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Friday's Photo
A picture is worth a thousand words.
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| Finish line of the ASA Run For The Warriors® 5K Photo provided courtesy of Paul Oberle |
Friday baseball link
Troy begins a 3-game series at Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach, Fla., this weekend. I did write THIS STORY not so much previewing the series, but just picking coach Bobby Pierce's brain to see where things stand on the pitching staff.
These three games, plus the games Tuesday and Wednesday in Troy against UAB and East Carolina, will be 45 good innings, give or take a couple, for some pitchers to earn their stripes and solidify a rotation spot. With the games being close together early in the season, it'll give a lot of guys an opportunity.
Got Bibs?
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| Photo provided courtesy of Paul Oberle |
Team Hope For The Warriors® is comprised of two groups of people. First, the Team is a program that supports our wounded service members and helps them get back into competitive athletic pursuits. Often, this requires special adaptive equipment, such as a handcycle. Once they have their adaptive equipment, we continue our support by providing race bibs, travel and lodging so that our wounded Team members can compete with their fellow military brother and sisters.
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| Robin, our president, on the scenic route of the American Odyssey Relay. Photo by Paul Oberle. |
This program is supported by community Team members, many who obtain bibs from Hope For The Warriors® for key, sold out races. Didn't sign up in time for the Marine Corps Marathon? No problem, we have bibs. NYC Marathon lottery didn't go your way? We got it!
Links to register to any of our Team races can be found on our Team Web Page.
We have bibs for the following races:
American Odyssey Relay--April 27-28
Hope For The Warriors® is forming two teams for this amazing relay race. Each team will combine our wounded heroes with community athletes.
TD Five Boro Bike Tour--May 6
Registration is closed for this event but we still have a few race bibs left.
Marine Corps Historic Half--May 20
Run the streets of historic Fredericksburg, VA.
Rock 'n' Roll, Virginia Beach Half--September 2
First time Team Hope For The Warriors will be in this sold out race!
Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half--September 16
Another new race this year for our Team.
Army Ten-Miler--October 21
Hooah! We are excited to add this race to our Team schedule.
Marine Corps Marathon--October 28
Last year's marathon sold out in 28 hours. We are already selling our bibs now. Sign up today!
The ING New York City Marathon--November 6
We have already sold half of our bibs for this race. We are not sure if we will have any left when the lottery is announced. Why wait?!
To keep up with all of this information, I encourage you to "Like" the Team Facebook page and read the Team Blog.
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| Michael Cuomo, actor, "Happy New Year" and ROTC student Jack Rosenhammer complete the NYC Marathon together in perfect "No man left behind" style! |
Trivia Tuesdays
Do you like trivia? Need something fun to do on a Tuesday night? Well, come out to Prof’s Place for its famous trivia night, which is held every Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. You can come next Tuesday with your own team and try to beat last week’s winning team, 8 BALL. It’s all fun and games, but your team could win prizes if you’re on top of your game! $50 gift cards are rewarded weekly, and there
2012 Troy football schedule
It was released today as the Sun Belt has always released its full schedules on March 1. Troy's release is HERE.
2012 Troy Football Schedule
Sept. 1 at UAB
Sept. 8 Louisiana-Lafayette
Sept. 15 Mississippi State
Sept. 22 at North Texas
Sept. 29 at South Alabama
Oct. 11 Western Kentucky (ESPNU) - Thursday
Oct. 20 FIU
Oct. 27 at Florida Atlantic
Nov. 3 at Tennessee
Nov. 10 Navy
Nov. 17 Arkansas State
Nov. 24 at Middle Tennessee
That's six home games - and the four Sun Belt home games are against the top four teams in the standings last year.
ULM rotates off the schedule this year. With the Sun Belt adding South Alabama in football, one team had to rotate off. Next year, it's UL-Lafayette, and in 2014, it's FAU. In 2015, if the Sun Belt still looks like it does now, teams will play a 9-game conference schedule.
The Sun Belt's composite schedule is HERE.
Fat Dan's Deli
Fat Dan’s has been on my list for awhile, and luckily, I have a friend who is pushy when it comes to his love of the place as well as getting me to write about it. But I can appreciate a restaurant-pusher—especially when I end up agreeing with them. This was actually my third visit (all in the last few months) to Fat Dan’s, and all of them have been good. On this most recent visit, I ordered the burger ($6.25) (which I also had on my first visit). (Note: this is not an anonymous review, but as always is still an honest one.)
So you can probably guess that since I ordered the burger a second time, particularly when I am not generally a person who orders a lot of restaurant burgers, that it is a darn good burger. I love that I was actually asked how I wanted it cooked (medium rare) and that Dan cooked it just that way (yep, it’s often a one-man operation, and Dan is a taking your order and cooking it up). The burger was really tender and juicy, and I liked the two kinds of cheeses (Provolone and cheddar I believe) and I liked the soft, fresh bun. The first time I just ordered it as it came, and it had more stuff on it (lettuce and tomato type stuff). This time I just asked for it with just cheese, ketchup and pickles (my classic combo) and I liked it even better than the first time because I could really taste the meat (and it wasn’t as tall, which made it easier for me to eat). This isn’t the thin burger style, but it is probably the best of the fat burgers I have had around town.
So if you order fries ($2.75), you get a pile of them dumped on a piece of butcher paper on the table. Seriously, a ton! The first time I didn’t eat a lot of them---honestly I thought they were a little soft, but this time I asked for them extra crispy and I enjoyed them a lot more. They are hand cut—mostly your classic fat cut French fry shape, but a few thick round slices as well. You can tell they are coming from fresh potatoes and I like the somewhat heavy handed seasoning on them. Get them crispy and they are really good (I might pass on them otherwise though).
In the past, I have also had the pulled pork sandwich ($8.25) which is very good as well. They have a little smoker in the kitchen and Dan does a good job with the smoked meat. It is very tender—really rich and smoky though, hard for me to eat a ton of it. It has a really nice deep flavor—not all dried out like a lot of pulled pork sandwiches. I also had a taste of my friend’s “wreck” sandwich which has a little bit of everything on it. There's roast beef and turkey, lots of onions, giardiniera, tomatoes, lettuce, and melted cheese served on an Italian roll. Pretty much a kitchen sink kind of sandwich. Honestly, the slice of it I had I don’t even think had all the ingredients. It was huge. It was pretty good, but I liked my burger better I think (at least compared to the bites I had). They do have a classic Italian Beef sandwich on the menu, which I am intrigued to try (when I have someone to split it with) as well as a traditional Chicago dog. I was with someone on one visit who got the corn dog as well, and I was intrigued by it as well—it was a hand dipped batter. Impressive.
Which brings me to one of my favorite parts about Fat Dan’s—the atmosphere. It is a hole in the wall kind of place—not fancy, but it has a great friendly vibe, especially if you are lucky enough to be there when Dan is actually working—he chatted with us for awhile, and it is completely obvious after 5 minutes of talking to him that he is a really great guy, and really cares about what he is doing. He cares about all his ingredients, and makes food the way he would want to eat it. (My only complaint, in the winter, it tends to be a bit chilly, so wear your sweater). They’ve got beer on tap (local Triton Brewing Company currently, and Old Style, of course), and it is a fun place to sit and have a beer and a great sandwich. (Yep, even I drank beer.) These sandwiches are hearty too—a great place for a person with a healthy appetite (or for two people like me to share something).
Fat Dan’s Chicago Style Deli
815 Broad Ripple Avenue
Indy 46220
317/600-3333
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