DECEMBER 4 UPDATE
COMMITMENTS
Tyler Porter, OF, Oklahoma Attack, signed with Missouri State University
Katelyn Oro - 2007 - 3B - Mizuno Pride Gold committed to Middle Tennessee State
BATTLE OF THE BORDERS TOURNAMENT
The last game of the Battle of the Borders tournament matched Davie Power and the Tampa Mustangs. Mustangs came back in the last inning to win the game 6-5!
Georgia Elite 5 v Davie Power 3
Xtreme Mavericks 3 v Bombers 1 (Bombers Elysha Agen went 3-3)
Davie Power 6 v Team FLA Gold 3
Bullets 0 v Tampa Mustangs 13 (Mustangs Khrystne Ely threw a no hit shutout defensively, while Cassidy Rash, Alyese Stapf, and Khrystne Ely all had triples to lead the offense)
Team FLA Gold 6 v Tropic Wave 0
Tampa Mustangs 1 v Team FLA 16’s 0
Tropic Wave 16 v Bullets 3
Team FLA 16’s 9 v Bombers 3
Team FLA Gold 4 v Xtreme Mavericks 0 (Florida Gold’s Olivia Alvarez drove in two RBI in the 1st, and 2 runs were driven in on singles by Audrey Broyles and Kaylee West)
CORRECTION BATBUSTER TOURNAMENT
Grapettes 15 SJ Lady Sharks 0. Tassarah Weatherly belted 3 home runs back to back with 6 rbis.
Jessica Rakonza, Bellevue Blast. A 2008 graduate, good size (5’8”, 160), control and good form pay off in speed (low to mod 60’s). (SPY misspelled her name)
SOONERS VS CORNHUSKERS
As most of the free world knows, Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 21-7 on Saturday night, winning the Big 12 Championship and the trip to the BCS Fiesta Bowl vs Boise State. Nebraska goes to the Cotton Bowl vs Auburn (which might be a better, if less remunerative game). The official estimate is that 60,000 Nebraska fans and 10,000 Oklahoma fans filled Arrowhead Stadium. Regardless of team allegiance, they were colder than a well digger’s ass in the Klondike – down to 20 at halftime and 14 in the 4th quarter. My nephew and I had 50-yard line seats, only 17 rows up – but in the center of Husker fans. A fellow behind me yelled like a brass buzzard with a tin lung – until OU went up 21-7 in the 3rd. But, the Husker fans, while cheering lustily for their team, were polite, civil, and easy to talk to – especially among some of us older guys who witnessed Nebraska defeating OU in 1971, the so-called Game of the Century. Drove up from St Louis; that was a killer storm; many semi-trailer trucks off the road, some on their side. St Louis was shut-down on Friday. (Yes, I wore a Sooner sweatshirt and hat.)
YOU KNOW AMERICA’S KEEN ON HOLLYWOOD
When Leno and that other guy lead their dialogue talking about Britney Spear’s panties, or lack thereof; when zero-talent Tori Spelling publishes a book and gets interviews, and when George Clooney’s pig dies. The pig got as much space on AOL as John Bolton’s resignation as Ambassador to the UN. Max was better liked. To wit:
Clooney's Pet Potbellied Pig Dies
By Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today
(Dec. 4) Max has gone to hog heaven.
The nearly 300-pound potbellied pig who shared
George Clooney 's Hollywood Hills home,
and sometimes his bed, died Friday while his owner was out of town promoting his
latest film, The Good German, due Dec. 15. "He just
died, like an hour ago," says the actor, who gained custody of the porker about
18 years ago, after breaking up with live-in girlfriend
Kelly Preston (now Mrs.
John Travolta ). "He was as old a pig as
the vets had ever seen. I was really surprised, because he's been a big part of
my life." The source of what the dedicated bachelor often declared as his
longest-running relationship, Max frequently made cameos in interviews, mostly
because visitors had to step over the huge animal before entering Clooney's
house. "Max, the star," Clooney says, a bit wistfully.
The pig was famous enough to make headlines after being declared prematurely
dead in January 2005. The actor issued a denial.
WHAT WASHINGTON REALLY MEANS
Three weeks ago, the “leak” was that John Negroponte wanted out as the nation’s first director of national intelligence. Next leak: Negroponte might be interested in becoming deputy secretary of State, a job just vacated. Next leak: Negroponte has agreed to stay to the end of Bush’ term. Translation: Bush and Rice want a new deputy at State asap but Negroponte will not be given the job.
LET’S PONDER
Thanks to KelloggMon
Subject: Let's
Ponder!
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: (some new ones are here)
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries
are getting
weak?
Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is
not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars,
but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a
revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are
always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that
something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum
cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give
the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that
no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping
cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well,
it isn't all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid idiot?"
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off
the table you always manage to knock something else over?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when
we complained about the heat?
How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
And my FAVORITE......
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is
suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends
-- if
they're okay, then it's you.
MEMORIES (from a reader)
I'm talkin' bout hide and
seek at dusk
Red light, Green light
Red Rover....Red
Rover.....
Playing kickball &
dodgeball until the first...no...second...no...third
Streetlight came on
Ring around the Rosie
London Bridge
Hot potato
Hop Scotch
Jump rope
Duck....duck....GOOSE!!!
YOU'RE IT!!
Parents stood on the
front porch and yelled (or whistled) for you to come home - no pagers or cell
phones
Mother May I?
Hula Hoops
Seeing shapes in the
clouds
Endless summer days and
hot summer nights (no A/C) with the windows open
The sound of crickets
Running through the
sprinkler
Cereal boxes with that
GREAT prize in the bottom
Cracker jacks with the
same thing
Ice pops with 2 sticks
you could break and share with a friend
Watchin' Saturday Morning
cartoons
Fat Albert, Road Runner,
Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force & He-Man,
Schoolhouse Rock
Watchin' Sunday morning
oldies (Abbott & Costello, Three Stooges)
Wonder Woman & Super Man
Underoos
FONZIE.....AYYYYYYYY
Playing Dukes of Hazard
Catchin' lightning bugs
in a jar
Christmas morning
Your first day of school
Bedtime Prayers and
Goodnight Kisses
Climbing trees
Swinging as high as you
could to try and reach the sky
Getting an Ice Cream off
the Good Humor Truck
A million mosquito bites
and sticky fingers
Jumpin' down the steps
Jumpin' on the bed
Pillow fights
Sleep-overs
A 13" black and white TV
in your room meant you were RICH
Runnin' till you were out
of breath
Laughing so hard that
your stomach hurt
Being tired from PLAYING
WORK: meant taking out
the garbage or doing the dishes
Your first crush
Your first kiss (I mean
the one that you kept your mouth CLOSED and your eyes OPEN
Rainy days at school
meant playing "Heads up 7UP" or hangman" in
The classroom, Remember
that?
Kool-Aid was the drink of
the summer
So was a swig from the
hose
Giving your friends a
ride on your handlebars
Wearing your new shoes on
the first day of school
Class Field Trips with
soggy sandwiches
When nearly everyone's
mom was at home when the kids got there
When a quarter seemed
like a fair allowance;
and another quarter a
MIRACLE
When ANY parent could
discipline ANY kid, or feed him, or use him
to carry groceries...And
nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the
principal's office was nothing compared to
the fate that awaited you
at home.
Basically, we were in
fear for our lives but it wasn't because of
drive by shootings,
drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and
grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of
us are still afraid of
em!
Didn't that feel good?
Just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember
that!"
Decisions were made by
going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected
by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issues" meant
arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled
by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
Catching fireflies could
happily occupy an entire evening
It wasn't odd to have two
or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to
anyone over 20.
The worst thing you could
catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than
Mom
Scrapes and bruises were
kissed by mom or grandma and made better
It was a big deal to
finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow
was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered
because of a "double-dog-dare"
Spinning around, getting
dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment
was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the
ultimate, ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were your
worst tormentors, but also your fiercest protector
If you can remember
most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!
Pass this on to anyone
who may need a break from their "grown up" life......
I TRIPLE DOG DARE
YA!!!!!!