STOOPID FACTZ !!

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.


First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.


The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.


Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.


In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not renumber the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.


It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.


STOOPID KWESTION:If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?

COLONIALS BEAT HOPEWELL 4-1 ON SENIOR NIGHT

The CH Colonials picked up a 4-1 victory over Hopewell on senior night for for the Colonials. Brett Draper pitched all 7 innings for the Colonials just allowing 4 hits and striking out 10. Offensively the Colonials were lead by Erik Loftis who went 4-4 including a solo HR and 3RBI's and Andrew Holt who went 2-3 with a 2b. With the win the Colonials are 9-3 in the CD and 13-5 overall. The Colonials will be back in action tonight at CD Champion Matoaca at 6pm. The TD Knights will play at Prince George tonight. Andrew's LL team had a tough night last night falling to the Red Sox 10-5, Andrew did go 2-3 in the loss for the Devil Rays. Mother nature provided some pretty good fireworks overnight with a couple of pretty sever t-storms, Brady did not take to kindly to the storms. MICKEY

AL'S PHOTOS FROM THE HOPEWELL GAME

http://public.fotki.com/bp2/chhs_baseball_2006/chhs_vs_hopewell_51506/

All people want is someone to listen.
Hugh Elliott

In 1868, the Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment against him.

Actor Pierce Brosnan is 53
Singer Janet Jackson is 40
Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini is 36
Country singer Rick Trevino is 35
Actress Tori Spelling is 33

STOOPID FACTZ !

Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for Profiles in Courage.


Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.


Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.


Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.


STOOPID KWESTION:Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR BASEBALL TODAY

I have to say that it's not looking good for baseball in CH after all the heavy rain we had on sunday. The Colonials are suppose to play Hopewell at 6pm in a rescheduled game from thursday but I don't think that that's going to happen in CH today. I think Andrews LL game tonight has a better chance of being played and Andrews game is scheduled for a 7:30pm start at Ironbridge Park, they are playing the Red Sox tonight. Also today I think the TD Knights are playing at Petersburg. The UVA baseball team got back on track yesterday beating UNC 9-2 to take two of three from UNC, the only game they lost was the game we went to see. The Carolina Hurricanes are going to the Stanley Cup semi-finals and will play Buffalo, the Hurricanes disposed of the NJ Devils in just 5 games winning the series 4 games to 1. Anaheim is waiting for either San Jose or Edmonton in the other semi-finals. MICKEY

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.
Baltasar Gracian

In 1918, U.S. airmail began service between Washington, Philadelphia and New York.

Singer Eddy Arnold is 88
Country singer K.T. Oslin is 64
Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett is 53
Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz is 39
Football player Emmitt Smith is 37

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

I just thought I would wish all the Mothers who read or visit the blog a Happy Mothers Day. I went to see UVA play UNC in baseball and unfortunately the bad guys got the victory 5-0. UVA's offense just couldn't get on track, the UVA starting pitcher kept them in the game only allowing 1 run in 7 innings before UNC got 4 runs in the top of the 9th off the UVA bullpen. The final game of the series is at 1pm today. The UVA stadium is very nice but I have say it isn't as nice as East Carolina baseball stadium. The CH Colonials will have a busy week this week weather permitting, the Colonials will play Hopewell at home on monday, will be at Matoaca on tuesday, and at Meadowbrook on thursday. This is the final week of the regular season and the CD tournament starts next tuesday at Prince George. Greg Biffle won last night Nextel Cup race at Darlington, that is Biffle's first win of the season. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, MICKEY

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Oprah Winfrey

In 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis as part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Baseball hall-of-famer Tony Perez is 64

COLONIALS POSTPONED AGAIN, HEADING TO UVA TODAY

The CH Colonials baseball game with Hopewell was postponed again on friday due to poor field conditions at Shepherd Stadium due to recent rains. The game has been rescheduled for monday at 6pm, it suppose to rain again on sunday and monday so that is very tenative. The Colonials have three regular season games left before the CD tournament which begins on May 23 at Prince George. The Virginia Private School Baseball Tounament begins thursday at the stadium so puts a limit on what days we can play at home this week and the weather for the rest of next week isn't to promising either. I am heading up to see the UVA baseball team play this afternoon at 1pm against the UNC, the Cavs won the 1st game of the series last night 4-1. This is the first time that I gone a UVA baseball game, both teams are ranked in the top 10 in the country. There are about about 10 of us going up there to see the game. Matoaca defeated Dinwiddie last night 3-1 and with the win have pretty much won the the CD baseball championship, they have a two game lead on everybody else and they have a game with Petersburg next week. I did go down to Wal-Mart this morning at 6am and yes the donuts were ready, I think they must have a new bake becuse the last few weeks the donuts have been much better. I also heard that there was a George sighting in CH yesterday but I don't no if there is any proof of this. MICKEY

CD BASEBALL SCORES
Prince George 4 Meadowbrook 2
Prince George 11 Lee Davis 2
Matoaca 3 Dinwiddie 1

I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over.
Don Drysdale

In 1607, the English colony at Jamestown, Va., was settled.

Actress Beatrice Arthur is 84
Singer Stevie Wonder is 56
Basketball player Dennis Rodman is 45
Country singer Lari White is 41
Singer Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 40
Oakland A's pitcher Barry Zito is 28

colonial 1 blue devils 1

the colonials took a 1 to 0 lead with julianne sponslers goal, but the lady blue deveils scored late in the 2nd half to take the game to overtime. neither team scored in the 2 5-minute overtimes!

STOOPID FACTZ !!!!!

Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border collie; 2)Poodle; 3) Golden retriever. Dumbest: Afghan hound.


Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.


The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.


The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.


STOOPID KWESTION: Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

COLONIALS WASHED OUT, WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT

The CH Colonials baseball game with Hopewell was washed out last night and has been rescheduled for tonight at 6pm. There is chance that it might still be to wet to play at Shepherd Stadium tonight with the amount of rain we got yesterday. It appears that all CD games were postponed yesterday, there were no scores in the TD from the CD. We just got some heavy rain and some wind here in CH but other parts of the area got allot more severe weather with hail and even a possibility of some tornadoes that might have touched down, there is nothing official on that yet though. The weather does look nice today with temps in the low 70's and it's suppose to be sunn all day. Keith will be returning home from Michigan today and tough week of work in Detroit. Also I understand that Mark recieved a call from a fellow blogger at work the other day. I found this old photo the other day, has anybody heard or seen Gary lately. MICKEY

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.
Robertson Davies

Ten years ago: Authorities in Florida called off the search for possible survivors from the crash of ValuJet Flight 592, a day after the jetliner nose-dived into the Everglades with 110 people on board.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra is 81
Comedian George Carlin is 69
Singer-musician Steve Winwood is 58
Country singer Kix Brooks is 51
Actor Emilio Estevez is 44

STOOPID FACTZ !!!!

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.


Vince said...
And I thought all these years that Jefferson Davis was captured somewhere along Jefferson Davis Highway, hence the name given to Route 1.



The youngest pope was 11 years old.



There are more chickens than people in the world.


There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

where is almo??

SENIOR NIGHT IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS

It will be senior night tonight as the Colonials play there final home game of the season against Hopewell at 6pm. This years seniors are Kyle Mears, Jonathan Wells, Ben Fulp, Andrew Holt and Geordie Breidenbach. The weather isn't looking to good for tonights game but lets hope it holds off until after the game, but there is a pretty good chance for som strong storms this afternoon. In CD action yesterday Matoaca beat Hopewell 11-5 and Dinwiddie beat Thomas Dale 3-0, I have no word on what Andrew's LL team did last night, maybe Keith can give us an update on that. I talked to Scott last night and he said that he has now been fitted for his tux for the wedding, he said he did have a brief problem before he got the situation corrected with the people at After Hours. I did see fellow blogger Mark at the JV baseball game yesterday, the Colonials JV team lost 13-11 in 8 innings, there was plenty of offense in this won. We had practice last after the JV game and it took over three hours to play there game, we got thru practice around 9:30pm. MICKEY

CD GAMES TODAY
Meadowbrok at Prince George
Thomas Dale at Petersburg
Matoaca at Dinwiddie
Hopewell at Colonial Heights

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
Christy Mathewson

In 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was established.

Country musician Mark Herndon (Alabama) is 51
Country singer-musician Tim Raybon (The Raybon Brothers) is 43

STOOPID FACTZ !!!

When opossums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.


Ben and Jerry's sends the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor: Mint Oreo.


Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.


The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

IRWINVILLE GEORGIA

i recently took joy and the kids to the jefferson davis capture site in irwinville georgia. the monument in the picture is suppose to be the exact spot upon which he was captured. it was a pretty neat place.

I DIDN'T SLEEP WELL AT ALL

I have to say that I didn't sleep at all last night, I was still thinking about the 9-4 loss at Prince George. The more I thought about the more I tossed and turned. The only other CD game played yesterday was Meadowbrook beating Petersburg 10-0, the other 2 games Dinwiddie at TD and Matoaca at Hopewell were washed out. The Colonials will play there last home game of the season thursday night against Hopewell weather permitting, it will be senior night for the Colonial seniors. The NWS service is calling for rain tonight and most of thursday. Andrew's LL team will be back in action tonight at Ironbridge Park against the Marlins at 6pm, they will try to make 2 straights wins tonight. I have posted an old photo of AL opening something up, maybe he can tell us what it is. MICKEY

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde

In 1865, Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Ga.

Sportscaster Pat Summerall is 76
College basketball coach Jim Calhoun is 64
Rock singer Bono (U2) is 46

COLONIALS FALL APART AT PRINCE GEORGE

The CH Colonials went into the the bottom of the 6 with a 3-1 when things fell apart. Prince George scored 8 runs in the inning eroute to 9-4 victory over the Colonials. There was number of events that lead to the Colonials downfall. It does bother me that losing doesn't seem to bother some members of the team, I hate to lose and it bothers me. It just seems that some people just don't seem to care one way or another, I am frustrated. MICKEY

COLONIALS ON THE ROAD TONIGHT

The CH Colonials will be on the road tonight at 6pm against Prince George weather permitting. The sun is trying to out here and there is a bit of breeze blowing and the field at Prince George usually drains pretty well. I have posted a photo collage of this years CH baseball team from the day that Al took some individual shots of the team. My dad didn't start to well this morning when I got up and I didn't have any internet service so I couldn't post an entry until now 9am, plus I fell behind on all the news of the day. In other CD games today Dinwiddie at Thomas Dale, Matoaca at Hopewell, and Petersburg at Meadowbrook. My new team in the NHL playoffs the Carolina Hurricanes now have a 2-0 series lead over the NJ Devils. MICKEY

Less than a foot made the difference between a hero and a bum.
Grover Alexander

In 1980, 35 motorists were killed when a Liberian freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,400-foot section to collapse.

CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is 88
Actress Candice Bergen is 60
Singer-songwriter Billy Joel is 57

STOOPID FACTZ !!

"Three dog night" (attributed to Australian Aborigines) came about because on especially cold nights these nomadic people needed three dogs (dingos, actually) to keep from freezing.


Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast about the wreck. During that same announcement they identified the professor as "Roy Hinckley."


Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been overmixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since.


Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?

STOOPID FACTZ !

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.


The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.


The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.


Women blink nearly twice as much as men.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

A SOGGY START TO THE WORK WEEK

Well it started raining pretty steady yesterday afternoon and it's still raining pretty stady here in CH this morning. On the radar it appears that most of the heavy rain is going to move out the area this morning but it they are calling for light rain and drizzle this afternoon as well with temps only around 57. The weather looks pretty nice on tuesday and wed but it is suppose to rain again on thursday as well. Down at Kill Devil Hills since midnight they have had over 2.65 inches of rain and for the month they have had almost 5 inches already. I know we need some rain but we don't need it all once. Keith is in Detroit this week for work and should be sometime friday, I thought he might go see the Tiger play but it appears that they will be on the road this week. Since the Stanley Cup playoffs are going on I thought I would post an old photo of me a Scotts house getting ready to play goal in the driveway of is house. MICKEY

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.
Baltasar Gracian

In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invented the flavor syrup for Coca-Cola.

Comedian Don Rickles is 80
Singer Toni Tennille is 63
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher is 49
Football hall-of-famer Ronnie Lott is 47
Actress Melissa Gilbert is 42
Singer Enrique Iglesias is 31

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME RAIN IS ON THE WAY

Well it looks like it will be getting a bit wet the next two days here in CH. They are calling for some rain this afternoon and there is 90% chance of rain on monday and the temp probably won't make it to 60 on monday, by the looks of the radar it looks like Georgia is getting a pretty good rain this morning. It sounds like Andrew is on a tear at the plate, I guess he listened to me earlier in the year when I gave him some batting instructions. He may be hitting it like Bopper used too but I am the one who gave him some hitting instructions so I will take credit for his great hitting. Andrew's team will be back in action wed night at 6pm at Ironbridge against the Marlins. I went and threw a little batting practice to Preston's LL team yesterday at the A field in CH, Preston thought they needed to see some right handed pitching at practice since they have been knocking him around a bit and I mean that literally. It was good to see JR win again last night, it has been a while since he has won. The Carolina Hurricanes won game 1 over the Devils 6-0 yesterday ending the Devils 16 game winning streak, the Canes looked pretty and I hope that they can keep on winning because I don't like the Devils at all. MICKEY

No matter how long you have been playing, you still get butterflies before the big ones.
Pee Wee Reese

In 1847, the American Medical Association was founded in Philadelphia.

NBC newsman Tim Russert is 56

8!8!8!8!8!-JR-8!8!8!8!8!

Devil Rays Win!! Rays Win!

The Rookie Devil Rays defeated the Rookie Phillies tonight by the of score 12-11. The Rays struck early by posting a 3 spot in the top of the first, the big blow was a two run homer by your favorite Devil Ray. Unfortunately, the lead was short lived, as the Philles rallied for 4 runs in their half of the first and as the final score indicates it was see-saw battle the rest of the way.

The Rays own a 12-9 lead in the bottom of the 5th, however things didn't look good for them as the Phillies plated two runs before Rays go the first out, a strikeout by "Big Blue" the machine. The next guy grounded out to the second baseman (who happened to be your favorite Ray) and "Big Blue" then gave up two singles before settling down and getting a strikeout to end the game.

Andrew line: 3 for 3, 3 runs, 3 rbis, HR at the plate. Defensively he recorded an unassisted putout a 1st base and (as mentioned) 4-3 assist in the crucial last inning.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOY

Well today is Joy's birthday and she is ?? years old today, I have posted a photo of Joy taken a few years ago while she was visiting Virginia, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOY. The weather played havoc last night with the Busch race in Richmond, the race did not end until around 12:30am, here in CH we didn't get the rain they got at RIR. It looks like the weather will be ok for tonight Nextel Cup race, maybe AL will post a photo or two from last nights action. Andrew's LL team will be back in action tonight at 6pm against the Phillies at Ironbridge Park. MICKEY

It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder to lose one.
Chuck Tanner

On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie Mays is 75
Rock singer Bob Seger is 61
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is 53
Actor George Clooney is 45
Georgia Bulldog fan Joy Woodfin ??
Hockey Player Martin Brodeur is 34

District Standings as of May 4

Matoaca - 9-1 (District)13-3 (Overall), .813 winning PCT.
Colonial Heights - 8-2 (District) 12-4 (Overall), .750 winning PCT.
Dinwiddie- 8-2 (District) 11-4 (Overall), .733 winning PCT.
Prince George - 7-3 (District) 10-5 (Overall), .667 winning PCT.
Thomas Dale - 4-6 (District) 4-10-1 (Overall), .267 winning PCT.
Hopewell - 3-7 (District) 4-11 (Overall), .267 winning PCT.
Meadowbrook - 1-9 (District) 3-13 (Overall), .188 winning PCT.
Petersburg - 0-10 (District)1-11 (Overall), .083 winning PCT.

League: 58-61-1 .483 winning PCT.