Yet again while watching the ncaa football championship, I realized something again that I love baseball for. Colt McCoy has been dreaming of this day for a minimum of 4-5 years of his life. He has all this pressure to feel that if he doesn’t make perfect decisions and perfect passes his team will lose. Really, how much did any Texas fan plan to run the ball? I doubt many of them. So it is Colt McCoy’s game. Yes, you need a team to be successful but what happens when your star quarterback goes down with a shoulder injury in the 1st Quarter? Yep, a rookie freshman QB is all that you have to determine the fate of your entire season. As a bama fan you don’t want to see anybody hurt but you think, “oh baby” here is an opportunity to jump on the opponent. Everyone knows this is going to get Ugly for Texas. Now Texas put up a valiant effort but they needed an explosive offense to handle the Alabama running game. Without a necessary cog of Colt McCoy you are not going to get the job done.

Now you say ok.. what has this to do with baseball? I love baseball because even when you have an injury more than likely there is backup that can keep the team afloat for that one game. I mean what if your star Catcher pulls a hammie in the World Series. Would it have sucked for the team? Absolutely, but you might find a gem in the rookie catch that comes in. You just never know what you can get in baseball even with the injury bug nipping at your team. If the QB goes down in the football, no fan may say it but every fan is thinking, “man, this one is going to be rough”

Martis is a RHP with the Washington Nationals. He started the season with a decent 5-3 record. It was his stats that probably lead to his demotion. Even though he is considered a ground ball pitcher. He threw 34K/39BB in 85 innings thrown. ERA of 5.25. Now when he went back to Triple AAA he did a lot better. 4-4 for the season but 32K/13 BB ratio. He would have gotten the september call up if he hadn’t already thrown over 160 innings. The Nationals wise in holding him until next season since he is only 22 years old. He also took his fastball from the high 80s to 94 mph this season. This kid will be back. Anyway i was happy to pull his short rookie out of a 2009 A&G pack.

Ran across this video. Famous Rice Hurdler Fred Wolcott  one of the fastest runners of 1930’s. Look what his granddaughter received.

Now if you watched the video entirely you saw Owens in his very famous foot race in 1936 Olympics. Wolcott’s granddaughter talks about the Drake Relays which is shown on the 1940 medal she was showing. Now take a look at the picture of the drake relays that Wilcott participated. Now folks, that is crazy fast..

Sorry been bad about posting what we have been up to.  My son gave me the blessing to help coach his little league 7/8 y/o team. Boy oh boy i thought. He was sorta ok with his gung ho dad as an assistant coach the last couple of season. He is pushing the grand old age of 6 1/2. Everyone on his team is 7 to 8. A lot of them have a little experience in playing baseball at all. I had visions of bad news bears watching a few of the older kids who are about to hit the 9 y/os next season. A ton of kids are in football so the pool of talent is little less then it gets crazy in the spring. so wish me luck and ill post a few box breaks along the way.

Been wanting this card for sometime. I bought this one off of ebay. around 8.00 shipped. Nice clean card with nice clean autographs. Both players are very hard workers and it will be a matter of time when you will see both names pretty frequently in the NFL. Casey and Dillard have great hands and will catch just about everything thrown their way. Anyway, enjoy the card!

Being a Rice Owl Fan. Getting this card is very exciting to my little card collection.  I decided to plop down the Alexander Hamilton (ok I paypal-ed it!) because I wanted this card really bad. The Owl logo with the signature is a must have to me. What a beautiful card! The signature is nice! Would have been great if it was the 12/50 card (college jersey was 12) but I had settle for the 9/50 card.

You can’t beat what an outstanding young man this is now and what he is going to be. At one time a chicago white soxs minor league product to a freshman 23 year old player at Rice to a 5th round steal for the Houston Texans. I am not sure of his nickname besides “rook” or “rookie” in the pros. On the owl messages boards he is known as “Thor” and among some of his college friends/athletes as “Superman”.  Charles Atlas would be envious of this player’s physique. Texans may have Owen Daniels as the TE receiving option but don’t be surprised to see this young man get some chances on making some big catches.

Pulled #1544 out of 2008 out a mini box of 2008 Topps Baseball. I really like opening these. 1. They are a bargain. 2. Even though its base topps you can get some nice looking limited cards.

In case you wondering of some of his auto cards. Here is a nice one off ebay.

Bought the Mini Box of Allen and Ginter’s 2009 Baseball. 8 packs of six cards a piece. Not worth 20.00 but that is not the point right?

Gray swatch as you can see.

In case you are wondering about any of his autos. here is one from ebay.

I know 20.00 a little steep for a pack that usually has a 3-5.00 jersey card. But hey isn’t that what its all about?
Nothing like the hunt for the cool autos!
Anyway enjoy!

Drafted: 2006 by Oakland A’s 188th overall

College: Wagner 2.03 ERA 44 Innings 53 Strikeouts in his 2006 season. Had Tommy John surgery done in 2005.

Scouts like his power and evidently the As have worked on his delivery from his college form.

Having an outstanding season with the As. 5-3 Record, 2.01 ERA, 66 innings pitched, 74 strikeouts. Candidate for AL R.O.Y.

Here a few of his auto cards on ebay.