Corn maze for blondes

Corn maze for blondes

Corn maze for blondes

Adam Dunn: Lowest batting average in baseball history

Adam Dunn of the White Sox had a season to forget. He hit just .159, but didn't play in the White Sox final game and finished with 496 plate appearances. The post-1900 record low among qualifiers was set by Rob Deer at .179 in 1991. His 496 plate appearances is six short of the required 501 needed to qualify for the worst batting average ever.


However, an official MLB rules states the following:

From 1967 to the present, if the player with the highest average in a league fails to meet the minimum plate-appearance requirement, the remaining at-bats until qualification (e.g., 5 ABs, if the player finished the season with 497 plate appearances) are hypothetically considered hitless at-bats; if his recalculated batting average still tops the league, he is awarded the title. (This policy was invoked in 1981, securing Bill Madlock his third NL batting crown, and in 1996, when NL titlist Tony Gwynn finished the year with only 498 PAs.)

Using this logic, Dunn goes from 66 for 415 to 72 for 421 which calculates out to a .173 batting average thus giving him a season that will go down as one of the worst in history.


Dunn finished the 2011 season ranked 14th all-time in strikeouts with 1,809. He likely won't be able to reach Reggie Jackson's record of 2,597, though. He is signed through 2014 and surely won't be around after that assuming he even finishes out his contract. Dunn might be a buy low candidate for a team like the Royals.

Adam Dunn: Lowest batting average in baseball history

Adam Dunn of the White Sox had a season to forget. He hit just .159, but didn't play in the White Sox final game and finished with 496 plate appearances. The post-1900 record low among qualifiers was set by Rob Deer at .179 in 1991. His 496 plate appearances is six short of the required 501 needed to qualify for the worst batting average ever.


However, an official MLB rules states the following:

From 1967 to the present, if the player with the highest average in a league fails to meet the minimum plate-appearance requirement, the remaining at-bats until qualification (e.g., 5 ABs, if the player finished the season with 497 plate appearances) are hypothetically considered hitless at-bats; if his recalculated batting average still tops the league, he is awarded the title. (This policy was invoked in 1981, securing Bill Madlock his third NL batting crown, and in 1996, when NL titlist Tony Gwynn finished the year with only 498 PAs.)

Using this logic, Dunn goes from 66 for 415 to 72 for 421 which calculates out to a .173 batting average thus giving him a season that will go down as one of the worst in history.


Dunn finished the 2011 season ranked 14th all-time in strikeouts with 1,809. He likely won't be able to reach Reggie Jackson's record of 2,597, though. He is signed through 2014 and surely won't be around after that assuming he even finishes out his contract. Dunn might be a buy low candidate for a team like the Royals.

Adam Dunn: Lowest batting average in baseball history

Adam Dunn of the White Sox had a season to forget. He hit just .159, but didn't play in the White Sox final game and finished with 496 plate appearances. The post-1900 record low among qualifiers was set by Rob Deer at .179 in 1991. His 496 plate appearances is six short of the required 501 needed to qualify for the worst batting average ever.


However, an official MLB rules states the following:

From 1967 to the present, if the player with the highest average in a league fails to meet the minimum plate-appearance requirement, the remaining at-bats until qualification (e.g., 5 ABs, if the player finished the season with 497 plate appearances) are hypothetically considered hitless at-bats; if his recalculated batting average still tops the league, he is awarded the title. (This policy was invoked in 1981, securing Bill Madlock his third NL batting crown, and in 1996, when NL titlist Tony Gwynn finished the year with only 498 PAs.)

Using this logic, Dunn goes from 66 for 415 to 72 for 421 which calculates out to a .173 batting average thus giving him a season that will go down as one of the worst in history.


Dunn finished the 2011 season ranked 14th all-time in strikeouts with 1,809. He likely won't be able to reach Reggie Jackson's record of 2,597, though. He is signed through 2014 and surely won't be around after that assuming he even finishes out his contract. Dunn might be a buy low candidate for a team like the Royals.

Bridesmaids extended argument scene with Kristen Wiig and a teenager

Hilarious clip from Bridemaids where Kristen Wiig's character Annie argues with a teenager about nearly everything.

Bridesmaids extended argument scene with Kristen Wiig and a teenager

Hilarious clip from Bridemaids where Kristen Wiig's character Annie argues with a teenager about nearly everything.

Bridesmaids extended argument scene with Kristen Wiig and a teenager

Hilarious clip from Bridemaids where Kristen Wiig's character Annie argues with a teenager about nearly everything.

Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz fight video

Check out how Floyd Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz. Click on the picture.

Here is Joe Posnanski's description:

This was a much-hyped fight in an era where few boxing matches break through the sports filter. Mayweather has never lost a fight but he apparently has never gotten his due for various reasons that are too complicated to get into here. Ortiz was welterweight champion under under one organization or another, though it is probably true that YOU are champion of some weight class and just haven't been told yet. There was a lot of effort to make this fight sound competitive, though people who know about boxing generally suggested that Ortiz wasn't in Mayweather's class. The only real mystery involved Mayweather, who had not fought in more than a year, still had his boxing skills. The gamblers thought so: Mayweather consistently stayed as an 8-to-1 favorite.
I did not pay the $483,439,268 dollars to get the fight on pay-per-view, but best I can tell from reports and discussion it went more or less according to plan. Mayweather battered Ortiz for three rounds, outclassed him, and even though the crowd was decidedly pro Ortiz, there was little to cheer. Then, in the fourth round, Ortiz had his first (and it turns out, only) moment of glory when he pinned Mayweather against the ropes, banged away, and this ended up, according to our own Bryan Armen Graham, "whipping the crowd into the white-noise wall of sound only championship fights can produce." 
But it was the end of that round where everything broke down. Ortiz -- and I don't want to assign motivation here because we can't know really anyone's motivation, but frustration seems as likely as anything -- shoved Mayweather in to ropes and deliberately head butted him. The irrepressible referee Joe Cortez, who I believe has refereed every single fight of the last 20 years that Mills Lane could not attend, stopped the fight to give Mayweather a moment to recover and to take a point away from Ortiz. At that point Ortiz -- who was either mortified by what he had done or wanted everyone to think so -- went in to hug Mayweather and kiss him on the cheek. And in the next instant, they touched gloves, but Ortiz seemed to be waiting for Cortez to restart the fight. Mayweather did not wait. He crushed Ortiz with a left and then followed with a savage right that left Ortiz on the canvas for a long time after the fight was over and Mayweather was declared the new champion. All the while, the crowd screamed.
There has already been a lot of talk about it, about Mayweather breaking the bonds of sportsmanship, about Ortiz forgetting boxing's first rule (protect yourself at all times), about Cortez taking his eye off the ball. I don't think there's much really to be learned about life in all of that. But I have to say, this whole thing kind of cracks me up. Think about the absurdity of it all. Two men hit each other over and over again for sport. This is fine. They hit each other again and again for the roar of the crowd that smells blood and, in its exuberance, all apologies to Bryan, can create a white-wall of sound that probably was also produced by fights between Christians and lions. This too is fine. Then, one of the two men purposely cracks the other with a head butt. This is not fine, but the man is punished for this indiscretion with the removal of a point so it's all even. The culprit accepts this one-point punishment as just deserts and offers a hug and a kiss as an apology. The two men then touch gloves and the man who was head butted bashes the other in the face so hard that he cannot get up for a long time.

Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz fight video

Check out how Floyd Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz. Click on the picture.

Here is Joe Posnanski's description:

This was a much-hyped fight in an era where few boxing matches break through the sports filter. Mayweather has never lost a fight but he apparently has never gotten his due for various reasons that are too complicated to get into here. Ortiz was welterweight champion under under one organization or another, though it is probably true that YOU are champion of some weight class and just haven't been told yet. There was a lot of effort to make this fight sound competitive, though people who know about boxing generally suggested that Ortiz wasn't in Mayweather's class. The only real mystery involved Mayweather, who had not fought in more than a year, still had his boxing skills. The gamblers thought so: Mayweather consistently stayed as an 8-to-1 favorite.
I did not pay the $483,439,268 dollars to get the fight on pay-per-view, but best I can tell from reports and discussion it went more or less according to plan. Mayweather battered Ortiz for three rounds, outclassed him, and even though the crowd was decidedly pro Ortiz, there was little to cheer. Then, in the fourth round, Ortiz had his first (and it turns out, only) moment of glory when he pinned Mayweather against the ropes, banged away, and this ended up, according to our own Bryan Armen Graham, "whipping the crowd into the white-noise wall of sound only championship fights can produce." 
But it was the end of that round where everything broke down. Ortiz -- and I don't want to assign motivation here because we can't know really anyone's motivation, but frustration seems as likely as anything -- shoved Mayweather in to ropes and deliberately head butted him. The irrepressible referee Joe Cortez, who I believe has refereed every single fight of the last 20 years that Mills Lane could not attend, stopped the fight to give Mayweather a moment to recover and to take a point away from Ortiz. At that point Ortiz -- who was either mortified by what he had done or wanted everyone to think so -- went in to hug Mayweather and kiss him on the cheek. And in the next instant, they touched gloves, but Ortiz seemed to be waiting for Cortez to restart the fight. Mayweather did not wait. He crushed Ortiz with a left and then followed with a savage right that left Ortiz on the canvas for a long time after the fight was over and Mayweather was declared the new champion. All the while, the crowd screamed.
There has already been a lot of talk about it, about Mayweather breaking the bonds of sportsmanship, about Ortiz forgetting boxing's first rule (protect yourself at all times), about Cortez taking his eye off the ball. I don't think there's much really to be learned about life in all of that. But I have to say, this whole thing kind of cracks me up. Think about the absurdity of it all. Two men hit each other over and over again for sport. This is fine. They hit each other again and again for the roar of the crowd that smells blood and, in its exuberance, all apologies to Bryan, can create a white-wall of sound that probably was also produced by fights between Christians and lions. This too is fine. Then, one of the two men purposely cracks the other with a head butt. This is not fine, but the man is punished for this indiscretion with the removal of a point so it's all even. The culprit accepts this one-point punishment as just deserts and offers a hug and a kiss as an apology. The two men then touch gloves and the man who was head butted bashes the other in the face so hard that he cannot get up for a long time.

Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz fight video

Check out how Floyd Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz. Click on the picture.

Here is Joe Posnanski's description:

This was a much-hyped fight in an era where few boxing matches break through the sports filter. Mayweather has never lost a fight but he apparently has never gotten his due for various reasons that are too complicated to get into here. Ortiz was welterweight champion under under one organization or another, though it is probably true that YOU are champion of some weight class and just haven't been told yet. There was a lot of effort to make this fight sound competitive, though people who know about boxing generally suggested that Ortiz wasn't in Mayweather's class. The only real mystery involved Mayweather, who had not fought in more than a year, still had his boxing skills. The gamblers thought so: Mayweather consistently stayed as an 8-to-1 favorite.
I did not pay the $483,439,268 dollars to get the fight on pay-per-view, but best I can tell from reports and discussion it went more or less according to plan. Mayweather battered Ortiz for three rounds, outclassed him, and even though the crowd was decidedly pro Ortiz, there was little to cheer. Then, in the fourth round, Ortiz had his first (and it turns out, only) moment of glory when he pinned Mayweather against the ropes, banged away, and this ended up, according to our own Bryan Armen Graham, "whipping the crowd into the white-noise wall of sound only championship fights can produce." 
But it was the end of that round where everything broke down. Ortiz -- and I don't want to assign motivation here because we can't know really anyone's motivation, but frustration seems as likely as anything -- shoved Mayweather in to ropes and deliberately head butted him. The irrepressible referee Joe Cortez, who I believe has refereed every single fight of the last 20 years that Mills Lane could not attend, stopped the fight to give Mayweather a moment to recover and to take a point away from Ortiz. At that point Ortiz -- who was either mortified by what he had done or wanted everyone to think so -- went in to hug Mayweather and kiss him on the cheek. And in the next instant, they touched gloves, but Ortiz seemed to be waiting for Cortez to restart the fight. Mayweather did not wait. He crushed Ortiz with a left and then followed with a savage right that left Ortiz on the canvas for a long time after the fight was over and Mayweather was declared the new champion. All the while, the crowd screamed.
There has already been a lot of talk about it, about Mayweather breaking the bonds of sportsmanship, about Ortiz forgetting boxing's first rule (protect yourself at all times), about Cortez taking his eye off the ball. I don't think there's much really to be learned about life in all of that. But I have to say, this whole thing kind of cracks me up. Think about the absurdity of it all. Two men hit each other over and over again for sport. This is fine. They hit each other again and again for the roar of the crowd that smells blood and, in its exuberance, all apologies to Bryan, can create a white-wall of sound that probably was also produced by fights between Christians and lions. This too is fine. Then, one of the two men purposely cracks the other with a head butt. This is not fine, but the man is punished for this indiscretion with the removal of a point so it's all even. The culprit accepts this one-point punishment as just deserts and offers a hug and a kiss as an apology. The two men then touch gloves and the man who was head butted bashes the other in the face so hard that he cannot get up for a long time.

Chad Ochocinco - is the Patriots stage too big for him?

Peter King says this:

Revelation of the day, bad: Starting to wonder if Chad Ochocinco has Steve Sax or Chuck Knoblauch disease. When I saw the Patriots in practice this summer -- one practice -- Ochocinco dropped three easy catches. He had a bad one in the opener at Miami. And Sunday, in Buffalo, Tom Brady laid a touchdown right in his hands late in the game. Couldn't have thrown a more perfect ball. Doink. Another drop. What is it with this guy? Stage too big for him after playing a career in nowhereland?

Chad Ochocinco - is the Patriots stage too big for him?

Peter King says this:

Revelation of the day, bad: Starting to wonder if Chad Ochocinco has Steve Sax or Chuck Knoblauch disease. When I saw the Patriots in practice this summer -- one practice -- Ochocinco dropped three easy catches. He had a bad one in the opener at Miami. And Sunday, in Buffalo, Tom Brady laid a touchdown right in his hands late in the game. Couldn't have thrown a more perfect ball. Doink. Another drop. What is it with this guy? Stage too big for him after playing a career in nowhereland?

Chad Ochocinco - is the Patriots stage too big for him?

Peter King says this:

Revelation of the day, bad: Starting to wonder if Chad Ochocinco has Steve Sax or Chuck Knoblauch disease. When I saw the Patriots in practice this summer -- one practice -- Ochocinco dropped three easy catches. He had a bad one in the opener at Miami. And Sunday, in Buffalo, Tom Brady laid a touchdown right in his hands late in the game. Couldn't have thrown a more perfect ball. Doink. Another drop. What is it with this guy? Stage too big for him after playing a career in nowhereland?

Bengals' Jerome Simpson And Anthony Collins busted for Marijuana Shipment

Cincinnati Bengals idiots teammates Jerome Simpson and Anthony Collins, both 25, were at Simpson's home in Crestview Hills, Ky., yesterday when a package allegedly containing 2.5 pounds of marijuana arrived at the house in what authorities called a controlled delivery.


Really?


Check it out here.

Bengals' Jerome Simpson And Anthony Collins busted for Marijuana Shipment

Cincinnati Bengals idiots teammates Jerome Simpson and Anthony Collins, both 25, were at Simpson's home in Crestview Hills, Ky., yesterday when a package allegedly containing 2.5 pounds of marijuana arrived at the house in what authorities called a controlled delivery.


Really?


Check it out here.

Bengals' Jerome Simpson And Anthony Collins busted for Marijuana Shipment

Cincinnati Bengals idiots teammates Jerome Simpson and Anthony Collins, both 25, were at Simpson's home in Crestview Hills, Ky., yesterday when a package allegedly containing 2.5 pounds of marijuana arrived at the house in what authorities called a controlled delivery.


Really?


Check it out here.

Bengals’ Marvin Lewis Fails on Fourth Down

This article thinks that Marvin Lewis failed on fourth down against the Broncos. Sounds about right to me.

Bengals’ Marvin Lewis Fails on Fourth Down

This article thinks that Marvin Lewis failed on fourth down against the Broncos. Sounds about right to me.

Bengals’ Marvin Lewis Fails on Fourth Down

This article thinks that Marvin Lewis failed on fourth down against the Broncos. Sounds about right to me.

Don Marco AKA "MR. CRAYOLA"

Don Marco..... The Master Crayola Artist

Don Marco was born in Northern Minnesota in the late 1920's. His interest in art was evident even before starting school. As a young adult in the Army Air Corp, he began his life's career in Air Traffic Control, which continued until his retirement from Honolulu International Airport in 1973.  Much Of his spare time was spent as a professional artist.

Before retirement, Don started developing a technique to create fine art, using Crayola Crayons. Shortly after retiring, he published his first print. Living in Southern California, his work was in demand, including commissions from Mr. Burt Reynolds and a one-man show at his Dinner Theater in Florida.

Hard to imagine these are done with crayons!!!

Eagle

 John Wayne

  Christ

 Chief Red Wing

 Catch of the day

 Black Eagle

 Bear Bull

 End of the Day

 Geronimo

 High Country Morning

 James Arness

 Mountain Man

 Sioux Warrior

 Seascape

 Tom Selleck

 Navajo Meeting

 Quigley

Burt Reynolds

Don Marco AKA "MR. CRAYOLA"

Don Marco..... The Master Crayola Artist

Don Marco was born in Northern Minnesota in the late 1920's. His interest in art was evident even before starting school. As a young adult in the Army Air Corp, he began his life's career in Air Traffic Control, which continued until his retirement from Honolulu International Airport in 1973.  Much Of his spare time was spent as a professional artist.

Before retirement, Don started developing a technique to create fine art, using Crayola Crayons. Shortly after retiring, he published his first print. Living in Southern California, his work was in demand, including commissions from Mr. Burt Reynolds and a one-man show at his Dinner Theater in Florida.

Hard to imagine these are done with crayons!!!

Eagle

 John Wayne

  Christ

 Chief Red Wing

 Catch of the day

 Black Eagle

 Bear Bull

 End of the Day

 Geronimo

 High Country Morning

 James Arness

 Mountain Man

 Sioux Warrior

 Seascape

 Tom Selleck

 Navajo Meeting

 Quigley

Burt Reynolds