FRESNO STATE WINS COLLEGE WORLD SERIES!

Fresno State 6 Georgia State 1

Holy Cow!! We Did It!!

The Fresno State Bulldogs WON the College World Series beating Georgia State in Game 3.

We are sooooooooooooooo proud of our Bulldogs!!

Can't wait til they get back! They'll be welomed with such a great congratuations!!

Fresno Bee

FresnoStateNews

CWS Website

Fresno State 19 Georgia State 10

OH MY! OH MY! OH MY!

What a fabulous game! Fresno fans are known to say "Who Let the Dogs Out!!"

The 'Dogs really came out barking in Game 2 of the College World Series!

They had a slow start but by the end of the 3rd inning, something sparked in our Bulldogs and they came out swinging! We kept swinging... and swinging!!

Jordan had some great playing tonight, as did the whole team!!

Now its 1-1 an it comes down to Game 3 tomorrow night!

Fresno Bee

ESPN

Wow!!

Bulldogs vs. Bulldogs

Update
ok, it was a really close game but unfortunately we lost 7-6. I was excited to see that Jordan Ribera (our pastor's son) did hit a homerun. Wooohooo!! Yah Jordan!!
Georgia came back in the 8th inning for the go ahead run. The FS Bulldogs had a good showing and proved once again that we may be underdogs but still have the will, and talent to win.
Next up.... Game 2 tomorrow (Tuesday) night.

On a side-note, Mitch (our pastor) had to come home over the weekend to do a wedding. He spoke Sunday morning but made several jokes about his brain being in Omaha, where the CWS is being played. He also joked that until this year, he couldn't care less about college baseball. Now... he's living and breathing college baseball. Since FS won their game against NC to make the finals, Mitch flew back to Omaha Monday morning, to be able to watch game 1. I'm sure he's one proud papa!!
Stay tuned!!

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Wow! Another incredible game!!
The FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS are now in the College World Series Finals!!
Yes, my Bulldogs made the finals, beating North Carolina 6-1.
Our Cinderella story continues on!!

We now go up against the Georgia Bulldogs today (Monday) for the first of three games in the Finals. We are soooo excited!!

FresnoStateNews
ESPN

Go Dogs, Fresno State Bulldogs,
that is!!

Fresno State 5 - North Carolina 3

-- Update 6.20.08 --
Due to the rain-out of the game between NC and Louisiana St., they will play their elimination game tonight (Friday), and the winner of that game will play Fresno State on Saturday.
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CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!
The Bulldogs are WONDERDOGS!!! They beat the No. 2 team, the North Carolina Tar Heels, in last night's CWS game. WOW!!!! I am speechless and was truely in tears last night when they got the 3rd out to wrap up the game. There was some nail-biting times off and on through out the game with their chance of going ahead... but our power defense prevailed and WE WON!!!!

People used to say "Fresno??? Who are they??" Now they are shocked and amazed that these little home-town boys from California are up there with the big boys like North Carolina and Miami. The loser of that game will be eliminated.

The Bulldogs have a chance to rest before their game on Friday with either NC again, or Louisiana St. The Bulldogs and University of Georgia - Atlanta are the only ones in the series that are still undefeated.

With all the negative publicity our athletics program has gotten the past fews, its really great to see a bright spot to bring pride back to our school! All Bulldogs (and friends) should be so proud of these guys! They're playing hard and doing a great job!!
All I can say is WOW!! Our boys are HOT!!!

ESPN coverage
CWS brackets
Fresno Bee
Fresno State News

Oh yah, and the Celtics finally won the NBA finals. Yah!! for the Celtics! ;-)

UnderDOGS to WonderDOGS!!!

2008 College World Series

Omaha, NE

Rice - 5 Fresno State - 17

In a remarkable beginning, my dear Fresno State Bulldogs beat No. 5 Rice 17-5 in the College Baseball World Series. I was so excited, just as many Bulldog fans in Fresno and around the US (yes, there are fans outside of the Fresno area.) Ironically, all of the 'favored' teams lost on Saturday and Sunday.

I was especially excited to see Jordan (my pastor's son - #19 second from right) actually got to play... AND he even hit a home run to bring in 2 other runners besides himself. WAY TO GO JORDAN!!!

The Bulldogs now meet the North Carolina Tar Heels on Tuesday.

I'll be glued to the set that night!!

College World Series Recap

Fresno Bee story

FresnoStateNews.com

Lakers, Celtics and the Bulldogs!!

I've come to be quite a sports fan the last few weeks.
For some reason, I am finding myself watching the NBA Finals between the L.A. Lakers and the Boston Celtics. This historic rivalry used to be quite a game to watch when the game was still about basketball. Today's rivalry between the two teams is more about the 'superstars' (who shall remain nameless). There has been some razzing in my office between myself and a few others about who will win - the Lakers or the Celtics. After tonight's game, the Celtics lead 2 games to 1. Now, considering I'm from California, you would think that I would be a die-hard Laker fan. Actually, I'm kind of hoping the Celtics take it. (1) Because it has been a long time since they won the NBA Finals; and (2) they seem to be more of a co-hesive unit and there is no ONE standout 'star'.

On the other side of the spectrum is the NCAA Baseball World Series, which my Fresno State Bulldogs have made it into! Gooooooo BULLDOGS!! After 3 hard games against Arizona State, Fresno State was victorious with a 12-9 win on Sunday night. What made this even more exciting is that our pastor's son, Jordan, is on the team and got to play for a little bit during game 3. He's a freshman so he doesn't get much playing time but what an exciting experience for him to be apart of such a memorable moment!

Now, the Bulldogs will face Rice on Sunday in the College Baseball World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The last time they made it this far was in 1991.

GO DOGS!!

Some pictures

It's been awhile since I've posted any updates on Tyler, so here ya go.

His first bath, a day at grandmas, his first trip to Great America, his first pool experience... and he loved it!