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"Showing Their Scales" and "The Hockey Farmer"

We are pleased to introduce the works of local B.C. authors KP Wee and Farhan Devji to you:

"Showing Their Scales" contains three tales of lies, lust, and deception. These are short novels which deal with betrayal and revenge, with three main male characters and how they end up hurting the women in their lives.
**Catch an episode of BlogTalkRadio here with KP's interview on his books, recorded Dec 29, 2008.**

"The Hockey Farmer" is a story about Logan Watt, who hails from Cochrane, Alberta, and has to decide whether to rehabilitate the legendary family farm or pursue an unlikely career in professional hockey. The story also shifts to Vancouver and contains numerous Vancouver Canucks references.

Help support a pair of B.C. authors by picking up your own copies today!
-- "The Hockey Farmer" can be purchased here,
while "Showing Their Scales" can be bought here. --

Thursday, September 18, 2008

What History?

Yes, yes, the Yankees are not going to the playoffs, and they still want to make news this week.

Even resident Zonker John House :-) is on the bandwagon, appearing at Yankee Stadium this past week to soak in on the "final homestand ever" at the House that Ruth Built.

The Yankees celebrated Derek Jeter breaking Lou Gehrig's all-time record for career hits in that very ballpark. Mariano Rivera moved into second place on baseball's all-time saves list, surpassing (ex-Yankee, albeit it for just a month in 1993) Lee Smith. Even A-Rod joined in Wednesday, becoming the first ever with 35 HRs and 100 RBIs in 12 seasons, surpassing the Babe himself. (And that "historic" home run was another meaningless blast, a solo shot in the 8th with New York up 4-1.)

Never mind the Yankees' "historic" week.

Here's some real history, courtesy Nationalpastime.com.

September 16th:

-Joe DiMaggio hits home run No. 300 in 1948, becoming only the eighth player ever to achieve the mark.

-The 30-30 club (30 HRs, 30 SBs) has a new member in Cleveland's Joe Carter, the ninth player to do so, in 1987.

-In 1988, Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against the Dodgers, winning 1-0. (The Dodgers still won the NL West. Ironically, they were victims of Dennis Martinez's perfecto in 1991 but lost the West in the final week of the season.)

-A pair of Twins, Dave Winfield (1993) and Paul Molitor (1996), join the 3,000-hit club. Molitor is the first ever to get No. 3,000 on a triple.

-Curt Schilling joins the 300-K club, twice, doing so in 1997 and again in 2002.

September 17th:

-Casey Stengel (1912), Stan "The Man" Musial (1941), and Ernie Banks (1953) make their ML debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cardinals, and Cubs, respectively. Stengel gets four hits, drives home two runs, and steals two bases. Musial collects two safeties with two runs batted in. Banks goes hitless in three at-bats.

-In 1983, Johnny Bench hit a two-run home run on Johnny Bench Night at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Alas, the Reds lose 4-3 to Houston.

-In 1996, Hideo Nomo does the unthinkable, tossing a no-no at Coors Field, as the Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies, 9-0.

-In 2004, Barry Bonds hits home run No. 700 off the Padres' Jake Peavy.

September 18th:

-In 1960, Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette (the MVP of the 1957 World Series) no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies, winning 1-0. It is one of the 203 lifetime wins he picks up over his 18-year big-league career.

-In 1963, the final game ever is played in the Polo Grounds, which is best known for being the home of the New York Giants (1911-57) but is the Mets' home ballpark during their first two ML seasons (1962-63). The Polo Grounds is also the site of the most famous catch in World Series history, "The Catch" made by Willie Mays in the 1954 Classic.

-In 1976, Cleveland Indians skipper Frank Robinson hits a pinch-single versus one of his ex-teams, the Baltimore Orioles, in his final ML at-bat.