Matt Hicks
Relationship Status
Single
Highschool
Siegel
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Favorite Music
Demon Hunter, Underoath, Frank Sinatra, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, ZZTop, Dirty Vegas, Bee Gees, Jimmi Hendrix, Queen, Fly Leaf, Israel Kamakawiwo Ole', Ima Robot
Favorite Movies
Caddy Shack, Between Two Worlds, The Blues Brothers, Back To The Future, City Slickers, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Field of Dreams, M*A*S*H, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Scarface, Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Wizard of Oz, shawshank redemption, etc....
Favorite Books
None
Other Websites
http://thematthicks.com/
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October 12 2006
o amd good luck to the roddens while camping
The Tigers advanced to the ALCS, where they will play the Athletics.
October 07 2006
DETROIT (AP) -- As a reborn baseball town erupted in splashes of orange and blue around them, the Detroit Tigers danced in the infield, kicking up dirt like kids on a sandlot.
They grabbed Jim Leyland, hoisted him on their shoulders and carried him off the field as 43,000 delirious fans screamed as one. The manager's ride was a short one, but the party was just getting started.
Game 4 Breakdown
Unsung Hero
Magglio Ordonez. He got the Tigers' offense rolling and scored the first three times he came to the plate. He homered in the second, reached on an error in the third and singled in the fifth. He finished 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Goat
The Yankees' offense. After being touted as one of the greatest lineups of all time, they weren't even good. Only four players managed six hits, and the team batted .172 (11-for-64) with just four extra-base knocks and three runs in two games in Detroit exiting the playoffs with a whimper.
Turning Point
The bottom of the second inning. Ordonez led off with a solo home run, and three batters later, Craig Monroe hit a two-run shot to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead. They never looked back after that.
On Deck
The Tigers advance to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 1987, when they lost to the eventual World Series champion Twins in five games. Game 1 of the ALC is Tuesday in Oakland. Barry Zito will start for the A's. Detroit will counter with either Nate Robertson or Justin Verlander.
The Tigers are still on the prowl. The mighty New York Yankees struck out.
Three years after losing 119 games, they moved back among baseball's biggest cats with an 8-3 victory Saturday in Game 4 over the Yankees, whose $200 million payroll couldn't help them against Detroit's pitching.
"This is the best of the best, to beat the best team in baseball," said Craig Monroe, who hit a two-run homer. "This is baseball for us, right here in Detroit."
Once a punchline, the Tigers punched out the big, bad Yankees.
"You kind of get tired of giving the other team credit," third baseman Alex Rodriguez said after another terrible October. "At some point you've got to look in the mirror and say, 'I sucked."
Jeremy Bonderman was perfect for five innings and sublime until the ninth as the Tigers moved into the AL championship series against Oakland by eliminating A-Rod, Derek Jeter and the other high-priced, high-profile Yankees.
Given little chance before the series started or when they were down 0-1, Detroit won three straight to stun the AL East champions, who could be facing a colder New York baseball winter than normal.
It all happened faster than Leyland, the Tigers' no-nonsense skipper, or anyone could have ever imagined. The feisty 61-year-old ended a six-year retirement and took over a team that had averaged 100 losses since 2001 and one he figured would fight with Kansas City to stay out of last place in the AL Central.
Instead, Leyland has taken the Tigers near the top.
"I didn't think we'd be here this year," he said. "All we wanted to do was look at our pieces and parts we had and see if we needed to change any. I thought it would be a year or so before we got into a situation like this. This came a little bit quicker than I expected."
During spring training in Florida, Leyland made his players study the Yankees. He wanted them to emulate their Bronx-born bravado, right down to the way they run onto the field.
"I said, 'That's the level we want to get to, and we've got to get that quiet swagger and confidence that the Yankees got," he said. "I used them as an example. It's kind of ironic that we got to play them, and fortunately beat them."
The Tigers' chances seemed slim just a few days ago when they were swept at home on the final weekend of the regular season by the last-place Royals, who denied them a division title. Detroit had to settle for a wild-card berth and a first-round matchup with the Yankees.
It seemed lopsided. It sure was. The Yankees didn't have a chance.
These man-eating Tigers simply devoured New York, outplaying the Yanks in every phase to advance to their first AL championship series since 1987. On Tuesday, the Tigers will play at Oakland in Game 1 of the AL championship series, the first postseason meeting between the clubs since 1972.
"Nobody gave us a shot in this series," Bonderman said. "That motivated us."
The Yankees never found any spark, and for the second straight year the star-studded squad is going home after a first-round exit.
"I'm stunned," New York general manager Brian Cashman said. "This team fooled me to some degree. Detroit was on top of their game and we weren't, and that combination was lethal for us. I'm disappointed where we're at now."
Losing stung and now the Yankees will have to face owner George Steinbrenner's wrath. He may have big changes in store for his underachieving ballclub, which hasn't won a World Series since 2000.
One of the Yankees' offseason moves could be trading Rodriguez, who capped another forgettable October by going 1-for-14 (.071) and going without an RBI for the second straight postseason.
"I have no one to blame but myself," he said. "I know I certainly have to do well for this team to win."
Bonderman allowed just five singles, walking off to a thunderous ovation with an 8-1 lead.
After the final out, the Tigers mobbed each other before turning their affection to Leyland, who began his baseball career in 1963 as a catcher in Detroit's system.
"That was awesome," third baseman Brandon Inge said. "That's so deserving. I don't know how many people have been carried off the field on their shoulders, but I tell you what, if there were a select few that deserve it, he is definitely one of them."
Moments later, the Tigers emerged from their clubhouse armed with champagne bottles and they uncorked them during a victory lap around Comerica Park, slapping hands and spraying fans who danced to Kiss' "Rock and Roll All Night."
"These fans have been here for some of the worst things," Monroe said. "We wanted them to be able to have a party tonight."
Magglio Ordonez and Monroe each homered off Jaret Wright as the Tigers built an 8-0 after six innings and coasted through the final three.
Blanked in Game 3 by Kenny Rogers, the Yankees and their reputed Murderer's Row didn't score off Bonderman until the seventh, snapping a scoreless streak of a season-high 20 2-3 innings. This from a team which scored 930 runs during the regular season but managed just 14 in the series, getting drubbed 14-3 in the final two games.
"You've got to play," Jeter said. "You don't win games on paper. You've got to come out here and perform. And they pretty much overmatched us in this series."
Feeding off a frenzied crowd, Bonderman retired the first 15 Yankees in order before Robinson Cano dribbled a single through the middle for New York's first hit. Bonderman, though, wasn't about to let a big lead slip away like he did last Sunday when the Royals overcame a 6-0 deficit to beat the Tigers, a loss that cost Detroit an AL Central title and home-field advantage in Round 1.
As it turns out, the Tigers and their $80-plus million payroll didn't need any such luxuries.
"I just wanted to go out and attack them," Bonderman said. "I just wanted to leave everything I had on the field, and I think I did. This is the greatest thrill in the world. You can't ask for anything better.
Vols shred vaunted Georgia D for 51 points in comeback win
October 07 2006
game's final eight minutes. He increased the Vols' lead from five to 19
and put a close game out of reach.
Gameball goes to... Foster and
Erik Ainge. Foster finished the day with three TDs and 55 rushing
yards. Ainge orchestrated the Vols' comeback, tallying two TDs and 269
yards.
Stat of the game... 4: Turnovers tell the story; Georgia lost
possession four times, the Vols did not. The Dawgs controlled the ball
for the first half, but UT's defenders wore down Georgia's QBs.
ATHENS,
Ga. (AP) -- Erik Ainge and Tennessee shredded the nation's stingiest
defense, becoming just the second team to put up 50 points on Georgia
between the hedges.
Ainge threw for two touchdowns and ran for
another to lead the No. 13 Volunteers to a wild 51-33 victory Saturday
night that defied the norm in the defensive-minded Southeastern
Conference, which had three Top 10 teams lose on the day.
Arian
Foster scored three times for Tennessee (5-1, 1-1 SEC), all on 1-yard
runs. The Vols piled up 383 yards and 27 first downs, going a perfect
6-for-6 scoring TDs each time they got inside Georgia's 20.
The
10th-ranked Bulldogs (5-1, 2-1 SEC) went down to the same fate as No. 2
Auburn, knocked off by Arkansas 27-10, and No. 9 LSU, which lost 23-10
to fifth-ranked Florida. The Bulldogs hardly looked like a team that
was allowing a nation's-best 6.8 points per game -- only 34 all season.
Tennessee
scored more points than that in the second half, finishing with the
second-most ever by a visiting team at Sanford Stadium. Only Florida,
which won 52-17 in 1995 during the height of Steve Spurrier's Fun-n-Gun
offense, scored more points on the Bulldogs in Athens.
The Vols
couldn't afford another conference loss after falling to Florida in
their SEC opener three weeks ago. They sure looked in trouble when
Georgia raced to a 24-7 lead with less than five minutes to go in the
first half.
But Ainge put Tennessee ahead to stay in the opening
minute of the fourth quarter, hooking up with Robert Meachem on a
15-yard touchdown pass that made it 31-27. After Georgia was stuffed on
its next possession, freshman Antonio Wardlow blocked Gordon
Ely-Kelso's punt and fell on the ball in the corner of the end zone for
another TD.
The crowd of more than 92,000 was still recovering
from that blow when Thomas Brown found a seam up the middle and broke
off a 99-yard return for a touchdown -- Georgia's second return for a
TD in the game.
Mikey Henderson had an 86-yard punt return early in the second quarter, his second touchdown on a punt return this season.
It
wasn't nearly enough to save Georgia. Foster scored on a 1-yard run
with 8:15 remaining and did it again with 2:54 left to make it half a
hundred.
Ainge finished 25-of-38 for 268 yards. Meachem had seven receptions for 98 yards, while Bret Smith also caught seven for 94.
Joe
Tereshinski started at quarterback for Georgia, his first appearance
since going down with a severely sprained ankle in the season opener.
While
Tereshinski gave a bit of life to an offense that struggled in his
absence with freshmen Matthew Stafford and Joe Cox flip-flopping the
quarterback duties, it wasn't nearly enough to overcome the Tennessee
onslaught.
Tereshinski helped the Vols by throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble in the second half.
Georgia
was cruising when Brannan Southerland scored the second of his two
touchdowns with a leaping catch of an 8-yard pass from Joe T.
But
Ainge responded by directing an 11-play, 65-yard that ended with Foster
diving over from the 1 with just 50 seconds left in the half to make it
24-14.
Tennessee carried that momentum into the third quarter.
On Georgia's second offensive play, Antwan Stewart picked off a tipped
pass at the Bulldogs 19 to set up a 1-yard touchdown dive by Ainge.
After
the teams traded field goals, Georgia was still clinging to a 27-24
lead going to the final period. But the Bulldogs simply couldn't stop
Tennessee, even after Brown seemed to stem the tide with his kickoff
return.
I've Hacked Myspace
October 04 2006
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Just Kidding But someone has I've had some of my friends from school ask me
about it they said that someone was posting random blog's, bullents etc. They said
they changed their passwords and that didn't help....
luckily it hasn't happened to me yet...
Reply 2 A ?
September 27 2006
David was prophesying about God telling Jesus to sit
at his right hand until God had fully judged Jesus' enemies. He is saying
that David said this before he had died. Telling the crowd it was a
prophecy. God and Jesus is both God.
-Thanks P.K. for helping me out
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September 27 2006
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Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and youre okay.
Money, its a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think Ill buy me a football team.
Money, get back.
Im all right jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, its a hit.
Dont give me that do goody good bull
Im in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a lear jet.
Money, its a crime.
Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
But if you ask for a raise its no surprise that theyre
Giving none away,away,,away,,away,,away,
Huhuh! I was in the right!
Yes, absolutely in the right!
I certainly was in the right!
You was definitely in the right. that geezer was cruising for a
Bruising!
Yeah!
Why does anyone do anything?
I dont know, I was really drunk at the time!
I was just telling him, he couldnt get into number 2. he was asking
Why he wasnt coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
Screaming and telling him why he wasnt coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out
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September 27 2006
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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September 27 2006
Ever since I was a young boy
I've played the silver ball
From Soho down to Brighton
I must have played them all
But I ain't seen nothing like him
In any amusement hall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
He stands like a statue
Becomes part of the machine
Feeling all the bumpers
Always playing clean
He plays by intuition
The digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
He's a pinball wizard
There's got to be a twist
A pinball wizard
He's got such a supple wrist
How do you think he does it?
(I don't know)
What makes him so good?
He ain't got no distractions
Can't hear those buzzers and bells
Don't see lights a flashin'
Plays by sense of smell
Always gets a replay
Never tilts at all
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
I thought I was
The Bally table king
But I just handed
My pinball crown to him
Even on my usual table
He can beat my best
His disciples lead him in
And he just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper fingers
Never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
Webpage
September 18 2006
Finally my temporary page is up and running, check it out
and leave me a comment using my comment page..
Link
Update
September 18 2006
This morning About 4:00 are I had to go to the E.R with me
dad. I had very sharp pains, and my back was hurting. When we got there was
this nurse that tried to find somewhere to draw blood it took her about 3-5
pokes and after that I gad to get a cat scan they said that the CAT / CT scan
went well, and they didn't see anything wrong with me. So I’m out of school until
Friday which is kind of like a double edged sword because it's homecoming week
the so The E.R. said it was between a kidney, gall bladder, or major stomach
virus..... I can’t eat any solids for 24 hours and no spicy, dairy, or anything
of that nature. And that’s how life’s going right now…
Myspace Worth
August 29 2006
$6280585.26And Growing According To http://www.pingoat.com/goat/blog_worth
Xanga Is Worth: $265505.44 And Isn't Expected To Grow Anymore
Just A Some Daily Ramblings
Rapture ready and youtube
August 28 2006
so my very cool pastor has been talking about being rapture ready and my dad found this video and i thought i would share it with ya'll
Random
August 23 2006
I Got I New Science Teacher She's A Pain In The Buttox.
I Guess It Was Ment For A Reason Who Knows.
My Buisness Class Is Boring Jrotc Is Kinda Cool When The
Seniors Get To Teach The Class. I Missed Church Because
I Over Sleept When I Was Taking A Nap... O Well-
Enen The Day Destroys The Night The Night Divides The Day-?
Bi-Weekly Quote
August 23 2006
What We Do For Ourselfs Dies With Us,What We Do For The World And Others
Stays Forever-?
Random
August 14 2006
- What we got here is... failure to communicate.-Cool Hand Luke
gutair solo - cannon in d
August 01 2006
this kid is crazy check him out if you like rock or gutair at all..
Craaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!
sick
August 01 2006
well at the moment i have a runny nose and a small cough i hope it goes away soon i've had it since sunday and i can't sleep much o well peeeaaccceeee.....
-Speaking Before You Think Is Like Shooting A Gun Without Aiming-?
feel better
July 31 2006
Early
July 29 2006
Well Today Was The Earlyist* Day Ever For Me This Summer I Got Up At 6:00 AM Ugh... Well On Monday I Have To Go To Court For The Last Time At Least I Hope So. Talk To Everyone Later.. Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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