mabry is a cub

John Mabry has signed with the Cubbies. Not that this is a major loss for the Cardinals, but I found it interesting. Usually players leave from the Cubs and go to the Cardinals, but not vice-versa. I thought to myself, "why would John John want to leave the team that he's been on the past two seasons and gone to the playoffs both years for the miserable & disfunctional pit that has been Your Chicago Cubs this year? After the Cardinals decided not to offer him a contract, all I had to do was read John's quote in the paper...

"I am just looking for a job."


Have fun, John!

state of gas

Now I know how Kortny feels every night.

There has to be something in the Champaign water that is making these Junior High kids releasing some serious stank. I mean, I've NEVER smelled so many, so horribly bad smelling farts in my life. Today goes down in my history book as the day in which I have smelled both the most farts, and the worst-smelling farts.
Ever.

The only time(s) I can think that can even hold a candle to today were(was) one of my many car trips with Dave where I had to smell his fiber-eating butt gas over and over and over and over.

I told the Science teacher that he may want to re-think using the bunsen burners today.

iJeremiah

I would say my hobbies in life rank something like this...

* video editing
* playing music
* following baseball
* general TCB (taking care of business)

I have recently purchased that has both encorporated all of these 4 hobbies, and rocked my world. Of course, I'm talking about the new iPod video.
I'll now take questions.

"Jeremiah, how does the iPod video help you follow baseball?"
- Well, I must admit that that one on the list was the weakest one that relates to the iPod, but I obviously love baseball so much that I couldn't leave it off the list. So, with my iPod, I can carry up to 10,000 photos, and so far I have 10 baseball photos that include pics of my last game at Busch, demolition, and sweet photo (curtousy of Tim Lybarger) of Pujols walking down a tunnel in Busch with the name "Jesus" on the back.

"Oh, wow! You can edit video on your iPod?!"
-No, you dork. But I can put up to 75 hours of video footage on here, which so far includes my original videos (both Quest videos and ParkLife), every Nooma, the complete first season of The Office, the first season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and 14 full length movies I ripped off my DVD's.

"Wow. That's really cool."
-Thanks. I didn't make it though. I just bought one.

"Jeremiah, you must make a ton of money being a special ed teacher and a worship leader to buy this."
-Actually, no. Because I'm a teacher (and a darn good one) I was able to get an Education discount on the iPod. I got it for under $300.

Thanks for all the great questions. I'll now take questions from the commenters. After all, they are the ones who make this site possible.



I like my iPods how I like my women. Small, black, and with a non-click wheel.

real role-models.

This is the best Christian athlete story I've heard since Albert Pujols took the enire Cardinals' minor league (about 250 players) to see The Passion of The Christ.



************************* UPDATE! **********************


Pujols became the first Cardinal to win the MVP since Willie McGee. Albert winning the MVP and Carpenter winning the Cy Young in the same year is awesome. However, it's bitter-sweet due to the fact that the Cardinals did not at least win the Pennent. But these are some pretty nice consulation prizes. I know that the MVP and Cy Young aren't supposed to take into consideration the post-season, but both Carp and Pujols came up big-time in the playoffs.

It's also nice to see that the national writers for the most part, ignored what they were being fed on ESPN and their website to actually look at the numbers and give them to the most deserving players. This goes for not just the Cardinals that won.
Here, here, national writers. You actually did your job.

I know I said I wouldn't talk about baseball during the winter, but this has been a pretty big deal. Sorry, kiddos.

Man, it has been over a week since my last post. My stent has demanded all my time. Taking 2 Vicatin every 4 hours makes one feel real good. Really really good.
Hey everyone!!!
Come see how good I feel!!*

The double Vicatin shot works for about an hour and a half. Then it's right back to Painville. Which also takes me to Grumpytown. Not to be confused with taking me to Funkytown.

I don't know how many times I've heard already students in my school today saying the words "get rich, or die tryin'"
My favorite was in Social Studies class, when the teacher was talking about families going west to make a better life for themselves. A student in the back chimed up and said, "Man, that's it. Get rich or die tryin'"
The other students in the class agreed.
"Do doubt, dawg!"
"Aww yeah!"

Does anyone else feel awesomely entertained when they see 50 Cent making the rounds to places like The View and Regis and Kelly? I can just imagine all his homies in his entourage talking...
"Did you see Fiddy on The View Friday? Man, that $%*&, was tight!"






*The two lines refer to Ron Burgundy in Anchorman.

we're getting personal.

As if you all really wanted to see the foot and a half long stent that is in me. Forget the kidney stone. It's this mo' that causes all the pain.

On Friday, I was in 7th grade reading class. The students were working on an assignment for the book Hatchet. They were to draw a missing poster about the main character in the book. One of the students in the back was raising his hand for a long time. Both of us teachers were helping other students, so he kept his hand raised. When I finally got back to him, we had this conversation...

"I'm sorry you had your hand raised this whole time. What's your question?"
"Can I give him peach fuzz?"
"Can you give him what?"
"Peach fuzz"
"Peach fuzz???"
"Yeah, you know. Like how I have a peach fuzz mustache. (pointing to the area above his lips) Can I give him a peach fuzz mustache?"
"Oh!!! Um..ah...yeah. You rock that out, man."

I've always noticed the "pube-stache" this kid has sported. I have NEVER EVER heard a kid actually refer and/or acknoledge his pube-stache/peach fuzz. This kid has intentionally grown his 7th grade pube-stache and refers to it as peach fuzz. He is proud of his peach fuzz.

This was, hands down, the most awesome moment of my teaching career so far.

i just LOVE these!

I got one of those survey e-mails last night. Are you kidding?!!? Are these still passed around? I thought I'd post my responses if I were to send this back.

1. What is your occupation? Babysitter for middle school students who have problems

2. What color is your underwear? clear

3. What are you listening too right now? you just used the wrong "too".

4. What was the last thing you ate? a pain pill

5. Do you wish on Stars? why did you just capitalize Stars?

6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? clear

7. How is the weather right now? fine.

8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? the bullpen coach

9. Do you like the person who sent this to you? No. I hate them. Why am I on her e-mail list? Is it her hate e-mail list?

10. How old are you today? 48

11. Favorite drink? Clear Pepsi

12. Favorite sport to watch? cards (not cardinals, but cards. you, know. spades, hearts, ect)

14. Do you wear contacts or glasses? I can't answer this because I wear neither.

15. Pets? huh? are you asking if I have any? if I want any? what are you asking?

16. Favorite month? again. stupid question.

17. Favorite food? penn station

18. What was the last movie you watched? breakin' 2.

19. Favorite day of the year? now

20. What do you do to vent anger? punch in the mouth

21. What was your favorite toy as a child? ken

22. Fall or spring? summer

23. Hugs or kisses? BOTH!!!!

24. Cherry or Blueberry? razzleberry

25. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? no. i want them to comment.

26. Who is most likely to respond? dave

27. Who is least likely to respond? because there is not much mentioned about baseball so far...Tim.

28. Living arrangements? I don't want to give you to many details, but let's just say...they...are...awesome.

29. When was the last time you cried? when I got one of these e-mails.

30. What's on the floor of your closet? a dead body, i mean clothes. clothes are on the floor of the closet. sorry.

31. Who's the friend you've had the longest? shut up.

32. What did you do yesterday? I worked, you bum. someone has to work around here.

33. What inspires you? Inpirational songs, movies, and e-mail forwards.

34. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? Spicy hamburgers? Okay, now you are just stretching.

35. What are you afraid of? Falling into a pit jam packed full of spicy hamburgers

36. Favorite car? The Adobe. The little car...made out of clay.

37. What Is Your Favorite Breed Of Dog? The breed that is none. I like no dog.

38. Number of keys on your key ring? I don't know. But there is only one key to my heart. And that is Kortny. Yes!

39. How many years at your current job? 1.25

40. Favorite day of the week? I don't know why everyone say Friday. You still have work on Friday. I choose Sunday.

41. How many states have you lived in? Ask my wife. She lives in the state of gas every night whem I'm around.

42.. Ring size? This is the final question? The climax of this whole thing is to ask me what my ring size is?


Jeremiah's ring size: AWESOME

mr. cox sucks

Barring an off-season aquisition, I hereby state that I will post about baseball no more on here until spring.

Today was my first day back to school since my second kidney surgery. I think my students were just waiting until I came back to kick it into high gear. What is "it", you ask?
It is acting like a fool, writing "Mr. Cox sucks" on their test, and telling me that their parents were going to "mess me up".

Yes. A student today actually had the kahones to write, "Mr. Cox sucks" on the bottom of his Illinois State Assesment bubble sheet. Did I erase it?
Heck no.
I want to give whoever feeds the sheet into the machine at Springfield something to think about.

Who is this Mr. Cox?
I wonder if he really is a mean teacher?
I wonder if all the students at his school think he sucks, or just this one?
Why did this student only complete half the test?

a touch of the pujols flu

Brade Lidge got bit by the Pujols bug a few days ago.



He was still suffering from it last night.



Get better! Here is my e-card for Brad Lidge.

sorry, george and barb.

Check this video out. It takes a few minutes to load, but it's a wide screen shot of the Pujols homerun from Game 5. You can see good ol' George and Barb Bush on the right, and George turning around and yelling once Pujols connects.
Hey, I've got to watch something to make me feel better.

show's over.

Well, I would have thought they'd put up more of a fight than this. I didn't always think they would necessarily win tonight's game, but I didn't think it would be this.
The Astros were the better team in these past few games, and they deserved to go on.
Again, the Cardinals fans show their class by applauding for the Astros.

Yes, Pujols' shot in game 5 will forever be remembered as one of the biggest clutch homers in baseball history, but how much more sweet it would have been if the Cards would have won the Pennent. It was a good year. It was a very good year.

It was a shame to see the Cards go down like this. Their pitching was the best in the league all season. Their hitting was in the top 3. It was a good season for the Cards, and at least we didn't have to watch it end at Houston. St. Louis ended 11 games ahead of the Stros, 19 ahead of the Brewers and 21 ahead of the Cubs. When people doubted they would be as good as the 105 win team, they proved everyone wrong. Back to back 100-win seasons. The NLCS came down to the best two teams in the league, and that's how it should be.

So, what comes next? Should I be rooting for the White Sox, who have always been my second favorite team, or go for the Astros so that the Cardinals would have lost the World Champs?
Do I actually root for a team in the American Leauge, or do I root for a team who celebrated and didn't show as much class in games 4 and 5 as they have the past few years?


Hey Houston.

Don't celebrate too much if you beat Chicago in a non-clinching game.


Go Sox.

this is why we traded for mulder...

I saw this quote from Roy Oswalt today regarding the bomb Lidge allowed to Pujols...
"We kidded with him the whole time on the plane today. We actually told him we almost got hit by the ball when it took off."

So, here we are. The day off, and game 6 is tonight. Everyone has had time to soak in what excactly did happen in the 9th inning of game 5.
Oswalt shut down the Cards the last time out. The Cardinals had their opportunities against him,but failed to come through. Mulder pitched a good game as well.

I'm not going to make any predictions for tonights game. After what just happened, I think it goes without saying that nobody can ever really have a grasp as to what is going to happen. I will say this though. If the Astros are going to win this series, it's going to happen tonight.

Is anyone else more daring than me and care to venture predictions for this series??

I just found this picture, and thought it was great...

meet me in st. louis

Busch Stadium: You will not be demolished quite yet.

I couldn't stand how Houston was celebrating like they won the series after Sunday's win. I couldn't stand how Berkman acted as if he already hit the game winning homerun in the 7th inning.
I love how Pujols just looked ticked off.

David Freaking Eckstein getting a hit with two outs and two strikes.
Jimmy Ballgame swallowing his pride and taking the walk.

The legend of Albert Pujols continues.

That was the defining moment of his young career. The dude is clutch. When he unloaded on that 0-1 slider, I turned to Kortny and told her that she just witnessed one of the biggest homeruns in postseason history.

Sure, LaRussa takes heat every now and then. But you have to say one thing about him and this year's team. They play a hard nine. Remember the game against the Reds? Down 9-2 in the 9th? Cards come back to win 10-9. Against the Braves: down by 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th, and Eckstein hits a grand slam.
They've done that all year. They've certainly got heart.

I don't think I've ever heard a crowd go from that loud to that silent.
Anyone see the shot of Pettite when Pujols hit that bomb? You could read his lips all the way.
"oh my ____".

okay, okay...

Now that I've had about 15 hours to cool down, I'm ready. I still think the Cardinals are done, but being a fan I always have to have some hope.

Going into Houston, all along I said that all the Cards have to do is win one game. Then, they'd be going back to St. Louis, down 3 games to 2, just like last year. We've got our best going tonight, and Carpenter has an ERA below 1 in his career at Minute Made Park. He's won three times there this year.

The Cardinals hitting aside from Pujols has been horrible. Pathetic. Discusting. The pitching has been very good.
Do I think the Cards are going to loose this series? If I was a bettin' man, I'd say yes.
Do I think the series is allready over? No.

*************THE BOTTOM LINE***************
What do the past 2 World Series Champs have in common?
Red Sox came back from 3-0 against the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS.
Marlins came back from 3-1 against the Cubs in the 2003 NLCS.

jumping the shark

Absolutely pathetic.

not good.

I won't talk about any silver linings in last night's 4-1 loss.
I could mention Mulder's 7 innings, 6K, 1ER or the Pujols homer.

Sanders is down with a sprained back
Tavarez has gotten rocked by Houston all year
Edmonds blew all his chances last night
Walker is hobbling around and 1 for 17 in the series so far

I kept on forgetting, however that it would be rediculous to think that the Cardinals could get 5 runs off of all three of these starters every game. When you are facing Pettitte, Oswalt and Clemens, you are going to get shut down some games. I think the Cards need to win 2 of 3 in Houston before coming back to St. Louis.
The only thing that worries me about Houston right now, is that bandbox of a stadium where I could even have 15 homeruns at with that left field.

However, I love the fact that all of ESPN except John Kruk is saying that Houston is definenitley going to win the series now. The Cardinals always do better when people are betting against them.

in true cy form.

"Reggie Sanders is old and awesome."
"David Eckstein is small and good."
- Matt Ahrens




I've been to a few postseason games before, but I have never heard a more deafening noise than last night after Reggie Sanders hit the homerun in the first inning. He absolutely killed that ball. It was the 2nd longest homerun in Busch stadium this year.
Last night, the Cardinals showed excactly why they can beat any team.
-Scored off the homerun
-Scored off basehits
-Scored off the suicide squeeze
-Good starting pitching

While Mark Prior was busy getting sued, Chris Carpenter was busy being his old self, and has allowed 2 runs in 14 innings this postseason.

How good is David Eckstein?

Roy Oswalt is 2-1 with an ERA over 5 against St. Louis this year. Let's see if they can keep that up.

Hey, is anyone going to take Robbie up on his offer and watch Mark Mulder do this thang????

houston, you have a problem.

HAHAHAHAA!!!!! Get it?!!?!?! Hahahahahahaha!!!


Since LaRussa has been in town, if the Cardinals won the first game of a playoff series, they went on to win it. If they lost the first game, they went on to loose it.
What was up with the Chi Sox yesterday? Their offense was weak. Scotty-Po has been caught stealing more than he has stolen in the past 2 months.


Did anyone else enter the drawing for the chance to buy World Series tickets?