ROCK!!!!!!!!!!

Never mind we had the longest weekend of baseball. Forget about Travis having a batting average of .625, and Tyler facing 10 batters and striking out 8. Both boys were in separate tournaments this weekend. I can't comment on Travis's play as I was coaching Tyler's team across town.
Back to the title. My team is playing defense, there are two outs with a runner on 2nd in the top of the 3rd inning. On the opposite field they have an announcers booth which is playing music between innings. I look at our game, the pitcher is in the wind-up, Queen is playing on the loudspeaker. The solo guitar riff between "We will Rock You" and "We are the Champions" is blaring. The runner at 2nd and at least half of my team are playing Guitar Hero Air Guitar in the middle of a pitch to the batter!
These are 3rd and 4th graders who LOVE OUR MUSIC. There was no way I could be mad at the team for not being ready for the ball. A few parents and I had a chuckle about the situation and moved on. It is a pretty sad situation when our kids are stealing our music CD's and tapes, even worse when they are Jammin the air guitar in the middle of a baseball game to said music.
BASEBALL ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Annoy: to annoy

Ok, latest teen word facts. This word has come up way too many times lately to just float away in the wind.
Apparently it has become a very important he said she said term related to who likes who. In the past few weeks this has become Travis's punchline. Everything "Annoys" him. Not to be outdone, his friends convey the same sentiments, regardless of who the offending person is. I'm here to tell you, this whole "Annoy" thing really bugs the shit outta me. We hear it daily mostly referring to girls in his grade, sometimes its girls referring to him and his friends. Sure the percentages could be skewed, either way the teen speak deciphering has begun.