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Tagged: Rajai Davis
Mr. Davis and the Cooks at Safeco Field (8/5/2013)
Who was the first batter at the first MLB game you ever attended? Personally, I have no clue.
But I can tell you that Frank Catalanotto took "strike 1" when Tim watched Gil Meche deliver the first pitch of his first Major League game back on September 12, 2006. And I can tell you that Luke French delivered "strike 1" to Rajai Davis with the first pitch of Kellan's first Major League game back on October 1, 2010.
Our goal has been to meet and get an autograph from each of those guys. And on August 5, 2013, which marked the first full day of our 2013 Seattle vacation, we finally caught up with Rajai Davis. Here is the story of that day.
We had four Mariners games planned for the trips. On our way down to this one, we were happy to have Colleen "Mommy" Cook…
…join us for her first game of the season.
We arrived plenty early and entered through The Pen entrance…
…in left field.
At the outset, Tim hung out with Granpda while Kellan, Colleen and I headed out by the batters' eye:
There were two baseballs in the grass out there and an usher eventually tossed one our way.
Thanks, Usher!
I then split off from Colleen and Kellan and headed over to the LF corner to check out Edgar's Cantina. It's nice, but I'll never really spend any time here for at least a decade or two because kids are not allowed in there (which seems silly to me since people drink alcohol everywhere in the ballpark…and all ballparks). Anyway, here are a couple photos. First, the view to home plate:
The bar:
And through the window looking into the visitors' bullpen:
Someone hit a homerun into the Cantina while I was in there. They put a net over the top of the fans during BP, but the ball still trickled down and made its way into the hands of a fan back toward the bar.
So long, Edgar's, I'll come check you out again once the boys are in college or something.
When they opened the rest of the ballpark, Tim and my dad headed to RF for a bit and Yoervis Medina tossed a ball to Tim.
Thanks, Yoervis!
Colleen, Kellan and I headed to foul territory in LF. We had one major goal for this game: get a special autograph from Rajai Davis. I knew the 3B line would be our best bet to make it happen.
As the Blue Jays took the field, the scene looked a little like this:
The three of us went to the lower "X" on the far right side of the photo. Davis was playing catch with one of his teammates and he was in shallow CF throwing to his partner just behind 3B.
I made a big sign (just like I made for Tim's first batter, Frank Catalanotto) that read:
When I spotted Rajai out in shallow center, I yelled, "RAAAAAAJJJJJJJAAAAAAAAAIIIIIII" at the top of my lungs and held the sign high over my head.
Davis looked over and gave me a nod and a little "hold on a minute" hand gesture.
I knew we were going to succeed in our two three-year old Davisquest.
After taking some fungo'd pop flies in LCF, Rajai made his way over to us (and my dad, who had joined us) took a lot of pictures:
Top Left: I'm showing Rajai the photo of the first pitch of Kellan's first MLB game back on October 1, 2013. The picture was already signed by the M's starting pitcher, Luke French.
Top Right: While a Rueters photographer snapped away, Rajai and I look up to track a ball after hearing the crack of the bat.
Bottom Left: Rajai points at the picture and mumbles (as if half to himself and half to me), "Ah, Oakland A's. Luke French. Yeah…that's a good night for Mr. Davis." After the game, I checked the box score and found that Mr. Davis went 2-3 with an RBI and 2 walks on the night. Nearly everything went wrong that night. The M's lost 9-0. Thankfully, the one thing that went right was that Rajai was retired on the second pitch of the game. So Kellan started his MLB career with the Mariners throwing "strike 1, out 1" on his first two pitches.
Bottom Right: Rajai signs the photo for Kellan.
After signing the photo, Rajai was super cool (and patient) and hung out long enough for my dad to snap a few more photos of us (in which, for some reason, Colleen tried to lean back out of the photo instead of joining us – silly girl):
Here's a close up of Rajai and Kellan (and me since I was holding Kellan):
And here's a photo I found after the game by search google for "Rueters Rajai Davis":
That photo was posted on several sports websites around the world…I'm not sure why, but I won't argue about it.
Finally, check this out:
How many people have a picture of the first pitch of their first MLB game signed by both the pitcher and batter AND photos with both of the players?? Not many, I am sure. In fact, Kellan is the only one I know (we are still trying to track down Tim's first pitcher, Gil Meche).
After our Rajai Davis experience, we headed further down the LF line for a while:
There were so many Blue Jays fans down from Canada that we stood no chance at getting any toss-ups.
Late in BP, Colleen and my dad stayed with the boys in the shady foul territory and I headed out to RF to try my luck at catching a BP homer. It was really sunny out there…
…and I came nowhere near catching any homers.
Check out my dad, Colleen and the boys (you can only see Tim in this photo) hanging out in LF foul territory…
…behind a line of Blue Jays fans. I'm pretty sure that there are more Blue Jays fans at BP at Safeco Field when the Blue Jays visit Seattle than there are at any Blue Jays home game.
On my way back over to foul territory, I stopped by the Mariners bullpen to check out the new setup…
…, which is the result of the M's bringing the fences in for the 2013 season. Last season, there was a tall chain link fence between the bullpen and the fans. Now, it is just a low railings. Much more access and less interference between fans and players. I like it.
Here are a few views of the newly reconfigured LF area:
Lower Right: Edgar's Cantina from the seats next to the LF foul pole.
Lower Left: The hand operated scoreboard is now above Edgar's and set back 10-15 feet from the field – it used to be right above the OF wall.
Upper Right: Tim touching the LF foul pole.
Upper Left: The new standing room area above Edgar's Cantina. This area replaces two sections of seating that used to be in LF.
Next, we headed off to the Kids' Play Area for a bit:
Last season, we concluded that Tim wouldn't be able to go in the play area this season. This season, he was a smidge taller than the height limit, but they still let him in with Kellan – and he still had lots of fun.
While we watched the kids play, my dad posed for a picture with the Rajai Davis sign and…
…then I drew a "Hit It Here" sign on the back of the Rajai sign.
Before the game started, we headed back to the bullpen to watch Hisashi Iwakuma warm up for the game:
And then Tim acted like he was throwing this Pepsi sign on our way to our seats:
We made it to our seats in CF in time for Kuma's first pitch to Jose Reyes:
And that's when I noticed that one of the Blue Jays' BP homers had busted the out-of-town scoreboard above the bullpens:
It was like this the entire game, but was fixed by the next day.
For most of the game, my dad and Tim sat next to each other…
…and Colleen, Kellan and I sat right in front of them, with me on the aisle seat.
The game was a pitchers' dual with R.A. Dickey…
…going pitch-for-pitch with Kuma.
In the bottom of the second inning, Justin Smoak hit an infield Popfly that just missed hitting the international space station…
…and it almost went for a base hit, but for the last minute diving catch by Jays third baseman, Brett Lawrie.
In the second inning, Kellan and I set out on foot for a little adventure. First, we headed out to the SRO area in CF by the Mariners bullpen:
Check out the shadows on "MarinersVision" in those bottom two picts. The sun was streaming into the ballpark from low on the horizon across Puget Sound resulting in a shadow of the lighting fixture clock in LF being cast against the screen.
Next, we headed to the SRO bar area Edgar's Cantina:
I guess, in theory, this is somewhat like the Flag Court in Baltimore or the LF corner in Cleveland, but it is much smaller and is partially covered with an overhang. Not bad though.
Next up, we headed over to the Mariners team store, where Kellan wanted me to buy him a stuffed Mariners Moose thingy (which I meant to buy later in the week, but forgot to do)…
…and then we headed back to our seats. By this point, it was the fourth inning and I had to shake my head at the fact that people were still arriving for the game!
In the bottom of the fifth, it looked like the M's were getting something going. Dustin Ackley led off the inning with a single. After Humberto Quintero flew out, Brad Miller slapped a single…
…of his own. But that's all the M's could muster in the inning. Two more quick pop outs followed and the game went into the sixth inning with a scoreless tie.
Here are some random, mid-game cute pictures of Colleen and Kellan:
We held the "Hit It Here" sign a bunch when the M's were batting. But no one ever hit us with a homerun.
I had forgotten about this, but Mariners home games against the Blue Jays are usually annoyingly crowded. I'm all for tons of fans showing up at Safeco Field. But I'm not for tons of visiting fans showing up. I don't particularly enjoy hearing the crowd at Safeco Field cheer AGAINST the Mariners. I get enough of that phenomenon when we see the M's play road games. When I Seattle, I like the crowd to go crazy IN SUPPORT of my boys in blue. This was the wrong series to attend from that perspective.
Anyway, due to the large'ish crowd (at least large'ish for a Mariners Monday night game), the people running the play area handed out these cards…
…at the beginning of the game. They ran 15 minute shifts throughout the night and Tim and Kellan (accompanied by Colleen) had their chance to play a bit more from 8:40 to 8:55 p.m.
While they were away at the play area, my dad came down a row to sit next to me. Soon, a couple of my high school friends sent me messages that looked like this:
My dad and I made the Mariners broadcast with my "Hit It Here" sign. I think that picture is pretty funny because (1) my dad is smiling like he knows we're on TV, (2) I'm doing something weird with my mouth (maybe I was eating something???), and (3) Kellan's cute little glove looks so tiny on the corner of the chair in front of me (next to my knee). I only wish they would have put us on when Colleen and the boys were all there. Tim would have gotten a kick out of that. Oh, well.
In case you were wondering, he was the Mariners outfield for the game:
Michael "The Beast" Morse, Michael "The Condor" Saunders and Rauuuuuuuuuuuul Ibanez.
And, in case you were wondering again, here is the oddly cool green-based Ken Griffey, Jr. shirt that Tim wore to the game:
So, Justin Smoak led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a massive Smoak-bomb to deeeeeeep RF:
That put the M's up 1-0 with only sixth defensive outs to go and Kuma dealing a gem on the mound. I was feeling quite positive about the prospects for an M's "W".
But it wasn't our night. Kuma gave up a lead off triple to Brett Lawrie in the top of the eighth inning. After retiring Josh Thole, Kuma gave up an RBI single to Jose "Jose, Jose" Reyes. Tie ball game.
Funky Cold Yoervis Medina then came in and recorded the second out of the inning. But then he gave up a single to Jose Bautista, a wild pitch sending Reyes to 3B, and a walk.
By this point, Tim and I were over by the Mariners bullpen…
…watching Oliver Perez warm up:
And just taking photos of the bullpen setup that was still very new to us:
Unfortunately, Perez gave up a 2-RBI line drive single to Mark DeRosa. That put the Jays up 3-1, and that was the final score.
On our way back to our seats we were hopeful for a Mariners comeback (that was not in the cards). We stopped along the way at what I think is one of the most unique spots in any MLB stadium – The Pen's lounge area with open flames:
The boys love that spot. Unfortunately, you cannot see the game whatsoever from there.
The M's gave it their best shot, but couldn't come back. Final score 3-1 Blue Jays.
After the game, we got some family pictures before heading out:
While we prefer Mariners wins, it is always great to be at Safeco Field, and we left this game knowing we had three more opportunities to see the M's win at this beautiful ballpark over the course of the week.
Go Mariners!
2013 C&S Fan Stats
|20 Games
|19 Teams – Mariners, Royals, Phillies, Red Sox, Rays, Orioles, Yankees, Dodgers, Reds, Nationals, Marlins, Pirates, Blue Jays, Twins, Tigers, Mets, Brewers, White Sox, Braves
|32 Ice Cream Helmets – Phillies (jumbo) 4, Phillies (normal) 2, Red Sox 2, Yankees 2, Orioles 4, Nationals 2, Pirates 2, Blue Jays 2, Tigers 6, Mets 2, Reds 4
|93 Baseballs – Mariners 13, Royals 4, Phillies 19, Rays 2, Orioles 7, Dodgers 3, Umpires 7, Reds 9, Nationals 3, Marlins 4, Pirates 1, Blue Jays 2, Twins 3, Tigers 1, Mets 3, Yankees 2, Brewers 2, Red Sox 6, White Sox 3
|11 Stadiums – Safeco Field, Citizens Bank Park, Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Camden Yards, Nationals Park, PNC Park, Rogers Centre, Comerica Park, Citi Field, Great American Ball Park
|33 Player+ Photos – Oliver Perez, Lucas Luetge, Hisashi Iwakuma, Carter Capps, Daniel Nava, Alex Wilson, Andrew Bailey, Pedro Ciriaco, Mike Carp 2, Koji Uehara, Will Middlebrooks, Joel Hanrahan, Jonny Gomes, Alfredo Aceves, Clayton Mortensen, Rick Anderson, Tom Gorzelanny, Joe Savery, Jonathan Pettibone, Carlos Ruiz, Charlie Manuel, Justin DeFratus, Ryan Howard, Ben Revere, Larry Anderson, Gary "Sarge" Matthews Sr., Kyle Kendrick, Ryne "HOF 2005" Sandberg, Michael Stutes, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Rajai Davis
|11 Autograph – Hisashi Iwakuma 2 (English & Japanese), Carter Capps, Ryan Hanigan, Jesus Tiamo, Mike Carp 2, Ryan Rowland-Smith 2, Felix Hernandez, Rajai Davis
2010 Mariners Season Finale (10/3/10)
2010 was a long and fun season. And, on October 3, 2010, we headed down to Safeco Field for the final game of our and the Mariners 2010 season.
The line-up was Tim, Kellan, Colleen, my folks, my buddy Paul, and me. Although Paul joined us late, the rest of us headed down for non-existent batting practice.
We headed into Safeco Field and found ourselves in the standing room area in center field. Nothing was going on yet. So we just hung out for a few minutes. We were ready for some good old-fashioned Mariners fun:
Soon, a couple Cook & Son Hall of Famers made their way out to the bullpen: Jason Phillips to the left…
…and finale starting pitcher, Ryan Rowland-Smith, to the right. After a tough season where we never got to see him pitch live, I was excited for the opportunity to watch Ryan close out the 2010 season with a strong final outing.
The Mariners braodcasters do their pregame show from the centerfield standing room area. After Tim hopped from my shoulders to grandpa's shoulders, Kellan and I strolled over to watch the broadcasters preparing for their show. All of a sudden, I saw a familiar face and, before I knew it, Mariners General Manager Jack Zduriencik…
…was kissing Kellan like a campaigning politician.
Despite the terribly disappointing season, I believe in Jack. I think he has a good vision for the team. And as GM's go, Jack is the most visible the Mariners have ever had. In two seasons, we've met him several times — like last season on the streets of Boston.
After saying hello to Jack Z., we watched Ryan Rowland-Smith warm up among a sea of mascots:
Across the field from RRS, opposing starter Dallas Braden warmed up for the A's.
My folks and Tim stayed in the outfield when Colleen, Kellan and I headed toward the Mariners dugout. As we walked through the seats behind first base, we watched as the Mariners Moose jacked a homerun to win the mascot homerun derby…
…while Bill Kruger and Brad Adam interviewed Jack Z. (who you can see sitting below the bright light).
I had a goal of getting either Luke French (Kellan's first pitcher) or Rajai Davis (his first batter) to sign the picture of Kellan's first pitch. We hung out behind the Mariners dugout watching for French…
…but we never found him. So instead, we just had another fan take our picture.
Eventually, a bunch of Mariners came out and started playing catch and stretching down the 1B line…
….you can see them in the background of this picture my parents took of some of the mascots.
When some of the Mariners started playing catch, I gave up on finding Luke French and we headed over by the guys who were playing catch. Two games ago, Greg Halman had tossed Tim and me his pregame warmup baseball. That day, we were practically the only people watching the players playing catch. But on this day, the seats were crowded. We were about six rows back and the first three rows were packed. I was hoping we could get one more baseball this season and this was our chance, but there was a lot of competition and the odds weren't looking good.
As the players started heading back to the dugout a ball or two got tossed to fans in the first row. Finally, Halman and his partner finished playing catch and Halman ended up with the baseball. He looked over to the crowd and I yelled, "Hey, Greg!!!!" I was the only one to call out to him by name and he appreciated it. He scanned around and found me and then tossed his baseball high over everyone else so they couldn't intercept it on its way to me and Kellan.
The baseball was just a bit over my head level. As I reached up to make the easy grab, Colleen yelled "No! NO!!!!" She was scared I would miss the ball and it would hit Kellan. It was pretty funny, really. Her maternal instincts to protect our baby overrode her common sense about my abilities to catch a baseball lobbed to me.
The expression on Kellan's face in this picture illustrates how difficult the catch was for me:
Yep, it was pretty routine. (That's a yawn, by the way).
Thanks, Greg!
The Mariners cleared out and we never found Luke French. But when I looked over toward LF, I saw Kellan's first batter stretching and preparing for the game. So we headed over there:
In that last picture, Rajai Davis is the guy bending down and reaching toward the ground.
As we waited to see if Davis would come over to sign autographs on his way back to the dugout, we watched this guy…
…walk down the fence and explain to everyone in the front row that they will be kicked out of the game if they interfere with a live ball in play. His message was simple, "Foul grounders are fair game, but catching a fair grounder will get you ejected.
When Davis finished streching, he jogged straight into the A's dugout. No first batter autograph for Kellan on this day. But don't fret. We'll track down Rajai Davis some day. You can mark my words on that.
Rajai Davis wasn't the only A's player walking straight lines, but not all of them were heading to the dugout. After warming up in the bullpen, Dallas Braden exited the bullpen gate and walked in a laser straight line directly to us. As I watched him approach, he displayed an odd expressionless face with his harms hanging unnaturally still as he walked…as I said…directly to us. Confused, I looked at him standing two feet in front of me. What's going on here, I thought to myself.
Then Braden extended his arm, opened his glove, nodded to me to reach in and remove…
…this baseball from the pocket of his glove. Although it took me hundreds of games, it took Kellan only two games to get a baseball from a pitcher with a perfect game on his resume.
Thanks, Dallas!
With no first pitch autographs, but two new baseballs in our pockets, we reported to our seats along the first base line. My mom took a picture of us (Paul was still en route to the ballpark):
We were ready for some Mariners baseball!
At exactly 1:11 p.m., Ryan Rowland-Smith delivered the first pitch of the game…
…for ball 1. However, if you click on that picture to enlarge it, the pitch looks pretty good to me. Davis ended up leading off the game with a single. RRS's body language wasn't looking good after the single. He sort of looked like, "Oh, no. Here we go again."
Kellan was ready to see some quality Mariners baseball…
…after a 9-0 shut out loss in his MLB debut game.
Despite the early frustrated body language, it seemed like RRS started believing in himself. And he should have because he had a good day. After RRS induced a fly out to CF for the first out of the game, Josh Bard threw out Davis trying to steal second. Then RRS struck out Jack Cust to end the first.
Yep, RRS was looking good…
…and he had one scoreless inning in the book.
As each Mariner came to bat for the first time, a picture drawn by a kid was displayed on the big screen. Here are all nine of the M's batters:
Franklin Gutierrez took a couple mighty looking hacks in the bottom of the first…
…but both he and the Mariners came up empty handed.
Hey, guess who showed up? It was Paulie!
Paulie, Tim and I had big plans for this game. We bought tickets to this game at the very beginning of the season figuring that it would probably be Griffey's final game. We were hoping to see Griffey's final homerun and Griff getting carried off the field and into retirement. Sadly, we were Griffeyless on this day.
The A's ended up scoring two runs off of RRS. They got one run in the third when Mark Ellis doubled to score Rajai Davis. In the fourth, Kurt Suzuki hit a lead off homerun to make it 2-0 A's.
To this point, the A's had scored 11 runs to the Mariners zero runs so far in Kellan's first two games. It was high time for the Mariners to get on the board for Kellan.
Michael Saunders led off the bottom of the fifth with a single. Our buddy Greg Halman…
…followed Saunders with a single of his own on this swing.
Two batters and two outs later, Saunders was erased, Halman stood on second base, and Matt Mangini occupied first as Ichiro came to the plate. In the hands down most exciting moment of Kellan's young Marienrs fan career, Ichiro lined a double down the RF line on this swing…
…and Halman and Mangini scored Kellan's first two Mariners runs ever. We were all on our feet screaming and cheering. It was a great moment.
After Ichi's 2RBI double, the Ichi-Meter was changed to record Ichi's 213th hit of 2010:
So the score was all knotted up at 2-2. I was excited for the possibility of Kellan witnessing his first Mariners win and RRS finishing off the season with a long-awaited second win of the season.
The excitement was contagious. Tim and Paul had to practice some fist bumps:
And of course Tim had to get in some playing-with-Grandma time:
With the Mariners on the board, Kellan sat up and took notice:
He was ready for the possibility of a personally historical moment — his first ever Mariners lead??
My little family bunched together and cheered like crazy for a Mariners rally:
I had to get a picture with my big boy and teammate:
And, of course, we had to celebrate the day with the season's final ice cream helmet:
Unfortunately, after Ichiro's double, the rally ceased. And after five innings, both teams went to their bullpens.
It should be noted that RRS actually had a slightly better line than Dallas Braden. Both pitched 5 innings and gave up 2 earned runs. But RRS gave up only 4 hits to Braden's 5 hits, and he struck out 3 to Braden's 2. They both walked 1 batter.
Sadly, the Mariners bullpen turned Braden into a winner-in-absentia. After Braden left the game knotted 2-2, Mariners reliever Anthony Varvaro promptly gave up a run on two hits in the top of the sixth. He would pitch only one-third of an inning.
In the 8th inning, Garrett Olson gave up a homerun to Kevin Kouzmanoff. That made the score 4-2 A's.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, Ichiro notched his 214th and final hit of the 2010 campaign:
He then stole his 42nd and final base of the season. He wound up on third base on a Jose Lopez groundout. Finally, Ichiro scored his 74th and final run of the season on a Justin Smoak line drive single to left field.
Sadly, Ichiro's run would be the final Mariners run to be pushed across the plate in 2010. We lost our 101st game of the season, and 2nd of Kellan's life, by a final score of 4-3.
Toward the end of the game, I snapped a picture of the Mariners mlb.com beat writer, Jim Street (in the OU hat):
Jim was closing out the final game of his career…although I recently read that he is only "semi-retired" so maybe we'll still see him on mlb.com from time-to-time.
After the game, we got a final family-at-the-ballpark picture…
…and a final TJCs and Paulie picture:
It was so sad that our season was over so soon and that, as we exited the gates at Safeco Field, we would be entering a period of six months without (regular season) Mariners baseball.
I snapped one more panorama for 2010 on our walk to the CF gates:
In doing so, I noticed that the hand operated scoreboard was already set up for the 2011 home opener:
Tim and I took a couple final pictures on our way out of the stadium:
He failed to smile in any of them. But how could I blame him?
It was now officially the off-season.
2010 Fan Stats:
29 Games
20 Teams (Mariners, Orioles, Blue Jays, Red Sox, Angels, Twins, Athletics, White Sox, Indians and Yankees; Phillies, Dodgers, Pirates, Braves, Mets, Brewers, Padres, Giants, Nationals and Marlins)
25 Ice Cream Helmets (Mariners (3), Orioles (4), Phillies (3), Padres (2), Pirates (2), Mets, Dodgers, Athletics, Nationals (2), Indians, Yankees)
66 Baseballs (15 Mariners, 2 Angels, 5 Athletics, 3 Brewers, 4 Nationals, 2 Blue Jays, 10 Umpires, 2 Phillies, 1 Mets, 4 Braves, 2 Orioles, 1 Dodgers, 1 Padres, 1 Giants, 2 Twins, 1 White Sox, 7 Easter Eggs, 1 Yankees, 2 Marlins)
13 Stadiums (Safeco Field, Camden Yards, Citizens Bank Park, Nationals Park, Citi Field, PNC Park, Oakland-Alameda County Stadium, Dodgers Stadium, PETCO Park, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, AT&T Park, Progressive Field, Yankee Stadium)
18 Player Photos (Jamie Moyer, Ryan Rowland-Smith (3), Omar Vizquel, Chad Cordero, Garrett Olson, Chris Seddon, Mike Cameron, Joel Piniero, Frank Catalanotto, Billy Wagner, Jeff Suppan, Tommy Hanson, Jered Weaver, Jay Buente, Brian Sanches and Scott Olsen)
2 Retired Player Photos (Jim Palmer, Bert Blyleven)
1 Umpire Photo ("Cowboy" Joe West)
16 Autographs (Ryan Rowland-Smith (3), Omar Vizquel, Jason Phillips, Chad Cordero, Garrett Olson, Chris Seddon, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Joel Piniero, Frank Catalanotto (2), Billy Wagner (2), Bobby Cramer, Jeff Suppan, Tommy Hanson, Jeff Weaver, Brian Sanches and Scott Olsen)
8 Kids Run The Bases (Citizens Bank Park, 2 Nationals Park, Citi Field, PNC Park, PETCO Park, Camden Yards, Progressive Field)
Kellan's MLB Debut (10/1/10)
October 1, 2010 was a big day, and its going to result in a BIG game report. Here we go.
The day was finally upon us: Kellan's first Mariners game! In the morning, I laid out our shirts for the day in small, medium and large sizes:
For this extra special game, I decided to don my extra special jersey: my official Mariners Ryan Rowland-Smith No. 18 jersey.
It was a night game and we had a busy day preparing for it. In the morning, my mom and I went shopping at a craft store and then, just like I'd done a little more than four years ago, I set up shop in my parents' garage to paint version 2.0 of the First Gamers Club sign:
My mom headed up a project of her own: creating a picture display for the "2006 First Gamers Club Reunion":
On September 12, 2006, we celebrated the first "First Gamers Club." The guests of honor (the "First Gamers") were Tim, Julie (my cousin Janet's daughter), Laura (my cousin Daniel's daughter), and Kasey (our family friends' grandson). With the exception of Laura, all of the 2006 First Gamers would be in attendance for the second First Gamers Club celebration.
This time, the guests of honor would be Kellan, Gill and Kate (Kellan's and Tim's only first cousins (my sister-in-law Kimberly's and brother-in-law Kevin's kids)), and Tyler and Erika (my cousin Janet's 3-year-old twins).
Thanks to my wonderful parents, Tim's first game was in Suite 5 at Safeco Field (the Ted Williams suite). Thanks again to my wonderful parents, Kellan's first game would also be in Suite 5 at Safeco Field. Here is Kellan's extremely cool first game ticket:
We arrived right when the gates opened. As we slowly made our way from the parking garage, through the suite level concourse and down to the field level, several ushers gave Tim and Kellan some baseball cards, including these two absolute keepers:
It was quite the chore to keep Tim from playing with (and thereby destroying) his Felix and Griffey cards during the game. He was very excited about them. I kept them safe and let him play with (and destroy) several less important cards he also received from ushers during BP.
When we made it to the field level, Tim and Colleen headed to the team store where Tim got some cool Mariners athetlic shorts (pictured throughout this entry) and Kellan and I reported directly to the RF foul line to watch BP.
This is the first picture ever of Kellan at Safeco Field (or any MLB stadium):
We watched BP from almost the exact same spot from which Tim and I watched BP at his first game. The only disappointing part of the pre-game events was that the Mariners were already off of the field when we arrived. So Kellan's first BP was limited to the visiting Oakland A's.
When we arrived at the field, my mom, dad and brother had already hung the First Gamers Club sign from our suite:
By the way, the "M" in "GAMERS" looks different because I painted silver sparkles over the black paint of the "M."
According to the time coding on my camera, it took exactly 11 minutes until A's 30-year old, first time September call-up, Bobby Cramer, bestowed upon Kellan the very first MLB baseball of his life:
Here is a cellphone picture I took so I could immediately show off Kellan's prize:
Bobby Cramer was very nice. We chatted a little bit during BP and he agreed to sign Kellan's first baseball after the conclusion of BP.
After hitting the team store, Tim and Colleen met up with us and Colleen took this picture of her three guys with Kellan's first baseball:
Tim was excited for his little brother. He really loves that little guy.
Then, someone took this excellent family picture of the four of us:
That kid in the yellow shirt explained that the Mariners had stamped some of the BP balls with a "CATCH & WIN" stamp. If you caught one of the stamped baseballs, you could turn it in for an autographed Mariners baseball at a prize table in the concourse behind home plate. (I guess I should mention that it was Fan Appreciation Night).
Well, Kellan's first baseball had the stamp. It is visible in the last couple pictures — it looks like a blue blob on the baseball. As much as I would like to get an autographed Mariners baseball, there was no way in the world that I was going to trade in Kellan's first baseball.
Soon, more First Gamers showed up. In this picture, Tim is jumping for joy (and sporting his new shorts!) as my dad chats up Tyler and Erika:
Julie is in the pink hat just behind Tim. I got a kick out of the fact that Tim and Julie shared their first game together back in September 2006. Now, just over four years later, Julie was enjoying her second baseball game while Tim was taking in his EIGHTY-SECOND game!
Eventually, my dad was able to secure a couple baseballs for Julie, Erika and Tyler:
I believe that both of those baseballs also came courtesy of Bobby Cramer.
Soon, Kimberly, Kevin, Gill and Kate also made their way down to join us for some BP. Colleen and Kimberly took this nice "sisters" shot…
…that features the First Gamers Club sign in the background.
True to his word, the second BP ended, Bobby Cramer ran over and signed Kellan's first baseball:
Note that Bobby is using the Cook & Son tried-and-true baseball glove hat method while signing Kellan's baseball. Kellan's first baseball is pictured below. I am extremely happy with it. Bobby did an excellent job with his autograph. The placement of his autograph and his jersey number ("64") off-set to the side of the "CATCH & WIN" stamp and a nice grass/dirt smudge easily make it one of the most visually unique and pleasing baseballs in our collection.
Even if Bobby doesn't turn out to be an all-star player, he can rest assured that he will always be remembered by the Cook family.
Thanks, Bobby!
BP was great fun with all of the kids. The only regret was that I had not been able to get a baseball for Gill and Kate. I'd once given Gill a baseball Gil Meche used to do some rehab work at old Yankee Stadium, so they had a real MLB baseball already. But I was determined that Gill should get one at his first game. At this point, I wasn't sure how or if that was going to happen.
Before leaving our BP spot, I had to pose for a picture with Tim in his familiar shoulder riding position and Kellan in his baby bjorn:
In that picture, you can see the "CATCH & WIN" logo on the big screen behind us.
After BP ended, Tim headed up to the suite with his Grandma. Meanwhile, Kellan, Colleen and I headed over to the Mariners dugout. I really wanted to get a picture of Kellan with a Mariner at his first game. I had discussed it with Ryan Rowland-Smith at our last game and he said he'd gladly pose for a picture with us and that we should come over by the dugout. So that's what we did.
Kellan took a little power nap:
And he concentrated hard on taking "it" all in while he was awake:
When Colleen split off from us to go fetch Kellan's pacifier, a nice fan asked if I wanted him to take our picture. Hey, why not? Right? So here it is:
No Mariners were in sight for a long time. Then, John Wetteland came out and started signing autographs down the foul line. A couple rookie calls up soon joined him. We stuck by the dugout looking for RRS. Eventually, he came out and we locked eyes. I pointed down the foul line and we both nodded our heads. But when he went down the line to meet up with us, a throng of fans rushed him for autographs. Then more players came out and joined the huge autograph session.
We moved down the line a bit and waited for people to clear out from the RRS line. In this picture, Kellan looks like a pro-autograph hound as RRS signs an autograph for another fan in the background:
We ended up getting pictures with four Mariners:
Clockwise from top left: David Pauley, RRS, Chris Seddon, and Garrett Olson.
Olson posed for a picture with us and then saw the little helmet in my hand. He grabbed the helmet, put it on Kellan's head, and leaned in for a second picture. Excellent move, Garrett!
I got a bright idea earlier in the day, I brought Tim's ice cream helmet from the last game and a metallic-silver pen and got the guys to autograph it:
A couple of the autographs are on the far side near the back. On the bill of the helmet, those autographs are Cook & Son Hall of Famers Jason Phillips and Ryan Rowland-Smith.
Phillips wasn't autographing down the line. While the autograph session was going on down the line, he was out in the bullpen and outfield working with starting pitcher Luke French and catcher Josh Bard. After we got those player pictures above, it was getting close to game time. We still had not visited the suite yet. But before heading up, I told Colleen we needed to go out to the bullpen because I wanted to say hi to Jason.
We found Phillips pretty quickly. He came over to chat and meet Kellan. And he asked, "Hey, where's the big guy?" Yep, Tim has graduated from being our "little boy" to being our "big guy."
Jason Phillips has been so incredibly cool to Tim and I over the past two seasons. I definitely don't want to try to take advantage of the relationship. But this was Kellan's first game! So I had to ask if he could hook Kellan up with his first Mariners baseball. "Of course," was Jason's response.
Thank you, Jason!!!
Faced with a fresh, new-to-the-world Mariners fan, Jason told us a story about when his kid was born and he was just days away from the start of a baseball season. When we parted ways, we wished each other well for the offseason. By the way, the baseball Jason gave to Kellan was fresh out of the box. It is a beautiful clean pearl of a baseball.
Here is a look at Kellan's first two baseballs:
Wait, that's three baseballs? To the left, that is Kellan's absolutely beautiful Bobby Cramer autographed, "CATCH & WIN" stamped first baseball. The baseball on the right ("107") is the baseball from Jason Phillips. (FYI, I internally debated with myself long and hard about whether we should start again at "1" now that Kellan has joined our little baseball team. I'm still not convinced I made the right decision, but I decided that we'd just keep on with our existing numbering system under the theory that all of the baseballs are collectively "Cook & Son" team baseballs. Right or wrong, I'll live with that decision until the boys are old enough that I'm no longer "cool" and they feel the need to have their own separate numbering system. Hopefully that's in the distant future because I love being on my sons' team.)
Anyway, what about that middle baseball? We wandered by the prize booth. I showed them Kellan's baseball (now autographed by Bobby Cramer) and told them there was no way I was going to give it to them, but that we still would like to get an autographed Mariners baseball. They put a little red dot inside the "C" in of the "CATCH & WIN" stamp and let me pick a bag from the autographed baseball grab bag. Truth be told, I like that red dot a lot. It adds to the story of Kellan's first baseball and it looks cool. Anyway, Colleen and I both pointed to the same grab bag, and we ended up pulling the above-pictured Jose Lopez autographed baseball. We like Jose. The Jose baseball is definitely a welcome addition to our home.
Okay — it was game time. We reported to the suite and said our hellos to the gathered crowd of family and friends.
I absolutely love Tim's "first pitch" picture. So, in addition to myself, I assigned two other people to photograph Kellan's first pitch. One took the shot too early and one took it too late. Luckily, I took it at just the right time and Kellan is now the proud owner of a framed picture of the first pitch of his first Mariners game. Here it is:
If you cannot tell, the baseball can be seen in the foul grass on the 3B side, just to the right of the circle of dirt around home plate (click to enlarge the picture and you'll be able to see it). Just like Tim's first pitch thrown by Gil Meche, Kellan's first pitch thrown by Luke French was a called "strike one."
On the second pitch, Rajai Davis popped out to…
…Ichiro in right field for the first "out" of Kellan's career as a Mariners fan.
After that second pitch, sadly, it was all downhill for the Mariners. The next batter hit a homerun and the A's never looked back.
But lets dwell on the positive. Here was our beautiful view from Suite 5 at Safeco Field:
When you attend a game in a luxury suite, its easy to end up not hanging on every pitch of the game. There is a lot that goes on in a suite. And my mom and Colleen did an excellent job snapping pictures of all of the fun.
In no particular order, lets check in on the fun:
Top left: my dad with my folks' closest friends and co-Mariners season ticket holders Lynn and Steve. And half-hidden behind Lynn in Kasey from the First Gamers Club class of 2006. Kasey and Tim had a blast together at this game.
Top right: my cousin Annie smiles for a picture with her (and my) uncle Raaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy! Ray is Julie, Erika and Tyler's grandpa.
Bottom left: Annie with her sister (and my cousin) Katie, my Dad, Julie and Kate (my neice).
Bottom right: My dad, Julie and Kate sans Annie and Katie.
My hope was that the Mariners would win. Unfortunately, they were facing Trevor Cahill who was looking to cap off a stellar season with his 18th win to go along with is sub-3.0 ERA. As with all apparent Mariners losses in the making, my second goal was that hopefully at least Ichiro would get a hit. I was poised with my camera ready to capture the moment:
But he walked in the first and, as shown here,…
…grounded into a fielder's choice in the third.
Back to the suite pictures. In the top left photo below, Katie shares a moment with her (and my) cousin Janet:
Janet, of course, is Raaaaaaaaaaayyy's daughter, and Julie, Erika and Tyler's mother.
Top right: My dad holds Kellan as uncle Raaaaaaaaaayyy watches on.
Bottom left: My mom goofs around with Julie.
Bottom right: Katie holds Kellan as they watch the game from the suite's top row of seats.
By the way, each of my cousins at this game are children of my mom's sisters, each of my aunts at this game are those very same sisters of my mom (she has four sisters and two of them were at this game), and each of my uncles at this game are the husbands of the aforementioned aunts and fathers of the aforementioned cousins.
More pictures:
Top left: Lynn, my dad, Kellan, me, and my aunt Carol (wife of Raaaaaaaayyy, mother of Janet, and grandma of Julie, Erika and Tyler).
Top right: My dad and Steve.
Bottom left: Kasey (in his grandma's arms) pats Kellan (in my dad's arms) on the arm, while Colleen and I smile for the camera.
Bottom right: Trouble with a capital "T" and "K". Left to their own devices, I am certain that Tim and Kasey could get into unruly amounts of mischief. (And, for good measure, Kate is hiding under the table).
The Mariners love new fans. They were quick to bestow unto Tim, Kellan, and all of the kids these fancy "first game" certificates:
Of course, this wasn't Tim's first game, so I digitally edited his certificate.
You know what else they have in suites? Awesome food, and lots of it. Here, my best buddy, Paul, and I point out (with amazement) part of the spread:
Along the wall off-camera to the right, we also had pizzas, hot dogs, and delicious little mini corndogs.
As the Mariners fell further-and-further behind their opponents, we just kept having fun:
Top left and right: Carol plays with Kellan. In the photo on the left, my aunt Margaret watches on in the pink jacket. In a crazy and by all accounts unplanned twist of fate, Carol wore the exact same white sweater and Margaret wore the exact same pink jacket to Tim's first game. Here is the photographic evidence.
Bottom left: Me and Paulie (taken about two seconds before (or possibly after) our "pointing at the food" picture above).
Bottom right: Tim and one of his favorite people in the whole world, his grandma.
This has been a lot of pictures…well, that's not even the half of it. Let's keep going:
Top right: the kids gather for some First Gamers Club cake!
Bottom left: I paparazzi-style ambushed my brother Jason as he got up to get more food and/or drink. Paulie laughs at Jason in the process. Back in 1998-99, Jason, Paul and I were roommates during the year after I graduated from college and before I moved to Pennsylvania for law school. Between the three of us, there was a lot of making fun of each other going on in that house. Good times.
Bottom right: Janet watches the game with all three of her kids.
Wait. That was three pictures in a row without Kellan. Here we go, its Kellan and Lynn on the left…
…and Kellan and aunt Kimberly on the right.
And how about some Kellan, mommy and the Safeco Field sign pictures? We got those too:
Like at Tim's first game, the Mariners Moose paid a visit to the suite and posed for pictures with everyone. Here are just two of the many Moose pictures:
By this point, all of these people should look familiar except two of 'em. In the top left, Janet's husband Destry is holding Erika and Tyler. At the bottom left, Katie and Annie are joined by their dad (and my uncle) Tom in their Moose picture. By the way, to connect the dots, maybe I should mention that Margaret and Tom are the parents and Katie and Annie are the sisters of my cousin Nathan with whom Tim and I went to a Nationals vs. Mets game on September 6, 2010.
Tim and his cousin Kate are about 9 months apart in age (Tim is older) and they have a great time with each other. Here, Tim makes silly faces at my camera…
…while Kate smiles at someone else's camera.
Meanwhile, Kate's big brother and Tim's cousin, Gill, was having fun sitting with his dad ("uncle Kevin") and playing with the large stack of baseball cards he'd acquired from various ushers throughout the night:
Gill's baseball fan loyalty is somewhat up in the air. While his dad is a moderate Phillies fan (more of an Eagles and Flyers fan) and his (and Tim's) grandpa is a Yankees fan, I have designs on drafting Gill into a life of indentured Mariners fanitude.
Tim continued having way too much fun, alternatively, with Kasey and his grandma:
And aunt Kimberly and uncle Kevin couldn't say enough about their experience at Safeco Field…
…where everyone was "so very nice" to them.
With Kellan's first game not quite going as planned on the field, there was plenty of time to smile at Kellan…
…or to take "guys" shots with my littlest boy and Paulie…
…and, of course, I had to get a shot with both of my boys…
….with Tim wearing a pair of rabbit ears courtesy of his uncle Jason.
At some point, Gill requested to go to the kids play area. Lynn, Kasey, Tim and I decided to join them. I took this shot from a little concourse that joins the 1B side suite level to the RF suite level:
The play area was pretty crowded and it was easy to lose sight of the kids in there. So we didn't stay too long. Before we left, I made a suggestion to Kimberly: if they would like, we could stop by the Mariners bullpen and I could try to get a baseball for Gill and Kate before heading back to the suite.
Things worked out ideally. As we approached the bullpen, Garrett Olson was warming up, but for some unknown reason, Jason Phillips wasn't doing the catching. Instead, Jason was standing behind the catcher just off to the lefthanded batters box side of the plate. He was standing against the fence to the bullpen.
In the picture below to the left…
…you can just barely see a little piece of Jason's blue baseball cap above the green padding right over Gill's right hand. As we walked up to the fence, I noticed that Jason was standing right there. I said hello and he turned around to chat.
Again, I don't like asking Jason for too much, but these were drastic times. Gill and Kate were never going to have another first game. I introduced Jason to everyone, mentioned that they'd flown out to Seattle from the east coast to share their first baseball game with Kellan, and I asked if it was possible for them to get a baseball to mark the occassion. "No problem," Jason said, "just let him finish warming up so I can get over to my bag." Above to the right, Gill watched through the fence with wide eyes.
Once Garrett finished warming up, Jason headed over to his equipment bag, pulled out a baseball and tossed it over the fence to uncle Kevin who handed it over to Gill who then gladly handed it over to his sister, Kate.
Thanks, again, Jason!
To celebrate Gill and Kate's first baseball, the three cousins got ice cream helmets and took them back to the suite:
Ichiro came to the plate for his final at bat of the night in the 8th inning. He was still looking to collect his first hit of the night, and his 211th of the season. And with this swing…
…he extended his hit streak in games attended by Kellan to one (1) game (and counting).
It was getting late and the action in the suite was quieting down a bit. The Martelons enjoyed some more "first game" action from the steps in the suite's seating area:
The food service people started cleaning up…
…while Colleen and Kellan relaxed in a cushy chair:
Others, including me and Tim, quietly watched the Mariners offense sputter to the finish line of a 9-0, six hit, shutout loss:
The brutal loss, however, couldn't dampen our spirits. The season was long lost months ago and, while a win would have been great, this night was about family, friends and sharing our five kids' "first game" experience with one another. And on that front, the night was a smashing success.
After the game concluded, people slowly said their temporary good-byes (we're all family, we'd see each other again soon):
Paulie pointed out the framed shot of our favorite baseball player of all-time hanging on the wall:
Months earlier, I had hoped and expected that Ken Griffey, Jr. would be playing in this game. Given his retirement, I was at least happy to have him "in" the suite with us.
I didn't want to leave. I grabbed my "big guy" and we got a picture as the Safeco Field roof rolled shut:
In the name of preserving history, I got a picture of the "unhappy" totals:
Then we got a picture of our whole family:
We try to get a full family shot at least once a year. It was great to get this one at Safeco Field (although poor little Kellan was lights out at this point). Oh, by the way, there is my camera-shy sister-in-law, Alison, between my mom and brother! (With this picture, I am pretty sure I've now included at least one picture of each person who attended the game with us in the suite).
Then, I got yet another panorama from the suite (showing the roof closing)…
…and one more picture of my happy little family (the "PA Cooks"):
Aside from the final score, it was an almost unbeatable day at the ballpark.
Welcome to the Majors, Kellan!
Ken Griffey, Jr. and Ichiro greeted us in the hallway…
…as we made our way from the suite to the car.
Why did the night have to end?
2010 Fan Stats:
28 Games
20 Teams (Mariners, Orioles, Blue Jays, Red Sox, Angels, Twins, Athletics, White Sox, Indians and Yankees; Phillies, Dodgers, Pirates, Braves, Mets, Brewers, Padres, Giants, Nationals and Marlins)
24 Ice Cream Helmets (Mariners (2), Orioles (4), Phillies (3), Padres (2), Pirates (2), Mets, Dodgers, Athletics, Nationals (2), Indians, Yankees)
64 Baseballs (14 Mariners, 2 Angels, 4 Athletics, 3 Brewers, 4 Nationals, 2 Blue Jays, 10 Umpires, 2 Phillies, 1 Mets, 4 Braves, 2 Orioles, 1 Dodgers, 1 Padres, 1 Giants, 2 Twins, 1 White Sox, 7 Easter Eggs, 1 Yankees, 2 Marlins)
13 Stadiums (Safeco Field, Camden Yards, Citizens Bank Park, Nationals Park, Citi Field, PNC Park, Oakland-Alameda County Stadium, Dodgers Stadium, PETCO Park, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, AT&T Park, Progressive Field, Yankee Stadium)
18 Player Photos (Jamie Moyer, Ryan Rowland-Smith (3), Omar Vizquel, Chad Cordero, Garrett Olson, Chris Seddon, Mike Cameron, Joel Piniero, Frank Catalanotto, Billy Wagner, Jeff Suppan, Tommy Hanson, Jered Weaver, Jay Buente, Brian Sanches and Scott Olsen)
2 Retired Player Photos (Jim Palmer, Bert Blyleven)
1 Umpire Photo ("Cowboy" Joe West)
16 Autographs (Ryan Rowland-Smith (3), Omar Vizquel, Jason Phillips, Chad Cordero, Garrett Olson, Chris Seddon, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Joel Piniero, Frank Catalanotto (2), Billy Wagner (2), Bobby Cramer, Jeff Suppan, Tommy Hanson, Jeff Weaver, Brian Sanches and Scott Olsen)
8 Kids Run The Bases (Citizens Bank Park, 2 Nationals Park, Citi Field, PNC Park, PETCO Park, Camden Yards, Progressive Field)

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Sonoma Ranch Homeowners Association is a growing community with two sections finished, two sections near completion and two more sections coming on board. Since their inception in 2003 they already have 580 homes. The community has added small parks in section 2 along with a pool and recreation center that will open this season for the first time. There will also be a large park and playground at the rec center. Beautification of the entrances and monument are also in progress in section 2.
Although Sonoma Ranch is still under developer control, Coastal Bend Property Development is the developer, the homeowners have really taken a positive and active role to see that community continues to achieve. The homeowners, with C.I.A Services' help and guidance, have started a beautification committee that has already worked hard by collecting contributions from a nearby business for the Yard of the Month contest winners this year. Another volunteer dedicated their time to do our website and is doing a wonderful job. Our first newsletter went out to Sonoma Ranch homeowners thanks to the work of another member and her husband that volunteered. And just recently, two more homeowners contacted C.I.A. Services to say they would like to be on the Social Committee, just in time for the pool opening.
With wonderful members that care about their community as much as all the great volunteers we have, you know that Sonoma Ranch will continue to be a remarkable place to live.
Sonoma Ranch and its homeowners are very deserving of this award for all the work and accomplishments they have and will continue to achieve.
It is a pleasure to honor Sonoma Ranch Homeowners Association with Community of the Month.
Community of the Month – Features Past
There are some great stories, some wonderful programs, some fantastic people to meet in these features, enjoy our past Community of the Month features.
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|December 2019
|Plantation Lakes Community Association, Inc
|November 2019
|Summerwood Commercial Association
|October 2019
|Clear Creek Forest Subdivision, Section 13, Property Owners Association
|September 2019
|Cedar Springs Homeowners Association, Inc.
|August 2019
|Magnolia Heights Homeowners Association, Inc.
|July 2019
|Ashcreek Homeowners Association
|June 2019
|Aliana Commercial
|May 2019
|Cinco Ranch Southwest Community Council
|April 2019
|Lake McQueeney Las Brisas Homeowners Association
|March 2019
|Pine Forest Village Community Association
|February 2019
|Bowling Green Garden Homes Association
|January 2019
|Artesian Lakes Community Association
|December 2018
|Kendall Pointe Homeowners Association
|October 2018
|S.A. Remington Heights Homeowners Association, Inc.
|September 2018
|Aliana Community Council
|August 2018
|Redland Ranch Estates Homeowners Association, Inc.
|July 2018
|Community Association of the Highlands
|June 2018
|Retablo Ranch Owners Association, Inc.
|April 2018
|Cinco Ranch Residential Association II
|February 2018
|Lochshire Maintenance Fund Inc.
|January 2018
|S.A. St. James Place Homeowners Association, Inc.
|December 2017
|Atascocita West Community Improvement Association
|November 2017
|Indian Shores Property Owners Association
|October 2017
|Bay Pointe Community Association
|September 2017
|El Sendero (San Antonio) Homeowners Association
|August 2017
|Atascocita Trails Homeowners Association
|July 2017
|White Oak Ranch Subdivision Homeowners Association
|June 2017
|Telfair Commercial Association
|May 2017
|The Woods at Fair Oaks Homeowners Association, Inc.
|April 2017
|Cross Creek Ranch Community Association
|March 2017
|Aliana Homeowners Association
|February 2017
|Steeple Chase Terrace Townhouse Association
|January 2017
|Plantation at Woodforest Community Association
|December 2016
|Cinco Ranch Commercial Association II
|November 2016
|Dancing Bear Property Owners Association
|October 2016
|Rancho Verde Community Association
|September 2016
|Deerfield Owners Association
|August 2016
|Kirkmont Section II Association
|July 2016
|Inwood Northwest Neighborhood Association
|June 2016
|Colony Grant Homeowners Association
|May 2016
|Greensbrook Community Association
|April 2016
|Atascocita Timbers Homeowners Association
|March 2016
|Cinco Ranch Southwest Community Council
|February 2016
|Homeowners Association of Timber Forest
|January 2016
|New Forest Homeowners Association
|December 2015
|Riverpark on the Brazos Property Owners Association
|November 2015
|Community Association of the Highlands
|October 2015
|Cedar Springs Homeowners Association, Inc.
|September 2015
|Eldridge Park Village Community Association
|August 2015
|Cinco Ranch Residential Association II
|July 2015
|Cypresswood Green Property Owners Association
|June 2015
|Fairway Pointe Community Association
|May 2015
|Eilan Condominium Association, Inc.
|February 2015
|Riverwalk Property Owners Association
|November 2014
|Kenswick Trace Homeowners Association
|October 2014
|Fairfax Villages Homeowners Association
|September 2014
|Belleau Wood Civic Club
|August 2014
|Eastpoint Subdivision Homeowners Association
|December 2013
|Eldridge Park Village Community Association
|November 2013
|Royal Palms Homeowners Association
|October 2013
|Bowling Green Garden Homes Association
|September 2013
|Bay Pointe Community Association
|June 2013
|Woodforest North Section II Homeowners Association
|April 2013
|Community Association of the Highlands
|March 2013
|Cinco Ranch Southwest Community Council
|February 2013
|Copper Creek Civic Improvement Association
|December 2012
|Cinco Ranch Residential Association II
|November 2012
|Heron Nest Owners Association
|September 2012
|Dancing Bear Property Owners Association
|August 2012
|Sonoma Ranch Homeowners Association
|May 2012
|Fairway Pointe Community Association
|April 2012
|Riverpark on the Brazos Property Owners Association
|March 2012
|Parkway Forest Property Owners Association
|November 2011
|Westfield Glen Property Owners Association
|October 2011
|Pine Forest Village Community Association
|September 2011
|Cumberland Community Association
|August 2011
|Bridlewood Estates Property Owners Association
|May 2011
|Cross Creek Ranch Community Association
|April 2011
|Valley Lodge Property Owners Association
|February 2011
|Hunterwood Village II Association
|October 2010
|Homeowners Association of Timber Forest
|August 2010
|Oak Park Ridge Section 2 Homeowners Association
|June 2010
|Ashcreek Homeowners Association
|May 2010
|Ridgepoint Community Association
|April 2010
|Atascocita West Community Improvement Association
|March 2010
|Traces II Community Improvement Association
|February 2010
|Stable Gate Homeowners Association
|January 2010
|Fairway Pointe Community Association
|October 2009
|Plantation at Woodforest Community Association
|May 2009
|Heather Ridge Village Homeowners Association
|April 2009
|Heron Nest Owners Association
|January 2009
|Cinco Ranch Residential Association II
|October 2008
|Inwood Northwest Neighborhood Association
|July 2008
|Hunterwood Village II Association
|May 2008
|Quail Green South Community Association
|February 2008
|Fairway Pointe Community Association
|January 2008
|Valley Lodge Property Owners Association
|December 2007
|Parkway Forest Property Owners Association
|September 2007
|Westfield Glen Property Owners Association
|August 2007
|Woodforest North Section II Homeowners Association
|May 2007
|Clear Lake City Boulevard Association
|April 2007
|Atascocita West Community Improvement Association
|February 2007
|Community Association of the Highlands
|December 2006
|Stable Gate Homeowners Association
|June 2006
|Sonoma Ranch Homeowners Association
|April 2006
|Bay Pointe Community Association
|March 2006
|Quail Green South Community Association
|February 2006
|Pine Forest Village Community Association
|January 2006
|Parkway Forest Property Owners Association
|December 2005
|Colony Grant Homeowners Association
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About the 5K Run/Walk
- Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 8am
- Course goes around and through Miller Park
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.. We're headed up there tomorrow to see if there are any parking spaces left and if the fish will be cooperative.
.. Conventional and simplified fishing has finally come into it's own on the Firehole River. Visitors with guide books tucked into their kit bags should have no trouble catching fish in the manner prescribed and described by the authors of those books.
.. Hatches, for the purist, are on time. Set your clock and clean your windshield - the bugs are here. We suggest that you scan the reports from the feather merchants in the sidebar.
.. The Madison River has been greatly rearranged. For instance; 9-mile Hole is either 9 1/2-mile hole or 8-mile hole, now. Yet the visiting angler can be easily spotted following the footsteps of authors that describe the very rock to fish near, (the rock is still there on the shore.)
-------.. Recent accurate information should be available at our local tackle emporia, from guides that actually fish. Stop and visit, it will enhance your catching chances.
.. The 'correct' fly choice is always a point for heated discussion this time of year. There are so many bugs, in so many stages, and so many flies, in so many variations, that the discussions continue ad nauseum.
.. We tend to agree with that sage fisher, Mortimer Snerd, "The fly that catches the most fish is the one that is in the water."
.. The fish are frisky, hungry, plentiful, and eager to please; just give them a chance. The 'soft water' is still the key right now. Dark holes, gentle bubble and foam lines, undercut banks, mid-river bars, and pillows in front of boulders are all places where the fish are.
.. If you like to make fishing into a competition rather than a 'by-the-numbers' exercise, the Gallatin River should be your choice this coming weekend. Should you want to avoid elbows, test your river-reading skills, and walk to cover a lot of water: have at it.
.. Some of our younger neighbors, (they visit us for feigned conversation and a quick snort,) like to "explore" [their word.] They seem to think that they should pound every inch of all water in the neighborhood. We did that once - maybe?
Grizzly Hackle Fly Shop in Missoula. This hybrid monster has taken on a bit of local mystic. The kids mash it and twist it and pull the wing forward and drown it. To each, his own: takes fish!
-------.. The traffic in the park is already horrendous. We suggest that you give yourself plenty of time to get to your destination and that you park where it's safe rather than where it seems to be convenient.
.. We'll provide some documentary posts over the next few days, (time and traffic permitting.) The fishing is glorious, the catching is nearly the same!


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What's happening now in Egypt – Aug 2011 archive
The current 'What's Happening Now In Egypt' page aims to keep you updated on the latest travel information to Egypt; as well as news on the ancient sights, missing artefacts and the continued preservation of our Egyptian heritage, following the peaceful peoples' of January Revolution. This is our archive from August 2011.
August 2011 – Travel Updates, News on Egyptian Antiquities and Heritage Sights
Recent Activities at the SCA – 25/08/11
The Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) has been conducting strategic planning meetings regarding new building projects and its financial situation. The General Secretary of the Council along with head of the projects sector, Major General Mohamed al-Sheikha, and head of finance Sameh Khattab reviewed the council's position in a meeting with representatives of construction companies. They agreed to arrange priorities of important and urgent projects. Sheikha will also hold another meeting today to reschedule the council's debt to enable it to be covered by income from visits to archeological sites as tourism increases in September 2011. [Source: Youm7]
Egypt Tourism Goes Aggressive on Marketing – 23/08/11
Considering Asia and India as a big source market on the leisure, as well as MICE front and to boost tourism following the political unrest in the country, Egypt Tourism Office is all set to go aggressive on its promotional activities. Adel El Masry, Director of the Egypt Tourism Office said, "We are allocating significant funds for marketing and promotional exercise in this country. We have already doubled our tourism promotional budget for India from US$ 0.5 million to US$ one million in the current year. The main target for 2011 is to increase the number of tourist arrivals from India by 30%." Read the full article on the Express Travel World website.
Cairo Airport's Third Terminal to be Renovated – 22/08/11
The third terminal at Cairo Airport will be renovated over the next four years. Construction is expected to start by the end of 2012 and last approximately three years. The project includes doubling the passenger capacity, constructing additional facilities and enlarging the runways. Read the full review on the Hurriyet Daily News website.
Despite Green Lights from Embassies, Tourists Slow in Returning to Egypt – 21/08/11
Since the revolution in January and February, the number of tourists filling the streets of Cairo, Sharm el-Sheikh and Alexandria has dropped significantly. Tourism officials say that hotels in Cairo are operating at barely 35% of capacity, despite most embassies lifting travel warnings in March and April. "We have felt safe here and have had no reason to be afraid of anything," said Wilma Bervoets, a Dutch tourist. Traveling through Egypt and Jordan with her husband and children. Read the full story on the AlMasry AlYoum website.
Egypt to Host World Tourism Day – 19/08/11
The Egyptian city of Aswan will host the official 2011 World Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations, which will include a High-Level think tank on this year's theme, 'Tourism – Linking Cultures' on September 27th 2011. The Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Dr. Taleb Rifai, said, "It is most fitting that Egypt, home to some of the world's most celebrated cultural heritage and a leading tourism destination, be the host country for the official celebrations of World Tourism Day 2011. Egypt is world famous for its rich history and vibrant culture, which draw millions of tourists to the country each year. It is precisely this interaction between the peoples and cultures of the world, driven by tourism, which is at the heart of the WTD 2011 theme; Tourism – Linking Cultures."
Newly Appointed Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities – 18/08/11
The Egyptian Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf, appointed Mohamed Abd El Fatah as the new Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Abd El Fatah previously held the positions of Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Department, Head of the Museums Department and Director of Upper Egypt Antiquities.
Changing the Tourism Map – Encouraging Travelers Back to Egypt – 17/08/11
An interview with the Egyptian Minister of Tourism about encouraging travelers to come back to our 'New Egypt'. Read the full article on the Washington Times website.
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Says No to Handing Back Ancient Artefact – 15/08/11
Egypt is asking for a precious ancient bust to be returned to go on display in the new GEM in 2013, but the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston says no. The piece is unique – "The work is special, a limestone statue covered by a thin layer of reddish plaster. Artistically, what's notable about the piece is the realistic depiction of the subject, not typical for works of the period. Ankhhaf's hair is receding. His eyelids droop. There are muscles visible around his mouth." Read the full article on the Boston.com website.
British Cyclist Dominic Gill Completes 4,000km Egypt Tour – 13/08/11
"After 60 days of cycling in Egypt I have seen the staples of the tourist trade and so much off the beaten track. And while the view from the top of Mt. Sinai and the pillars of the Temple of Karnak will always stick in my mind, the hospitality of the Egyptian people even where you thought there were none is just as impressive…" This is a quote from UK cyclist Dominic Gill after completing his cycle ride around Egypt. Read more on his adventures on the Al Arabiya News website.
Luxor Tourism Begins to Recover – 12/08/11
Tourism in the historic Egyptian town of Luxor has been "recovering gradually in August," said Anwar Abu Al-Magd, the head of the Tourism Guides Association. Tourism in Luxor is up 50 percent, particularly at the Karnak Temple, said Al-Magd, adding that there are many visitors from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia. The Egyptian Tourist Guides Association in Luxor recently sent a letter to recently appointed Luxor governor Ezzat Mohamed Saad, asking to prioritize tourist development in the new governor's policy initiatives. [Source: Youm7]
Egyptian Armed Forces Unearth Cartouche of King Apries – 10/08/11
The Egyptian Military Operations Authority on Tuesday discovered the nameplate of King Apries in the Tal Defna area in Ismailia, which is located to the west of the Suez Canal. The plate is made up of two pieces of red sandstone with two cartouches bearing the name Wah-ib-ra (Apries ) inscribed. Apries (589-570 BC) was the fifth king of the 26th Dynasty. This find doesn't so far seem to have been reported elsewhere. Interesting how the military found it and not an excavation mission. It is unsure if it is an object (known) that was stolen and now recovered, or a (new) item confiscated from an illegal dig? Read the full story on the Al Masry Al Youm website.
Luxor Tourism Begins to Recover – 11/08/11
Tourism in the historic Egyptian town of Luxor has been "recovering gradually in August," said Anwar Abu Al-Magd, the head of the Tourism Guides Association. Tourism in Luxor is up 50 percent, particularly at the Karnak Temple, said Al-Magd, adding that there are many visitors from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia. The Egyptian Tourist Guides Association in Luxor recently sent a letter to recently appointed Luxor governor Ezzat Mohamed Saad, asking to prioritize tourist development in the new governor's policy initiatives. [Source: Youm7]
Decision to Postpone ICE in Egypt Next Year – 09/08/11
A decision has been taken not to hold the next International Congress of Egyptologists in September 2012 in Egypt. Apparently this was in agreement with Egyptian colleagues and they are now seeking a new venue for the Congress. Read the full story on the International Association of Egyptologists website.
SCA Opens News Sites in Luxor – 08/08/11
The head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities has approved certain requests by the Tour Guide Union in Luxor, Upper Egypt to revitalize tourism. Mohamed Abdel Maksoud, Secretary General of the SCA, approved some proposals aiming at revitalizing tourism in light of current circumstances in the country. Anwar Abu el-Maged, head of tour guides in Luxor, said Maksoud agreed to freeze any increases in entrance prices to temples and archaeological sites for a year and will open the Temple of Kom Ombo, some graves in the Valley of the Kings and the Karnak Museum to stimulate tourism. [Source: Youm7]
Minister States that Egyptian Tourism is Returning to Pre-revolution Rates – 08/08/11
Tourism in Egypt was down 19 percent in the last three weeks of July compared to the same period last year, said Tourism Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour, adding that the drop is less than expected. This is a positive indicator that tourism has started to recover and return to pre-revolution rates, Abdel Nour said, noting that tourism declined by 80, 60, 42, 35, and 28.7 percent in February, March, April, May, and June respectively. [Source: almasryalyoum.com]
Cairo to Retrieve Four Stolen Artefacts from London – 07/08/11
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the Egyptian Embassy in the UK, in co-operation with The London Museum, have managed to stop the sale of the four artefacts, dating back to King Amenhotep III, SCA Secretary-General Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud said in a statement. "An American collector had been trying to sell the four artifacts, taken from the base of a statue from the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III on the west bank at Luxor," the statement added. "When an auction hall offered the four artifacts for sale, an official from London Museum interfered and confirmed they were genuine," it added. An Egyptian, English and German team soon concluded that the antiquities were taken from the Luxor Amenhotep III Museum, when it was damaged in a fire. The artefacts are due in Cairo in a few days' time. [Source: The Egyptian Gazette]
Interview of Americans Traveling in Egypt – 05/08/11
CNN conducted a recent interview with two American tourists on a three-month archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. "They expressed apprehension about the trip, but like Katy stated in the interview, both Katy and Monique planned this trip for over a year and it was a lifelong dream. They did not believe the political instability was an issue and once they arrived, they felt no problems." View the video of the full interview on the CNN website.
Two Missing Artefacts Found in the Egyptian Museum – 02/08/11
Two missing pieces were found in the Egyptian Museum during an inventory check up of the Museum' contents. It was reported the two pieces were lost during the chaos on January 28, 2011, during the January 25 Revolution. The items are likely to be The items could possibly be JE 26083 and JE 31720 on the official 'Missing Objects List'. One of the pieces is a bed made of clay, while the other is a wooden vase. Both pieces are dated back the Pharonic era, said a member of inventory committee, Raafat al-Nabarawy. He said the workers found the pieces in storeroom IV of the Egyptian Museum. Consequently, all storerooms of the Egyptian Museum will be inventoried. [Source: Youm7]
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A weekend of bushcraft
I am Alfie and I want to tell you about my bushcraft advantage this weekend.
On Saturday we kayaked on the river. I don't have any photos but we saw:
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On Sunday we made a little stove from a tin drinking can. We went to the woods and cooked our lunch on it.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Object
This weeks Photo Challenge is to photograph one object. We used a torch to experiment with lighting up our objects and we tried a few different objects. Here are the best two Alfie took. (Mummy typing this week)
Georgie And Alfie
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning
This is my photo for beginning. it is a beautiful sunrise.
Weekly Photo Challenge: One
The lone lego ranger. This is my photo of one lego man by Alfie.
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Here are some more photo's from when we were in Dublin. We stayed with my Grandad at his house.
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Use domain names to access servicesEstimated reading time: 8 minutes
These are the docs for UCP version 2.2.22
To select a different version, use the selector below.
You can make it easier for users to access your HTTP and HTTPS services by making them accessible from a domain name, instead of an IP address.
In this example, we're going to deploy a WordPress service and make it accessible
to users at
Enable the HTTP routing mesh
Before you start, make sure an administrator user has
enabled the HTTP routing mesh service.
You also need permissions to attach services to the
ucp-hrm network.
Deploy WordPress
Log in to the UCP web UI, navigate to the Services page, and click Create Service. Then create a WordPress service with the following configuration:
|Service name
|Image name
In the left pane, click Network. In the Ports section, click Publish Port and assign the following values.
|Internal port
|Publish Mode
|Public port
Click Add Hostname based routes and assign the routing values.
|External scheme
|Routing mesh host
Finally, you need to connect the service to the
ucp-hrm network. This is
what ensures traffic sent to the HTTP routing mesh is redirected to your
service. In the Networks section, click Attach Network and select
ucp-hrm from the dropdown list.
When creating the service, make sure to publish both internal and public ports. This example maps the port 80 on the container running the service, to port 8000 on the ingress routing mesh.
Click Confirm to assign the network configuration, and click Create
to deploy your service. Once the service is deployed, the HTTP routing mesh
service is reconfigured to redirect HTTP requests with the hostname set to
wordpress.example.org, to the WordPress service.
Add a DNS entry
Now that WordPress is deployed, add a new DNS entry that maps
wordpress.example.org to the IP address of any node in the UCP cluster.
When testing locally, you can also change your
/etc/hosts file to
create this mapping, instead of using a DNS service.
HRM with Windows Server:
Windows Server doesn't support Swarm Mode Routing Mesh yet (not considering Windows Server version 1709 which will be out soon). This means the hrm service is exposed only through the manager node's ip (since Windows Server cannot be a manager node). DNS entry for the host name('wordpress.example.org' in this example) should therefore be mapped to manager nodes or any non-windows worker nodes.
Once this is done, you can access the wordpress service from your browser.
From the CLI
To deploy the WordPress service from the CLI, you need to add labels to the service that are specific to the HTTP routing mesh.
Once you get your UCP client bundle, you can run:
docker service create \
--publish target=80,published=8000 \
--network ucp-hrm \
--label com.docker.ucp.mesh.http=external_route=http://wordpress.example.org,internal_port=80 \
--name wordpress \
Under the hood
Under the hood, UCP relies on labels to configure your services to use the HTTP routing mesh. The UCP web UI automatically adds labels to your services, but when deploying from the CLI or using compose files, you need to add labels to your services.
The HTTP routing mesh can route to a service, as long as that service:
- Is attached to a network that has the
com.docker.ucp.mesh.httplabel. You can use the default
ucp-hrmnetwork or create your own.
- Has one or more labels with the prefix
com.docker.ucp.mesh.http, specifying the ports to route to.
Service labels
The HTTP routing mesh label that you apply to your services needs to have a list of keys and values separated by a comma, specifying how to route the traffic to your service.
The label for the WordPress service you just created looks like this:
- Key:
- Value:
The label syntax looks like this:
.label-number is an optional number that you can include in your label
name if you want to have multiple routes to the same service. As an example
you could have one route for HTTP and another for HTTPS. In that case you'd
apply two labels:
The keys and values in your label are what defined the route configuration. These keys are supported:
|http://domain-name, or sni://domain-name
|The external URL to route to this service
|yes, if the service publishes no ports or multiple ports
|The internal port to use for the service
|Always route a user to the same service, using HTTP cookies. This option can't be used with HTTPS routes
|http://domain-name, or sni://domain-name
|Redirect incoming requests to another route using an HTTP 301 redirect
|If present, include the X-Forwarded-For header in requests
Known issue
For SNI (HTTPS) routes, HRM forwards to service tasks before any task health checks have passed. This may result in traffic loss if a task is not ready to serve traffic immediately after it is scheduled.
Sticky sessions
You can use the
sticky_sessions value to always route a user to the same
backend service. The first time a user makes a request, the service includes
a cookie in the response. When the user makes a new request, their browser
will send the cookie, and the HTTP routing mesh can use it to decide to which
service to route to.
Since this requires the HTTP routing mesh to read the cookie, this option only works with HTTP routes.
Sticky sessions might stop temporarily if the service is reconfigured to change the number of replicas, or if the replicas are restarted.
HTTP redirects
You can use the
redirect option to redirect requests from one route to
This allows you to redirect traffic to a new domain name if you've renamed the domain you're using to serve your services. For that, you apply two labels to your service:
You can also use this to redirect HTTP requests to an HTTPS route. For that you apply two labels to your service:
Note: It is not possible to redirect HTTPS to HTTP.
X-Forwarded-For header
Because HRM forwards traffic to your application, the requests that your application receives will all appear to come from HRM's IP address. If you add
include_forwarded_for=true in the HRM label for your service, HRM will add an HTTP header to every request called
X-Forwarded-For that will contain the IP address that the original request came from. This feature will only work if your external_route field begins with
Default Service
If you want a particular service to serve all requests that don't match an otherwise defined
external_route, set an
external_route to a blank hostname. For example:
If you don't define
external_route=sni:// on any service, HRM will default to use the UCP controller itself as the default SNI route. If you don't define
external_route=http:// on any service, HRM will return an http 503 error.
Keep services isolated
If you want to keep the services from sharing the same network, before enabling the HTTP routing mesh:
- Create multiple networks and apply the
com.docker.ucp.mesh.httplabel to them
- Enable the HTTP routing mesh
- Attach each service to one of the different networks you've created
The HTTP routing mesh will route to all services in these networks, but services on different networks can't communicate directly.
When using a UCP client bundle for an admin user, or a user with administrator privileges,
you can create an overlay network that contains the
com.docker.mesh.http label by running the following command.
docker network create -d overlay --label com.docker.ucp.mesh.http=true new-hrm-network
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