Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Ron Santo is coming to town!

Men’s Night Out with Ron Santo

5:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Springfield High School,
101 S. Lewis St., Springfield.

To request a $10 ticket for SIU Men’s Night Out, men age 21 and older may call Carol at 217-545-7133 weekdays.

Click here for more info:

siumed.edu/surgery/urology/div_news.htm

Monday, September 11, 2006

The Pizza Machine

My family visited the Pizza Machine restaurant over the weekend.
It was a lot of fun and the pizza was wonderful!

Watching the pizza guys toss the pizza is a big part of the experience.

At one point, a practice dough got away from the chef and landed on my digital camera.
I'm used to that sort of thing though. You should've seen what happened to me at at Globetrotter's game!

If you're there at the right time, entertainment is part of the experience!

Click on a photo for a larger view.

Yes, you can find stuffed pizza in Springfield, IL.

Our waitress was a great sport!

Above is a sausage sub - not on the menu but made especially for us.

If you're planning a party, ask them about reserving their best table.
Also ask about their largest size pizzas.

Here are some visual clues (that we could've used) to find this place.

The Pizza Machine
107 West Cook
(Inside the Vinegar Hill Mall, down the street from the State Capital)
Springfield, IL
(217) 788-5976
Yes, they deliver.
Yes, they have stuffed pizza!
For prices and more info, visit

www.springfieldpizzamachine.com

Wait! They've got a new webpage at:

www.thepizzamachine.net

(Keep scrolling down the page for more!)

The Pizza Machine in the news...

PIZZA MACHINE TOO opened Thursday across the hallway from PIZZA MACHINE in Vinegar Hill Mall, 107 W. Cook St.

The sister restaurant to Pizza Machine offers more Italian cuisine, plus a lunch buffet of pizza, pasta and salad. It's in space formerly used by SALUTE. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Phone: 788-5976.

Owner Jerry Neuman also is transforming the former KARMA nightclub into THE INFINITY ROOM for banquets, receptions and live music shows. More information is at www.thepizzamachine.net.

Source:
sj-r.com/business/x724426480/Kathryn-Rem-A-la-Carte-Chipotle-offering-free-burrito

Kathryn Rem: A la carte - Pizza Machine to open banquet hall

Published Sunday, March 09, 2008

Plans are under way for PIZZA MACHINE in Vinegar Hill Mall, 107 W. Cook St., to open a banquet hall and a second, more upscale, restaurant.

“What we’re doing is turning the whole building into a big entertainment complex,” said Jerry Neumann, owner of Pizza Machine Co.

http://www.sj-r.com/business/stories/26566.asp

Other blogs who wrote about this restaurant...

http://just-two-guys.blogspot.com/2006/07/pizza-machine.html

http://just-two-guys.blogspot.com/2006/07/look-at-that-pizza.html

Photos of the Pizza Machine's 40" pizza
http://bradjward.smugmug.com/gallery/2782772

More weblinks...

Pizza Man on tv
www.journal-courier.net/photos.php?page=13&month=6&year=2006

Jerry Neumann of the US Pizza team
http://www.uspizzateam.com/profiles2.htm

More Springfield Photos

Kicks Entertainment
Rock the Dock and New restaurant at Lake Springfield
Noodles and Co near White Oaks Mall
Chipotles (new burrito place outside White Oaks Mall)

Illinois Products Expo 2008 Photos

Friday, September 08, 2006

Ryan O'Malley with the Chicago Cubs

Ryan O'Malley in the news...

From the SJ-R on Sept 04, 2008...

O’Malley on disabled list as postseason starts for AA Barons

The Cub's Mailbag feature wrote on 08/18/2008 ...

There was a guy who got called up to the Cubs to pitch in 2006 or maybe early '07. I think the Cubs were playing Houston. The guy pitched really well, but got hurt and I have not heard of him since. Could you shed some light on that guy?
-- Cody T., Elgin, Iowa

It was O'Malley, and the game was Aug. 16, 2006, at Minute Maid Park. The Cubs won, 1-0, and O'Malley, called up from Triple-A Iowa that morning, threw eight shutout innings. He made one more start that season, but had to leave early because of problems with his shoulder. O'Malley was invited to Spring Training this year, but then released. This season, he was 4-3 in 20 games, including six starts, with the Birmingham Barons, but was placed on the disabled list on Aug. 13.

White Sox, O'Malley strike deal
Southpaw assigned to team in Birmingham

By DAVE KANE

Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008

www.sj-r.com/Sports/stories/29909.asp

also see:

www.barons.com

So far Michael Jordan is the most famous Chicago athlete to play for the Barons...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Barons

A question about Ryan is answered at cubs.com

Ryan O'Malley receives a pie in his face from Carlos Zambrano during a tv interview after he won his first MLB game for the Chicago Cubs.
View photo here:
www.flickr.com/photos/bobnaud/217919953/

O’Malley’s Wrigley dream hits brick wall

Published Friday, April 18, 2008

Springfield native Ryan O’Malley has been released by the Chicago Cubs organization for the second time in less than a year.

“My last six innings I gave up one run, and in my last start I actually pitched three scoreless innings against the Angels (Triple-A club), had a couple strikeouts and allowed no hits."

Read more at:

www.sj-r.com/Sports/stories/28917.asp

Cubs Minor League Camp Rosters - Updated 3/21/08

O’Malley heads to Cubs’ camp

By HAL PILGER

Published Monday, March 03, 2008

Ryan O’Malley is back with the Chicago Cubs organization.

http://sj-r.com/sports/stories/26244.asp

Ryan O'Malley Baseball card

ttmautograph.blogspot.com/2007/12/ryan-omalley.html

More Than a Very Minor Matter

Quote:Somewhere upwards of around 150 Cubs minor leaguers report to Fitch Park at the beginning of March each year, as the "big league" club moves a half-mile up Center Street to HoHoKam Park and begins Cactus League play.

http://www.thecubreporter.com/2008/03/07/more-very-minor-matter

O'Malley signs with team in Northern League

By HAL PILGER

Published Thursday, February 14, 2008

Sacred Heart-Griffin High School and Lincoln Land Community College
graduate Ryan O'Malley has signed a contract to pitch for the
Schaumburg Flyers of the independent Northern League.

http://www.sj-r.com/sports/mlb/2008/02/14/o_malley_signs_with_team_in_northern_l\
eague/

Flyers fans show early signs of baseball fever
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=136965&src=2

Schaumburg Flyers Professional Baseball
Official site of the Schaumburg, Illinois Flyers minor league baseball
team
http://www.flyersbaseball.com/

Ryan O'Malley visits fan in the hospital
www.scrubsandcubs.com/2008/01/chemo-round-3-day-2.html

Updated January 24, 2008

Ryan's photo was on the Fit Club billboard on S. Sixth street.

You can click on a photo for a larger view.

"The Call" video interviews with Ryan O'Malley, Bob Brenly and more.

Get to know Ryan O'Malley
(Iowa Cubs feature)

Photos of Ryan and others at the '07 Iowa Cubs Fan Fest

Photos of Ryan and others from the '06 Iowa Cubs season

'04 Iowa Cubs action photos including Ryan O'Malley

Ryan O'Malley's Iowa Cubs statistics

Ryan's Rookie baseball card

www.iowacubs.com

Ryan is the cover story of the July/August 2007 issue of Springfield's Own Magazine. I found this copy at the Lincoln Library Sangamon Valley Collection.
I haven't been able to find this publication online. I imagine that the SJ-R could sell you a copy if you really wanted on.

Ryan is mentioned in this 09/06/2007 article at cubs.com

Quote from article:

Soto arrived in Spring Training about 20 pounds lighter, having followed some nutrition advice from Cubs Minor League pitcher Ryan O'Malley and sticking to the same program Kerry Wood used.

O'Malley Always the Battling Type
By: Steve Holley Date: Jun 25, 2006

http://cubs.scout.com/2/542256.html

Ryan O'Malley, Rock Star

http://cubs.scout.com/2/619605.html

Ryan O'Malley's page at BaseballProspectus.com
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/pecota/omallry01.php

Knoedler, O’Malley, Hulett play in Triple-A
Published Friday, April 13, 2007

Three former city high school baseball players have made it to the Triple-A level in the professional ranks after Major League Baseball teams distributed their players throughout the minor leagues.
http://www.sj-r.com/sections/sports/stories/112187.asp

A Ryan O'Malley Myspace page

Ryan O'Malley in the news
(Note: this is a common name)

Ryan's name mentioned in Blogs

Updated December 14, 2006...

Ron Riggle, the head baseball coach at LincolnLand Community College
and Ryan O' Malley, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs join Bob Murray on
The Morning NewsWatch to talk about the upcoming Winter Baseball Camp
at LLCC.

Source: http://www.wtax.com

If you missed the interview, hear it here!

http://70.84.248.232/station_files/original_1166118994__.mp3

See original page here:

http://www.wtax.com/jock_page.php?page_id=36&jock_id=28

Updated December 6 2006...

Cubs re-sign lefty following release
By HAL PILGER
http://www.sj-r.com/sections/sports/stories/102287.asp

The SJR ran a huge photo of Ryan on the front page of today's sports section.

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Ryan was mentioned this summer in Len and Bob's baseball blog.

Page includes a video of Ryan being interviewed after winning a 1-0 game vs the Houston Astros. Yep, he receives a shaving cream pie.

Ryan was featured in a Mike Nadal column on Thursday, March 1, 2007.

More about Ryan and Springfield at cubs.com

The above is from the September 9, 2006
State Journal Register's editorial page section (page 8) from the O'Malley Family.

If you check the Cubs active roster for today at:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/roster_active.jsp?c_id=chc
you'll note that Ryan O'Malley is now on the active roster and off the disabled list.
Woo Hoo!
(Players on the DL show up with an icon next to their name on the 40 man roster.)