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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Are You Kidding Me...
A Majestic Performance
If Michael Jordan was watching TNT last night, his jaw was probably dropped open with awe like most late night viewers as a new youthful King notched his place in NBA history. I had intended to turn in early and was winding down when the game went into overtime, double overtime to be exact and LeBron was just getting warmed up. With the series ties at 2 games apiece, King James made the Detroit Palace his shrine and put on what announcers called the greatest individual performance in the history of NBA post season basketball. First of all, the KID is 22 years old. The Detroit starting lineup has about as many years experience in professional ball as LeBron scored points last night; 48. The King made the veteran Pistons look like rookies and scabs as he single-handedly diced, dunked, fingerolled, scooped, fired from downtown, coached, encouraged, scolded, and basically carried his team on his back to a victory on the road by winning game 5. Get this...he scored the final 23 points of the game for the Cavileers and 29 of their last 30! Everybody in the gym knew he would have the ball and they still couldn't stop or contain him. Flip Saunders tried a half court trap, a zone defense, double and triple teams and it seemed to only make King James more determined to score and will his team to win. I don't know it he can upstage himself in game six, but since they move back to Ohio, I am predicting Cleveland to land in the championship game to face the even more veteran squad of San Antonio. In case the Spurs weren't watching, experience doesn't seem to be an advantage against King James.
Slight of Hand
The 7th seeded Hogs host a NCAA baseball regional this weekend and most likely a Super-Regional next weekend in Fayetteville. Albany is first up for the Diamond Hogs and the boys in Red and White are a huge favorite. The other 2 teams are Oklahoma St. and Creighton. The Razorback sluggers will face a unique pitcher if they play Creighton in ambidextrous hurler Pat Venditte. He has a special glove with two webs that allows him to switch hands at his disgression. He is equally effective from either side and presents this obvious advantage; he can throw twice as many pitches as a specific armed pitcher. Pat is known as a location pitcher and a grinder. He wasn't recruited by Creighton; he literally pitched himself by walking on and paying his own expense in hopes of earning a scholarship, touting his ability to pitch with either arm. He has earned his spot in the rotation and comes in regularly for middle relief and is currently the only switch pitcher in NCAA D-1 baseball. What a talent. Should make for an even more interesting tournament which experts say is the toughest regional. Go Hogs...all the way to Omaha for the College World Series.
Pork Point- During the 2006-2007 season, the Hogs have competed in the SEC championship game in football, basketball, and baseball and won the SEC track and field championship. Pretty salty...even though we lost in every game... ¶ 9:13 PM 4 comments
If Michael Jordan was watching TNT last night, his jaw was probably dropped open with awe like most late night viewers as a new youthful King notched his place in NBA history. I had intended to turn in early and was winding down when the game went into overtime, double overtime to be exact and LeBron was just getting warmed up. With the series ties at 2 games apiece, King James made the Detroit Palace his shrine and put on what announcers called the greatest individual performance in the history of NBA post season basketball. First of all, the KID is 22 years old. The Detroit starting lineup has about as many years experience in professional ball as LeBron scored points last night; 48. The King made the veteran Pistons look like rookies and scabs as he single-handedly diced, dunked, fingerolled, scooped, fired from downtown, coached, encouraged, scolded, and basically carried his team on his back to a victory on the road by winning game 5. Get this...he scored the final 23 points of the game for the Cavileers and 29 of their last 30! Everybody in the gym knew he would have the ball and they still couldn't stop or contain him. Flip Saunders tried a half court trap, a zone defense, double and triple teams and it seemed to only make King James more determined to score and will his team to win. I don't know it he can upstage himself in game six, but since they move back to Ohio, I am predicting Cleveland to land in the championship game to face the even more veteran squad of San Antonio. In case the Spurs weren't watching, experience doesn't seem to be an advantage against King James.
Slight of Hand
The 7th seeded Hogs host a NCAA baseball regional this weekend and most likely a Super-Regional next weekend in Fayetteville. Albany is first up for the Diamond Hogs and the boys in Red and White are a huge favorite. The other 2 teams are Oklahoma St. and Creighton. The Razorback sluggers will face a unique pitcher if they play Creighton in ambidextrous hurler Pat Venditte. He has a special glove with two webs that allows him to switch hands at his disgression. He is equally effective from either side and presents this obvious advantage; he can throw twice as many pitches as a specific armed pitcher. Pat is known as a location pitcher and a grinder. He wasn't recruited by Creighton; he literally pitched himself by walking on and paying his own expense in hopes of earning a scholarship, touting his ability to pitch with either arm. He has earned his spot in the rotation and comes in regularly for middle relief and is currently the only switch pitcher in NCAA D-1 baseball. What a talent. Should make for an even more interesting tournament which experts say is the toughest regional. Go Hogs...all the way to Omaha for the College World Series.
Pork Point- During the 2006-2007 season, the Hogs have competed in the SEC championship game in football, basketball, and baseball and won the SEC track and field championship. Pretty salty...even though we lost in every game... ¶ 9:13 PM 4 comments
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Phil, Terri, Donna, Steve and I were living these words of the famous Jimmy Buffet song Friday atop the campus of Pepperdine overlooking the waves of the Pacific ocean. We had just sat down to a table on the patio at the rear of the bookstore with 5 thick, freshly grilled burgers and an appetite to boot. We had already been feasting at the feet of spiritual giants such as Jeff Walling, Mike Cope, Randy Harris, and Monte Cox and this was icing on the cake to witness such a majestic view during lunch. It was all we could do to keep the ocean breezes from swiping our paper plates or blowing Terri's trademark sunglasses off the top of her head, but it didn't matter; the view was gorgeous and it was another defining memory of a spirit filled week praising God and fellowshipping with friends. This was my second pilgrimage out west and proved to be every bit the blessing it was to me last year. Don McGlaughlin was my favorite with his 3 days of lessons on "Getting the Passion Back in our Churches." Order the CD's on-line; it will be a great investment for you individually and for your church leaders. Go to the Pepperdine website for info. I'm not as savy as my blogger friends in linking from this post. Just Google it or something. If you get the opportunity next year, plan on attending. I believe the theme will focus around The Beatitudes. It will be rich. I promise, you will be encouraged, uplifted, filled to the brim with resource information, and equipped with a modern strategy for helping claim lost souls in your communities. Wouldn't that be enough of a bribe to get you there...not to mention the cheeseburgers for lunch with a view of paradise?
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