Cardinals Game

Finally got a chance to get down to St. Louis for a cardinals game and guess what: its raining. Looks like its going to pass soon. The whole family has really enjoyed St. Louis. The highlight for the me has been Six Flags, Julie really likes Grants Farm an the highlight for the kids was the Budweiser brewery tour. They sure love their beer.
Signing off from America's Heartland,
Chuck
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I like to Watch (and then mark it down)

I love to keep score at baseball games. At all levels if I'm at the game, I will be the guy keeping score. Not only do I like to keep score but I keep all my score cards in a file and I also collect old scorecards.I have over a dozen framed and on my walls. Most adults look at this as something a kid should be doing at a game not a grown man. The most common question is why. Here is my best answer as to why.
The answer: Yesterday
Yesterday Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game for the Chicago White Sox and I wish I had been there. Every guy that has ever kept score wishes they were there. The perfect game has to be the ultimate game to keep score. Sure there are other milestones I've recorded such as Carlton Fisk's most games caught record, Jake Peavy's 3000th K and Jim Thomes 500th home run. These were all things I knew might happen before I went to the game, that is what makes the Perfect Game so special for the amateur score keeper. So congrats to all the guys and gals keeping score at the game yesterday, you now own a piece of history. Man I wish I did. Maybe my neighbor Bob, the White Sox official scorer, will sell me his.

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Seats at the Chicago White Sox game on my birthday. Oswego Cobra tryouts start tonight. Only 3 days after our last game. I think we need to get out of this town for a few days, Wisconsin is too cold this year, so we might head south maybe St. Louis. Hard to go anywhere with Fenton. Did I mention I have two interviews set up later this week. I'll keep you posted.
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This is what Xmas is all about!

The Star Wars Holiday Special.1
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I wanted to vote for Homeless Harry the Hardee's Mascot.

This List had to be made. These people must be stopped.

My Favorite Monster has died.

Most people will remember Peter Boyle who passed away today from Raymond. I will always remember his best performance as Frankensteins Monster.

Happy Holidays from Me!

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It's Official!

Gene Chizik is the new leader of the boys!

Kellers view from the Register.

Coaching Update. Hopefully not true.

The Fort Dodge Messenger and the Wizard seem to think Pollard is leaning towards Norvell.
This probably going to make my Thanksgiving dinner harder to swallow.

If this is true about why we can't get Harbaugh, I'm really going to be pissed off. Why get rid of Mac for a second tier guy when a top tier name is out there.
This should be unacceptable to the alumni and Jamie Pollard should be aware of this.
Offensive Coordinator at a school where the Head Coach makes the calls equals glorified QB coach.

Happy Biggest Party Day of the Year! and Thanksgiving.

Cyclones win on the road at Minny!

They should have had classes like this when I was in School.

Try convincing your wife that this is OK. Jaeger-Bombs anyone?

Enjoy your Turkey Day! I'm taking the weekend off. Then off to San Fran.

HC Update.

Here's a great breakdown of the top 15 canidates for the Cyclone job.

Oh, and by the way damnit!

Famous Director Dies.

Robert Altman dead at 81.

Nothing new. Yet!

No coaching updates today, yet. Nothing interesting to link. Must be the Holidays.
Plus I didn't feel like piling on Kramer.

Ok a little something on Harbaugh from the Ames Tribune.

Harbaugh Could Have Company.

The wizard is reporting this.

Why do level 8 Thetans get all the breaks?

If people want to see a Michigan Ohio State rematch maybe the should push the Big Ten for a conference championship game, like all the other real conferences have. Until then shut the Fuck up.

Love my Chicken at Popeyes!

Talk about a goosebump moment.

Finally a cause I can support.

Prediction: .222, 10 HR , 55 RBI, 15 SB leaving town in 3 years disgruntled. Priceless.

See ya later.

Buster Olney Breaks Down Soriano.

• The Cubs have now committed about $224 million to three players in the last eight days (Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Mark DeRosa), and I don't know if they're any closer to winning a World Series than they were before they broke out the Tribune Company credit card. There are going to be days when the wind is blowing out at Wrigley Field and Lou Piniella and his guys are going to pick on some No. 4 or No. 5 lefty starter having a bad day, and they will hammer six or seven homers and everybody can happily hoist a few beers and toast the Cubbies.
But if they're going to be serious contenders, the Cubs still need pitching -- solid, frontline starting pitching, to slot in behind Carlos Zambrano. They've got Rich Hill and Sean Marshall, and maybe Mark Prior, and perhaps a couple of those guys will work out. The team finished 27th in starters' ERA last season, and so far they've done nothing to change the makeup of the rotation.
If you're a Cubs' fan, you're probably thrilled the team has finally unleashed its extraordinary financial power. But we might as well start counting down the days to when the team starts thinking about shedding Aramis Ramirez and/or Soriano. Neither is a flawless player -- Ramirez's effort has been erratic, he is not a great third baseman and he is coming off a season in which he had a .352 on-base percentage, which is good if you're making $5 million a year, rather than the $15 million Ramirez is being paid.
Similarly, Soriano has big holes, as a guy who swings and misses a whole lot (160 strikeouts last season), and he is hardly an on-base machine -- his career-high .351 OBP ranked 91st last year in the big leagues. If you spend $224 million, you'd want to make sure that you get one of the top four or five offensive players in the game, an elite hitting force, and the Cubs did not do that -- not even close.
When Ramirez began his eight-year contract with the Red Sox, he was 28 years old. A-Rod was 25 years old when he signed his 10-year deal with Texas. Derek Jeter was 26. Soriano will turn 31 years old on Jan. 7. The Cubs locked him up for the seasons in which he'll be 37 and 38 years old, at $17 million per. Wow.
If the Cubs were so willing to overspend on a couple of guys in the name of pursuing a championship, why didn't they overpay to land Barry Zito, Jason Schmidt and Jeff Suppan?
The Cubs will now have a very right-handed lineup (the only veteran lefty hitter in this lineup is Jacque Jones) and they've got a lot of hitters who may struggle against frontline starters like Chris Carpenter and Roy Oswalt, and their outfield defense promises to be subpar, at best. Within this piece, Toni Ginnetti writes that the Cubs are also pursuing left fielder Cliff Floyd and pitcher Gil Meche. That means the Cubs outfield would be Floyd, Soriano and Jones.
The Cubs will be a very strange team, indeed.

A Great Day for a Great Coach.

Didn't even know they played Bowls till he came around. Thanks for 6 against the Squawks.
Coach McCarney. Thank you!
Plus a coaching update.

Coaching Update.

Cedar Rapids Gazette is running this story on Harbaugh other updates here. Catch up on other coaching changes here. Will be interesting to see who turned him down. I hope this happens soon. Wonder if it was Singletary?

Happy Friday!

Bo Schembechler Dead at 77. Bet on Maize and Blue.

Good Morning!!!

No Problem here officer, it was just a gift.

The Decemberist's get this Holiday song thing right. Should be a favorite in my house.

A Death in the family, you will be missed.

I know i'm a geek, but I loved these books. A look a the new Harry Potter.

I had the over/under at two killings in line.

All of this after Borat brings the nice lady a doggy bag.

I'm sure many of you will be happy to see that this is legal.

And finally a Film that needed to be made.

Hot Stove.

I can't believe the Blue Jays are going to give Frank Thomas $30m. What do I know.

Not sure how this will work out for the Sox, but I'm sure all the Cub's will want to try on his ring.

Plus check this out if you have time.

Added: Another Cyclone Done good!

Hello from the Heartland!

He Gone!

Interesting things from today:

This is why there shouldn't be any polls and a National Tourney for football.

Another reason why all Cyclones should hate Jerry Krause.

I know my friends were here getting me a X-Mas gift.

In case you missed this, WTF!

Sasha Baron Cohen speaks not as Borat.

For my Jay-Z fans in the house.

A top 100 List with no Pink Floyd. Come on now.

An update on the Cyclone Coaching search!

If you like Chris Cornell's new Bond theme check out his version of Billie Jeane.

I thought I had to much time on my hands. Love the Flavor Flav.