Finally Back

I feel like I have neglected my blog and my readers. I hate that feeling. I have been extremely busy this past week. I left TCU last Friday and since then I have unpacking, organizing, and job searching. I am happy to say that all three of those were successfully completed.

Now, onto baseball. Unfortunately, the guy who usually does the write ups on the Hawks' games has been inactive since mid-April so I don't have any full game writes for you. I do have the box score from Kameron's last start, though: 5/4 Start

I can tell from the box score things didn't go too well but, if we all keep thinking positive, I know great things will come from Kameron and the whole Softbank Team.

A neat thing I found while I was surfing the Softbank site was that they list all of the songs they use during a game. From a certain players walk-on song to the victory tune that is played after a win, it's all listed on the site. I know a lot of people (including me) that have heard songs at ball games and can never find the song title or artist. That's just one of my random findings on the Hawks' website.

Once again, if you're on Twitter, my ID is rain_holly. If you follow me, send me an @reply so I know you read my blog. Also, for the Facebookers out there, there is a Softbank Hawks fan page. Just put "Softbank Hawks" in the search bar and it should come up. Join the group and show your love for the Hawks!

Have a good night - or day if you're in Japan :)

-Holly

P.S. I will be updating more frequently now that it's summer! Woo - no more being nocturnal to study for finals!

I Have Failed...

I completely forgot that today (Monday) was kameron's next start. Usually, the team has off on Mondays so I was expecting him to start tomorrow.

As usual, the Hawks are the visitors when Kameron starts. Next week though, he should get his first at the Yahoo! Dome. That should be really exciting!!

I might actually try to stay up and watch his start tonight because I don't have a class or a final tomorrow to wake up for! I also have an Economics paper I really, really need to finish, lots of studying to do and I just promised my roommate I would pull and all-nighter with her (oh the joys of college, right?). If I do stay up, I will take screen shots or something for those of you who can't stay up.

Speaking of finals, this week is finals week at TCU, which not only means lots of studying, but it also means that it will be my last week in DFW until August. I'm so sad. My Dad already came on Saturday to take most of my stuff back to Austin. My side of the room is bare as it is missing all of my baseball decor.

Next Start:
Hawks (V) v.s. Buffaloes (H)
Time: 6:00 p.m. Japan time, 4:00 a.m. CST
Look for the Orix Buffaloes feed on TvAnts

I don't know why I didn't say this earlier, but I have a twitter. I love twitter and I have the most random tweets. If you want to see my goofy side, following my twitter would be a good place to start. www.twitter.com/rain_holly check it out! Oh, and if you have a twitter, feel free to follow me and I will follow you!

Woo! Go Kameron!

-Holly

Start

Just a quick reminder that you can watch Kameron's fourth start for the Hawks live early tomorrow morning - 4:00AM CST. The Hawks (9-11-1) will be facing the Lions (9-11-1).

-Holly

All Sorts of Confusing

So, in my last post, I said Kameron's last was at home. I'm pretty sure I was wrong. For some reason, I saw Tokyo Dome and instantly thought Yahoo! Dome. Woops. So actually, Kameron didn't start at home last time either. That means his first three starts have all come on visiting turf. Not cool. Even his next start looks to be scheduled for away. In fact, if the rotation and everything stays the same, he won't get to pitch for the home town crowd until May 12th. Of course, he pitches on Tuesdays too, which means if you want to watch him pitch, you have to get up early on a weekday. Very frustrating...

In other news, if you are interest in reading actual write ups about the Hawks' games, you can go here. To make it easy, the following are the links to the games Kameron has pitched in:

1st Start - Hawks v.s. Eagles Box Score
3rd Start - Hawks v.s. Fighters Box Score

The guy didn't do a write up for the second game so you can go here for the box score from the second game (I can't remember if I have already put the link up for it or not).

Next Start Alert:

• Japan Date and Time: Tuesday, April 28th at 6:00pm @ The Seibu Dome (Seibu Lions)
• U.S. Date and Time: Monday, April 27th at 4:00am CST on TVants (Look for Saitama Seibu Lions feed)

I can't believe it but, two weeks from tomorrow will be my last day at TCU until the Fall. Everyone said college would go by fast - I believe them now. For my summer I will be at home in Austin, watching lots of baseball and, my personal favorite, sleeping until noon.

-Holly

Game Day

Once again, Kameron will be pitching tomorrow morning at 4:00am CST. For the first time this season, Kameron will be starting at home, in the Yahoo! Dome. They will be playing the Nippon Ham Fighters. Have fun if you're staying up! Good Luck to Kameron!

New E-Mail

I give up. I give up trying to figure out how to work G-Mail. It is impossible. I have created a Yahoo! account where I can use their Classic Mail service. Basically, the first part of the address is the same. The only difference is the end: instead of "gmail.com" it is "yahoo.com".

keepinupwithkam@yahoo.com

Tomorrow I will have a write up of Kameron's outing from earlier Today.

That is all.

-Holly

Game Day/Morning

If you have nothing to do tomorrow and can stay up late or wake up early, Kameron will be pitching tomorrow morning at 4:00am CST. The Hawks will be the visitors once again so, your best bet to find the game on TvAnts will be to search for "NPB", and to locate the home feed of the Seibu Lions.

This will be Kameron's second start for the Hawks. Currently, he is 0-1 with a 5.68 ERA.

-Holly

A Few Notes...

I've got a few notes from this past week and for this weekend:
(Note: Some may be off-topic because I really feel like blogging tonight)

1) The Blog has a new look. I was getting a little bored with the old layout and decided it was time for a new one.

2) In Kameron's first official start for the Hawks, he went 6 1/3 innings allowing six runs. Four of those runs were earned. He gave up six hits while striking out two and walking four. The Hawks lost 6-0. Click here for the complete box score.

3) I had thought that Kameron's next start would be on Sunday afternoon. If this would have been true, we would have been able to watch the game Saturday night at 11:00pm CST. Unfortunately, it appears as if there is a six-person rotation for the Hawks, moving his next possible start to Tuesday. This means that if you want to watch the game, you will have to watch it at 4:00am CST Tuesday.

4) I don't like the idea of a six-person rotation because, with the schedule the way it is (with Mondays off) Kameron will continue to pitch on a Tuesday.

5) OT: I went to the Ranger's home opener on Monday. I got an epic sunburn. I was as red as their new red uniforms.

6) OT: On Wednesday I went to the Waste Water Treatment Plant for my Environmental Science class. It was...interesting. We had to wear hard hats but, we didn't ever walk underneath anything. I can't quite figure that one out.

7) The Hawks are playing the Nippon Ham Fighters for their current series. Former Ranger Jason Botts plays for the Fighters.

8) The atmosphere of a Japanese baseball game is incredibly different than any MLB game I have ever seen. While I was watching the Hawks' game the other night, I was amazed by the fans. There was rarely any moment that they were quiet.

9) Before I changed the layout, I noticed that the blog had reach over 1,000 hits. That is incredible. The ticker disappeared once I changed the layout.

10) Finally, I send my condolences to the family, friends and fans of Angel's pitcher Nick Adenhart.

-Holly

"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.”
-Bob Feller

If You're Up Again...

I thought that I would just let everyone know that I just watched Kameron pitch one perfect inning for Softbank. If you are looking for the game, once again, download the TvAnts program mention two posts ago. In the search bar, type NPB. Instead of selecting Fukuoka.... select Tohuko Golden Eagles. The Hawks are away, making the only feed available the Eagles' home feed.

One note: If you are watching, the program tends to stop playing after innings are over: No fear, the feed will come back after a while.

Enjoy if you are watching! This is truly an awesome day.

-Holly

If You're Up...

Today (Japan)/Tomorrow (U.S.), Kameron will be making his first official start with the Hawks. The games starts at 6:00pm Japan time or 4:00am C.S.T. (I think...feel free to correct me if I am wrong).

As I stated in my earlier post, I believe you will be able to watch the game live via TvAnts if you are interested in watching. The game will be an away game so, I'm not 100% sure it will be Fukuoka in the title as I described last post. They will be playing the Golden Eagles so try to look for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles somewhere in the title.

That's it for now, off to study and such.

-Holly

"Watching a spring training game is as exciting as watching a tree form its annual ring."
~Jerry Izenberg

Wanna Watch A Ballgame?

I may have have the best news ever. Last night, while messing around on the computer, I successfully found a live broadcast of the Softbank game. Tonight, using the same software, I am currently watching the Hawks battle the Orix Buffaloes....it's 0-0 in the top of the 5th.

What is this magical FREE software you ask? It's called TvAnts. All you have to do, is download and watch. While everything is almost everything is in Japanese (the scoreboard on the screen is simple enough to follow), I find it fascinating to listen to the crowd. Drums, whistles, chanting, they are never quiet.

The program quality is pretty good. The screen that loads is a little small but, you can maximize it if you want. The only thing is that the larger screen is a little grainy. A few times it will freeze but, it usually fixes itself pretty quickly. Really though, no complaints considering the feed is coming all the way from Japan.

On perk is that TvAnts just isn't Japanese TV shows. It has numerous Chinese and Korean channels, as well as lots of American channels. I watched the MLB network for a while on it earlier.

Here are the instruction after you have downloaded the software:

-Open up TvAnts and allow for the Channels to load on the screen.

-Once they have loaded, scroll down to where the non-english Characters begin.

-Look for NPB: Fukuoka... in the title.

-Double Click and let it buffer.

-Sit back, and enjoy the game.

*If you can't locate the feed the way described above, just type "NPB" in the search box at the top of the screen and it should come up then. Be sure it has "Fukuoka" in the title so that you load the right game.

-Holly

P.S. I pre-apoligize for spelling/grammatical errors. It's 12:40am and I just got back from a full day at Six Flags. Soooo tired.

Video

I'm going to be headed to Austin today to go to the Rodeo this weekend. Before I did though, I thought I'd share a video I found of Kameron in post game conference. The best thing about it is that it shows clips of him pitching in games and there is not a Japanese translator over his voice.

Also, there is an article with video but, as usual, makes little to no sense. If your still interested in reading attempting to read it, you can find it here.

Finally, I am sad/happy/still undecided to announce that writing will no longer be in my professional outlook. I am changing my major to Business Finance. Business/Money type stuff has always been in my family--one of my Grandfather's owned his own business and my other Grandfather was the County Auditor. My brother is an accounting major and currently works in a County Auditor's office. I guess I'm just next in line.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

-Holly

Two Outings to Report On

Last Wednesday (3/18), Kameron made his second start in pre-season action as the Hawks beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3. He went five innings allowing three runs off of six hits. He walked none, struck out two, and earned a no-decision. He finished the game with an ERA of 2.77.

Today, Kameron made his third start against the Hanshin Tigers and earned his first win as Hawk. In the 5-3 victory, Kameron went six innings allowing three runs off of five hits. He walked two and struck out three. The Hawks were really helped out by two errors made by Tiger fielders that led to two Hawk runs. American Brian Falkenborg sealed the deal by stopping Tiger batters one last time to earn himself a save and Kameron a win.

Kameron is now 1-0 in pre-season play with an ERA of 3.32.

-Holly

"Baseball is a harbor, a seclusion from failure that really matters, a playful utopia in which virtuosity can be savored to the third decimal place of a batting average. "
~Mark Kramer

Kameron Secures Spot in Starting Rotation

On Thursday, Softbank officials announced that Kameron had secured the open spot in the starting rotation. If the rotation used for the pre-season games is similar to the regular season rotation, we can expect to see Kameron as the second or third starter. For the most part, Kameron has pitched after fellow American D.J. Houlton this pre-season.

On the same day, Kameron started and went five innings in a 1-1 tie against the Yokohama Baystars. In his five innings of work, Kameron allowed just two hits, struck out three, walked three and allowed just one run. This was his second outing in the 'official' pre-season and just his first start. His two appearances together total for eight innings with an ERA of 1.13.

I believe we can expect to see Kameron's next outing on either Wednesday the 18th against the Chiba Lotte Marines or Friday the 20th against the Dragons.

For those of you that are curious about other former Rangers in Japan, Kevin Mench and the Hanshin Tigers will be at the Yahoo! Dome a week from Tuesday on the 24th of March for a three game series against the Hawks. As for Jason Botts and the Nippon Ham Fighters, they too will travel to the Yahoo! Dome for a three game series beginning on April 10th.

Yeah for Spring Break!

-Holly

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."
- Babe Ruth

Hawks now 4-3 in Pre-Season Play

The Hawks have continued their pre-season play, now 4-3 after seven games. On Thursday (3/5), Kameron pitched a near flawless three innings in a 2-1 win over the Rakuten Eagles. He came in the 4th inning after fellow American starter D.J. Halton. Halton went three innings, giving up the only Eagle run, a home run, in the top of the second. In Kameron's three innings of work he allowed no runs, one hit, no walks and fanned five. He needed 37 pitches to get past ten batters.

More fun with the Google translator: It took me a while to realize Kameron had even pitched in this game because Google translator translated his name to "Russia". No comment.

Sorry this is rather short and sloppy. It's the week before spring break here at TCU which translates to "lots-o-tests" week. Enough said.

-Holly

“I hate tests”
-Many a college students, including me.

Hawks Take Two Against The Carp

The Softbank Hawks won both games of a two game series against the Hiroshima Carp to begin Spring Training play over the weekend.

On Saturday, Hawk pitching had a strong outing against Carp hitters by allowing just five hits and no runs as the Hawks went on to beat the Carp 3-0.

In the second game, on Sunday, the Hawk offense took over as they lit-up Carp pitchers with 11 hits over eight innings to beat the Carp 7-2.

The Softbank Hawks will look to better their spring training record to (3-0) on Wednesday, the fourth, against the Rakuten Eagles at the Fukuoka Yahoo! Dome. This will be the first game played at the Yahoo! Dome this season.

Funny little note: I got all of this information from the box scores on the Softbank website. Instead of saying "11" or "eleven" for the number of hits in the second game, it said "November". Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, "they got November hits in eight innings". It's weird because no other number was its corresponding month. Just another great mystery of Google Translator.

-Holly

"England and America should scrap cricket and baseball and come up with a new game that they both can play. Like baseball, for example."

-Robert Benchley

This Just In: Online Translators Stink.

I really, really wish I could tell you how Kameron pitched in an intersquad game yesterday, but I can't. Google translator has finally failed on me; not that it was exactly sufficient beforehand either. All I can really say is this: He pitched in his first intersquad game yesterday (the 22nd). As for the exact details, I'm not too sure. It's like someone wrote out a sentence on a piece of paper, cut out each individual word, put them all in a glass and started drawing out words to reform the sentence again. I will take a guess, though. I'm going to guess three hits and two runs.

You take a look and tell me what you think:

Pitcher Justin foreigner Jamano New (26 = San Diego Padres) low pitcher Cameron (27 = Rangers) 2 showed a pitching mound in the first intrasquad game. Jamano pitcher hits and no runs three times a pitcher hit a low two runs twice. Pitcher Jamano "The breaking ball is a different day. Today's game was so good curve ball." Low pitcher is "a good pitch for a strike at all" good mouth feel. Akiyama Director "(the struggle for Rothe's) come in full. Have found something good," wrote the future.

The Bold part is what I think might be referring to the game. Your guess is as good as mine...unless you can read Japanese or the Gibberish above.

In better news, I found a picture!!

I'm sure I just made every one's Monday a little better. I don't know about you, but I woke up with a big case of the Mondays this morning.

-Holly

"Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off... the right pitch will come, but when it does, be prepared to run the bases."

-Rick Maksian

Carpal Tunnel...ouch...Syndrome

Carpal...ouch...Tunnel...ouch!...Syndrom...Ouch!!! Don't worry; it's me, not Kameron. I feel like I'm too young to be getting this sort of thing, but Carpal Tunnel is what the TCU doc's think. The worst thing is, is that I'm pretty sure I didn't even get it from writing twenty-page essays; I'm almost certain I got it from playing this Internet game. You see, my wireless mouse broke so, for about three weeks I used the touch-pad on my laptop. Included in that three week period was my obsession with that game. Unfortunately for me, the extremely quick hand movement required to beat the game was quite harsh on my hand using the touch-pad. And eventually, I got to where I am now: In a lot of pain.

For the sake of my hand and wrist, I will get to the point. This weekend I am going to Austin to go to the Doctor where, I assume, they will tell me to minimize computer use. So, until my poor wrist feels better, I won't be posting too much here. Don't worry though, if there is any relevant news, I will do my best to get it posted, even if I have to type with my chin.

With my spare time, I'm thinking about finding some other people who have been hurt by playing that "Airport Mania" game and filing a Class Action Lawsuit. That would be awesome because then we could represented by one of those T.V. attorneys I see in commercials during The Price is Right. Yeah...now that's a plan.

Here are some random pictures from Spring Training that I found:

Slip n' Slides are the best ways to teach sliding reports Hawk Officials:

No one expected Mary Poppins to leave such an impression on the team after they all watched it together Friday night:

Unfortunately, some players' ideas of keeping a runner from stealing weren't the greatest:

"One of these things is not like the other one..."

When I read that the Japanese Baseball was a little different than the U.S. ball, they weren't exaggerating:

-Holly

P.S. Feel free to post any other random captions to the pictures.

"The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love."

-Bryant Gumbel

More Stories

Here are few stories that surfaced over the past days:

Click here for the article about the two other American pitchers joining the Hawks this season. While it really isn't relevant to Kam Loe, there is a picture of all three pitchers.

Click here to read an article released after the Japanese press met with kameron. He mainly discusses his off season workout and his pitch selection.

Click here to read an article with Koji Akiyama's (the Manager) reaction to the three new American pitchers. There are brief sections on each player with descriptions and quotes.

Click here to watch a video of the three players and the manager during the press conference. While the players talk in English, there is a loud Japanese translation played over them. With that said, the video is still pretty neat to watch. Judging from the reaction of Japanese journalists during the photo op at the end, they seem pretty amused by the three Americans.

-Holly

"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen."
-Bob Lemon

Three Foreign Pitchers to Join the Team Today and Spring Training Assignments Released

The three new American Pitchers acquired over the off season will join the rest of the Softbank team today. You can click here for the official article from the Hawks' website in an online translator. The basic idea of the article is easy understand however, there are two quotes, one being from Kameron, that are a little difficult to get.

Also, the group assignments for spring training were also released today. All three of the newly acquired American pitchers were assigned to Group 'A', including Kameron Loe. To see the complete spring training schedule, check out this post I did awhile back.

Spring training officially starts February, 1st in the City of Miyazaki.

-Holly

P.S. Go Steelers!!

"I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all"
-Bob Lemon

To Answer Those Questions From Way Back When...

For those who remember (if you don't, then just scroll down), I opened up the blog to questions a while back. I managed to receive three questions and will answer them now.

Q) As a TCU horned frog, have you ever seen a horned frog? I haven't seen one since I was a kid when my dad was stationed in Texas around 1967 or so. He was in the Air Force and getting his masters degree at Texas A&M. My bothers and I use to catch them all the time. Is the Texas Horned Frog dwindling in numbers and becoming harder and harder to find?
-Craig

A) I see horned frogs all the time, if you count the numerous statues and images around campus! Haha, but really though, I have only seen a real-life horned frog a few times at zoos. Unfortunately, I hear the horned frog population is slowly dwindling down. Right now, I believe they are even on the endangered species list.

Q) Tell them about Wilson.
-Amanda (My best friend)

A) Well that's not really a question. But, because I'm in such a good mood, I'll Answer...uh...tell y'all about Wilson. Wilson is my dearly beloved...glove! Wilson is always by my side through thick and thin, though he doesn't get to play catch all too often these days anymore. I first got him for Christmas around my 7th or 8th grade year and has been with me ever since. He even stuck with me after I left him out on the field overnight my sophomore year in high school. It rained pretty hard that night too. And of course, Wilson hadn't been oiled in quite a while. I was lucky he survived. Though my Wilson isn't a fancy color like C.J. Wilson's blue Wilson and his leather is a little 'soggier' than when I first got him, Wilson is still my best glove.

Q) Who is your favorite Ranger player now?

-Dani and Micah

A) Ya' know, I'm not too sure about this one. I think I will just wait awhile, at least until after spring training to discuss any "favorites".

Well everyone, we have just turned the last corner of the off season and are now headed towards the finish line; Spring training is in the very near future. Until then, I will be merrily sitting at my desk, eating "naturally and [mostly] artificially flavored" Gummy Bears, enjoying a nice room tempurature Gatorade and not enjoying homework. Oh, and a little blogging too.

-Holly

"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.”

-Gaylord Perry

A Statistics Lesson

I am always the first one at school to throw out the "I will never use this outside of school" complaint to teachers. Math class was always the first class I criticized because it didn't take me but two seconds of Algebra my freshman year to realize that math was not my expertise. Some of my arguments were as followed:

• Algebra I: "When will I ever have to solve for 'x' as a History major?" (I had considered majoring in History...that is until I heard the words "History Paper")
• Geometry: "Do veterinarians really need to have the formula for the area of an octagon memorized?" (I wanted to be a vet...then I watch an episode of emergency vets and nearly got sick)
• Algebra II: "Factorization? I'm pretty sure music majors don't need to know the factors of 71. What? It's a prime number? See!" (Of course I went through the whole music major phase...that is until the dreaded music theory class I took my senior year.)
• Pre-Calculus: "I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure journalists don't need to know how to find the missing side of a triangle by using Sin, Co sin or Tangent." (I'm happy to say the whole journalism thing is still accurate.)
  

I would have put down my argument for my recent statistics class, but I didn't have too. I actually used something I learned from that class in a real-life problem. Yeah!

So, what did I do? I found out the Mean (average) height of all the players on the Softbank Roster (as of 1/22/2008), found the Standard Deviation of the data and used it see exactly where the heights of the American Players fit with the rest of the squad.

The mean height of all 74 players on the roster:

• 181.6cm or approximately 6 feet.

The Standard Deviation for all 74 players on the roster:

• 5.5 cm or approximately 2 inches.
  

Without going into too much detail, Standard Deviation is the measure of the dispersion the data set is from the mean. Basically, it tells you how far a particular number is from 'normal' in a data set. Doctors often use it to track the heights of children to make sure they grow at a normal rate. Most data (99.7%) falls within three standard deviation of the mean. If a particular number is not within three standard deviations, it is usually labeled an outlier. A scientist running an experiment with an outlier may suspect an error or a child's height that is considered an outlier can alert a doctor of a disorder.

On the chart above, the center dash in the mean. The rest of the marks are the +/- Standard deviations up to three. As you can see, the third + standard deviation is 198.1cm. Kameron Loe's height is 201cm. This means that Kameron's height is outside of the third standard deviation, thus putting him in the .3% of data that lies outside the third. Luckily though, he is not alone. His fellow American teammate Brian Falkenborg is listed as 200cm., which also puts him past the third standard deviation. The rest of the Americans' heights fall within the third standard deviation.

Basically, I just proved mathematically that Kameron will be a lot taller than his teammates. Haha. Hey, it was a good way to pass the time. This long off season continues...but not for too long!

-Holly

"Baseball is a habit. The slowly rising crescendo of each game, the rhythm of the long season-These are the essentials and they are remarkably unchanged over nearly a century and a half. Of how many American institutions can that be said?"

-George Will

Back in Business

Now that the Holiday season has passed and 2009 has replaced 2008, it is time to get back to business. Over the Holidays, there was not much news on the Softbank site however, they did announce the Jersey Numbers of their Foreign Players:


Chris Aguila - Outfielder - 04

Kameron Loe - Pitcher - 00

Brian Falkenborg - Pitcher - 25

Justin Germano - Pitcher - 34

D.J. Houlton - Pitcher - 54 (Previously 00)


All of the Players are new and were acquired during the off season except for D.J. Houlton who is the foreign player returning from last season.

The Hawks also have the profiles of the new players up. Click here to see Kameron's profile. Obviously, there is not a picture yet. I expect that to appear sometime in late January. At the bottom there is, what I believe to be, a career achievements list, however, I wouldn't even suggest trying to read/understand it. It's not impossible to get some of it, it's just a little very mind boggling. Plus, it says the same thing for every pitcher.

I will now leave you with an interesting bunch of statistics (Wow! I am actually finding use to something I've learned....)

Heights of 10 randomly* selected players from the Softbank Hawk's Roster (In CM):

189, 174, 180, 189, 179, 201, 178, 178, 179, 193

*Except for one...I have a feeling you will know which one it is after one glance at the numbers. Haha! When I get back to Ft. Worth I will go through an actual random selection of heights and put them through a little test I learned in Statistics. What I find should show us just how "far out" Kameron's height will be from the rest of the team. Too bad I didn't think about this sometime last semester; I could have got some extra credit...

Wow. Kameron should be really, really proud of himself: He has me reading for fun and doing math in my spare time.

-Holly

"Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width."
-Bill Veeck