Last night we went to Game 5 of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and the St Louis Cardinals. Simply put this game was amazing! I have never been to a game that had as much tension and jubilation as last night.
Perhaps the best part of the game was in the third inning when Mitch Moreland came up to bat with one out and a two run deficit. My brother was being pretty negative about Moreland and to his credit Moreland had a .086 batting average in the playoffs. I looked at him and said he was going to hit a home run. In the photo below from TV, highlighted in white, is me after the home run when I turned to my brother to yell “IN YOUR FACE”. It was amazing and the ball landed about 5 rows in front of me. if you want to see the video you can see it on MLB.com.
Celebrating the home run
I received this in an email today and it made me laugh. I do not know who wrote it or where it came from but it was worthy of a post. After watching the BCS bowl selections last night I was a little dumbfounded as to their logic. Reading this little excerpt made the whole process make a lot more scene.
After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.
“Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing on into conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses came against the US and Russia; however considering their entire body of work–including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule–our computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking.”
Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated “The US only had two major victories–Japan and Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren’t influenced by head-to-head contests–they consider each contest to be only a single, equally-weighted event.”
German Chancellor Adolph Hiter said “Yes, we lost to the US; but we defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks.” Herr Hitler has been criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn ‘style points’ to enhance Germany’s rankings. Hitler protested “Our contest with Poland was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional forces.”
The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented ” France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1 ranking they only fell to #2.”
Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the Philippines.
I know that we cannot do a playoff, due to school schedules and other various things, but this BCS stuff is ridiculous. Why is Utah #6 playing #4 Alabama when #3 Texas is playing #10 Ohio State? I would think that #3 would play #4, but apparently not. Go Deutschland!
