{"id":3744,"date":"2011-11-22T07:10:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T11:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3744"},"modified":"2011-11-22T07:10:43","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T11:10:43","slug":"historic-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/11\/22\/historic-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, November 20, 2011, was very much a historic day as one of my top three favorite NASCAR drivers, Tony Stewart, became a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nascar.com\/races\/cup\/2011\/data\/standings.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nascar.com\/races\/cup\/2011\/data\/standings.html', 'three time Champion');\" target=\"_blank\">three time Champion<\/a>.  I think it is pretty amazing that an owner\/driver (Stewart-Hass racing) was able to achieve this accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart\u2019s Homestead-Miami Speedway victory and Championship drive was even more amazing considering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nascar\/2011\/11\/20\/2576883\/darian-grubb-tony-stewart-crew-chief-nascar-chase-championship-2011\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nascar\/2011\/11\/20\/2576883\/darian-grubb-tony-stewart-crew-chief-nascar-chase-championship-2011', 'Stewart apparently fired');\" target=\"_blank\">Stewart apparently fired<\/a> his <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/cup\/story\/_\/id\/7262605\/sprint-cup-tony-stewart-captures-2011-chase-championship\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/cup\/story\/_\/id\/7262605\/sprint-cup-tony-stewart-captures-2011-chase-championship', 'crew chief Darian Grubb');\" target=\"_blank\">crew chief Darian Grubb<\/a> earlier in the Chase (Charlotte Motor Speedway).<\/p>\n<p>If this was not going to be Jeff Gordan\u2019s year, then Stewart was a great replacement for 5-time Champion Jimmy Johnson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>L.A. Galaxy<\/strong><br \/>\nCompletely switching gears, not to be out done, the L.A. Galaxy finally managed to get that <a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.espn.go.com\/sports\/soccer\/news\/_\/columnist\/carlisle_jeff\/id\/7262913\/mls-cup-la-galaxy-shines-victory-houston-dynamo\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/proxy.espn.go.com\/sports\/soccer\/news\/_\/columnist\/carlisle_jeff\/id\/7262913\/mls-cup-la-galaxy-shines-victory-houston-dynamo', 'elusive Championship');\" target=\"_blank\">elusive Championship<\/a> that seemed so automatic after the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/soccernet.espn.go.com\/player\/_\/id\/8880\/David-Beckham?cc=5901\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/soccernet.espn.go.com\/player\/_\/id\/8880\/David-Beckham?cc=5901', 'David Beckham signing in 2007');\" target=\"_blank\">David Beckham signing in 2007<\/a>; it just so happens to be Championship number three for the Galaxy.<\/p>\n<p>With no regional MLS teams to cheer for, I keep my interest playing as and along with (in various FIFA games for the PS3) <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/sports\/soccer\/news\/_\/id\/7263458\/mls-cup-landon-donovan-goal-powers-galaxy-third-mls-title\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/sports\/soccer\/news\/_\/id\/7263458\/mls-cup-landon-donovan-goal-powers-galaxy-third-mls-title', 'Donovan, thus the Galaxy connection');\" target=\"_blank\">Donovan, thus the Galaxy connection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, November 20, 2011, was very much a historic day as one of my top three favorite NASCAR drivers, Tony Stewart, became a three time Champion. I think it is pretty amazing that an owner\/driver (Stewart-Hass racing) was able to achieve this accomplishment. Stewart\u2019s Homestead-Miami Speedway victory and Championship drive was even more amazing considering &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/11\/22\/historic-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Historic Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,41],"class_list":["post-3744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-nascar","tag-u-s-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3745,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3744\/revisions\/3745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}