Utah Girl's Basketball Links

Here are some websites for girl's basketball in Utah.  Unfortunately, there are not a lot of options for girls in this State...

The Salt Lakers
Intermountain Hoops (Warning: The colors of this website are extremely offensive to the eyes)
National Girls AAU Website
Local AAU Website
July 2012 Murray 3 on 3 Tournament

I will add more as I find them.

Jr. Jazz...

My daughter scored 8 points in her second game ever!!! How cool is that?

Skip Button!!!

I found it... the code to add a skip button to your Comcast remote. We used to have Dish Network, and I really enjoyed the skip button. When we changed to Comcast we lost it. Now, it is back.

1. Choose an unused or unneeded button on the “silver” remote to be the 30-second skip command. I used my “A-lock” button, and in retrospect (with two kids) that’s probably not the best choice, but I wanted it near the other DVR controls. Other choices are the PIP buttons at the bottom, (maybe there’s a hack for those too?) or the “help” button (there’s no help either).
2. Press the “Cable” button at the top of the remote to put it into Cable Box control mode.
3. Press and hold the “Setup” button until the “Cable” button blinks twice.
4. Type in the code 994. The “Cable” button will blink twice.
5. Press (do not hold) the “Setup” button.
6. Type in the code 00173.
7. Press whatever button you want to map the 30-second skip command to.

College...

I am finally away from school long enough to want to put myself through it again. Only this time I think that I am going to steer clear of the Engineering classes and try something a little different, even though the Technology Management program at Westminster will be full of engineers and science type people... oh well, I will give it a go for a semester and who knows... I might be switching to the regular MBA in the spring. Any advice on which path to take?

Star Trek

friday, 5:30 pm it was worth the wait. it's still not as good as the original. especially in terms of when the show first aired and the state of special effects during the late 60's.

After all the number one show of 1966 when Star Trek first aired was Bonanza.

1966 Most Popular TV shows
1. Bonanza (NBC)
2. The Red Skelton Show (CBS)
3. The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
4. The Lucy Show (CBS)
5. The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
6. Green Acres (CBS)
7. Daktari (CBS)
8. Bewitched (ABC)
9. The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)
10. Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (CBS)

glove

it is time to get a new glove. i have been using the rawlings PRO-701BFBT for about eight (8) years now and it is time to replace it. i figure that getting one in the fall is a good time... it gives me the winter to break it in. many people have a certain formula for breaking in a glove. i tend to oil it, play catch with it, put it under the mattress and keep a ball in the pocket (always keep a ball in the pocket even when it is broken in). i can't tell you how many times this piece of leather has saved my life from getting beaned with a hard hit line drive.

i am still debating on the whole method that is described below... i might try it, but when you spend a lot on a glove... it is hard to put it under a running faucet.


here is an article i found in the Denver Post:

TUCSON — Mike Gallego is the Rockies' glove guru. When a wide-eyed rookie arrives at spring training with a new glove, "Gags" teaches him how to break it in — big-league style.

"I think, through the years, I've got a pretty good method going," said the Rockies' infield coach, who played 13 years in the majors.

Players use myriad methods to bring a glove to life. Author Noah Liberman, who devoted a tome to baseball gloves, writes that hot water, cold water, hot air, tobacco, shaving cream, spit, scissors, bats, knives and mallets have all been used to baptize a ball glove.

Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra wrapped baseballs in the pocket of his Rawlings catcher's mitt with rubber bands, put the glove in a sauna, then stuck it in a clothes dryer for two days. Former Cardinals outfielder Willie McGee repeatedly beat a new glove with his bat to loosen it up.

Some players, such as the Rockies' Jeff Baker, dispense with all of the razzmatazz.

"I just break mine in by playing catch," Baker said.

But Gallego swears by his own method, step by step.

1. Pick the right glove

"The best gloves have to be stiff and firm, at least to start out with," Gallego said. "You don't want any bubbles or big imperfections in the leather. The gloves that are going to last are going to be difficult to close before you break them in."

2. Wet the glove

"Rinse it under warm water, but don't douse it under water," Gallego said. "Let water from the faucet run all over it. Get it all wet."

3. Pound it

Using the end of a bat or a mallet, pound the wet glove and begin forming a good pocket. "The water makes the leather more malleable," he said.

4. Oil it

"I put just a little dab of baby oil in the pocket and smear it in really good," Gallego said. "Then I rub mink oil all over the glove. I knead that into the leather."

5. Dry it

"I put the glove into the dryer, on high heat, for 15 minutes."

6. Oil it again

After taking the glove out of the dryer, Gallego advises pounding out the pocket a little more. Then comes another coat of mink oil to make the glove supple and bendable. "At that point, the glove should be ready to play with," he said. "It's not ready to play in a game with yet, but it's ready to play catch with."

Patrick Saunders: 303-954-1428 or psaunders@denverpost.com

Baseball

it has taken me almost a year to actually get on a team... but it was worth the wait. i am not sure if i can go back to playing softball... it is way more fun to have a pitcher throw the ball at you at 70+ mph and to lead off of a base.

here is the website...

Utah MSBL