The Ruin of A Great Night

I spent the majority of this week in Baltimore watching the Baltimore Orioles play the Houston Astros. On Tuesday, evening we invited another family to join us. It was their 3 year old twins first major league baseball game. We had great seats. We treated ourselves to a nice meal at Camden Yards. The game was close and a good game to watch.. All was great, then after the game we went our separate ways. Wednesday, morning I received a call from my wife. The other family had parked on a side street and on the way back to their car they were robbed at gunpoint. It is hard to belief a person would hold up a family of four, with three year old kids. Luckily nobody was hurt. The armed gunman stole $60 and a cell phone. He did not steal any credit cards or jewelry. Needless to say a great evening turned really bad for the other couple.

My Fathers Day

My Fathers Day wasn't that exciting. My day started with me hanging out with my daughter. Then i spent most of the day fishing at the pond across the street. I caught a lot of bluegill and crappies. I caught 1 large mouth bass and 3 small mouth bass. One of the small mouths was pretty small. The other ones were decent size but no monsters. However, they must of been feisty today since they gave it all they had. I let them all go, so hopefully one day they will be the "monsters" and hopefully I can catch them again. I have it bad for a fishing trip still. However, the next couple of weekends are spoken for and then there is the fourth of July weekend, which I don't want to be caught in beach traffic on a holiday weekend. The night ended with dinner at the horse races. They have a really nice buffet. I also called my Dad for Fathers Day as I get an extra week to shop before he comes to visit. To all the Dad's who stumble on my blog I hope you all had a great day.

Finding Missing Children

A friend of mine sent me a code to put up on my sites about finding missing children. I went a head and put it up on my blog. As a proud parent, I would be devastated if my daughter or stepson went missing. I know my wife would be devastated if anything happened to either one of them too. I imagine most parents would feel the same way. I will be glad to share the banner code with anyone who would like to add it to their site or blog just let me know. Hopefully, if enough people post these type of links, these children will be found and reunited with their family. I would have to belief being reunited with a lost child would be the greatest Father's Day gift for a father whose child is missing.

Update on Beau Torbert

Beau Torbert is still playing Independent Ball for the Sioux Falls Canaries. Through 28 games Beau is batting .296 with six home runs, 23 RBIs and 19 runs scored. Torbert is 7th on the team in average, fourth on the team in runs scored, sixth on the team in hits, second in home runs, and leads the team in RBIs.

Beau Torbert's team, the Sioux Falls Canaries is 16-12 in second place in the North Division of the American Association, two in and a half games behind division leader St. Paul.

This is a follow up on Beau playing ball again! losted in April, just to give an update on how Beau is doing after his first month in Independent ball.

An Appreciation To A Friend

Last Sunday, I went to church and I heard the news that Doug Thomas had passed away. He was elderly and living in a rest room. I feel bad or guilty. I feel guilty because I never went to visit him at the rest home. My wife says when she called he didn't remember us, but that is no excuse. We did visit him before he went to the retirement home. I'm happy that he will be reunited with his wife Janet. She was good for him. Doug, in a lot of ways reminded me of me. However, Dug always wanted the best for me and my family. He wanted us to be married, he wanted us to have a house, he wanted the best for us. There was no real reason for Doug to want those things for us, but his heart. We would be so much better off with more people like Doug Thomas in our world. He volunteered for as long as he was able. We volunteered too, but he directed us to where to volunteer. Through Doug we know SHARE and were encouraged to volunteer at REACH experiences which have changed my life. We are better people touched by the life of Doug Thomas. God Bless you Doug! You will be missed!

The Day in Homers!

Ken Griffey Jr hit his 599th career home run, but it was his team mate Jay Bruce who hit his first career home run to win the game. The Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7 in 11 innings. Jay Bruce won an award last year as the Minor League Player of The Year, if he continues to play well he might add rookie of the year. I know it is early to talk about that award, since Bruce just arrived in the majors. However in 5 games he is hitting .579 with 1 home run, 11 hits, 3 doubles, 4 RBIs, and 8 runs.

Manny Ramirez of the Boston Red Sox hit his 500th career home run. The Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3.

All in all a good day for baseball.
Stats from Fox Sports.

RE: The Kids Might Be Okay

I went on a field trip yesterday with my stepson's fifth grade class. On the charter bus, they put on "High School Musical 2." Of course the volume on the DVD player in the bus was quite low even at maximum volume. However, it did not matter, to the kids as they were clapping(in rhythm) and singing Queen's "We Will Rock You." It was nice to hear the children singing a song that I might actually listen too. However, I probably listen to what would be described as Old Guy Radio, since most of the music I listen actually came from before I was born. Of course "We Will Rock You" came out in 1977 on the album "News Of The World." Over 30 years old, the song still rocks on.