More Reds Pics from yesterday

Drew Stubbs with Corrina and Owen Counts yesterday before the Reds game

Treg giving Mr. Red a big bro shrug

Corrina and the Cowboy just before they both ate 8 scoops of ice cream from United Dairy Farmers - he was a very nice guy!!!

Johnny Cueto with Corrina

Reds Manager Dusty Baker getting some advice from O-dog and C-dog

and last, but certainly not least, datdudeBP (Brandon Philips) giving Corrina and Owen some Gold Glove fielding tips

Just one post for the weekend

Treg, Corrina, Owen Counts, and the Cuban Missile - Aroldis Chapman

Not a vote of confidence for Colt McCoy

I was mesmerized by Mel Kiper Jr.'s hair last night

Game 7 of NHL playoffs are the only hockey that I ever watch.

The Browns gave up a lot to move up one spot in the draft - it would have been simpler to just lose one more game.

Do you think Jon Gruden ever combs his hair?

Michael Floyd is going to be a very good receiver opposite Larry Fitzgerald

Andrew Luck is a nice guy and everything but maybe just a little on the goofy side.

Do you think that Sly has had a little work done on his looks?

 How about Burt?

Trivia for Friday - who wrote the song - "Bohemian Rhapsody"???

Pictured here on her first day of 7th grade - this young lady will be a high school graduate one month from today (or is that 25th grade???)

Check out the baseball tattoos on this dude

watch this video to see more about how and why he got these tattoos   click to watch

the NFL draft starts tonight - I predict that Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III are the first two picks

Now that my Keith Rivers jersey is rendered useless, I might have to pick me up one of these:

Carol Burnett turns 78 today

If you did not see the linescore from the Minster at Coldwater high school baseball game on Tuesday evening, it looked like this

Minster        000 000 000 000 100 --- 1

Coldwater     000 000 000 000 101 --- 2          Coldwater won 2-1 in 15 innings
My boys and I almost to the top of Lembert Dome in beautiful Yosemite National Park

These people had a bad day!!!

My 4 Reds tickets in Section 129 - row Q and a parking pass for tonight - if interested, call me at 937-658-4089  

$ 120.00

My day looks pretty good after seeing this; How about yours???
 
 
Car upside down in the bay
- see the guy standing on it? 

Call out the Crane Truck!

Coming back up...coming...coming 

Ooops!

I could have sworn I set the brakes on that truck! 

We are gonna need a Bigger Truck

 Ok, we got the car...let's get the other Tow Truck now!

O...O...ooh No!!

 Who's gonna explain this one to the insurance guys?
SEE. Your day has not been so bad after all...

Perfect game in Seattle Saturday

breaking news from Seattle this past weekend - 2001 Russia High School alumni Keith Borchers and Eric Rosenbeck were in attendance at the perfect game pitched by Philip Humber on Saturday!!! 

a scene from Western New York yesterday - looks nice for April 23rd huh??

gotta love those new "old" Baltimore Orioles caps - love that bird

 check out the dude trying to put eyedrops in his eye while he has sunglasses on

Barbara Streisand is 69 today

Valerie Bertinelli turned 52 yesterday

John Kruk vs. Randy Johnson from the 1993 All-Star Game video

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There was a Yard Sale last night!!!

Can you drive a boat this well?????

254 million dollar man Albert Pujols has a grand total of zero home runs so far this year

so much for my prediction of the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the Stanley Cup - the Philadelphia Flyers eliminated them yesterday

the Russia High School Senior Class Play "Yard Sale" last night was nothing short of phenomenal!!!!

I watched the movie "Breakfast Club" the other night - it seems like a lot of people liked that movie

One hit wonder Taco - "Putting on the Ritz" for your Monday morning listening pleasure

 I meant to post this on March 11, but forgot - here is some unbelievable video of the Japan tsunami on March 11, 2011

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Cory Luebke outduels Roy Halladay last night

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO -- Cory Luebke has become the San Diego Padres' stopper, twice ending four-game losing streaks for a team that has stumbled badly out of the gate.
On Saturday night, it was a big one.
Luebke outpitched Roy Halladay and San Diego beat Philadelphia 5-1, snapping the Phillies' 13-game winning streak at Petco Park.
Luebke (2-1) held the Phillies to two hits in eight innings, struck out five and walked two.
"I think both nights the hitters went out and got on the other starter early," Luebke said. "For the guys to go out and get some early runs on Halladay, there's something to say for that. I knew it was going to be one of those games where there's always a situation where the game can swing. In a game like that, it can be anything small. The guys went out and put up some runs early and took a little pressure off me."
In his previous start, Luebke won at Colorado to end a four-game Padres losing streak.
The Padres hadn't beaten the Phillies in their downtown ballpark since Aug. 16, 2008. The Phillies' 13-game winning streak at Petco had been the longest active for any visiting club at any particular ballpark, and their longest winning streak at any ballpark in club history.
The Phillies, who took the first two of this four-game series, had swept the Padres in San Diego each of the last three seasons. Overall, the Phillies are 24-5 at Petco Park since it opened in 2004.
Huston Street pitched the ninth in a non-save situation, allowing Ty Wigginton's RBI double with two outs.
Halladay (3-1) walked the bases loaded with one out in the second before Orlando Hudson's grounder to second brought in Yonder Alonso.
Based on information given to the Padres, it was the first time in Halladay's career that he'd walked three straight batters, according to research by the Elias Sports Bureau. It was the eighth time he walked three in an inning.
"It's not ideal and it cost me a run," Halladay said. "Definitely frustrating. I felt like we were right there. There weren't three-, four-pitch walks. A couple of close pitches, a couple of balls fouled. I didn't feel like completely lost my release point. It's just one of those things. I just didn't put the ball where I wanted."
"He was making good pitches. We were just laying off of them," Alonso said. "We made the good adjustments."
Halladay had walked only four total in his first three starts.
Halladay allowed three straight hits with two outs in the third, including Alonso's opposite-field double to left that brought in Chase Headley, aboard on a single.
Alonso was thrilled that he had a walk and double against Halladay.
"He's one of the best pitchers in history and he's a guy that I can probably talk to my kids one day and say I had a double off of him, with an RBI, and I had a walk, and he was battling and I felt like I was grinding some at-bats with him. It was a lot of fun today," Alonso said.
Halladay went seven, allowing two runs and five hits, striking out five and walking four.
San Diego added three runs in the eighth against Michael Stutes. Jason Bartlett hit an RBI double and scored on a triple by Hudson, who scored on pinch-hitter Jesus Guzman's single.

4-20, not the greatest date on the calendar

1889 - Adolph Hilter was born
1939 - Hitler's 50th birthdaywas celebrated as a national holiday in Germany
1978 - Korean Air flight 902 was shot down by the Soviet Union
1993 - raid at Waco, Texas - David Koresh and the Branch Davidians
1995 - bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City (was originally planned for the 20th but actually was April 19th)

1999 - Columbine High School massacre - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 and injure 24 more
2010 - The Deepwater Horizon oil well explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing twelve workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months
Trivia question for the twenty-first Friday of the blog - all correct answers are eligible to win a $ 10 gift certificates to Cruizers - No help from the internet for your answer - name any 4 characters from the Movie "Beverly Hills Cop"-  send your answers to hood3939@gmail.com - deadline is 6 pm Friday!!!
Here is the theme song from the movie!!!!

a Baywatch cast member turns 40 today -  Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra

So long to a legend

Rest in Peace to Dick Clark - New Year's Rockin' Eve will never be the same
After his stroke in 2004, he was never the same, but here is a great picture of a man that many of us grew up with for American Bandstand, $ 25,000 Pyramid, America's top 40, and New Year's Eve celebrations

If you did not catch the Steelers throwback jerseys for this coming season - here ya go:

Dick Clark's passing got me thinking about this guy - he was almost as good as Dick Clark

Casey Kasem

Goldie Hawn's daughter turns 33 today

Kate Hudson is 33 today

Ashley Judd is 44 today as well

 A final tribute - taken from USA Today

Bell-bottoms came and went and came back again.  But Dick Clark? He never left. With his toothpaste-ad smile and a microphone always ready, Clark was a fixture in our pop culture for decades.

Maybe you hear his name and think New Year's Eve stalwart, or American Bandstand host, or "the oldest living teenager," a nickname he picked up years ago, but Clark was much more than any of those single images.

Clark, who suffered a stroke in 2004 and died Wednesday of a heart attack, was a irrepressible entrepreneur who built an empire for himself in the entertainment industry. He was 82.

A wide spectrum of artists whose careers he had nurtured rushed to pay tribute. Tony Bennett tweeted that Clark was "a great guy and one of the first people to play my records." Paul Stanley wrote that Clark "was the face of rock and roll and its best ambassador. He championed Kiss when others turned away and was instrumental in breaking us." 

 

106 years ago today - The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Happy Birthday to Kathy Nichols and Emily Francis today!!!

1906 - The Great San Francisco Earthquake - At 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California, killing hundreds of people as it topples numerous buildings. The quake was caused by a slip of the San Andreas Fault over a segment about 275 miles long, and shock waves could be felt from southern Oregon down to Los Angeles.
San Francisco's brick buildings and wooden Victorian structures were especially devastated. Fires immediately broke out and--because broken water mains prevented firefighters from stopping them--firestorms soon developed citywide. At 7 a.m., U.S. Army troops from Fort Mason reported to the Hall of Justice, and San Francisco Mayor E.E. Schmitz called for the enforcement of a dusk-to-dawn curfew and authorized soldiers to shoot-to-kill anyone found looting. Meanwhile, in the face of significant aftershocks, firefighters and U.S. troops fought desperately to control the ongoing fire, often dynamiting whole city blocks to create firewalls. On April 20, 20,000 refugees trapped by the massive fire were evacuated from the foot of Van Ness Avenue onto the USS Chicago.
The Cardinals World Series ring - yes, that is a Rally Squirrel on top of home plate

not quite as cool as the 1990 Cincinnati Reds ring

This season's Monday Night Football schedule:

Week 1: Sept. 10, 7:00 PM, Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens
Week 1: Sept. 10, 10:15 PM, San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders
Week 2: Sept. 17, 8:30 PM, Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons
Week 3: Sept. 24, 8:30 PM, Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks
Week 4: Oct. 1, 8:30 PM, Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys
Week 5: Oct. 8, 8:30 PM, Houston Texans at New York Jets
Week 6: Oct. 15, 8:30 PM, Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers
Week 7: Oct. 22, 8:30 PM, Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears
Week 8: Oct. 29, 8:30 PM, San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals
Week 9: Nov. 5, 8:30 PM, Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints
Week 10: Nov. 12, 8:30 PM, Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 11: Nov. 19, 8:30 PM, Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers
Week 12: Nov. 26, 8:30 PM, Carolina Panthers at Philadelphia Eagles
Week 13: Dec. 3, 8:30 PM, New York Giants at Washington Redskins
Week 14: Dec. 10, 8:30 PM, Houston Texans at New England Patriots
Week 15: Dec. 17, 8:30 PM, New York Jets at Tennessee Titans
Week 16: Dec. 22, 8:30 PM, Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions

Check out Mike "Flathead" Blanchard's Obituary which went viral:

Tommy Boy clips:

Norman Julius Esiason turns 50 today

Boomer turns 50 today!

great, great, watch - Alabama running back Trent Richardson takes 17 year old cancer patient Courtney Alvis to prom - 13 days before the NFL draft!!! - Maybe one of the best videos I have ever watched

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Pope Benedict turns 84 and Bobby Vinton turns 76 today

The Chief Pontiff - Pope Benedict XVI does not look 84!!!

 My mom used to love Bobby Vinton - here is Blue Velvet

watch the Phillies turn a very unconventional double play - Josh Thole gets duped by Jimmy Rollins!

I used to watch this show every Thursday night at 8:00 pm - what shows came on right after it???

Bill is looking a little old!!!

some Rolling Stones for your Monday morning - "You can't Always get what you Want"

Another Eric Grohe mural to share

Everyone gets to wear # 42 today

A very special day…
today. It’s “Jackie Robinson Day” throughout Major League Baseball, and that means that all teams will be outfitting their players in uniforms with “42″ (and NNOB). Unlike other stupid, crass promotions, this is one that MLB actually gets right. Most of us were never alive to watch Jackie play or to know of the true impact he had not just on the game of baseball (he changed it forever), but on civil rights, race relations, and a whole host of other issues in the United States.
My pop, who was a huge Brooklyn Dodgers fan (but not necessarily the most ‘progressive’ chap), would regale me with stories about Jackie — one he always loved to tell was how JRR would get to third base and fake stealing home plate on virtually every pitch — just to rattle the pitchers. Frequently this would cause a balk or otherwise distract the pitcher such that good things would happen for the Dodgers. And of course, Jackie successfully swiped the dish many times, including one of the most famous steals of home of all time:

Happy Birthday to the Hit King - Peter Edward Rose

Reds Killer - The Pride of North Star needs to start taking it easy on our Reds - Craig Stammen earned his second win in as many days against the Reds with another three strikeout performance in the 13th inning last night.  That gives him 6 strikeouts in two innings in the last two games against the Reds.  Congratulations Craig, but take it easy on us today please!!!!

Here is Craig sporting the Flying Elvis Silver Hair!!!

trivia answer from yesterday - Pete Rose, Barry Larkin, and Dave Concepcion

here is an ariel view of Bubba Watson's Shot from the Trees in Master's Playoff last Sunday: