let's remember ROD DEDEAUX of USC

When Rod Dedeaux stopped coaching baseball at USC after the 1986 season to become USC's Director of Baseball, he left behind a record that may never be surpassed. He had winning seasons in 41 of his 45 years - one stretch, USC went 37 years without a losing campaign. HIs 1,332 wins (only 571 losses and 11 ties) were more than any other Division I coach in history until Texas' Clif Gustafson eclipsed the mark in 1994. Dedeaux was apart of 11 Trojan national championships (he had 10 of his own and co-coached with Barry on the other). During one stretch from 1970-1974 Dedeaux's Trojans played in the CWS final game each year, winning in '71 and '72.

He developed many future professionals. I once had the opportunity to ask Coach Dedeaux how many of his players had signed professional baseball contracts . . . . he mulled a second then gave me the "Tiger, has to be over 250".

He was the head coach of America's first Olympic baseball team that played in the finals during the LA Olympics at Dodger Stadiumin 1984.

And yet when ESPN aired their shows highlighting the 20th Century's "best of" . . . . sadly Rod Dedeaux didn't even get mentioned.

Michael Moore's "Sicko" reviewed

Here's the Libertarian take on Moore's new film - the review is from Reason Magazine's Michael Moynihan . . . here's the last line from the review "But as P.J. O'Rourke once commented, if Mike thinks health care is expensive now, just wait until it's free" . . . . click here

Best of Craigslist

I'll bet you didn't know about this interesting link which someone has created to highlight the best of the posts to Craiglist, heck I didn't even know this existed but found and now you can read it too . . . . . click here

more proof that the private sector is better equipped

CC Meyers has rebuilt the collapsed freeway ramp connecting I80 and I580 in the Oakland, CA for $867, 075! The damage was caused by a trucking company who's truck crashed and burned causing the collapse. The California Dept of Transportation estimated that it would take 50 days and $5.2 million to repair . . . . typical bureaucratic government thinking . . . BIG BIG BIG and LONG TIME. CC Meyers to the rescue again. Meyers completed the job in 17 days! and thereby collected the full completion bonus of $2.5 million. Oh by the way, one bidder came in with a whopping $6.4 million bid (who were they?). "This ain't no $800,000 project", said CC Meyers. And he proved that it. Meyers said he made one misstep telling a TV reporter it would be completed before Memorial Day weekend. It was, but Gov. Schwarzenegger had wanted to make that promise himself. "I'm not going to play games with him," Meyer's said.