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Dear ardent readers here comes the eleventh in the series of Rahu/Ketu in Houses. The earlier series on Rahu/Ketu in signs published in 2007 also is equally important and worthwhile reading, however care should be taken not to apply these writings verbatim on any chart, as there are many other factors, combinations, aspects etc which need to be studied always before coming to a conclusion. The masculine gender has been used only for the ease of writing.
In the Eleventh house, the Rahu gives many friends and supporters who will help the native to progress. It is a good position for associations, and also reveals the possibilities of becoming a leader, a Shining Light. Great social success is promised, in-as-much as the motion of the Node in the course of life cannot be otherwise than favourable for progress from the worldly as well as the mental standpoint. This position also indicates increased wealth for the Mother or the Wife; and this will benefit the native and his children, whose Father's name and fame will help them in their turn.
In the Fifth House, the Ketu is detrimental to happiness in general. It may incline to gambling or speculation, which will not be successful; and pecuniary losses are inevitable, if the native indulges the tendency. It is also the cause of ill-health of the children, and anxiety on their account.
There may be children in this lifetime, but they will not be of much help or give much love to the individual. Energy expended in personal affections will not bring adequate satisfaction. Perhaps a treading of the primrose path, seeking pleasure and evading responsibility is a subconscious pattern of the past that is being redeemed in this lifetime. Friends will bring far more satisfaction and sustainment than family ties. Goals and objectives that deal with group endeavor or service of a universal nature will be successful, as well serving as a means of spiritual integration.
Much depends upon whether the sign involved with this Rahu is masculine or feminine, to denote the type of friends most favorable to the development of this house. This seems to be very important. People who have the same nodal axis - fifth and eleventh - by house and / or sign seem to understand each other better since they have the same direction to their destiny. Someone who has Rahu in the eleventh will be helped greatly by someone with Ketu in the eleventh. This person needs to learn the art of friendship and to become involved in some type of social endeavor or reform action. One needs to develop traits of a true humanitarian. With this position there must be acquired the ability of true detachment and an independence in loving, for one cannot be dependent and be a true humanitarian. With the development of this Rahu position comes a true strength and understanding of the human condition.
Ketu in the fifth is attached love. It is too attached and self-loving. With Ketu here, there is an almost constant interest in love; the giving and receiving, and its pleasures. This gives innate knowledge in the rearing of children, although not always immediate success. This nodal position can bring loss of children with aspects to it showing the degree of the loss. It bestows many loves - loves that are always changing - and gives a knowledge of love beyond the ordinary. The lovers usually turn into friends. Personal affections prove dissatisfying because of a certain idealism. There is constant searching for love, romance, and pleasures. This position delays a permanent love relationship. Receiving love is denied, it seems, until enough is given. If for example Ketu is in Libra in the fifth, others in his life leave the person because he expects too much. Ketu in Aries indicates the person's own egotism destroys love through impatience. Ketu in Taurus demands the perons's own money be spent for children, love, and pleasures. Ketu in Scorpio demands the partner's funds be spent on children, love, and pleasures, Ketu in Leo makes easy enemies, Ketu in Sagittarius causes financial losses . This position gives an individual creativity leading to genius when well-aspected.
Rahu in the 11th house often signifies that the person has considerable friendships. Friends are his major assets through which he achieves a lot of things in life. Problems and difficulties usually stem out of romances, and quite often formation of a successful relationship is very difficult. Their next difficulty is with regard to children. Either having a child is a problem, or dealing with children may be one. In their recent past life, their attitudes and dealing with children could be so uncommon that they have to suffer in this life. Often these people carry out their major hopes and dreams in life like clockwork, and their surrounding influences help them in all respects to do so. Their love received by others is much better than they can give back to others. This imbalance in love exchanges causes problems or tensions in relationships.
Here the individual comes into the current life remembering a style of living in which he was the sole creator. Now he keeps trying to take the bull by the horns in order to recreate the manner of living to which he was accustomed. Yet everything he tries to do bears a tinge of being slightly inappropriate insofar as fitting his current life circumstances is concerned.
He is prone to love affairs, finding them a comfort to the continuation of his past-life ego. What he often fails to realize is that through his love affairs he makes himself weaker, and rather than gaining strength from compliments and encouragements he develops a dependency where each compliment creates the need for another. Eventually he makes himself so helpless that his behavior becomes hopelessly childlike.
He wants to be loved desperately, but the residue of past-life sexual tensions is so great that he often confuses what is really important to him. He has great difficulty understanding reality, for his life is stage of players and his dreams are so romantic in nature. He believes in chivalry and can easily be fooled by glamor. Wanting to be constantly reassured that his arrival in life does not go unnoticed, he is unable to accept the role of just being a member of the audience.
To those who appreciate him, he can be extremely generous, but the moment he feels ignored he will run into his dream world trying to create a Seventeenth Century romantic adventure in which he will be the central character.
Constantly in search of self-fulfillment through amorous adventures, he can too easily lose his way.
He would like others to think of him as sacrificial; and when he does involve himself with a love affair, it is almost certain that he will force himself into a position of having to give up everything. Like the 'Martyr King' who sacrificed his throne so that he might fulfill his love, this individual would like his affairs to be honored, sanctioned and even admired.
His past-life sense of dignity is so great that he is not particularly pleased with even the thought of an illicit love affair; yet from time to time he finds himself in the midst of one if for no other reason than to express his ability to sacrifice a principle for what he believes at the moment to be the world's greatest love.
Basically he is a good person and it would take severe chart afflictions for him to have a malicious bone in his body. Throughout all the zodiac, his creative talents with children are unsurpassed, for at heart he is a child himself.
Regardless of his Sun sign, he will at one time in this life need to lean on someone with more strength than himself.
Through his eleventh house Rahu, he is to learn the value of friendship. He must transcend the physically possessive relationships of his past incarnations and cherish with equal fervor the new impersonal relationships he is now forming.
In this life, he is learning how to pay more attention to the meaning of his dreams rather than trying to force his own will against the flowing tide.
His dreams bring him messages from his higher guidance, through which he is telepathically brought to understand the reasons for all his actions; but his will is often so great that he refuses to accept what he knows is true.
If he is realistically asked to abdicate anything at all in this life, it would only be his powerful self-will, for here in the pride of ego he actually blocks all that he so desperately desires. Truly, he is his own worst enemy.
The individual with these Nodes suffers from a built-in discontent, for whatever he creates through his Ketu only leaves him free to dream of more he is missing. He would like to be free of entanglements, but he is constantly jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. Before any growth at all can be made, he must learn to overcome the monstrous dragon ego which he has allowed to become his self-generating instrument of destruction. He must learn how to see himself impersonally, with the understanding that his life is like a river flowing beneath the bridge from whose vantage point he may watch it.
His most difficult tests always revolve around the temptation to control the flow, yet his greatest happiness occurs when he can appreciate its beauty without tampering.
It is almost certain that he will go through at least one major experience in which he will be required to sacrifice his personal ego for the sake of fairness to another; for only then he would learn how to rid himself of every biased thought can he reach his higher purpose. So long as he retains the slightest tinge of self-pride, all the power in the chart will be denied to him. Even the possibilities of a harmonious marriage loom beyond his reach until he becomes impersonal.
The fifth house Ketu uses so much energy in trying to achieve self-sympathy that the individual has difficulty finding the strength to give complete fulfillment to a marriage mate. Some with these nodes experience divorce; but this is neither destiny nor necessity - it is simply an outgrowth of misusing the Ketu energies. Through so much focusing on the self, the individual does not see or fully appreciate the blessings he has. Again, the answer is the same. He must relinquish the grip on 'self' and dedicate his life to impersonal service rather than expect others to wait on him.
If he can learn to become less romantic and more scientific, he will start to see truth for what it is. He must never allow the fires of passion to cloud his vision for his happiness will be achieved only when he can look at life from a dispassionate viewpoint.
His karma is in learning how to become non-involved and yet always available when needed by others. Ultimately, he is destined to become the impersonal servant of humanity.
He will at one time in this life do much to further the career of another.
Friendships, clubs and societies become important to him, for it is through such associations with others that he ultimately comes to sense his own identity. Through the ways that others value him, he comes to value himself. Then he is able to see himself as a part of others as well as a part of a higher cause to which he is dedicated.
The more he can do this, the more he will rise off the plane of self-consciousness, and the demanding needs to gratify his own ego will become submerged in the collective ego of the cause to which he has dedicated his identity.
When he completes this lesson, his strength of character and sense of direction become no weaker nor less purposeful than the cause of which he becomes a part.
The sign which contains the Ketu shows the ways in which this individual allows too much past-life residue of passion and desire to pressure his current life. The sign which contains the Rahu indicates the ways in which he can develop enough detachment so that hs frees his personal self, enabling him to dedicate his energies toward more universal causes.
Inappropriate behaviour in terms of your goals. Difficult love affairs. Desperate measures taken in order to gain recognition. Generosity verging on extravagnce. Lack of fulfillment in romance, parenting, social life. Become goal-oriented instead of pleasure-oriented. Let love affairs be guided by your self-respect. Temper your generosity with discrimination. Openly admit your weaknesses. Meditate on the value of friendship.
In the eleventh house, hang-ups can involve honesty, knowledge, or ethics - all things that would seem to correlate more with Sagittarius / ninth house at first glance. The eleventh house Rahu takes a cold, dispassionate approach. Whatever is perceived to be the truth or the right way is followed without thought about damage that may be done should honesty prove not to be the best policy or if the truth turns out to be flawed. Relationships are often spoiled by this 'honesty is the best policy' approach as others frequently feel demeaned by this brutal, almost egotistical honesty.
Occasionally Rahu in the eleventh house can manifest in a compulsive need to see the good side in everyone, regardless of the cost to self. Here we see the Mr. or Mrs. Nice who suffers extensive guilt pangs if the need to criticize arises.
Rahu in the eleventh house wants some sort of guarantee that his or her goals will be realized. He or she wants to be known as an honest person, a seeker of knowledge, and an instrument of positive change. He or she dreams of close friends to share goals with, people who will offer support without making demands. This person is typically very impressionable and not cautious enough or discriminating enough when it comes to other people. On one hand, he or she may blindly take advice without considering its source. On the other hand, excessive pride may keep him or her from asking for or accepting even the most necessary or valid advice. There's a tendency to invest a great deal in emotional whims and pleasure-seeking at the expense of long-range goals.
One is attracted toward the pleasures of life, creativity, love affairs, and a self-centered style of expression. Their creative imagination often weaves many colorful webs around your actual reality, creating an appearance that you find more appealing than the real nature of the world.
What excites you is this alternative choice of perceptions, which, due to creative directorship, imposes a worldview characterized by a large group of play-actors and actresses, performing their chosen roles, chasing private dreams and adventures, and following their desires. Arguably, this is a valid way to perceive life. It certainly raises life above a more mundane perspective, infusing it with a glamor and fantasy that enlivens and enriches. Yet a danger can exist in using this to escape from reality and responsibilities by preferring to live as a central character in a romantic and heroic drama.
You desire to be recognized and noticed by others, to stand out from the crowd of unknown faces. This creates your attraction to being 'onstage before an audience'; anonymity is not a favored role, and you hate to be ignored. Love affairs are one of your favorite pastimes, however, based on your need to be loved by others. These affairs provide a suitable stage for performance, with a captive audience on whom you can depend, at least temporarily. Romantic interludes may divert from creating a life-direction, as those by-paths which appear to offer pleasure always seem more seductive.
In love, you are prone to make grand gestures of sacrifice for love - especially for the benefit of your partner - and tend to subjectively turn relationships into great passionate dramas. You can fall in love easily; yet often this has only a superficial emotional impact; you avoid deeper depths of the love experience where transformative energies exist - in fact, you rarely sacrifice anything at all.
There is a lively, childlike spirit at play with you, but one that is naive and almost innocently self-centered, a spirit that desires constant company or a supporting cast to maintain. Much of your waking life is spent forming these creative, imaginative, and romanticized dreams which are projected onto the world and people, and which serve in several ways as a protective barrier. Yet it is this inner activity which prompts self-development and gives opportunities for insight into the real meaning and influence of 'dreams' in life. Personal dreams can motivate creative determination to actualize desires, but if you attempt to force events against the tides of life, failure is likely. Dreams can also bring messages from within, trying to guide you toward an understanding of the reasons for your actions and experiences. If you can register the impressions, from dreams and intuition, such guidance may help you to adjust your direction. Unfortunately, many fail to listen to the quiet inner voice.
Until you reduce self-centeredness, you will experience discontent and feel that you are missing something vital in life, even though you creatively color much of life with brighter hues. Searching to be free of commitments, you may unconsciously create more by your choices and actions. Your sense of ego and pride may cause problems through self-preoccupation, especially within relationships; and your need for 'more' prevents the appreciation of what you already have.
Become aware of others as more than supporting 'players'. Recognize the equal validity of their needs, desires, and dreams. Adjust your relationship behavior accordingly, to restore harmony. Your romantic vision of life may need modifying so that reality is not lost, although your sometimes childlike view of life can still be refreshing to more jaded appetites.
Your new direction is to apply creative imagination to dream of a better world, not just for yourself, but for everyone. Friendships and group involvements are likely to expand life; and possible commitment and dedication to an idealistic vision could enable movement beyond a self-centered focus into performing a more important role. In your discovering how to improve the quality of life for others too, the world can assume a more positive nature; and your tendency for romanticized love and adventure can be transformed into a more realistic and satisfying contribution for the well-being of all. Discovering how to combine creativity with social needs could offer an effective and attractive balance; in so doing, you could discover the powerful mystery of the creative dream, realizing that it has generated the whole universe and seeing that, by our small use of it, we obtain the power to positively transform our lives and the world.
The 11th house belongs to the axis of relationships. Like the 5th house, it has to do with the attitudes and behavior of people to one another. In the 5th house, human relationships are tackled with a naive simplicity, One sees oneself as the center of the world and tries to realize personal desires or ideals. In the 11th house, this self-oriented view has to be abandoned. Its simplistic methods will no longer work, because one recognizes that one is part of a Whole. Here one must act, on principle, in accordance with transcendent, universal criteria. Postulating these criteria is even more important than working hard on them.
When the Node is in the 11th house, it is important to establish a clear attitude toward people. This can be personal, for in a personal sense the 11th house is known as the house of friendship. It represents the possession of friends and confidant(e)s. It represents making a choice of people who have a certain quality, in which there always resides an element of trust. This element of trust clearly divides the 11th house from the 5th. On a personal level, the Node in the 11th house indicates a need to form friendships and to make the most of them. We may be parted from such friends for years, but when we meet them again it is as if we had been with them only yesterday. That is true friendship. In the 11th house, the discovery can be made, as soon as we learn to stop clinging, that loyal devotion is possible even without conditions. Then complete freedom of action is granted in the friendship.
In essence, friendship is the result of striving for an ethical attitude to others. From this point of view, the 11th house aims at the development of an ideal concept of humanity. Naturally, it is a frame of reference for doctrines and creeds; for the 11th is a fixed house and, in a fixed house, conditions rather than processes hold sway. Therefore, the ethics with which the 11th house is concerned are ready-made ethics, in which one believes, or with which one identifies sufficiently strongly to want to pass them on to others or even to impose them on them. Dogmatism almost always emanates from the 11th house, which has to do with our convictions and our moral yardstick.
If the Node receives hard aspects, there is a likelihood of blind acceptance of a certain ethical view. Even a sophisticated and complex system of ethics can be passively absorbed - usually as a result of the upbringing or of social influences in youth, mainy at the time of puberty.
In-conjunct aspects to the Node should be heeded too, because they introduce an element of uncertainty. When they are present, we are susceptible to any number of ideologies that promise security. This can lead to difficulties, especially in the practical arena of friendship, because we are prepared to change our friends whenever we change our ethical beliefs.
When soft aspects are received by the Node, there is often an inclination to join an elite group or to embrace a special doctrine, because this seems to be the most convenient thing to do. We cradle ourselves in the security of the group, and use it for our own ends. And so we need to make an effort to overcome what is indicated by the Node here. For a start, we should examine our ethics. In the 11th house, and with soft aspects, this is not particularly easy, because our ethics are second-nature to us. We may change our opinions but, unconsciously, we react according to ingrained patterns of behavior.
So, with the Node in the 11th house, we ought to take pains to acquire a satisfactory system of ethics that is clearly formulated and intelligently accepted. The Node in the 11th house serves notices that we ought to take responsibility for our own actions and ought not to rely on others. Doing the latter is a big danger, because solidarity with the group gives us a feeling of strength, and we imagine we are entitled by some dogma or ethical system to sit in judgment on people and call them 'mistaken' or 'wicked'. Behind the group-egoism involved in special friendships, there lurks an individual egoism, though we may hide it under a shiny white cloak of ethics.
If the Rahu is in the eleventh house, the person's greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through performing altruistic acts for society, getting involved with groups and friends, and developing a sense of detachment. In past lives, the person may have been extremely proud, renowned, and ego-oriented. Now he is here to care for the citizenry of the world. He must let go of emotional attachments, and seek to improve existing conditions of the common person. He should try to locate and abolish outdated forms and structures, and implement new, innovative, efficient methods wherever he can. The person should not place great attention on children, intense love affairs, and deeply personal pursuits.
The person should favor his mind, not his impulse. He must cultivate the intellect and allow his rational mind to take precedence. Science and research endeavors are favored. Rules, regulations, dogma, and rhetoric are not to be greatly regarded. The person is learning a much more impersonal style of functioning. He is concerned with knowledge, information, and truth, and is relinquishing old habits of sentimental convictions and individual preferences. Commitment to ideals, especially the betterment of humankind, is crucial. The person must perceive life from the viewpoint of society. He should take life easy, not intensely. He should meet with friends and groups regularly, and effortlessly discover causes and campaigns worth furthering. Freedom, liberty, and equality for all must always be supported.
Fame and recognition are psychologically unimportant. The person may be a pioneer or revolutionary, but he is never to allow his reputation to go to his head. He should always favor activities which have never been done before. He does well with utopian movements, current fads, and prevailing crazes. He should generally avoid speculations, gambling, intense passions, and profound romance. His purpose is humanitarian.
The Rahu in the eleventh house indicates great ability to fulfill major goals and desires. The person earns plenty of wealth from 'side ventures', and has powerful, influential and worldly friends. The Ketu in the fifth house means the person's 'poorvapunya' or past life credit is connected to spirituality and psychic experience. In other words, in previous lifetimes the person worked hard on attaining enlightenment and evolutionary growth; and in this life he gains the benefits. The Ketu in the fifth does not produce many children. But those that are born will be introspective, psychic, contemplative, and decidedly spiritual.


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When push came to shove, the East Union Lancers met the challenge, taking a three-point lead on a Alex Del Real three-pointer with just over four minutes remaining. It would be the Lancers' last challenge met, as Riverbank closed on a 15-0 run on its way to a 54-42 win Wednesday.
Out of shape and rusty, Ripon High senior Andy Yciano was in his comfort zone once he hit the mat in a dual meet at Lathrop High Wednesday.
STOCKTON - The Weston Ranch High boys varsity basketball squad fell to 0-3 in the young season, losing Wednesday to Lodi.
Karleasha Thompson is fast.
When Will Ward gets the ball in the low post, he usually draws a swarm of defenders.
Ripon High's girls basketball team is undefeated through four games, and it is doing it with defense.
Robert Orantes got the offense going with defense.
It took 8 minutes, 29 seconds for Downey's girls basketball team to score its first points in a nonleague contest with East Union Monday.
Brendon Curtright went undefeated with a clutch pin.
For the second time in as many games, the Weston Ranch Cougars' found themselves on the wrong end of a two-point loss, falling to host Vallejo High 77-75 Saturday.
The Manteca Buffaloes were able to run their winning streak to two games when the Buffaloes were able to hold off a stubborn Enochs High group in a 64-62 win in the Modesto City Classic finale Saturday.
MODESTO - John Fenech was the hero for Modesto City Classic co-host Beyer High on Thursday.
RIPON - Practice makes perfect.
Sierra High did not put together its best performance to open the first half of its Cartwright Classic second round contest with Folsom High, but the Timberwolves were able to get things going late. They closed out the contest with a 16-5 fourth quarter for a come-from-behind 48-46 victory Friday.
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After a horrific start Tuesday, Giants pitcher Zac Cook got three consecutive outs to end the first inning and then blanked the Red Sox through ...
Three Weston Ranch graduates are going their separate ways for college.
Abby Buitrago is the Southern League's MVP for a third straight season, while Cindy Alvarez and Courtney Slamon are the Most Valuable Offensive and ...
Bikram Thiara made history Saturday night.
Ty Griggs, 14, has continued to gain momentum from his memorable effort at Augusta National in early April.
"El Toro" to his teammates and coaches, East Union senior Marco Gonzales was a nightmare for opposing clubs.
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Sierra hurdler Bikram Thiara scheduled his workouts for the morning to avoid the heat this week.
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LODI - The sting of defeat may linger for John DeVisser, Ripon Christian's fiery baseball coach who endured his fair share losses for the Knights ...
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Many fans of Miss Sadie Stern's Monthly will also be familiar with Madame(In A World Of Fantasy) which was another great Femdom publication that was in it's prime in the 70's and 80's. I'm pleased to see that a fellow aficionado, who helped me add to my MSSM collection, has now launched a new website devoted to this fine magazine. It's early days yet but I'm sure that lot's of content will be added in the coming days, weeks and months. Head on over and check it out now, http://madame-magazine.weebly.com/index.html
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Brilliant! sounds like it should be common knowledge. It is so simple, obviously effective and a good use for a material that usually gets tossed out in some manner
Sounds complicated. I pin two tapered shims facing the same direction onto the top of the rough opening. If the door is 3/4 smaller that the RO, each tapered shim should be slightly more than 3/8 at the widest contact point in the RO. You can now tap the prehung door into the framed RO to be held firmly while you plumb and straighten. Regular opposing shims works for me for that. This method also makes it easy to compensate for the rare door that comes with small twist
I was trying to see what was wrong with the pictures and then I noticed the sidewalk is not finished in the first photo, there is no hand railing on the stairs in the second photo and I'm assuming the urinals were installed in the ladies room. Good on Fine Home Building for presenting a challenge for us to find what is wrong.
I'm thinking tie the rafters and ceiling joists together to make a funk truss and add some decking in the open centre portion to help spread the load. Use blocking and 5/8 gusset plates to tie every thing together
I believe the mathematical formula for the radius is A squared plus B squared over 2(AB). A is the height and B is half the base
3r1j1c good catch on the sound bar (aka resiliant channel) although it is a drawing and not a photo. With all the advertising on here I'm wondering if I can use this forum to plug my new drywall cutting tool. Na, better not.
I fail to see anything wrong with any of these photos. I do these things all the time and never get any complaints. A hand railing would be nice on the stairs though.
I find it amazing how thankless people can be in regards to design input. Some of my experiences include a local builder winning a building award for my alteration to the original design. The local awards are called the Georgies and he recieved a silver for the best feature. A gold isn't possible untill you enter the provincials. Then there was a two page colour article in a local newspaper featuring a passive solar house I designed and built with a friend. We did everything from the foundation to the finishing work including the cabinets, stone and wood floring, tile work and solid wood stairs. Not a mention of the builders name in the article. I also build and designed a Thai Restaurant in the small city I live in. My mother went in for lunch one day and the waitress told her the person runnung the restaurant did all the work. Now lets include my alteration to a designers stairs that he could not get to code. It was his desire to have these as his signature design feature. It was just a matter of changing the geometry and coming up with a unique set of stairs that I have never seen anywhere else. For all of the above not only did I not recieve financial compensation but there was never even a thank you. I find I get a certain amount of entertainment from people being so useless that they have to claim responsability for other peoples work.
This would be a nice addition for my green library started in the late 70's with The Passive Solar Energy book. It is my hope to build a European standard Passive House soon. There is one obstacle where I cannot find any guidance. How does one combine an air tight house with an overhead kitchen fan meant to exaust air while blasting heat under a wok for delicious spicy hot Thai food. Looks like a custom job for a metal fabricator. Off to the drawing board!
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Worst bug I've seen so far
really enjoying the game the first few minutes but after half an hour I ran into a bug, that completly messed up my save file. After I died two feet away from the pump system, the game sets me back to the beginning and I can't continue because of a lift that is in my way now.
It also starts me in close-up look every time. Have to start a fresh game now and I'm afraid this will happen again -.-"
Unlucky, never happened to me but I still wouldn't be happy about it.
I ran into that one, had to make back all the way grabing all the Ulyssium that was reset.
Ended up getting the game today and have run into the bug myself
has there been any updates that fixes it up?
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The Nation Drafts Playoff Pool: Play for Charity, Fun, and Glory
Ryan Pike
April 09 2015 09:27AM
It's nearly the end of the hockey season, and while we're starting to get excited at the prospect of the playoffs(!), we're also excited to announce the return of something we do every year at this time: the Nation Drafts playoff pool!
The Nation Drafts playoff pool is fun, inexpensive, proceeds benefit a worthy cause, and you could win prizes! What's not to love? Read on for more details.
TWO GAMES LEFT: An in-depth look at how the playoff races can play out over the next few days
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April 09 2015 08:00AM
Two points separates five teams in the Eastern Conference with two games to go. The picture is similar in the West, as three teams separated by just three points of one another teams duke it out for the final two playoff spots. Simply put, these last two games are huge. Any of Calgary, Winnipeg, Detroit, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh, or Boston could relinquish their spot to Ottawa or Los Angeles.
What are the possible playoff scenarios? What's most likely to happen? Let's take a look.
It all comes down to this: the Sens and Pens play for their playoff lives on Tuesday
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April 06 2015 06:30AM
I'll be honest, this isn't what I expected from the Eastern Conference playoff race.
A week ago, I broke down the playoff race in the East and figured that it was down to three teams and one spot — the Bruins, Senators and Panthers. Since then, the Bruins have heated up, while the Red Wings and Penguins are imploding, making the standings a hell of a lot more unpredictable than they were last week. Now there's three teams tied with 95 points and the Senators on the outside looking in with 93 points.
The best part about it, though, is the Senators are going to face the Penguin tomorrow night in a game that will very likely determine which team grabs a playoff spot in the confusing Eastern Conference.
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April 05 2015 09:00AM
The playoff dream for the Panthers may be all but dead at this point, but it's still been a pretty interesting season in Sunrise. The Panthers have an exciting core of young players, but perhaps the most interesting aspect of the team is they boast both the NHL's active leader in wins for a goaltender and points scored by a skater. It's an interesting blend of young talent and veteran legacy, that's for sure.
I'm sure most people know that already, but Roberto Luongo and Jaromir Jagr have both been tearing up their respective all time leader boards this season. Jagr currently sits fourth all time with 1,798 points, while Luongo is 11th all time with 400 wins.
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A popular blind King George musician died in a Saturday fire at his trailer home on Pumpkin Neck Road. The trailer was already enveloped in flames when the first units of the King George Fire and Rescue Services arrived on the scene just off State Route 218.
The victim of the fire was identified by King George Fire Chief David Moody as Lawrence Robert "Bobby" Self. Self, who was 80 years old, was known for playing the harmonica with a local bluegrass band and often played with various bands at local civic clubs in the area.
Self was trapped in the trailer when King George Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services got to the scene of the blaze. Fire trucks and rescue units from King George responded, along with units from the Navy base at Dahlgren, Westmoreland County and Charles County, Md.
"Our fire/rescue team worked diligently in order to try and save Mr. Self, but due to the intensity and rapid spread of fire before our crews arrived made this effort unsuccessful," Moody said.
"Our Department, along with our mutual-aid partners remained on-scene for several hours extinguishing the fire and performed salvage and overhaul operations in order to save any personal belongings. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Self family during their time of need," Moody said.
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My major was interior design and I have taken multiple drawing, and fine arts classes through my college years. I enjoy mixed media and have always carried a sketch book most of my life. I love being able to draw or sketch whenever and wherever I may be. I love to sew and make things for my friends and family, as well as creating things to sell.
I have taught classes to both adults and children. I really love to teaching and sharing what I create. I have participated in local art shows and fairs. Shows and fairs are one of may favorite venues because I am able to interact with people and am able to do live demos. If I am able to inspire someone to explore their creative side then I have done my job. I hope that you enjoy your look around my blog and let me know what you think.
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Skip to comments.Caught on camera: Horrifying moment security guard Tasers mother in front of her children
Posted on 02/01/2013 3:42:37 PM PST by lowbridge
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To be clear for the benefit of any leftist (and therefore none to bright) lurkers: my point is WE DON'T CARE ABOUT RACE. We care about CULTURE, and we despise the thug culture, from Obama down to these thugs. In other words, it is all about the content of the character. To bad someone famous neve made that point...
A white security guard at a mall with predominantly black visitors. You couldn't pay me enough to do that job.
Horrifying that such a feral beast can find a mate with which to reproduce.
I have to admit that's one funny video! If it had been a white guard Jesse and AL would be there demanding an arrest.
The only thing horrifying in that video is that this female has reproduced. Her kids are almost certainly wards of the state already in everything but name, and they'll probably be spending most of their lives in the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
(sigh) It's a sad thing when "the more I know about people, the better I like my dogs."
I'm sure he's going to be described by ABC News, Atlanta, as a "White Black Man" in subsequent news reports.
I suspect that in the fairly large circle they run in, this is the way people normally behave.
He doesn't need money for more gear. He needs money so he can move somewhere where human beings live.
But, as I said in another post, it's just a matter of time before the news outlets start referring to him ala George Zimmerman, as a "White Black Man."
What would make you think first of all: these are ladies and secondly: they have jobs...?
Unless you forgot the sarcasm tag...
Seems to me that the 'headline' is trying to garner up sympathy for the woman.
That guard showed a lot of restraint.
Notice in the 2nd video how the larger the 'crowd' got the mouthier those 2 jokers got.
Well, you can see why 'they' don't want armed guards, when that one clown threw the table back in is when the Police should have been called...wonder where the guards 'backups' etc are/were. That incident lasted long enough where someone should have been called.
Of course, why in broad daylight is ANY guard needed, armed or unarmed?
I realize that is a rhetorical question but uniformed security being deemed necessary speaks for the area.
Notice how most anything of a 'racial nature' is ONLY reported by the British Press? Unless of course the 'victim' is a minority...]
If that had been a white security guard you can imagine the charges against him - IF he would have survived.
Gee, I thought that one had to wear SHOES to enter a PUBLIC FACILITY.
Or is that 'law' only for white people ?
"Those kids are going to grow up to be fine upstanding, productive citizens, I am sure."
I doubt if they all will make it to the growing up part.
Atlanta: Keepin' it Classy!
Thanks to the Daily Mail to remind me of one of the reasons that I left there!
That poor little mother of children. How could that man do that? Such insensitivity that he would not allow her and her spawn to ransack the store. He should seek pentance and beg her to forgive him.
"referring to him ala George Zimmerman, as a "White Black Man."
...who is a house @#$@#$@# for...The Man!!!
The poor hard-working bastard. I hope he takes the money he gets and can GTF out of there.
she was a willing participant and antagonist. nothing horrifying about a security guard defending himself against someone who is actively coming after him, with their children, and attacking him. he practiced more restraint than i would have used.
i'd bet ebt cards to grape soda she ain't done popping out welfare benefits either.
The only thing "horrifying" is what the slut is doing to those kids. They have no future.
It's a special kind of evil to make a mother make slaves of her own children.
Thank you LBJ
>>He doesnt need money for more gear. He needs money so he can move somewhere where human beings live.
Nah. Like he said, you clean them out and then they find somewhere else to go. Eventually the pockets of activity get smaller and then they start eliminating each other.
This man has my utmost respect.
He said that?
You sure that the "ladies", to use the term very loosely, actually work unless it is a government job?
Oh, that's awesome. Great idea, I didn't see that.
And every one of them has the exact same vote as you! The Great Society has resulted in a permanent underclass, and they will vote Dem forever.
You know....I'm realty torn....I'm certain their is no quicker way to hell then to murder your own offspring in the womb....But when I see this....I think maybe abortion ain't such a bad idea.!! : (
I think maybe they get a free ride to purgatory anyway...
>> Whorefrying moment
Thanks for making me feel young again!
I'm spitting up like a baby, all over my keyboard.
The guard needs hi-cap mags, a battle buddy, .......and one of those scuba tank-sizes of grizzly bear repellant.
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Steph, LeBron and Talking Turkey — Brandon Crawford
I started this post yesterday and didn't get back to it. So I'll try to finish this morning and see if it can get posted before game time. (I don't post them myself.) Day games after night games are kind of rushed. Always such a fast turnaround. You sleep and then you're back on the freeway heading again to the park. BUT . . . it's great weather today, a sell-out crowd and we're playing baseball. No complaints.
I'm a huge Warriors fan, and Jalynne and I were lucky enough to go to the game Sunday night. Getting a hold of tickets isn't the easiest thing, but my agent used to work with Bob Meyers, the Warriors' GM, so that was my connection. We raced over to Oakland after our game and got there around 5. It was cool to get kind of the VIP treatment. We parked in the special access lot — pulling in right behind Floyd Mayweather. At the security entrance, he was waiting for his whole posse to get together, so he told Jalynne and me to go ahead of him. Pretty cool.
We had great seats — directly across from the Warriors bench, 20 rows up. It was fun just to be a fan — to be one of the watchers instead of a guy being watched. Curry has to be the most fun athlete I've ever watched. What impressed me about him is what impresses everyone about Curry — his quick ball handling, his vision on the court and then how quick his shot is — it's unbelievable. When you don't think he's able to get a shot off, he not only gets it off, he makes it.
And then LeBron. I don't know if people grasp how big he is if you've only seen him on TV. He's so big and he's so quick. I think that's why he's able to make things look so easy. He's able to back you down, but if give him too much room, he can blow by you, too, because he's that quick. At one point I looked up at the scoreboard stats and he had something like 8 assists, 20 points and 8 rebounds — he almost had a triple double at halftime! And everyone else on the team had zero assists.
We'll be on a plane to Seattle tonight during the game. I hope we land in time to watch the second half. We'll all have our iPads and headsets on while we're riding the bus to the hotel. Let's hope they clinch tonight.
OK, should we talk turkey taps? Seems to have attracted a bit of attention after our White House visit and Matt Duffy doubled over. It was from a sneak attack by Cain, who landed the punch as he passed by. Some people who saw it on TV thought it was me because I was standing next to Duffy. I'd have to have really flexible Inspector Gadget arms to reach Duffy. And the evidence is stacked against Cain. When Morse was here, Cain gave him a little reach-around on camera. I put a clip of it on Twitter. He and Belt lead the team in turkey taps. It happens a lot when there's a big group because you can't really tell who's doing it. I do get Belt a lot, but he's gotten better at blocking it, so it's not so fun anymore. Why do we do it? I don't know. We have a lot of characters on this team who like to keep things fun and relaxed.
Turkey tap aside, it was really an honor to go to the White House again. Not many people get to go inside and meet the president. We took a train to Philly after that. I wish we could travel more by train. We had a chartered train to Philly, which means we had a whole train to ourselves. I think it was four or five cars. One car was for players who didn't have their wives on the trip. Another car for players with their families, then the dining car and the coaches up font.Unlike flying, as soon as everybody boards the train, we leave. On a plane, it seem like it's an hour before the plan takes off. I'm sure it's making sure the plane is safe, but it was a nice break to take the train. We took it from Philly to New York, too.
In New York, Jalynne and I decided to see a play on the off day, Monday, but not many theaters are open on Mondays. We went to Phantom of the Opera along with Chad Chop and his wife, and Hunter and his girlfriend. Hunter had made dinner reservations for all of us but when we found out it was a 20 minute drive there and 20 minutes back — and theater was just a five-minute walk from our hotel — the Chops and Jalynne and I decided to play it safe and just grab dinner nearby so we wouldn't be late for the show. We ended up having pizza across from the theater. We're not picky, so it was perfect for us. In New York, you're supposed to get pizza anyway.
We had a hitters' meeting before the game today. Nobody's freaking out. It's baseball. It's a long season. We'll get it going. This happened last year in June, too. Everybody wasn't hitting all at the same time. Last year ended up all right.
Thanks for reading. Next blog: I'll answer your questions. Keep them coming
All About Rhythm — Brandon Belt
Sorry I haven't blogged much. When the team's struggling, and you're not helping to score any runs, there's not much to say. You don't want to sound all cheerful and happy because it wouldn't be real. But you don't want to make too much of a dry spell, either, because you know it's going to pass.
Having said that, few things are worse for a hitter than opening the season and falling almost immediately into a slump. You haven't built up any numbers yet. There's no cushion in your batting average to absorb the dip in production. All you see is the dip. So everything just looks brutal. If you slump in the middle of the season, it doesn't hit your average as hard.
For me, like most players, hitting is all about rhythm. When I get into a good rhythm, I can stay on a good streak for a long while. I was on a great streak coming out of spring training. The groin injury the first week of the season put me on the sidelines for a few days. You never think you're going to be affected by an interruption like that, but hitting is such a complex thing, physically and mentally. One thing is a little bit off, and suddenly you're struggling.
But it's part of baseball. It happens. You know you'll get out of it. But it's never as quick as you want. I'm happy to be swinging the bat well again. I'm seeing the ball. I feel good out there. I know if I keep hitting the ball hard enough, good things will happen.
What matters most is that, as a team, we're turning things around. We're winning again and climbing up the standings, which all of us knew would happen. It's in our DNA. And soon we'll be getting some big guys back — Hunter, Cain, Peavy — and that will be a huge lift.
We have our batting groups again this year, and again we have Team Brandon. There are three groups, and I'm the captain of one of them. So in the draft I'm pretty much obligated to pick Crawford first. I haven't looked at the standings for April yet, but I know he helped us a lot with his home runs. I'll keep you posted.
I'm sorry I have no movie reviews. With Greyson, who is now eight months and desperate to start walking already, I'm not going out a lot. I want to spend every minute I can with him. I wanted to go to the movies in Colorado and just never did. I bought I Love You, Man in the hotel. I've seen it a hundred times and still think it's hilarious. But I fell asleep and didn't finish it. The life of a new Dad, I guess. Haylee and Greyson will go to Houston with me, and Haylee will head to Lufkin for a little while. She will be very happy to get some help from the grandparents.
Thanks for reading. And ask some questions so I have something to write about!
Dead Batteries and Broken Zippers – Brandon Belt
Last week was a great week all around – a sweep to start the second half of the season and before that a trip back home for the All-Star break.
Haylee and I spent the first day back in Texas just hanging out with our parents. Then on Tuesday there was a little bitty get-together at the Barbecue House, which I told you is one of my favorite restaurants in Nacogdoches. It was just my grandma, my mom's sisters and my coach from Little League. Sure enough, Maw-Maw had a stack of cards for me to sign as soon as I walked in.
Then I watched the All-Star game with some buddies, cheering for our guys like any other fan. They definitely represented the Giants very well. Matt Cain faced a brutal line-up of the best hitters in the American League, and he just shut them down. And Melky getting the MVP – I was so happy for him because he works sooo hard. He's definitely somebody I look up to. And Pablo getting the triple and Posey scoring a run. It was awesome all around.
Of course when you're around your friends and family, they want to know what guys are like personally off the field. It's an easy answer for me because every guy on the team is a good guy.
So after writing about how I always wear my baseball pants old-school, I showed up for a game with long pants that covered my socks. "Kristen'' and "Claire'' called me on it in the comments section. Here's the story. I have two pairs of old-school pants that come down to just below my knees. One of them has had a broken zipper for a while. So I had been wearing the same pair of pants every game. Then the zipper broke on that one. So I had to go grab a pair of Bumgarner's pants and throw those on. Murph, the clubhouse manager, got the zippers fixed and had my pants back in time for the next game.
Obviously, I should get things fixed more promptly. Like my shaver. I told you last time that I hadn't shaved in a week because my shaver broke. I was going to get a new one during our last road trip back east. I didn't. So I went another week. I had a back-up razor but the batteries were dead. Finally I got batteries and shaved the night before the All-Star break. Back home in Texas, I was able to go out and find the shaver I've always had, the Peanut.
Another question from the comments: My pregame routine. After we take BP, we're in the clubhouse for about an hour and a half. So right before the game, I'll go in the batting cage behind the dugout and hit a few balls to get loose. Then on the field I'll stretch my legs and upper body. Then I throw with Crawford. Most of us throw with the same guys every game. (If one or the other of us isn't in the lineup, the other one will find somebody else to throw with.) Then I'll do a couple sprints and I'm ready for the game.
Thanks, Dave Edlund, for telling me you fished my first home run of 2012 out of McCovey Cove. (And to your friend Greg for grabbing the next one.) The one I'd really like back is the first Splash Hit of my career (from last season). That would be pretty cool. If the person who has that ball wants to negotiate an exchange, I'm open.
Thanks, as always, for reading and for leaving your comments and questions. Wish us luck in Atlanta and Philly
-Brandon B.
The Hard Work of Keeping It Simple – Brandon Belt
Playing baseball can be a mysterious thing. I mean, you know how to swing the bat, how to field the ball, how to throw. But there are times — and often you can't pinpoint the exact reason – everything is working or almost nothing is working.
Right now for me at the plate, a lot of things are working. To be honest, I'm the most comfortable I've been since I've been in the big leagues. I've hit safely in last 11 games and have four home runs and 12 RBIs in that span.
The difference is that I'm not thinking about anything at the plate except seeing the ball. I'm not thinking about my mechanics. I'm not guessing at pitches. I'm seeing the pitch where it actually is.
It's what baseball people call simplifying the game. It's kind of counter-intuitive because you have to work really hard in order to get yourself in the frame of mind to keep it simple. And I've worked really hard. Now it's paying off: I can clear my head of everything except seeing the ball.
And because I'm not swinging at pitches outside the zone, I'm walking more, too.
There is no better feeling in baseball than being able to come through for your team. Last night, the two-run homer in the sixth put us ahead for good in the win against the A's. But the double on Friday night to tie the game in the ninth is the kind of hit that you always hope for.
Timmy had fought back from a rough first inning and didn't give up a hit through the next five. And the bullpen gave up nothing. So you really want to do something to make all that work pay off. And we'd had a tough two series in Anaheim and Seattle, so we really needed to get something going.
I remembered that the last time I faced A's closer Ryan Cook he threw me a couple of sliders. So I knew there was a good chance, with two strikes, I'd get a backdoor slider, and I did. I just tried to get the bat on it and put it in play. It got past the leftfielder and both runners scored. When you just get the bat on the ball, good things can happen.
As for the play at first base in that bad first inning on Friday, it was one of those unfortunate things. As a fielder, you always go through in your mind what you'll do if the ball's hit to you. With bases loaded and no outs, I knew if I got a ball to my left, to my backhand, I'd have no chance at a double play, so I'd throw home to get the force. If the ball was hit straight at me or to my right, I'd go to second for the double play.
It was hit to my left, so I purposely stepped over the bag to get the force-out at home. But Sanchy thought I stepped on the bag. So he went for the tag at home and wasn't able to get the runner. Throwing home for the force-out to save the run was the right play. It was just one of those unfortunate things that Sanchy couldn't see if I had stepped on the bag or not.
I've gotten a little ribbing about my orange shoelaces. I guess they're kind of bright. They were already on the shoes when they arrived from Under Armour. I didn't put them on the shoes myself. But I'm going to keep them. Good things seem to happen when I'm wearing them.
The truth is I don't really pay much attention to what I'm wearing or how I look. I wear my baseball pants kind of old school, just below the knee, but it's not a real conscious choice. I've just been wearing them that way since I was eight years old and never changed.
On our day off on Thursday, I dragged Haylee to the movie theater to see "That's My Boy'' with Adam Sandler. It's not a movie that's going to wow the critics, but I love Adam Sandler and I laughed through the whole thing. Even Haylee laughed. She hates going to the movies. She'd rather just watch a movie at home. But I love it. When she doesn't want to go, I'll just go by myself.
Thanks to all of you who left such nice comments here after the last post about Matt Cain's perfect game. Through all the ups and downs of the last two seasons, you've always been there. The incredible support I've gotten here in San Francisco has really helped me deal with the doubts that inevitably creep into your mind when things aren't going well. For any player, knowing that the fans are behind you gives you a little bit more juice. I've read every comment and appreciate each one. I wish I could write back to everyone but there's just not enough time in the day. But I want you to know how amazing it is to take all your good thoughts onto the field with me.
-Brandon B.
A Part of History – Brandon Belt
Like everybody else, I couldn't go to sleep last night. I think I watched the replay of the final out fifteen times. Then I kept replaying the game in my head.
And what I was thinking when I woke up this morning was just how unbelievable it was to be a part of history.
I've been a baseball fan my whole life. And then to be on the field when a guy pitches a perfect game, it's incredible. It wasn't just about being IN the game but I found myself watching the game almost like a fan. Seeing Blanco make that play. That's going to go down as one of the best plays in the history of the game. And I'm there watching it from a few yards away.
In the dugout, we all went about our normal routines. We talked about our at-bats, about the plays on the field. We just didn't do it around Matt.
Then I did something that I will get grief about for the rest of my career, I'm sure.
It was the seventh or eighth inning, and Matt was up at bat. I was wandering around the dugout, watching the game. Matt was batting. I sat down on the bench. Usually pitchers will put a towel or their jacket on the spot. Maybe something was there and I just didn't see it.
But suddenly Matt is standing there staring at me. I figured I was doing something wrong. I looked down and realized I was sitting in his spot. Vogelsong was giving me a dirty look, so I got out of there as fast as I could. I think Vogey was ready to kill me. I still can't believe I did that.
As the game went on, I was as nervous as I've ever been on a baseball field. As Matt pitched to the last batter, I was thinking, "Don't hit it to me. Just strike him out.''
You're telling yourself not to freak out: "If it's hit to someone else and the throw's in the dirt, don't panic. Just do what you normally do. Let the game come to you.''
Then when I caught Arias's throw to end the game, I put the ball in my pocket for safekeeping – and to make sure it didn't get knocked to the ground and somebody rolled an ankle on it. I was the second guy to reach Matt after Buster. In the pile, I was kind of squished up against him, so I kind of put my head down on his chest; I didn't want to get hit in the face. My shoulder was jabbing into Crawford's nose. It can get pretty rough. You really have to be careful. But in the moment you're not thinking about anything but how happy you are for Matty.
In the clubhouse, when I was about to give Matt the ball, I thought maybe I could get something out of this. I asked him for a Corvette. It's probably not going to happen.
Seriously, though, handing him the ball was one of the coolest things. You see stuff like that on TV and you wonder how you'd feel doing that for a teammate. Honestly, it was one of the best feelings I've ever had playing the game. I was just so happy for him. He deserves this so much. He goes out every game with good stuff and you knew it was just a matter of time before something really special was going to happen. He's a bulldog. He fights every day.
When I look at someone like Matt and how professional he is, how much he prepares day in and day out, I feel really inspired. You want to live up to the standard he sets. You realize what it takes to be great in this game. It's not all about talent. It's all the other stuff. Dedication. Courage. Focus.
I thought later about passing by Matt's locker before the game. I thought he was asleep. He looked like he had just woken up from a nap. But I'm sure he was getting in the zone. Obviously it worked.
And I still can't believe I was a part of it.
-Brandon B.
Unbelievable – Brandon Belt
We're making our way to New York, but I wanted to write a short post about last night's amazing game.
In the dugout, we were watching the pitching duel like any fan in the stands. Matt Cain and Cliff Lee were like surgeons out there — precise and efficient and super confident. You knew neither was giving an inch. A win would have to be earned the hard way — one base at a time.
But I knew I had to keep ready (more on that in my next post). Boch could call on me at any time.
That time came in the 11th.
Cliff Lee was, thankfully, finally out of the game after ten innings. I was facing Armando Bastardo. All I thought about was putting the ball in play. Just keep it simple. Forget everything that's happened before. I was looking for a fastball, but he gave me a slider and fortunately I was able to stay with it just enough to put it in play for single up the middle.
When I reached second on an error and Melky came to the plate, I was thinking: Whatever happens, be aggressive. Get home however you can.
As soon as I saw the ball come off the bat, I took off. I was probably overly aggressive right there but I trusted my instincts.
When I'm rounding third, I take a look at the fielder to see if I'm going to have to slide. I saw the ball in the air and I'm thinking – get to the plate as fast as you can and get down.
When I crossed that plate – it was one of the greatest feelings. You're happy for the win but you're really happy for Matt. He had fought so hard out there that you just wanted to do it for him. And I couldn't be happier for Melky, who's been winning games for us all season. He had a great at-bat and he came through for us again.
And I have to tell you there's nothing better than a dog pile. It does something for you as a player and as a team. Pulls you closer together maybe. I don't know for sure. But there's a carryover. I can feel it today. Everyone's still smiling.
And in the aftermath, you can really start to appreciate what we saw last night. It's hard to imagine any of us will ever see a better pitching duel. It's a game that you know you'll be telling your grandchildren about – the way people talk about Koufax and Marichal.
It's a great way to head into four games against the Mets.
Thanks for reading.
-Brandon Belt


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