on fire.

With the 5-3 win by the Texas Rangers and the 3-1 loss by the Angels, the TEXAS RANGERS ARE GOING BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS! CELEBRATE! Who’s gonna stop us? Name me a team with better hitting and better pitching. The Yankees? Ha! The Tigers? HA HA! The Red Sox? Wait, aren’t they about to blow it? The Rays? Refer back to 2010. The Phillies? Bring that noise Cliff Lee, we’ll show you who’s boss.

p.s. SOMEONE GET ME THIS SHIRT!

pps – hahahahhahahahahah angels

ppps – what’s with these hats? I want a world series hat, not a playoff hat.

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Sorry, it was a long day today, not good for blogging. See you Monday.

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ESPN Dallas – The Toronto Blue Jays’ walk-off win in the 12th inning Thursday night means the Texas Rangers’ magic number is 2. That means Texas could clinch its second-consecutive AL West title Friday.

If the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners at home and the Los Angeles Angels lose to the Oakland Athletics in Anaheim (and they are going to get back very late now), then it’s over. It’s possible the Rangers could be in the clubhouse watching the Angels to see if they’ve won the division. If it’s not Friday, then they will likely do it this weekend before the three-game set in Anaheim.

That’s not the only race worth watching right now. The Rangers still have a chance for homefield advantage in the ALDS. The Detroit Tigers lost to the Baltimore Orioles today, meaning the Rangers and Tigers are still tied in the standings. Detroit has the tiebreaker.

If the season ended today, Texas would go to Yankee Stadium to start the ALDS. If they can get in front of Detroit, they would host the AL Wild Card team for Games 1 and 2 (unless the Angels get the Wild Card).

We can actually clinch tonight, this is amazing. The magic number is 2 which now means either 2 wins or a win and an Angel loss. How awesome would that be?  Playoffs 2011.

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Hand puppets, totally hot.

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CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – The California mother of a soldier who died from rabies wants the Army to explain why her son died of a preventable disease.

Spc. Kevin Shumaker, 24, was bitten on the hand by a stray dog while breaking up a dog fight at a remote Afghanistan base in January. Eight months later, the Livermore soldier died from rabies in a New York hospital near Fort Drum, making him the only person to die of the disease in the United States this year.

Shumaker told his parents he was treated for rabies at the base, but said the series of injections was not completed.

His mother, Elaine Taylor of Castro Valley, told the Contra Costa Times that her son would be alive if he were given proper treatment. She questioned whether her son received any rabies injections.

“I would not be without my son if the proper treatment was given to Kevin,” Taylor told this newspaper this week. “Rabies is 100 percent preventable with the right vaccine, but without that treatment, you die.

“If he would have died from an enemy attack, we would’ve been devastated, but we knew he was in harm’s way when he was deployed.”

U.S. Central Command was investigating how Shumaker contracted rabies and his “treatment in theater,” said Jaime Cavazos, a spokesman for Army Medical Command.

“Additionally, we’ve undertaken a multi-phases approach to identify, notify, and, if necessary, treat soldiers who have or suspect they have been exposed to rabies,” Cavazos said. “This is a sad and tragic event, and we too feel this loss deeply. We are fully committed to providing the highest quality medical care to all soldiers when and where it is needed via the best means possible.”

Shumaker enlisted in the Army at 21 and had been deployed to Afghanistan since May 2010. He was bitten as he tried to stop a pair of strays that had attacked the base’s two pet dogs, and told his mother the animal that bit him had tested negative for rabies.

He also said he thought he had gotten rabies shots, but received only three of the required vaccines because the remaining doses were expired. His first symptoms arose in August when he was on his way to a new assignment at Fort Drum.

He died 15 days after he was diagnosed.

“The incubation for this disease can be long and variable,” said Tom Skinner, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It depends on the wound and the amount of virus secreted by the animal and the location of the wound. … In developing countries, it’s not uncommon at all to die of rabies.”

I kind of want to believe that this is not true.  There has to be another explanation for his death other than rabies.  Stuff like this doesn’t happen in America and the truth will come out.  Very sad to lose a soldier this way too.

4,000 Americans every 1000 years.

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I Like a Big Fridge!

I am so pumped.

And yes, you just saw a bunch of Office posts. It’s that important.

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