User:J rath
Me
[edit]So what is there to say about me? I am married to a beautiful wife. No kids, but we have a really tenacious cat, Eliel. I love sports, baseball and basketball in particular. Other than that, I love to read/learn/debate politics, military, and religion. I am a Christian, a Lutheran that attends a Southern Baptist church. Martin Luther is rolling in his grave. Of course, he probably already was if he knows the current state of the ELCA...
Baseball
[edit]I love the Houston Astros. They were may grandfather's favorite team since they started in 1962 as the Colt .45's. The Astrodome was my ideal (as a kid) place to play baseball. Then I learned how bad Astroturf was on your knees. Still, one of the first things I think of when I think baseball is the Astrodome.
My all-time favorite baseball roster (filling an entire 25 man roster):
Batters
- C - Jason Kendall
- C - Mickey Tettleton (Created the initial Wikipedia entry)
- 1B -Jeff Bagwell
- 1B - Lou Gehrig
- 2B - Bill Doran, my all-time favorite player (Created the initial Wikipedia entry)
- 3B - Tim Wallach (Created the initial Wikipedia entry)
- 3B - Gary Gaetti
- SS - Ozzie Smith
- SS - Barry Larkin
- LF - Craig Biggio
- LF - José Cruz
- CF - Jimmy Wynn (Created the initial Wikipedia entry)
- CF - Brady Anderson
- RF - Lance Berkman (Created the initial Wikipedia entry)
Pitchers
- SP - Nolan Ryan
- SP - J.R. Richard (Created the initial Wikipedia entry)
- SP - Mike Scott (Created the initial Wikipedia entry)
- SP - Burt Hooton
- SP - Ron Darling
- RP - Danny Darwin
- RP - Dave Smith
- RP - Charlie Kerfeld (Created the initial Wikipedia entry)
- RP - Tom Henke
- RP - Jim Deshaies
- RP - Open
Basketball
[edit]As much as I love the Astros, I love the San Antonio Spurs even more. I will be a Spurs fan until the day I die, unless some crappy owner moves the team out of town.
My all-time favorite basketball roster:
Starting Team
- C: - David Robinson
- PF: - Tim Duncan
- SF: - George Gervin
- SG: - Devin Brown (subject to removal)
- PG: - Johnny Moore
Bench
- C: - Dikembe Mutombo
- C: - Bill Walton
- C: - Arvydas Sabonis
- PF: - Kevin McHale
- SF: - Sean Elliott
- SG: - Dale Ellis
- PG: - Mark Price
Articles I started
[edit]- Danny Abramowicz
- Lance Berkman
- Bill Doran
- Eliel
- Dale Ellis
- Charlie Kerfeld
- Mike Mitchell
- Johnny Moore
- Chuck Person
- J.R. Richard
- Mike Scott
- Digital Takawira: redirects to Vitalis Takawira
- Vitalis Takawira
- Willy Taveras
- Mickey Tettleton
- Tim Wallach
- Jimmy Wynn
Articles in which I added cool content
[edit]- Tim Duncan: added the MVP tables at the end of the article.
- Gary Gaetti: added Trivia section, about first at bat homers.