User:J rath

Me
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
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
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

 * 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

 * Tim Duncan: added the MVP tables at the end of the article.
 * Gary Gaetti: added Trivia section, about first at bat homers.