Home Run For A Kid!

WoW! Detroit Tigers 3B, Brandon Inge, visits hospitals to see kids with cancer. Several of them ask him to hit a HR for him...he's done it twice and he hit one last night!

No Curveballs Before Shaving

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3505347

http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/57054

Dream Team vs ReDeem Team

The argument was made and I had to weigh in...Was last summer's Olympic ReDeem Team better than the 1992 Olympic Dream Team? Hmmmmm....

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/basketball/news?slug=dw-dreamorredeem081808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

High School

WoW! That time has come that I thought was soooooo far into the future! My firstborn is a Freshman. Years ago, I wondered what he would look like, act like, and be like. I wondered how tall he would be and if he would be a good person.

He is in fact 5'7" and weighs 120 pounds. He's trying out for the Freshman Basketball Team and the Sophomore Baseball Team. He's a good kid and I love him and am very proud to be his Dad.

Mickey Mantle Team

Jon Mark made the Summer Freshmen Mickey Mantle Team. 60 kids tried out for it and 29 were chosen:

MAROON
Jon Mark (P,OF), Brian Pattison (P,1B), Kyle Liescheski (OF), Cameron Gregory (OF, P), Eric Luna (SS, OF, P), Michael Heim (2B), Brittan Brown (C), Chad Leatherwood (3B), Derek Boenke (C, P), Josh Rutherford (P, SS), Jay Turnipseed (OF, P), Josh Hunter (2B, OF), Jordan Gardea (3B), & Matt Cauley (C, 1B)

GOLD
Brandon Hock (OF), Tyler Martin (2B, OF), Clay Thompson (2B), Noah Cano (C), Cade Williams (1B, OF), Johnny Lopez (C, P), Zach Bajula (OF), Tyler Allen (P, OF), CJ Babb (OF), Jacob Hickman (SS, OF), Nolan Sampson (OF, 1B, P), Mitchell Wilkinson (3B, P), Josh Pettitte (3B, P), Bailey Darden (P, SS, OF), Tyler Jarvis (1B, P).

In the last game of the season, Jon Mark started P and went 3 innings! 3K's, 1BB, 2 hits, and 0 runs!! He was outstanding with great control, in the 3-0 win over Texas City.