Toppstown baseball codes

1985-1986 (Oct. 18, 1985 to Dec. 31, 1986):

1. Duck Hunt (Launch Title)
2. Excitebike (Launch Title)
3. Pinball (Launch Title)
4. Stack-Up (Launch Title)
5. Super Mario Bros. (Launch Title)
6. Tennis (Launch Title)
7. 10-Yard Fight
8. Baseball
9. Clu Clu Land
10. Donkey Kong Jr. Math
11. Golf
12. Gyromite
13. Hogan's Alley
14. Ice Climber
15. Kung Fu
16. Mach Rider
17. Wild Gunman
18. Wrecking Crew
19. Gumshoe
20. Balloon Fight
21. Donkey Kong
22. Donkey Kong 3
23. Donkey Kong Jr.
24. Mario Bros.
25. Popeye
26. Urban Champion
27. Ninja Kid
28. Chubby Cherub
29. Tag Team Match: M.U.S.C.L.E.
30. Tag Team Wrestling
31. 1942
32. Commando
33. Ghosts 'n Goblins
34. Karate Champ
35. Gradius

1987 (Jan. 1, 1987 to Dec. 31, 1987):

1. Trojan
2. Pro Wrestling
3. Volleyball
4. Rush'n Attack
5. Track & Field
6. BurgerTime
7. Castlevania
8. Ikari Warriors
9. Athletic World
10. Kid Icarus
11. Mighty Bomb Jack
12. Rygar
13. Section-Z
14. Solomon's Key
15. Metroid
16. The Legend of Zelda
17. Arkanoid
18. Athena
19. Elevator Action
20. Slalom
21. The Legend of Kage
22. 3-D WorldRunner
23. Deadly Towers
24. Double Dribble
25. Lode Runner
26. Raid on Bungeling Bay
27. Ring King
28. Sky Kid
29. Spelunker
30. Spy Hunter
31. Sqoon
32. Stadium Events / World Class Track Meet
33. Star Voyager
34. Stinger
35. Tiger-Heli
36. Winter Games
37. Alpha Mission
38. Lunar Pool
39. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
40. Rad Racer
41. Zanac
42. Side Pocket
43. BreakThru
44. Gotcha! The Sport!
45. Jaws
46. Kid Niki: Radical Ninja
47. Star Force
48. Super Pitfall
49. The Goonies II
50. The Karate Kid
51. Top Gun
52. Mega Man
53. Wizards & Warriors

1988 (Jan. 1, 1988 to Dec. 31, 1988):

1. Karnov
2. Renegade
3. Contra
4. Gun.Smoke
5. R.C. Pro-Am
6. Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage
7. Dragon Power
8. Ice Hockey
9. Freedom Force
10. Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
11. Major League Baseball
12. City Connection
13. Rambo
14. Double Dragon
15. Metal Gear
16. R.B.I. Baseball
17. Bases Loaded
18. Defender II
19. Gauntlet
20. Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy
21. Legendary Wings
22. Life Force
23. Adventure Island
24. Galaga: Demons of Death
25. Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
26. Jackal
27. Jeopardy!
28. Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf
29. Milon's Secret Castle
30. Wheel of Fortune
31. Xevious
32. 1943: The Battle of Midway
33. Ghostbusters
34. Joust
35. MagMax
36. Mickey Mousecapade
37. Millipede
38. Pac-Man (Tengen)
39. Racket Attack
40. Seicross
41. Spy vs. Spy
42. Super Mario Bros. 2
43. Anticipation
44. Blaster Master
45. Bubble Bobble
46. Cobra Command
47. Dr. Chaos
48. Super Team Games
49. Bionic Commando
50. Blades of Steel
51. Bump 'n' Jump
52. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
53. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
54. Othello
55. Paperboy
56. Platoon
57. Rampage
58. Robowarrior
59. Skate or Die
60. Superman
61. Xenophobe
62. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

1989 (Jan. 1, 1989 to Dec. 31, 1989):

1. Bomberman
2. Sesame Street: 123
3. Star Soldier
4. Tecmo Baseball
5. WWF WrestleMania
6. Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach
7. Friday the 13th
8. Gyruss
9. Q*bert
10. Tecmo Bowl
11. Ultima: Exodus
12. Dance Aerobics
13. John Elway's Quarterback
14. Kung-Fu Heroes
15. Marble Madness
16. Ninja Gaiden
17. World Games
18. Adventures of Lolo
19. Amagon
20. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
21. Fist of the North Star
22. Legacy of the Wizard
23. Mappy-Land
24. Mystery Quest
25. Predator
26. Taboo: The Sixth Sense
27. The Guardian Legend
28. Operation Wolf
29. Tetris (Unlicensed; Tengen 1989)
30. Airwolf
31. California Games
32. Desert Commander
33. Guerrilla War
34. Hoops
35. Hydlide
36. Mega Man 2
37. Monster Party
38. Nobunaga's Ambition
39. Shooting Range
40. Street Cop
41. Super Dodge Ball
42. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
43. The Adventures of Bayou Billy
44. Track & Field II
45. Baseball Stars
46. Cobra Triangle
47. Defender of the Crown
48. Strider
49. Super Sprint (Unlicensed)
50. Thundercade
51. Adventures of Tom Sawyer
52. Dragon Warrior
53. Faxanadu
54. Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll
55. Jordan vs. Bird: One on One
56. The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
57. Adventures of Dino Riki
58. Air Fortress
59. Back to the Future
60. Bad Street Brawler
61. Castlequest
62. Disney's DuckTales
63. Fester's Quest
64. Hollywood Squares
65. King's Knight
66. NFL
67. P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
68. Sesame Street: ABC
69. Sky Shark
70. The Black Bass USA
71. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
72. Casino Kid
73. Goal!
74. Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!
75. Jeopardy! Junior Edition
76. Rolling Thunder (Unlicensed)
77. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
78. Stealth ATF
79. The Three Stooges
80. Twin Eagle
81. Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition
82. 720°
83. Road Runner (Unlicensed)
84. Tetris (Nintendo; 1989)
85. Vindicators (Unlicensed)
86. After Burner (Unlicensed)
87. Alien Syndrome (Unlicensed)
88. All-Pro Basketball
89. Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
90. Dig Dug II: Trouble in Paradise
91. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
92. Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II
93. Kings of the Beach
94. Knight Rider
95. RoboCop
96. Robodemons (Unlicensed)
97. Shadowgate
98. Shinobi (Unlicensed)
99. Short Order + Eggsplode!
100. Silent Service
101. The Battle of Olympus
102. The Uncanny X-Men
103. Toobin' (Unlicensed)
104. Willow
105. The Adventures of Captain Comic (Unlicensed)
106. Baby Boomer (Unlicensed)
107. Crystal Mines (Unlicensed)
108. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Unlicensed)
109. Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu (Unlicensed)
110. Metal Fighter (Unlicensed)
111. Raid 2020 (Unlicensed)
112. Tagin' Dragon (Unlicensed)

1990 (Jan. 1, 1990 to Dec. 31, 1990):

1. The Magic of Scheherazade
2. 8 Eyes
3. A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
4. Archon
5. Bases Loaded II: Second Season
6. Clash at Demonhead
7. Demon Sword
8. Double Dragon II: The Revenge
9. Genghis Khan
10. Infiltrator
11. Rescue: The Embassy Mission
12. River City Ransom
13. RoadBlasters
14. Rock 'n Ball
15. The Chessmaster
16. Top Gun: The Second Mission
17. Top Players' Tennis
18. Twin Cobra
19. Super Mario Bros. 3
20. Batman: The Video Game
21. Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum
22. Destination Earthstar
23. Rollerball
24. Super Spike V'Ball
25. Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
26. Adventures of Lolo 2
27. Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing
28. Astyanax
29. Baseball Simulator 1.000
30. Burai Fighter
31. Championship Bowling
32. Code Name: Viper
33. Conflict
34. Fisher-Price: I Can Remember
35. Fisher-Price: Perfect Fit
36. Heavy Barrel
37. Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf
38. Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs
39. Magic Johnson's Fast Break
40. Target: Renegade
41. Terra Cresta
42. Vegas Dream
43. Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition
44. Win, Lose or Draw
45. Double Dare
46. Dynowarz: The Destruction of Spondylus
47. Ghostbusters II
48. Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road
49. Phantom Fighter
50. Pinbot
51. Snake's Revenge
52. Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular!
53. Super C
54. Tecmo World Wrestling
55. To the Earth
56. WCW World Championship Wrestling
57. Wrath of the Black Manta
58. Xexyz
59. Final Fantasy
60. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
61. Remote Control
62. Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
63. [219]
64. Arkista's Ring
65. Bad News Baseball
66. Boulder Dash
67. Cabal
68. Captain Skyhawk
69. Castle of Dragon
70. Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
71. Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
72. Heavy Shreddin'
73. Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition
74. Mechanized Attack
75. Michael Andretti's World Grand Prix
76. Pinball Quest
77. Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure
78. Rad Racer II
79. Rocket Ranger
80. Shingen the Ruler
81. Silkworm
82. Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos
83. Starship Hector
84. The Last Starfighter
85. The Mafat Conspiracy
86. Wall Street Kid
87. Bad Dudes
88. Battle Chess
89. Bigfoot
90. Circus Caper
91. Crystalis
92. Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements
93. Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball
94. Image Fight
95. Klax (Unlicensed)
96. Little League Baseball: Championship Series
97. Mad Max
98. Pictionary
99. Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
100. The Adventures of Gilligan's Island
101. Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
102. Barker Bill's Trick Shooting
103. Dick Tracy
104. NARC
105. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
106. Swords and Serpents
107. Total Recall
108. Back to the Future II & III
109. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
110. Classic Concentration
111. Destiny of an Emperor
112. Dragon Warrior II
113. Garry Kitchen's Battletank
114. Gauntlet II
115. Journey to Silius
116. Kickle Cubicle
117. Little Nemo: The Dream Master
118. Low G Man: The Low Gravity Man
119. M.U.L.E.
120. Maniac Mansion
121. Mission: Impossible
122. NES Play Action Football
123. Pipe Dream
124. Rally Bike
125. RollerGames
126. Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble
127. Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship
128. Spot: The Video Game
129. Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
130. The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
131. Thunderbirds
132. Time Lord
133. Ultimate Basketball
134. A Nightmare on Elm Street
135. Caveman Games
136. Days of Thunder
137. Dr. Mario
138. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
139. Loopz
140. Mendel Palace
141. Orb-3D
142. Sesame Street: Big Bird's Hide & Speak
143. Super Glove Ball
144. Arch Rivals: A Basket Brawl!
145. Conquest of the Crystal Palace
146. Formula One: Built to Win
147. Mega Man 3
148. Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival
149. Palamedes
150. Puzznic
151. Silver Surfer
152. The Immortal
153. The Punisher
154. Werewolf: The Last Warrior
155. WWF WrestleMania Challenge
156. Yo! Noid
157. Bandit Kings of Ancient China
158. Déjà Vu
159. Digger T. Rock: The Legend of the Lost City
160. Dirty Harry
161. Dragon's Lair
162. Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
163. Little Ninja Brothers
164. Ninja Crusaders
165. Nintendo World Cup
166. North & South
167. Shadow of the Ninja
168. StarTropics
169. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
170. The Adventures of Rad Gravity
171. Thunder & Lightning
172. Ultima: Quest of the Avatar
173. Bible Adventures (Unlicensed)
174. Blades of Steel
175. Castle of Deceit (Unlicensed)
176. Challenge of the Dragon (Unlicensed)
177. Chiller (Unlicensed)
178. Deathbots (Unlicensed)
179. Double Strike (Unlicensed)
180. Dudes With Attitude (Unlicensed)
181. Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land (Unlicensed)
182. F-15 City War (Unlicensed)
183. Fantasy Zone (Unlicensed)
184. Galactic Crusader (Unlicensed)
185. Impossible Mission II (Unlicensed)
186. King Neptune's Adventure (Unlicensed)
187. Krazy Kreatures (Unlicensed)
188. Menace Beach (Unlicensed)
189. Mission Cobra (Unlicensed)
190. Moon Ranger (Unlicensed)
191. Ms. Pac-Man (Unlicensed; Tengen 1990)
192. P'radikus Conflict (Unlicensed)
193. Pesterminator: The Western Exterminator (Unlicensed)
194. Puzzle (Unlicensed)
195. R.B.I. Baseball 2 (Unlicensed)
196. ShockWave (Unlicensed)
197. Silent Assault (Unlicensed)
198. Skull & Crossbones (Unlicensed)
199. The Miracle Piano Teaching System
200. The Ultimate Stuntman (Unlicensed)
201. Tiles of Fate (Unlicensed)

1991 (Jan. 1, 1991 to Dec. 31, 1991):

1. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
2. Fun House
3. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
4. Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
5. Peter Pan and the Pirates: The Revenge of Captain Hook
6. Qix
7. The Hunt for Red October
8. The Krion Conquest
9. The Untouchables
10. Wayne Gretzky Hockey
11. Adventure Island II
12. Conan: The Mysteries of Time
13. Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
14. Flying Warriors
15. Galaxy 5000: Racing in the 51st Century
16. Ikari III: The Rescue
17. Isolated Warrior
18. Magician
19. Metal Storm
20. Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
21. Ski or Die
22. Super Cars
23. The Last Ninja
24. The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
25. Touchdown Fever
26. Harlem Globetrotters
27. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
28. Kiwi Kraze
29. Metal Mech: Man & Machine
30. Power Blade
31. Totally Rad
32. Whomp 'Em
33. Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
34. Nobunaga's Ambition II
35. RoboCop 2
36. World Champ
37. Beetlejuice
38. Family Feud
39. Flight of the Intruder
40. Monopoly
41. The Rocketeer
42. Times of Lore
43. Battletoads
44. Castelian
45. Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars
46. Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger!
47. Laser Invasion
48. Rainbow Islands
49. S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team
50. Tombs & Treasure
51. Uninvited
52. Videomation
53. Frankenstein: The Monster Returns
54. High Speed
55. KlashBall
56. Disney's The Little Mermaid
57. Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure
58. Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
59. The Lone Ranger
60. Adventures of Lolo 3
61. Bases Loaded 3
62. Captain Planet and the Planeteers
63. Gun-Nac
64. James Bond Jr.
65. Magic Darts
66. Monster Truck Rally
67. NES Open Tournament Golf
68. Rockin' Kats
69. Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
70. Smash TV
71. Super Jeopardy!
72. Where's Waldo?
73. Zombie Nation
74. American Gladiators
75. Bo Jackson Baseball
76. Darkman
77. Home Alone
78. Pirates!
79. Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball
80. Trog!
81. Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
82. Wolverine
83. Eliminator Boat Duel
84. L'Empereur
85. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
86. Sesame Street: ABC & 123
87. Snow Brothers
88. Space Shuttle Project
89. Star Wars
90. The Bard's Tale
91. Uncharted Waters
92. Vice: Project Doom
93. Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth
94. Barbie
95. Batman: Return of the Joker
96. Captain America and the Avengers
97. Golf Grand Slam
98. Shatterhand
99. Disney's TaleSpin
100. Tecmo Super Bowl
101. The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
102. The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World
103. Tiny Toon Adventures
104. Toki
105. Tom and Jerry: The Ultimate Game of Cat and Mouse!
106. Treasure Master
107. Action 52 (Unlicensed)
108. Big Nose the Caveman (Unlicensed)
109. Death Race (Unlicensed)
110. Firehawk (Unlicensed)
111. Bubble Bath Babes (Unlicensed)
112. Micro Machines (Unlicensed)
113. Pac-Mania (Unlicensed)
114. Peek-A-Boo Poker (Unlicensed)
115. Quattro Adventure (Unlicensed)
116. Quattro Sports (Unlicensed)
117. R.B.I. Baseball 3 (Unlicensed)
118. Rad Racket: Deluxe Tennis II (Unlicensed)
119. Secret Scout in the Temple of Demise (Unlicensed)
120. The King of Kings: The Early Years (Unlicensed)
121. Venice Beach Volleyball (Unlicensed)

1992 (Jan. 1, 1992 to Dec. 31, 1992):

1. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
2. Bucky O'Hare
3. Cowboy Kid
4. Die Hard
5. Dragon Fighter
6. KickMaster
7. Legends of the Diamond
8. Mega Man 4
9. Monster in My Pocket
10. Motor City Patrol
11. Nightshade
12. Rampart
13. Sword Master
14. The Addams Family
15. Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White
16. Hook
17. F-15 Strike Eagle
18. Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters
19. Hudson Hawk
20. M.C. Kids
21. Sesame Street: Countdown
22. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
23. Super Spy Hunter
24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
25. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
26. Dragon Warrior III
27. Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue
28. G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor
29. Gemfire
30. Ghoul School
31. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
32. Town & Country Surf Designs: Thrilla's Surfari
33. Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power
34. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
35. Hatris
36. Paperboy 2
37. The Mutant Virus: Crisis in a Computer World
38. Toxic Crusaders
39. Ultimate Air Combat
40. Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds - The Second Scenario
41. Alex DeMeo's Race America
42. Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge
43. Wacky Races
44. Disney's Darkwing Duck
45. Day Dreamin' Davey
46. Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge
47. King's Quest V
48. Power Punch II
49. Yoshi
50. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: DragonStrike
51. Baseball Stars II
52. Defenders of Dynatron City
53. Greg Norman's Golf Power
54. The Blue Marlin
55. Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92
56. Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat
57. Might & Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum
58. RoboCop 3
59. Adventure Island 3
60. Contra Force
61. Krusty's Fun House
62. Tecmo Cup Soccer Game
63. The Blues Brothers
64. WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge
65. Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge
66. Dragon Warrior IV
67. Felix the Cat
68. Gargoyle's Quest II
69. Ghost Lion
70. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
71. Panic Restaurant
72. Power Blade 2
73. Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six
74. Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston
75. Goal! Two
76. Lemmings
77. Little Samson
78. Prince of Persia
79. Tecmo NBA Basketball
80. Widget
81. Best of the Best: Championship Karate
82. Caesars Palace
83. F-117A Stealth Fighter
84. George Foreman's KO Boxing
85. Joe & Mac
86. Mega Man 5
87. R.C. Pro-Am II
88. Swamp Thing
89. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
90. The Great Waldo Search
91. The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper
92. The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man
93. The Terminator
94. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
95. Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop
96. 6 in 1 (Unlicensed)
97. Bee 52 (Unlicensed)
98. Big Nose Freaks Out (Unlicensed)
99. Blackjack (Unlicensed)
100. Cyberball
101. Joshua & the Battle of Jericho (Unlicensed)
102. Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade (Unlicensed)
103. Maxi 15 (Unlicensed)
104. MiG-29: Soviet Fighter (Unlicensed)
105. Operation: Secret Storm (Unlicensed)
106. Pyramid (Unlicensed)
107. Quattro Arcade (Unlicensed)
108. Solitaire (Unlicensed)
109. Spiritual Warfare (Unlicensed)
110. Stunt Kids (Unlicensed)
111. Ultimate League Soccer (Unlicensed)
112. Wally Bear and the NO! Gang (Unlicensed)

1993-1994; 1995 (Jan. 1, 1993 to Dec. 31, 1994; 1995):

1. Batman Returns
2. Break Time: The National Pool Tour
3. Overlord
4. Ultima: Warriors of Destiny
5. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
6. Bomberman II
7. Rollerblade Racer
8. Alien³
9. Fire 'n Ice
10. Mickey's Safari in Letterland
11. Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
12. Bases Loaded 4
13. Casino Kid II
14. Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
15. Lethal Weapon
16. Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland
17. Yoshi's Cookie
18. Kirby's Adventure
19. Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team
20. Cool World
21. Disney's DuckTales 2
22. Jurassic Park
23. Color a Dinosaur
24. Mario is Missing!
25. Mighty Final Fight
26. Bubble Bobble Part 2
27. The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
28. Battleship
29. Bram Stoker's Dracula
30. Star Trek: The Next Generation
31. Championship Pool
32. Last Action Hero
33. Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
34. Tetris 2
35. Cliffhanger
36. Jimmy Connors Tennis
37. Ms. Pac-Man (Namco; 1993)
38. Pac-Man (Namco; 1993)
39. Pro Sport Hockey
40. The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$!
41. Wayne's World
42. WWF King of the Ring
43. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
44. Bible Buffet (Unlicensed)
45. Dizzy the Adventurer (Unlicensed)
46. The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy (Unlicensed)
47. Bonk's Adventure
48. Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
49. Alfred Chicken
50. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
51. Mega Man 6
52. Mickey's Adventure in Numberland
53. Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II
54. Mario's Time Machine
55. Disney's The Jungle Book
56. The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!
57. The Incredible Crash Dummies
58. Wario's Woods
59. Trolls on Treasure Island (Unlicensed)
60. Sunday Funday: The Ride (Unlicensed)

Plus, there are 756 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video games in North America and including unlicensed games.

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Hey Sportsfans — it's time for Week 9 of baseball Power Rankings: Happy Memorial Day friends! I hope on this holliday you eat some patriotic food and enjoy these American baseball numbers.
Every voter has their own style / system and the only voting instructions are these:

"To an extent determined individually, you must take into account how strong a team is right now and likely to be going forward. You must, to some degree, give weight to the events and games of the previous week."

TRANSPARENCY: This link will show you who voted each team where and has added neat statistics!
If something is a little messed up, feel free to pester me let me know.
Total Votes: 26 of 30..

#		Team	Δ	Comment	Record
1		Phillies	0	Well the Phillies finally had a bad week, going 4-2, outscoring their opponents 33-20 and gaining a game on the Braves. Their first series loss since April 3 was bound to come eventually, but I think most fans were hoping it wouldn't come against the Rockies, although they're not nearly as bad as their record says in Coors. That loss came after sweeping, and frankly dominating, the defending champions in what many were billing as the Phillies first real test, although the Rangers seem to be in a bit of a slide. There's no need to panic as Kyle Schwarber is about to start hitting in June (career .740 OPS through the first two months of the season, .940 in June) and hopefully the team can keep winning games and holding a comfortable division lead. This week, they finish off a mini west coast trip in San Francisco before coming home for 3 against the red hot Cardinals.	38-16
2		Yankees	+1	How many more ways can I concoct to rave about the Yankees’ starting pitching? Luis Gil is probably gonna get put in the pen when Cole returns despite being a legit ROY contender and kinda-sorta-lowkey in Cy Young race too. None of the existing five starters deserve the demotion, Gil just happens to be the one who was recently hurt and hasn’t thrown many innings in one year in a while. Oh, and while I’m at it - Aaron Judge is right back to doing things that only innermost-circle Hall of Famers have done before him. There’s not a scarier hitter in baseball at their best than Judge at his best…no, not even him.	37-18
3		Guardians	+3	I don't know who put as #1. This week, lots of good teams were swept by lost series to bad teams. (Phillies swept by Rockies, Orioles swept by Cardinals, Dodgers swept by Reds, Braves lost series to Pirates.) BUT the Guardians are on a nine-game winning streak. Yay. Some of those were nailbiters, but wins are wins.	36-17
4		Orioles	0	Finally got swept and ended that dumb streak, which I personally thought ended in the playoffs last year. The bigger news is John Means and Dean Kremer are both on the IL. Means' injury seems to be the "worse" one right now but we shall see in the long run. The offense can still not get any consistency, relying way too much on HR's and the same people hitting them. This team would be in bad shape without Gunnar, Adley and Westburg. Santander too always seems to come up big when needed. It is going to be the next 30 days that is the premise on how the rest of the season goes. Mullins needs to get going and either Hays or someone else needs to start being consistent with getting on base, otherwise the bats will go cold again.	33-18
5		Dodgers	-3	What an incredible week it has been for Dodgers haters. Losing a series to the Dbacks is one thing, but getting swept by the Reds hurt to watch, no offense to the Reds. The Dodgers' bottom half of the order has been colder and we I witnessed one of the worst bullpen innings I've ever seen from the team on Friday (bottom of the 5th vs. Reds, go watch it haters). I know the season is about ebbs and flows, and the team will almost certainly bounce back but this was a hard week to watch.	33-22
6		Royals	+2		34-20
7		Braves	-2	Nothing like a season ending injury to Acuña to ruin your Memorial Day cookout. Woof. I don't know what to say. Here's a "fun" fact: the Braves have not (and will not) play a complete game this season with their complete starting roster. When you lose the preseason favorite for Cy Young that would be bad enough, but how about the defending MVP as well? I am gonna go cry into my 1000th hamburger of the weekend. Don't call me. I am not OK.	30-20
8		Brewers	-1	The Brewers had yet another .500 week against teams they should be beating, but the division lead grew, so I guess it's alright. Big series against the Cubs coming up.	30-22
9		Twins	+2	A 4-2 week is definitely what we needed to get back on track. The bullpen is still a little shaky despite showing signs of improvement, and the lineup is starting to click again with Correa stepping up to jumpstart everyone. In the rotation, Paddack has performed very well and is showing just how deep our staff is. Royce Lewis is set to return within about a week too, and his energy will absolutely give the team a boost.	28-24
10		Mariners	0	It's been a strange week. The M's have both snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, and... also very much the opposite. I would talk about the offense, but Taylor Saucedo doesn't want to hear s*t about it (and we're glad he's recovered quickly and back with the club!) Most promisingly, Julio is showing some signs of return to form, with a few dingers and a lot more contact in the air. An AL West homestand is up, and hopefully it's time to finally beat up on the division. *Up next: 4 vs. Asterisks, 3 vs. Mike Trout and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Angels	28-26
11		Red Sox	+4	Welp, after stomping Tampa in the Trop (something we've been unable to do for years now), we came home only to just barely avoid getting swept by Milwaukee in Fenway. Two steps forward, two steps back. Meanwhile, the young stars we extended have been the worst of our young core, with Bello getting outmatched by Houck and Crawford, and Rafaela unable to put it together on either side of the ball (despite some flashy highlight reel defensive plays). Maybe we'll break out next week...	27-26
12		Cubs	-3	The Cubs offensive slump hit a nadir this week, as they were held scoreless by a pitcher who was terrible this season in AAA. And while they did rebound a bit in the weekend 2-game set vs the Cardinals, it still wasn't enough to bail out the starting pitching, which went from out of this world to merely ok. Coupled with some truly abysmal defense for what was supposed to be a strong defensive team, and the Cubs have slipped from 6 games above .500 at the start of the month to just 1. Of particular concern is the catching situation, as Cubs catchers have both been abysmal at the plate and completely inept at throwing runners out, leading to increased high pressure moments for the pitching staff. It appears that the Cubs will be forced to make a move at that position near the deadline, but for now they can only wait and hope that the tandem of Yan Gomes and Miguel Amaya can somewhat bounce back, as they're relying on the rest of the offense to. The Cubs have crucial 4 game set coming up against the Brewers, they need to not lose this series to stay in touch with them in the NL Central Race.	27-26
13		Padres	-1	The Padres set another attendance record while losing another series at home. It was nice to see them rally Sunday in the 6th with two outs playing small ball to get the dub though. The Padres are just 11-18 at home this season, and have been right around .500 all year. Jeremiah Estrada has been a revelation.	28-28
14		Giants	+5	After a completely normal week @ PIT and NYM, the Giants recorded yet another winning week. If you’re a Giants fan not currently under medical supervision, you had a fun week. It could’ve been better, but it could’ve been a LOT worse. Tyler Rodgers in the 9th not withstanding, the bullpen has solidified into an arguable strength, cold bats have heated up, Snell is back and, uh, he was not as bad as his stats suggest. I saw progress there. This week we host the Phillies and Yankees. A 3 -3 week would be more than acceptable and this should be a solid test as to how real the Giants plan on being this year.	27-27
15		Tigers	+1	The Tigers are in a bit of a streaky run right now, dropping five in a row before taking the last three games from Toronto to end the weekend. Capped by a three run bomb by Matt Vierling to walk off the Blue Jays, it seems (unfortunately) that the team has taken a liking to the ugly ass City Connects. At one game below the .500 mark at 26-27, it would be cool to get some some sustained success as the weather warms up and school gets out. A packed CoPa is certainly within reach all summer if the team plays well enough. This week: 2 vs. PIT, 4 at BOS.	26-27
16		Astros	+1		24-29
17		D-Backs	+1		25-28
18		Rangers	-5	Corey Seager is back from the dead. The offense might not be and the IL continues to grow. Go Sports.	25-29
19		Rays	-5	I wish that I could turn back time, 'Cause now the baseball ain't fine- Can't hit without consistency from stars. I know our arms get injured fast, Cold water and a low tide- Rays baseball now, it's killing me inside	26-28
20		Cardinals	+5	The Cardinals went 5-0 this week. They were nine games under .500 on May 12th and have now won 10 of their last 12. This team has found some momentum and is right back in the thick of things. If you thought the Cardinals were dead, they're alive.	25-26
21		Pirates	0	If the Pirates had a bullpen that was evenly modestly competent, they just would have finished off a 5-1 week that put them into the thick of the Wild Card race. Instead, they lost two games started by Jared Jones and Paul Skenes despite hitting a grand slam in both. The biggest culprit is Aroldis Chapman, who is currently being paid $10.5 million to walk every batter he faces	25-29
22		Reds	+2	AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH oh hey guys you just caught me in the middle of my weekly scream. Just something I’ve been doing lately, every week just lie face first onto the pillow on my bed and just let loose. Really relaxes the mind you know? Anyway, the Reds swept the Dodgers this week. Not really sure how they accomplished this feat, but they did. So yay for teams named after colors. Oh by the way, I just wanted to point out that I think I have a really upbeat personality. I’m pointing this out because SOME PEOPLE think it’s a “real downer” and that’s why “we should take some time apart”. There’s nothing wrong with optimism right? Whatever. Don’t want to talk about it. You know what I do want to talk about? My rap career. Okay, lay down the beat, bf bf bf yeah, uh huh, yeah I sling money like I sling my TV, twenty percent off your first month at sling TV with the promo code baby. Yeah. I throw baseballs like a madman, at the party I’m a stag man, oh I spilled my drink on your shirt my bad man. Up at the plate, take strike 1 like it’s my birthday, I can wait for the cake. Okay, so this is like as far as I got. I’m not very good at rhyming. Reds are doing pretty fine right now you know. I’m not gonna lie, I’m typing this all out on my phone, and it’s 2am, and me and my friends just left our 4th bar of the night and are heading home to play some Call of Duty. Okay bye.	23-30
23		Blue Jays	-1	This week had EVERYTHING. Supposed HR hitter Daniel Vogelbach actually hit a HR. The Jays were shut out by the worst team in baseball in between scoring 9 runs twice (and 9 runs again the next day). Leo Kikuchi. The Tigers didn't pay their electric bill and greatest-broadcaster-in-baseball Dan Shulman called the game FROM HIS CELL PHONE. The Jays, one of the worst offenses in the game, scored 11 runs and still somehow lost the game. Oh, and they failed to sweep the White Sox and lose 3 of 4 to DET. This team is heading for a full-on sale at the trade deadline after coming into the season looking like a playoff contender again. They score 2 runs or less in 40% of our games. Fire Don Mattingly. Fire Ross Atkins. Sign Leo Kikuchi.	23-29
24		Nationals	-1		23-28
25		Mets	-5	The Mets are in freefall. As they hover nearly 10 games below .500, they'll need to change course fast to avoid a midsummer fire sale. Anecdotally, there seems to be rising doubt in the viability of an Alonso/LindoNimmo/McNeil core amongst fans. The team is starting to look so broken that even competing in 2025 seems dubious.	22-30
26		Angels	0	History is in the making at Angel Stadium. Standing with a home record of 6-19, the Angels are on pace for 19 wins at home. In the 162 game era, no team has won fewer than 22 home games.	20-33
27		Athletics	0	Happy Memorial Day! This team isn't good, and I have no clue what Kotsay is doing with the line-ups. I can't name half the guys starting for us right now which is never good with 3 of our original rotation hitting the IL in success. We got Andujar from the IL for the first time and sent a bunch of other players back down.	22-33
28		Marlins	+1	When starting pitchers start playing more consistently you win more games, who knew? Shout out to Braxton Garret for throwing a maddux! The offense has had better situational hitting, which is evident with the multiple victories in extra innings that weve seen this last week. As long as Stottlemeyer keeps working his magic we might just end with more than 70 wins, but its still pretty early to know. We start off the week against the pads at home, followed by a series in arlington.	19-35
29		Rockies	-1	Where were you when Phillies was kill? This felt like a trap series to a lot of people and played out that way. We were one (terrible) inning away from a sweep. Though the Phillies were also one pitch away from a series win. None of the games were a Coors Field Special™, the pitching (not you Justin Lawrence) just did its job. We're still bad and it's still going to be a slog, but who among us doesn't like pointing at the Phillies and laughing?	18-34
30		White Sox	0	After barely being mid for a few weeks, the White Sox suck again. They're 4 games worse than the 2nd worst team in the league and have a whopping -38 run differential compared to the second worst team. It's not even June and they have a -209 run differential compared to the Phillies. That's, uh, not good. This weekend, they got swept by a much better ball club and organization in the Orioles who not only have a better major league team by miles, they have a better farm system. It brings me back to 2022, when there was still some hope for this team, but the signs of a collapse were there. In June 2022, the White Sox hosted the Orioles for a 4 game series. The White Sox came into the season as a dark horse World Series pick on the back of what looked like a solid rotation and young players who were good, but could still continue to take the next step. They struggled in the early part of the season, but were hovering around .500 most of the year. At the time, the Orioles were still in rebuild mode and this series looked to be a potential one to get the White Sox back on track. Instead, they narrowly avoided a sweep but I was taken aback by what I saw from the Orioles. Each of their outfielders made at least one spectacular play in game 1 and they looked like a real baseball team. It was really when I first started doubting if the White Sox were ever going to take the next step. It's fitting that the Orioles came to town this year and demolished this team.	15-39

Roll…roll…roll…
KER-SMASH!
“Good one, Rock. One more and you’ve got yourself a turkey.” Parker Markle, owner of the bowling establishment, noted.
“Thanks, Parker”, I said, thankfully accepting another longneck, “You still going on with your renovations here?”
“Damn straight!”, he replied, “I’ve got me investors, I’ve got me plans, and I’ve even got me real building permits this time…”
Two weeks later, we’re standing out in front of Parker’s still smoldering bowling alley and Parker is on the verge of tears.
“God damn shame”, I said, trying to commiserate my friend.
“Fucking squatters. Can’t even start on the renovations without these bastards…We chuck’em out of your place and the fuckers burn the place down. Hear from the local constabulary yet?”
“Yeah”, he snuffs, “Fucker’s ain’t got a hard dollar among them; nor two cents in their heads. Sure, I can sue, but to what purpose? Look at the place. I had my investors…I had plans…I’m well and truly fucked, Rock.”
“How much you out? “I asked, “How much you need to rebuild and remodel?”
“Oh, fuck me”, Parker trembled, “At least $55-60 thou. Where the fuck am I supposed to come up with that sort of scratch?”
Ker-ching!
I chucked my empty into the bin.
SPANG!
Parker immediately, without asking, dips into the ever-present cooler and hands me an icy-cold one.
In return, I hand Parker my business Rhodium American Express card.
“What’s this?”, he asks.
“It’s my entry into the world of keggeling and conspicuous consumer consumption” I chuckled.
“What the fuck?”, Parker asked, brow furrowed like the early spring marijuana fields hereabouts.
“Use it to order your needful things”, I said, “I’ve got way more than 60 thou free on the card. I mean, let’s not go nuts…”
“You mean?” He asked, quizzically.
“Yep.”, I replied, “Your wishes have been answered…sort of.
Parker looks at me with wide, wondering eyes.
“I’m your god-damned partner.” I smiled as I lit a huge Oscuro cigar; channeling Marion Ravenwood.
“Oh, fuck”, Parker suddenly breaks into a mile-wide smile. “We’re going to be the first bowling alley to have a walk-in humidor, aren’t we?”
“Fuckin-A, Bubba.”, I chuckle, “Plus a Class-A liquor license. Enough of this Class-B slinging beer for bucks bullshit, we’re going to have us a real tavern here on the green…”
“Let me get my plans”, Parker laughs, “I never thought of going the Class-A direction.”
“We’re going to serve more than pre-nuked wings and slate-board pizza.” I said, “We’re going to have 75 lanes, a full-service tavern, walk-in humidor, 80s arcade, and real fucking food. I remember you going on and on about it before the fire. Well, I haven’t forgotten what you’re dreaming about, so fuck it, let’s just do it.”
“It might go a bit past 60 large”, Parker said, slightly uncertainly.
“Let’s just keep it under 100k and for the love of grog, don’t say anything to Esme…”, I pleaded with Parker.
“I’ll do my best”, Parker said, as a manly handshake ensued.
“This could be the start of a beautiful friendship” I nattered.
Between my American Express card and Parker’s insurance pay out, we’ve got more than enough to start selecting contractors and hire us a security team. We’ve had the plans drawn up, had all the blueprints drafted, reviewed and OK’ed by the various governmental departments.
We are ready to tear down what remains of the old place, groom the land, and begin our re-build.
But first, there’s this little problem neither of us had foreseen.
What the fuck are we going to do with over 1,500 scorched pins and 800 or so blistered bowling balls?
We’ve already ordered all new pinsetters, pins and balls; so, what to do with all the leftovers…?
What to do?
What to do?
Of course! We hold a pre-opening carnival and sell tickets to a bowling ball mortar game.
No shit! Carve out a big-ass target out in some field, and fire bowling ball mortars. The closest ticket to where the ball lands wins.
We can worry about the details later.
First, I need to gin-up a set of bowling ball mortars. We’re going to introduce the southwest to Bowling Ball Bingo!
Hell. We’ll make it a huge pre-opening event: bowling ball punt guns, food trucks, local music, games of skill, food trailers, local brewery participation, drinking and merry making.
Still going to need some bowling ball cannons.
But first, we’ll need a place to hold the festivities.
No worries.
Y’see. I know this guy…
Now, in town, there’s been a lot of building. In fact, it looks overly developed.
However, go outside of town a couple of miles, and it’s heavily rural, fallow, and all agrarian.
Then there happens to be an old Junior League baseball diamond that’s been closed for years and in an advanced stage of neglect and derelictitis. However, it’s right off the main exit highway and nestled up closely to the San Juan River. Loads and loads of area to expand and have a nice little festivity.
I know the owner, the venerable ol’ bean Gilberto Cabrera.
So, I load up with beer and cigars and drive over to see Gilberto.
He’s outside his one-up, two-down, three across shotgun shack, sipping warm Modeles and cursing every aspect of life he’s currently been assigned.
I roll up and Gilberto instinctively reaches for his trusty double-barreled Ruger, gauge of 12.
“Whoa!”, I shout. “Just me, Gil. Kindly ol’ Doctor Rock.”
“What the fuck do you want?”, he growls.
“Hey!”, I yell, “Use low tones, or you can’t have any of the goodies I brought back from Canada.”
He props the shotgun over in a corner and being the avaricious old bastard he normally is, he bids me over to the porch to have a rag-chew and he a rifle of my truck’s built-in humidor.
I wander up and present him some pure maple syrup, fresh from Walmart, a half dozen cigars and a cold 12 pack of straight from the land of sky-blue waters, Hamm’s (“The beer refreshing”).
We sit and catch up with each other. He’s an old widower and never had time for kids, so he’s grateful to have someone at least approximately his age to rabbit on with. He’s either 70 or 125, or somewhere in between.
It’s hard to tell with some of these old, wrinkly types.
Anyways, I broach the subject of ‘borrowing’ his land in and adjacent to the old ballpark.
“What fer?” He asks.
“Well,” I reply between sips of some recently obtained Kentucky Firewater, “Parker Markle and I are partners in a new rebuild of his bowling alley, which the squatters burned to a crisp once we got the local fuzz to chuck’em out.”
“Aye?”, he scowls, “Bastards. What does that have to do with me?”
“We decided to hold an impromptu festival, a couple of days, for grand re-opening, where we’d get some folk in to cater the event, with music, maybe some carnival-type rides, local food trucks and trailers, petting zoo for the kids, maybe a pick-up softball game or two and (saving the best for last) Bowling Ball Bingo.”
“What the hell’s that last one?” He wondered.
“Well, we’ve got nearly 1,000 old and slightly scorched bowling balls from the fire. Parker’s got new stock coming in with the insurance money. So, what better way to dispose of old bowling balls by building a couple of cannons, firing the balls skyward and have them fall on some prepared ground? The ground with have a checkerboard of letters and numbers, and instead of popping up little balls at the local Catholic Church, we use bowling ball cannons to choose?”
“Gil looks at me and scoffs, “Y’know, it’s not been really too quiet around here since you moved in. I know you’re a Master Blaster, but what do you really do?”
“Nothing too exciting,” I snicker, “I just snuff oil and gas well fires.”
“Hrumph”, he snorts, “No wonder it’s like the Fourth of July hereabouts every weekend.”
“A man’s gotta stay in practice”, I chuckle back.
We both have a snort and I produce new cigars. We spend the next few hours drafting up an agreement where we can use his land to hold the festival.
But the land and facilities are in a sad state of repair.
So, I promise to fix it up if he loans it to us for pre-opening weekend.
OK, but the facilities need paint, weed removal, blading for parking, Porta Johns, marking of parking areas, etc.
I tell Gil that’s fine. We’ll do all the work necessary to get his 40-acre donation ready for the big weekend. I also agreed to cede the finished area over to the Junior League baseball concern when we’re finished. As well as give the Jr. League 5% of the take, as the area is impoverished and any little help would be smiled upon greatly.
Gil also wants a nice, little honorarium to the tune of 5% of the gate.
“Sorry, Gil”, I replied, “But that’s a NCD (No Can Do). But I’ll let you sit in the security shack and keep an eye on the gate and warn about any potential trouble”.
He seemed less than amused.
“The gate will be right next to the beer garden and I could arrange it so that you could receive free beer in exchange for your time and sharp eye.” I noted.
The ink on the agreement wasn’t yet dry when Gil stated calling for his free beer.
“In a couple weeks, Gil”, I said, handing him a 12-pack of Blatz. “This’ll hold you until then.
He was deliriously happy. Free beer. Free cigars. A minuscule dose of power over his neighbors.
“Today is going to be a long day”, I noted to myself as I pulled out of Gil’s driveway.
First order of business was getting my old D-6 Caterpillar Dozer up and running. However, it needs some work.
I’ve got an idea, but the more it fleshed out, the more I felt like Hawkeye Pierce trying to get a new pair of boots from the Army.
I think I can nuke several birds with one stone: A trip to see Clay Smith about pipe for four bowling ball cannons.
I’ve known Clay for years and he’s one of the reasons we’ve settled in the area. He runs a fabricating/machine shop and that means I don’t need to buy an outbuilding to build my own metal shop.
After the obligatory handshakes, beers and cigars, we get down to brass tacks.
Well, CRA monel steel actually.
Found some 12.000" OD {A} x 8.600" ID {B} x 3.400" Wall {C} DOM Steel CRA casing, actually from the US Navy and once was part of a battleship’s complement; unknown which boat was the donor.
Perfect for 4 cannons.
CRA refers Corrosion Resistant Alloy; special pipe composited by two different materials including inner pipe and outer pipe. Inner CRA layer (0.25~26.0mm) normally such as Stainless steel, Duplex, Nickel alloy, Titanium, Hastelloy, Monel, etc., which are suitable for high corrosion environment.
Outer base material could be seamless or welded, SAWL, SAWH, ERW, HFW, or DSAW carbon steel pipe. The carbon steel substrate provides the required strength and the CRA cladding/lining provides the adequate corrosion resistance to the product being transported. The dissimilar metals that are present through the thickness of the pipe wall bring certain challenges to welding of clad/lined pipes, because welding of such pipes is usually carried out from the outside, using a single-sided welding technique
Clay needs some welding consumables, and will cut and polish the pipe for me if I find him a special CRA cutter-welder.
So, off to see Madden Martin at his welding shop.
“Madden, I need to borrow your CRA welder.” I notify him.
“Sure, what for?”, he asks.
“I’m building bowling ball cannons.” I replied.
“Oh. OK”, retorts Madden, thoroughly nonplussed with the day’s turn of events.
Sure, I can borrow the welder, all I need is to get him some good Wisconsin beer.
After a trip to the house, Madden loads the CRA welder into my truck after he offloads 2 cases of Blatz Light Cream Ale, 2 Cases of Leinenkugel’s, 2 cases of Point (“When you’re out of Point, you’re out of town”) and 2 cases of Spotted Cow from New Glarus.
I drop off the cutting welder to Clay and Javan Elliott, his second in command. We sit and chew the rag for a while, as his minions, of which he has thousands it seems, do the needful.
With the flick of the forklift, they load the 4 cut sections of the bowling ball punt guns in my truck.
Back to see Madden and we discuss his “kids” (apprentices) that are going to be helping me make the bowling ball cannons.
All it cost me was another couple of cases of beer and a box of ridiculously expensive cigars.
There are 6 “kids”:
2 Native American (Navajo): Shizhe'E (Navajo), Atsidi (Navajo),
2 Hispanic (by way of Old Mexico): Hector Manzanares, Richardo Sanchez (really) and,
A pair of local Heinz-57 variety Norteamericanos: Zachary Gibson and Alfie Walsh.
They all spoke passable English, and with my intense Oilfield Spanish, we could still communicate.
First, came the really dirty work. The pipe sections needed to be swaged, that is, drifted to see if they were the proper dimensions.
Any underage had to be filled with weld and then ground to specs. Any overages had to be ground down to specs.
This steel is about a 65-68 Rockwell hardness.
FYI: Rockwell hardness refers to how resistant a metal object is to penetration and permanent deformation from another material. It’s a measuring system of non-destructive metallurgical testing that determines how hard and strong steel truly is.
Truth is, it’s tougher than hammered nails. Way tougher, more like high-speed steel in circular form. However, it’s great for lateral compression and tension resistance, but prone to quench cracking. Quench cracks result from stresses produced during the transition from austenite to martensite, which involves an increase in volume. The martensitic transformation starts at the outermost surfaces of the part being quenched.
In other words, when there’s a phase change in the steel, it must be tempered or annealed slowly. So, a temperature shift greater than 300C must be done slowly or the metal cracks like an old soft-boiled eggshell.
I spent the rest of the day designing the cannons, and once that was done, explaining the blueprint to the gang of 6. They listened intently, asked non-stupid questions and generally came to impress me with the knowledge and work ethic.
The next day, I dropped back over to Madden’s and viewed the finished products.
They built the cannons beautifully. I checked them over and they were in specs every single measurement. They had acid-dipped them to get rid of the mill scale and then, went ahead and laid out the jobs.
It seems trivial, but many, even older hands, will do that in the opposite order. Here’s how errors creep in and begin to multiply.
I swaged each bore with a bowling ball I’d liberated from the old alley and it snugged into each like a Joey snugs into Mamma Roo.
I figured I could use these guys to help renovate the ballpark. I ask Madden if I can poach them for the duration of the build.
Madden readily agrees.
As long as they’re OK with a new boss and I’ll pay their way:

1. Beer.
3. Cigars.
5. $350/day.
6. Plus, I needed to teach them the basics of detonics.

Since this was Friday, I paid up for their day’s work and told them to meet me, bright and early (~0800) at the ballpark.
Six voices, in unison and several languages, agreed they’d be there with bells on.
That, I thought, would be interesting to see…
Saturday morning; I had my boon friend, Cat-skinner and all-around good guy, William “Kit” Carson come to the house and help me maneuver the old Cat 6 onto its trailer.
The beast is an old 1977 D6D model, with 140 original horsepower. The D6 is a versatile machine that can be used for a variety of tasks. It is commonly used in construction, mining, and agricultural applications. It is a great choice for clearing land, grading, and road building. It can also be used for digging and pushing materials, as well as for light demolition work. The machine is capable of pushing large loads and can handle most types of terrain.
I took it in trade for a job I did leveling out an old, abandoned limestone quarry that the owner was standing to lose via fines some ~US$50,000/day. He procrastinated and postponed, but did none of the US Government required remediation to the old rip-rap quarry once he finally wrung every peso out of that old hole.
It cost me a few cases of dynamite, a shitload of ANFO, a water well rig and a number of shotholes; but once we were finished, the place resembled a Kmart parking lot rather than the dark side of the moon.
But he didn’t have the cash to pay me and my crew, so I took his old D6 to hold while he generated some cash flow.
He died intestate some 14 months later. I submitted my bills to his estate and they basically said to keep the Cat, they’d sent the proper documents for title transfer, and we’d all call it a day.
So, I had a tinker item. I’d have Kit drop by when I was out of pocket and he could futz with the old girl and see if he could get her up to specs.
We replaced virtually every part on the tractor at one time or another. We stroked and bored the old powerplant and took her from ~140 BHP to around 500. Added a new turbocharger, since now we were residing at over 6,000’ AMSL. New tracks, pinions, trunnions, idlers, ripping hook, roller carrier, ad infinitum. New hoses, clamps, hydraulic cylinders…virtually jacked-up the radiator cap and inserted a new machine underneath.
She still was a cranky old bitch, and had to be kept warm and dry otherwise she’d sit and spit, sputter and smoke.
Yes, we were kindred spirits.
We teased her up onto the trailer and I backed my truck into the drive to hook-up. Luckily, the ballpark was less than 3 miles distant, as even my heavy-duty dualie truck was near it’s limit when it came to towing as the dozer tipped the Toledos at just over 37k pounds.
We all met over at the park and I immediately laid out an impromptu office on the hood of my truck. I had topo maps, aerial photos of the park, and after covering the maps over in vellum, I dragged out my drafting gear and started to sketch dimensions, and where things were going to go.
Kit had backed the dozer off the trailer and I battened everything down with old oil company map magnets and pulled my rig out of the way. I chose a spot under a copse of old-growth elms and live oak. The elms were afflicted with Dutch Elm Disease and the oaks had nasty cases of Live Oak Decline.
They were going to be removed and burned as per NOAA and BLM and half a dozen other alphabetic soup governmental agencies.
Besides, this is where the bingo board was to go.
Kit spent the best part of the day keeping the Cat running and training all of our international proteges. We took frequent breaks to go and rescue the Cat when Ricardo forget where the brake was and damn near drove into the Lower San Juan River or to ensure my charges were staying well hydrated.
The beer was locked in a cooler for when the drinking light was lit after 1700 hours.
Between them taking turns on learning how to speak “Cat”, Kit and the others often came by with ideas, comments and flat-out ridicule for how I was designing the park. Often, this required the liberation of some of my prime cigars.
Parker dropped by and informed me he had lined up 12 local food trucks for the two days, so we’d need parking, Porta Johns, running water and power for these guys.
“Fine”, I replied, “We now have a food court.”
“And well need parking”, Kit noted.
“How many cars at once? “, I asked.
“Best make it a thou”, He replied.
“Hmm…”, I hmm’ed. “The average car is a bit under 7′, but if you are driving them in, you need to park them far enough apart to allow exit on the driver’s side. So, allow 10′ width per car.
The average length is just under 15′. You can certainly park them close enough to allow 18′ per car, for backing and pulling out purposes.
While each acre of land contains 43,560 square feet, a simple mathematical computation shows if each parking space requires 180 square feet, 1 acre of land would accommodate 242 parking spaces. Of course, this assumes no turning lanes and each parking space is right next to each other. If a field that is 180 feet by 242 feet (approximately 1 acre) is designed with six rows of parking spaces with each parking space being approximately 10 feet by 18 feet and the traffic lanes are 24 feet wide, approximately 150 spaces can be designed. Therefore, there are three pairs of parking rows, each containing 48 spaces. The one-way traffic lanes are 12 feet wide and the two-way traffic lanes are 18 feet wide.”
“OK, I said aloud, “It looks like for a thousand cars at once, we’ll need about 7 acres. No problem. We’ve got nothing but space out here.”
“Problem”, Atsidi cautioned, “7 acres represent a long walk. Come in late and too far to drag the kids.”
“OK, clever dick”, I replied, “You and Shizhe’N are tasked with finding some shuttle buses. 25 or 30 person coaches that can just drive an ellipsoidal track around the parking areas. Let me know when, where and how much.”
“For two days?”, he asked.
“Nahh”, I said, “Let’s get them here a day early for a dry run. 3 days.”
“OK, bossman”, he smiled, “But we’ll need some greenery to grease those wheels…”
I peeled off a series of Benjamins from my wallet and gave them to them along with a register to sign.
“Everything on the up and up.”, I said, “I need receipts for everything. I’m going to keep sharp tabs on how much everything costs. Savvy?”
“Oh, yeah, Rock”, they both smiled, “We savvy goodly.”
“Wise-asses.” I snickered.
After lunch, we all sat around smoking and chatting. There were ideas being bounced all around. Some quite good, some a bit silly and some downright laughable.
To give you a rough idea of the layout, it all centered around the ballpark. It had bleachers, a bullpen, dugouts, rudimentary concession stands. And the ball diamond. The park was originally built for the local Little League, with base paths 70’ and pitching distance 50’. Over the years, it had been revived and now had 90’ base paths and 60.5’ pitching distances.
We decided that a fresh coat of paint would revive the old park and make it look more festive (and real). I reached out to several local businesses, and most bought advertisements on the outfield back fences. They’d supply the either canvas banners or plywood sheets with all the pertinent information about their company. Only cost $50/weekend, and it was tax deductible.
It was tax deductible since Esme pointed out our whole endeavor could be umbrellaed under as per the internal revenue code, a 501(c)3 is a nonprofit organization for religious, charitable, scientific, and educational purposes.
Donations to 501(c)3 are tax-deductible.
That helped grease the skids well and I had the lads out hammering and trying off canvas from the gusty Santa Ana-type winds that swept the area.
I won’t go over each and every event we had set for the park, but between Kit, myself and the guys, we had bladed down to the top Kirtland Shale roughly 8 acres for parking facilities. Kit took a turn and angled the main blade and inserted gutters around each acre of parking to facilitate drainage.
I built a Porta San farm that was close enough to the beer vendors yet far enough from the Food Court to be a convenience to all and a detriment to none. I even got the local Honey Wagon drivers to donate their time for a passel of free entrance and drinks tickets.
We had taken out ads in the local trades and dailies; as well as someone on the Internet built a page for the event.
We had a LOT of interest and actually had to turn away some potential partners as this was only a two-day affair. Evidently, a few groups had tried before, but never more that reviving the Little League and park. We went whole hog and decided it was going to be something with all the flavor of a State Fair, but we decided early on that a petting zoo for the kids was enough. I mean, the state actually still runs a real State Fair.
OK, we had a functional ballpark for Little through Senior League. Even had water piped in for the showers and real toilets, rather than Porta Johns. Along one side of the diamond, closer to the river, was the games and attractions area. A rectangle of ‘ping pong ball in the bowl to win a goldfish, to balloon shooting galleries and guess your weight/age’ type of attractions; along with some very, very sedate rides; carousel, mini-scrambler and a Squirrel Nut Zipper, as I recall.
Along the other side of the diamonds, was the food court. We had now some 18 trucks and trailers committed to the festivities. We were going to have funnel cakes, roast turkey legs, pickle-on-a-stick, some Mexican bakeries with all their delectables and one, oddly enough, all the way from Baja Canada hawking huge, ‘it takes two hands to handle’ cream puffs.
How that last one got wind of our little soiree was going to remain a mystery…
Then there was the entrance with ticket taker-sellers.
Of course, I had put in a specialty tent, with the help of no less than 7 local micro-breweries; a Beer Garden. We decided to just go with a Class B license and avoid all the potential nasties of both glass bottles (we only sold draft beer in Solo cozy-red cups) and high proof liquor.
There were, of course, a battalion of Porta Johns in close proximity to the Beer Garden.
We had a couple of the local oilfield service companies donate a fully functional and kitted out First Aid Station as well as a Security office.
Taking notes from the Chicago 1969 Republican party in Chicago, we put out feelers for large, tough people to enforce security if such was needed.
Thanks to Hector and Rick, we had the local motorcycle club, “The Rig Pigs” volunteer their services as security. These are guys that not only work in the Oil Patch but are also motorcycle aficionados. I know or have gotten to know every one of them, from Roughneck to Toolpusher to Rig Manager.
To be continued…

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Monday
It’s officially summer! Time to break out the unicorn sprinkler and run up and down screaming in the side yard dog run with neighbor boy Harry until you collapse on the Astroturf in exhaustion and the neighbors pack up and move.
Harry: Whew, I’m ready for a break! Mrs. Dim, do you have any snacks? Dimmy: Not now, Harry, I’m shilling these giant Minky blankets! Harry: Blankets!? It’s 90 degrees out! Dimmy: Make sure your Mom watches my stories and uses my code when you get home! Harry: Stevie Kate, does your mom have any popsicles? Sugar-Free Kate: Oh heck no. Those have sugar in them. Harry: What do you usually eat for a snack in the summertime? Stevie Kate: Rotisserie chicken but we’re out of it. Harry: What else do you guys have? Karb-Free Kate: Ummm…. It looks like there are leftover boxes of stale Magic Spoon on the pantry floor. They’re pretty old; we haven’t had a code in awhile. Harry: Alright, let’s have those I guess.
Done with her blanket shill, Dimmy found the tots laying on the ground elbows deep in bags of Magic Spoon cereal. Dimmy: Did you play too hard? Stevie Kate: Mumble mumble mumble.. Dimmy: What’s that? I can’t hear you! Stevie Kate: Our teeth are stuck together from this gross low-carb cereal that tastes like metal. Dimmy: HEE HAW DONKEY HONK. Time to put your tutu on! Ballet starts today so you can keep up with Remi Denner!
Meanwhile Dummy was left out of the summer fun as he reluctantly reported to work over at Turtle Creek Lane with his backpack full of laptops, AirPods in and baseball cap on.
Tuesday
Stevie Kate: Wake up, wake up, wake up! Mommy, London’s not waking up! Dimmy: We need to take her out of her swaddle first. Stevie Kate: Or I could just keep leaning on this bassinet until it tips over. That will wake her up. Mommy, is she getting bigger yet? Dimmy: Of course she is, I don’t starve her like some sick clown would. Why do you want London to get older anyway? Sister Kate: I want her to get bigger so I can play with her! She needs to walk and chase me and jump on my trampoline and hold hands! Dimmy: Oh that will be so fun. Don’t worry, you won’t have long to wait. She’s not Lily!
Dimmy: So I went to the county clerk’s office and said I need a passport for London! I’m here to get a birth certificate. And they said ok, you need a copy of your birth certificate? And I said no, for London! And they were like, ma’am you are going to London, correct? What is your name then? And I was like of course I’m not going to London, don’t you know who I am? I have over 786,000 followers and our vacation destination is still a secret! I’m not leaking that information to you. London is my BABY! Anyways, stab stab stab it’s LUNCHTIME! We have more Factor meals in this house than we have deflating balloons! You literally just heat them up in the microwave. Perfect for lazy fucks like us. OK so check this out. I get the low calorie option. Then I throw the rice in the trash. Then I give half of what’s left to Stevie Kate. I eat the remaining three bites! These meals would also work great for you fat poors with jobs! They’re not just for influencers who laze about on their phones all day and watch their bank accounts grow thanks to Factor and other codes. You won’t have to spend $20 going out to lunch everyday with your coworkers! That’s totally what people who work do right? I wouldn’t really know. 🤷‍♀️
Dimmy: Here Stevie Kate, you can eat the rest of my Factor meal. I’m done with my shill. Sitter Kate: No thanks, I’m not hungry. I already polished off an entire rotisserie chicken I found in the fridge. Dimmy: What are you doing? Sitter Kate: Helping London with tummy time. I found these Lovevery toys that look like they’ll be good for her development so she can hurry up and grow big and play with me! Dimmy: Woooow. Where did you get those? Sitter Kate: From one of the cardboard boxes in that giant stack of influencer promo packages by the front door. London: Fak-tuh! Dimmy: OMG did you hear that?? London said her first word already! Factor!
Thursday
It was a dark and stormy day.
Splish Splash Kate: Mommy! I want to go jump in muddy puddles like Peppa! Dimmy: Oooh that will make great content for World Dirtle Day. Let me grab my boots too so I can join in for ✨views✨. Stormy Kate: No! I don’t want to set up some camera angle for Instagram and stomp around in frame, I just want to play and jump around in puddles like a normal kid. Dimmy: Sorry, yesterday was your day off. You never get two in a row. It’s back to work today!
Dimmy: Hey, what are we on the hunt for? Stevie Splains: I already told you! Puddles! Dimmy: What kind of puddles? Stevie Sighs: Are you dumb? Wait, don’t answer that. Dimmy: I’m asking you again so I can set up the story for the friends in Mommy’s phone! Oh look, London is here! Dear friends in Mommy’s phone, Steven thought she might want to watch the muddy puddle jumping fun after her nap!! 💗 Stevie Kate: Stop lying. Daddy texted you back “Do I have to?” when you asked him to come film us for Instagram. Dimmy: 🕺💦 Splish splash, splish splash! 🕺💦 Stevie Kate: 🙄 Okay, Little Miss Actress. That’s enough of that. Daddy shouldn’t be dangling London 24 feet above concrete one-handed while filming. And your fake little Mom of the Year puddle dance for the gram got mud all over my princess dress. Bath time? Dimmy: Heck no, that’s an actual chore plus we can’t use it for content. Just run back and forth through your unicorn sprinkler a few times.
Dimmy: Hey Douche Canoe, what kind of shit do we have to shill today? Dummy: Digs around in Nordace backpack. Let’s see. Is it on laptop number two or four? Checks contract. Warby Parker. We’re supposed to go try on glasses in store. Dimmy: But neither one of us wear glasses. Dummy: So? Neither one of us drinks Armra Colostrum either. It’s easy money. I wore glasses back in high school. I’ll dig those up and pretend I need a new pair. Dimmy: I’ll grab the car keys.
Dummy: 🤓 What do you think of this pair? Dimmy: You look like Jeffrey Dahmer. Maybe I should pretend to get glasses instead. What do you think of these? Dummy: You look like Kaylee Andrew minus the pink eye.
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