If you've read my blog before you'll recall me writing about this "untouchable" individual (Tiger Woods). He provied it once again this past week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, even despite being out of mix for a while.
It's no doubt in my mind that he truly is the best athlete ever!
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Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, September 29, 2008
Best Brewed Octoberfest ... Milwaukee Brewers!
The 26 year drought is over for the Brewers organization and it's fans. As the game ended on Sunday with a Brewers 3-1 win over the Cubs, fans stuck around at Miller Park to watch the NY Mets lose, which assured the NL Wild Card spot for Milwaukee.
Many emotional ups and downs of this season have helped get the Brewers to this point, but definitely the most notable of those was the acquisition of CC Sabathia. How awesome is this man? Not only should he collect this year's Cy Young, making him a back to back award winner, but his off the field character is better than his on the field performance.
It took a team though to win and that is one thing you can tell CC recognizing. Braun, Weeks, Hardy, Cameron, Kendall, Hart, Fielder, a deep bull pen and everyone else stepped up at the right time. Now lets go into The City of Brotherly Love and tear it up!
Thanks Dub, your a true role model and someone we all look up to!
Many emotional ups and downs of this season have helped get the Brewers to this point, but definitely the most notable of those was the acquisition of CC Sabathia. How awesome is this man? Not only should he collect this year's Cy Young, making him a back to back award winner, but his off the field character is better than his on the field performance.
- What player takes out a newspaper ad to thank his fans? CC
- Who takes the ball every chance he's got? CC
- Who plays for the love of the game and his teammates, regardless of money? CC
It took a team though to win and that is one thing you can tell CC recognizing. Braun, Weeks, Hardy, Cameron, Kendall, Hart, Fielder, a deep bull pen and everyone else stepped up at the right time. Now lets go into The City of Brotherly Love and tear it up!
Thanks Dub, your a true role model and someone we all look up to!
Monday, July 28, 2008
High Five Still Alive
The greatest universal language for a celebration is the "high five". Most commonly associated with sports this gesture became popular nearly 30 years ago.
On Saturday, we watched the Brewers comeback against the Astros and close out to win 6-4. Partaking myself and witnessing others around me, it was a high five frenzy. No chest bumps or fist pumps here my friends...just high five's all around!!
On Saturday, we watched the Brewers comeback against the Astros and close out to win 6-4. Partaking myself and witnessing others around me, it was a high five frenzy. No chest bumps or fist pumps here my friends...just high five's all around!!
Friday, July 11, 2008
Hart seeing Stars
All Star that is!! After receiving nearly 8 million votes he was the final NL player voted onto the roster. Not only is he a Milwaukee Brewer, but he seems to represent one of the more down to earth professional athletes in today's arena.
Congrats!
Congrats!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Untouchable
Certain athletes just seem untouchable; names like Jordan, Aaron,and Woods come to mind. If you didn't see Tiger's performance this weekend in the surge for another US OPEN title, check out these two eagles and a birdie on Saturday;
and then to top it off he hit this birdie putt on the 18th hole Sunday to force a playoff with Rocco Mediate....unbelievable!
Balls are now in the air!
and then to top it off he hit this birdie putt on the 18th hole Sunday to force a playoff with Rocco Mediate....unbelievable!
Balls are now in the air!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Big News on Campus
Well as you know I work for Concordia University here in Mequon Wisconsin, and over the past months their has been some big stir around two main events that came and are coming to Concordia's campus;
As a baseball fan, it was quite the honor to be associated with having MLB's all time home run leader (minus Bonds with 762) on our campus. Mr. Aaron's role on, and more so off the field spoke to his character and the leader he is. You have to be very humble in your life success to address graduates with these statements:
You can see why there are few professional athletes across the board that I hold in the same high esteem as him.
As for St. Louis coming to campus this is neat because it increases the exposure for our small Lutheran campus on Lake Michigan. I'll probably be seeing a lot of them in the halls and roaming around campus. Although Belichick has called me to request videotape, I had the moral intelligence to say no...unlike Matt Walsh (I couldn't resist...kidding)
Well 2008 is turning out to be an exciting year on campus and come fall I'll be teaching too!!!
1. Henry "Hank" Aaron was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws this past weekend where he gave the Commencement Address.
2. The St.Louis Rams have decided to declare our campus as their Summer Training facility from late July into late August.
As a baseball fan, it was quite the honor to be associated with having MLB's all time home run leader (minus Bonds with 762) on our campus. Mr. Aaron's role on, and more so off the field spoke to his character and the leader he is. You have to be very humble in your life success to address graduates with these statements:
"This is advice from an old man who has been a lot of places, seen a lot of things," "Be careful before you make choices. Avoid shortcuts. They are quick fixes and unrewarding."
You can see why there are few professional athletes across the board that I hold in the same high esteem as him.
(picture) Ernie Banks congratulating Hank on the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award in 1970 before Cubs-Braves game (two class act guys)
As for St. Louis coming to campus this is neat because it increases the exposure for our small Lutheran campus on Lake Michigan. I'll probably be seeing a lot of them in the halls and roaming around campus. Although Belichick has called me to request videotape, I had the moral intelligence to say no...unlike Matt Walsh (I couldn't resist...kidding)
Well 2008 is turning out to be an exciting year on campus and come fall I'll be teaching too!!!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
where amazing happens
At 26-51 the Bucks new tagline "where amazing happens" doesn't seem to fit. However, as Bucks fans we are troopers and my brother Paul and I when we went to see the Milwaukee Bucks take on the Boston Celtics last night. Ok, maybe we wanted to see Garnett, Allen, and Pierce, or it may have been the stellar seats we had(not as good as Mikey's 3rd row seats but good enough), or maybe it was the timeout entertainment, but really it simply about getting out and enjoy a sporting night out with my bro's.
Anyway back to the game...
...After watching about 3 quarters of the game, it was pretty clear to see why they only had won 26 games thus far. Turnovers galore, missed layups, masked men (Bogut), but really the ball just appeared to be everywhere but in ther hands. Apparently though in the 4th quarter they found their groove, correction Michael Redd and Bobby Simmons found it! It was a great comeback to tie and take it in to OT, but was disappointing to then lose it. To give you a fun stat though and leave on a high note, we watched a game played last night between a $75.5 and a $62.6 million dollar team - insane!!!
Anyway back to the game...
...After watching about 3 quarters of the game, it was pretty clear to see why they only had won 26 games thus far. Turnovers galore, missed layups, masked men (Bogut), but really the ball just appeared to be everywhere but in ther hands. Apparently though in the 4th quarter they found their groove, correction Michael Redd and Bobby Simmons found it! It was a great comeback to tie and take it in to OT, but was disappointing to then lose it. To give you a fun stat though and leave on a high note, we watched a game played last night between a $75.5 and a $62.6 million dollar team - insane!!!
Friday, April 4, 2008
Home Opener: Milwaukee Brewers
The words "opening day" and "home opener" just conjure up an array of pleasant memories. As a kid, it was the excitement of what a Brewers new season brought and the beginning of the Pepsi Fan Club. Now as an adult it still holds excitement of what the Brewers season could bring, but now my "Pepsi Fan Club" is all about brats and beer. Brats, Beer and Baseball...ahh BBB!
As the game is currently in the bottom of the second, with the brew crew up 3-0 over the Giants, you can see that I am not there...but alas there will be about 158 more to catch this year!
Tune in here for live action
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Opening Day: Brewers almost Fukudome!
Only separated by a stretch of about 1 hour and 15 minutes on I-94, the Cubs and Brewers for a long time were split between the National and American leagues, so it gave me two teams to watch and root for. To top it off, my house in Arizona is 1 mile from the Cubs Spring Training facility and about 20 minutes from where the Brewers play. Needless to say this year provided a dream Opener and one I wish I could have made!
Before the game even began there was a statue unveiling of Ernie Banks and to add the icing to the cake Hank Aaron was also there to congratualte his friend as well. These two legends are the true athletes that have helped me look past baseball's low points like the 1994 baseball strike and the current day steriod debacle. I found a picture of the two in 1970, after Aaron was presented with the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award.
Opening Day 2008: Now on to the actual game
Aside from battling some challenging weather conditions these two teams put on quite a great performance. I'll save you the explanation of the first 8 full innings as the box score read 0-0, but the ninth inning was exciting. Braun singles in the ninth which brings in the first run, then Cory Hart drives in two more on his double. So going into the bottom of the 9th with Eric Gagne on the mound, you should feel comfortable...until Fukudome comes to the plate and jacks a 3 run homer. Who is Fukudome? Don't know yet, but I am sure we'll hear more about him in the months to come. So after retiring 3 out of the next 4 batters we move to the 10th. Up to bat comes big Tony Gywnn Jr. who to this point has been having a phenomenal day. Not only does he put the winning RBI on his box score with a sac fly to score Counsell, but also manages to make a sliding catch to end the game and give the Brewers a 4-3 victory in 10 innings at Wrigley.
Oh how I wish I was there, but instead captured my real live scoring and pitch by pitch on mlb.com.
Before the game even began there was a statue unveiling of Ernie Banks and to add the icing to the cake Hank Aaron was also there to congratualte his friend as well. These two legends are the true athletes that have helped me look past baseball's low points like the 1994 baseball strike and the current day steriod debacle. I found a picture of the two in 1970, after Aaron was presented with the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award.
Opening Day 2008: Now on to the actual game
Aside from battling some challenging weather conditions these two teams put on quite a great performance. I'll save you the explanation of the first 8 full innings as the box score read 0-0, but the ninth inning was exciting. Braun singles in the ninth which brings in the first run, then Cory Hart drives in two more on his double. So going into the bottom of the 9th with Eric Gagne on the mound, you should feel comfortable...until Fukudome comes to the plate and jacks a 3 run homer. Who is Fukudome? Don't know yet, but I am sure we'll hear more about him in the months to come. So after retiring 3 out of the next 4 batters we move to the 10th. Up to bat comes big Tony Gywnn Jr. who to this point has been having a phenomenal day. Not only does he put the winning RBI on his box score with a sac fly to score Counsell, but also manages to make a sliding catch to end the game and give the Brewers a 4-3 victory in 10 innings at Wrigley.
Oh how I wish I was there, but instead captured my real live scoring and pitch by pitch on mlb.com.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
March Madness
With the 2008 Brackets out in full circulation, Vegas can finally breathe a sigh of relief after ending the Super Bowl with a major upset. Now is the time when the house wins, or does it???
Here is a few quick facts to consider when completing you brackets:
1. Since the beginning of the seeding process, only 9 teams have entered the tournament ranked #1 in at least 1 poll and gone on to win the tournament (only 6 more are added to that total before the seeding system in place today).
2. A #1 seed has never lost in the first round to a #16 seed, yet two #8 seeds have reached the championship game, one of which one (Villanova-85).
3. In 1993 Arizona was seeded #2 and was one of only four seeds ever to be beaten by a #15 seed (Santa Clara), but not to be plagued by that label they came back and in 1997 as a #4 seed and beat three #1 seeds (Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina) to win the overall title!
Generally speaking though, since the current seeding system began in 1985 the percentages are that the higher the rank the better the odds;
#1 seed has beaten the #16 seed 100% of the time
#2 seed has beaten the #15 seed 96% of the time
#3 seed has beaten the #14 seed 84% of the time
#4 seed has beaten the #13 seed 80% of the time
#5 seed has beaten the #12 seed 68% of the time
#6 seed has beaten the #11 seed 68% of the time
#7 seed has beaten the #10 seed 62% of the time
#8 seed has beaten the #9 seed 46% of the time (this being the exception)
Good Luck, have fun and drink lots!!!
Here is a few quick facts to consider when completing you brackets:
1. Since the beginning of the seeding process, only 9 teams have entered the tournament ranked #1 in at least 1 poll and gone on to win the tournament (only 6 more are added to that total before the seeding system in place today).
2. A #1 seed has never lost in the first round to a #16 seed, yet two #8 seeds have reached the championship game, one of which one (Villanova-85).
3. In 1993 Arizona was seeded #2 and was one of only four seeds ever to be beaten by a #15 seed (Santa Clara), but not to be plagued by that label they came back and in 1997 as a #4 seed and beat three #1 seeds (Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina) to win the overall title!
Generally speaking though, since the current seeding system began in 1985 the percentages are that the higher the rank the better the odds;
#1 seed has beaten the #16 seed 100% of the time
#2 seed has beaten the #15 seed 96% of the time
#3 seed has beaten the #14 seed 84% of the time
#4 seed has beaten the #13 seed 80% of the time
#5 seed has beaten the #12 seed 68% of the time
#6 seed has beaten the #11 seed 68% of the time
#7 seed has beaten the #10 seed 62% of the time
#8 seed has beaten the #9 seed 46% of the time (this being the exception)
Good Luck, have fun and drink lots!!!
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Confirmed: Favre Retires
It is official, the Green Bay Packers have confirmed Favre's retirement.
I won't believe it until he doesn't show up for the season opener though!!!
I won't believe it until he doesn't show up for the season opener though!!!
For Real? or yet another rumor
Now, rarely will I comment on something until I hear it from the horses mouth, in this case Brett Favre...but Senior NFL writer for Fox Sports, Jay Glazer, reports that Favre is retiring!
Well needless to say this news prompted some flashbacks to the times I've seen him play. I've actually been to three games at Lambeau and one at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. Truly awesome to watch him command the field! So after first hearing the news I went into denial and a range of questions went through my head..."it can't be, can it?" "why?" "what is he going to do now?" In all honesty I am not worried about the Packers QB position really that much because Aaron Rodgers had stepped up earlier this past season and looked good. My concern is much more with the fact that the NFL, mainly the Packers, are losing a leader, a legend, and an icon on the football field. Perhaps the town and the fans of Green Bay will be the ones more affected by this though. The fact is that he was a true class act and represented the people of Wisconsin and the fans of Green Bay in a professional way...and this is what make him a legend.
Mark my words...it will be the water cooler talk of the decade here in Wisconsin!
Well needless to say this news prompted some flashbacks to the times I've seen him play. I've actually been to three games at Lambeau and one at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. Truly awesome to watch him command the field! So after first hearing the news I went into denial and a range of questions went through my head..."it can't be, can it?" "why?" "what is he going to do now?" In all honesty I am not worried about the Packers QB position really that much because Aaron Rodgers had stepped up earlier this past season and looked good. My concern is much more with the fact that the NFL, mainly the Packers, are losing a leader, a legend, and an icon on the football field. Perhaps the town and the fans of Green Bay will be the ones more affected by this though. The fact is that he was a true class act and represented the people of Wisconsin and the fans of Green Bay in a professional way...and this is what make him a legend.
Mark my words...it will be the water cooler talk of the decade here in Wisconsin!
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