September Will Be Exciting

Drought Contest

I mentioned in a recent post that I had received two Honorable Mention awards from the state for my ideas on how to save water.   I was informed recently by a blog member that everyone who submitted an idea got an award.  In other words I got one of those feel good participation awards.  Good things the two picture frames I bought a Aaron Brothers were on sale. In case you might have forgotten my one idea was to cut back on the amount of ice cubes used in drink and the second was to use a lighter bourbon so not as much water would needed for a bourbon and water cocktail.  The winning idea was to pray for rain which was thrown out because of the separation of church and state regulations.  So the second place finisher idea to build more reservoirs won the gold.  The idea to build a water tube in the middle of Highway 5 from the state of Washington to California was awarded second place.  The bronze medal went to the idea not to allow water to be bottled in California for public sale.

Curry Knows His Golf

Earlier this summer Steph Curry the Warrior great participated in a celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe.  One of our blog memebers was in atteandance and saw Curry hit a ball into Lake Tahoe.  Because of laws against polluting the Lake that was an automatic three stroke penalty. Curry complained saying that the rules had changed and took his case to Judge Newsom.  Curry's attorney pointed out that there is no longer be a penalty stroke for hitting a ball out of bounds or into the water such as Lake Tahoe.  The PGA,  the LPGA, the USGA, the R&A  after a private meeting with FBI Director Comey, have recommended that your opponent must prove that you intended to hit the ball in the hazard in order for there to be a penalty.  The Judge ruled for Curry meaning he had no intent to hit the ball in the Lake and later  the judge received a thank you note from Curry and Charles Barkley plus two season tickets to the Warriors games estimated to be worth over $50,000 and over 2 million on the secondary market.

The NBA

The Warriors recently announced their home schedule for the upcoming year.  The excitement out of Oakland was tremendous when it was learned that the Warriors will open at home against the Spurs.  This is a big game and we will really see how Durant plays with Curry and Thompson.  I am sure the secondary market will bring over $2,000 a ticket.  That's Warriors PR or is BS a better description.  The game means absolutely nothing.  Its one of 84 games and just as long as the Warriors win about 43 of them there is no worry they are in the playoffs then the season begins.  The Warriors peaked in November last year and they got home court advantage.  A lot of good it did them.

Blog member Pat O complains about Sacramento giving the Kings 385 parcels of land "not worth much anyway" to the Kings for their new arena.  Parking fees will play for 385 million over the next fifty years.  The new ownership of the Warriors announced years ago that they would be moving to San Francisco.  Why Oakland didn't offer the Kings Oracle Arena on the spot is a mystery to me.  The Warriors could have used Kezar Pavilion or the Cow Palace while the new Mission Bay arena is being built.

It was announced that the Warriors will be leaving KNBR after 40 years of basketball announcing through both lean and good years.  An FM  station that doesn't reach San Jose will carry the games.  The new ownership gets a lot of credit for the success of the organization.  One thing they are not is loyal to their fans in the East Bay or their radio station.    Looks like they are great back stabbers although you can't argue with their success.  Oh, they wanted more publicity between seasons.  I heard so much about the Warriors during the summer that with the new season approaching I am already sick and tired of them.

49ers Impressive

I was impressed with the 49ers in their first pre season game against Houston. I overlooked the second half because they ran plays just to evaluate personnel.   If you over look a couple crucial fumbles the team looked like they could win a couple game this year especially early in the season before the injuries mount up.  All the team needed was a distraction like the National Anthem controversy and now their chances of winning at all are slim.  #7 gets his revenge.!

College Football

I have lost my contact with USC football so I cannot provide any inside information.  All I know is that they are preparing the Trojan faithful for a letdown and a  7-5 season   First they let them know that the Trojans have the toughest football schedule in America since all but one team was in a bowl game last year.  Actually its hard to schedule any team that wasn't in a bowl.  Then they have a choice of quarterbacks.  Once a coach shows he can't make up his mind it means that both are mediocre at best.  The team does have some great athletes who could break any game open but their defensive line has not played one college down.  If they keep the loss to Alabama this Saturday to under 20 points they should be thrilled and encouraged about the season.

Swearing

I might have lost my contacts with the Trojans but still have a few in Santa Clara observing the 49ers.  It was reported to me that one of my contacts was walking by York 's office and all he could hear was why didn't we get  rid of that s o b ba.....d when we had the opportunity.  I have no idea who they were talking about.

The Giants

My time has been very limited due primarily to my wife's illness so I am not able to comment on the Giants more regularly. About two weeks ago the Giants blew a 7th inning lead of 7-1 lead to the Orioles.  Usually when a team loses a lead there are bloop hits, errors, umpire mistakes that keep the rally going. I know most of my readers were settling in their seats at Levi Stadium anxiously awaiting the 49er game so they missed an explosive rally by Baltimore.  Krukow commented on television that the first hit was the hardest  he had seen in years.  This is no surprise because the Giants don't have hitters with too much sock in their bats.  Then Trumbo hits a monstrous home run. I read that he is leading the AL in home runs.  I remember when Trout and Trumbo were in the Angels outfield and I thought the team from south of Los Angeles had it made for years. 

During the series the Giants wore orange jerseys on Friday night and black on Saturday.  The Orioles did just the opposite wearing black on Friday and orange on Saturday.   I thought for sure the National Association for People Who Can't Read would have sued the teams for trying to  confuse their members.  So far a law suit has not been filed.

The Dodgers took two out of three from the Cubs last weekend.  That was bad news for the Giants because I thought the Dodgers won the West with that series victory.  Then the Dodgers go to Colorado and lose 2 of 3.  That's September baseball.  Records mean nothing.The Giants can only hope that the Cubs play as sloppy in Chicago this weekend during their four game series as they did last weekend in Los Angeles.   The Giants should be thrilled with a split.  The Giants are 2 games behind the Dodgers starting the final stretch drive.  There will be a lot of swearing and mashing of teeth during the month.  But Bochy will have over 36 players at his disposal and that's when he manages best.  I wouldn't be surprise if he uses 18 pitchers in one game.  The Giants are far from a perfect team but their rivals aren't flawless either.

Windows 10

One of our newer blog members KB of Irvine complained to me that her computer is now all loused up since she switched to Windows 10.  I might remind our blog member that we warned everyone about Windows 10 in our July 15th  post.

Monday Night Pool

A number of you participated in the Monday Night Football Pool last year.  You should have received the  information for this coming year.  If you wish to participate I will attempt to forward the information from Mike Willis in a separate email.