I would like to send a heart felt thank you to all vets present and past. I would like to share with you reading this that with the way vets are being treated whether it’s avoidance, neglect or just plain disrespect a story that I watched and it has brought me to a complete understanding that these men and women have put there lives for the betterment of this country and all they got in return was grief. Please, watch this video and get yourself involved to help the many in need.



boat-tip.jpgAs you can see from the photo to the left the crew/team that was in charge of loading that vessel probably got canned almost immediately. I am not writing this post to say that my day was that bad - if anything I’m writing to say that today was an awesome day. My wife and I (mainly my wife) put together a great Thanksgiving day dinner for the kids and ourselves. I would like to take a moment to send my wife Lisa a great big Thank You for pulling everything together and make it all flow smoothly. I’ve had days close to today but not like today, working with my wife on the dinner of all dinners was an experience that I will hold true to my heart forever.
I love you Lisa

fathersdaycard.JPGHappy Father’s Day to all the dads out there enjoying the day off. I wanted to post this up earlier but I had quite the busy day so I was unable to. I received many phone calls from my kids even one that traveled over 2,000 miles to reach me. Not many people believe that today should be recognized because moms usually do all the work at home and stuff but I do have to hand it to some of the dads out there that put in the extra time to make sure that things run smoothly. Congrats on all the fathers that stood by their duties and did not quit when times got rough.
Happy Father’s Day fellas.

BOSTON (UPI) — Left-hander Jon Lester pitched the 18th no-hitter in Red Sox history Monday when Boston defeated the Kansas City Royals, 7-0.

Lester (3-2), who was diagnosed with a form of cancer two years ago, struck out nine and issued only two walks — the first in the second inning to Billy Butler and the other in the ninth to Esteban German.

After Lester, 24, walked German to start the ninth, Tony Pena ground out to third base, David DeJesus grounded out to first, and Alberto Callaspo struck out swinging at a high fastball.

Lester threw 130 pitches, 86 for strikes.

The Red Sox have had the last two no-hitters in the majors. Clay Buchholz had the other Sept. 1, 2007, against Baltimore.

Lester is the first Red Sox left-hander to pitch a no-hitter since Mel Parnell did it against the Chicago White Sox July 14, 1956.

Lester’s 2006 rookie season was cut short due to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but he returned in July 2007 and went 4-0 with a 4.57 earned run average in 12 games, 11 of which were starts. He was the winning pitcher in Game 4 of the World Series against Colorado.

This was Lester’s first career complete game.

It is just the second time the Royals have been no-hit. The LA Angels’ Nolan Ryan did it May 15, 1973.

I was unable to watch the game last night or catch it on Sports Center this morning but regardless to me missing it I did hear it from the morning radio show as well as from my friend.

My hats off to Lester for producing such a great game. I am looking forward to seeing some more excitement on future games. Congrats Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox.