I was born on 6 August 1956 in San Francisco, California to Janet and (the late) Richard Hovis.
I grew up in Santa Monica, California where I attended elementary, junior high school, and high school (graduating in 1974), in addition to involvement in sports and recreation (Little League +, the Boy’s Club ++). Further, it was in elementary school – St. Augustine’s By-the -Sea Parish School that I found, and made the choice to truly journey with God.
I attended Arizona State University from 1974 to 1977 – seeking to become an architect, however, I was not accepted, and, as such, I graduated with a Liberal Arts degree.
Upon graduation from Arizona State University, I attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and studied City and Regional Planning at the Master’s level. I successfully completed one (1) year in a two (2) year program – I did not complete the Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning – due to personal reasons.
I returned to Santa Monica where I started (October 1979) my career as graphic designer with Exxon Company, USA. I spent five years with Exxon Company, USA.
While working with Exxon Company, USA I was accepted into architectural school – Sci-Arc in Southern California, however, I did not attend preferring to stay with Exxon..
In 1982 I married Laura Flosi and in April 1983 we had our one and only child – Lauren Alain Hovis – a gift from God.
We moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1984 from Los Angeles, where I went to work as a graphic designer with Kitchell CEM (from 1985 -1987).
From 1987 – 1995 I was an independent contractor, and a registered representative in mortgage finance, financial management, graphic design, and drafting.
Further, I attended the University of Phoenix and successfully obtained a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in 1982.
I was also a member of the Scottsdale Jaycees, where I became very involved in community events and projects.
In 1994, I accepted a cartography position with the Defense Mapping Agency in Reston, Virginia. As such, I relocated from Phoenix to Reston.
In 1998, I was accepted and worked as a Visual Information Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2002, I worked as a Support Officer until my retirement (due to a need for shoulder surgery) in September 2018.
Away from my Federal Government service, I have been involved in various organizations and activities in Northern Virginia.
In November of 2011, I married Rebecca Ouellette in Santa Monica, California. I reside in San Tan Valley, AZ with my two hamster - Jess and Timothy, our fish, our lizard - RJ Lizard., and our cats - Pearl and Grey.
As to hobbies, I enjoy playing sports, attending sporting events, mentoring individuals from financial management to hamsters, building models, photography, travel, multimedia design, managing partner for RJ Hamster, and jazz – smooth jazz to a samba or a bossa nova.
Love and God Bless,
Peter – aka RJ Hamster Jo hi
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Jeff Bierman covered three short positions yesterday on the Burn Signal.
Every fundamental reason said hold.
He took the money anyway.
His reasoning becomes the rule that protects your account in every parabolic market you’ll ever trade. Today’s session breaks it down step by step.
In today’s Live Trading Room session replay, you’ll see:
The MACD shorting rule that keeps you solvent. Jeff explains why retail call buying plus algorithmic momentum makes shorting suicide until the MACD rolls over. The exact technical trigger that finally gives you permission to short.
The Citadel flow funds data showing institutions have stopped buying. Hedge fund and mutual fund money has hit a wall. Retail is unhedged and driving the entire tape. The setup Jeff has watched implode every single time.
Why ADI dropped 24 points and what to do with a stock up 200.Jeff said he’d fire any trader who failed to hedge that position. The framework for when winners must be defended.
The Lowe’s capitulation reversal pattern broken down move by move. Stock printed 208, panic exhausted, smart money bought the puke. The counterintuitive logic of buying when guidance is worst.
You’ll also learn why Target rallied despite delivering a $1.71 beat. Wall Street punishes companies that show their best hand too early.
That framework changes how you approach every earnings season.
The 30-year bond yield hit 5.18% yesterday. The highest level since 2007.
Every time it crosses that mark, the market drops 7 to 10 percent within six months. Jeff is waiting for the technical break to flip.
P.S. Jeff is waiting for the MACD to roll over. Brandon is already positioned for the overnight move. Both are timing edges that retail doesn’t have access to during the 9:30-to-4 grind.
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– Ans. DeGrom’s career 5.42 SO/BB heads the field, but the holder of the 2nd-place number is another active pitcher, Chris Sale. [Source: Baseball-Reference]
– #1 He was the Rookie of the Month in the NL in July and September of 2014.
– #2 DeGrom was the NL CYA in 2018 & 2019, both years missing unanimity by a single vote. Corey Kluber, a 2-time winner of the AL CYA, 2014 & 2017, both attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida, student enrollment just over 2,000.
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It’s phenom vs. phenom. Postseason sensation vs. postseason sensation. Schlittler vs. Yesavage.
We’ve got a marquee matchup tonight at Yankee Stadium, as the Yankees and Blue Jays square off in their 2025 American League Division Series rematch.
Cam Schlittler and Trey Yesavage are going toe to toe.
It’s one of the most exciting pitching matchups of the season. The duel is set for 7:05 p.m. ET on MLB Network.
“Hopefully we’re facing each other for the next X amount of years,” Schlittler said yesterday. That’s the situation you want to be in.”
As rookies, both Schlittler and Yesavage shone bright on the big stage in the 2025 playoffs. Schlittler dominated the rival Red Sox in a winner-take-all Wild Card Series game in his postseason debut. But then Yesavage dominated the Yankees in his own postseason debut in the ALDS — and became one of the biggest stars of October during the Jays’ pennant run.
2) Dominant starts to 2026
Both pitchers have kept their momentum going into 2026. Schlittler might be the AL Cy Young favorite right now, as he’s 6-1 with an MLB-best 1.35 ERA and 68 strikeouts in his 10 starts. And while Yesavage was delayed by a right shoulder impingement at the start of the year, he’s now picked up right where he left off with a 1.40 ERA and 21 strikeouts through four starts.
3) Overpowering pitch arsenals
Schlittler and Yesavage get it done on the mound in different ways … but they both get it done. Schlittler’s high-powered fastball troika — a 98 mph four-seamer, 97 mph sinker and 94 mph cutter — lets him overwhelm hitters despite throwing heaters over 90% the time, the most often of any starter. And Yesavage’s extreme over-the-top delivery — the highest in the Majors by both arm angle (64 degrees) and release point (7.15 feet) — lets him wipe out hitters with a splitter that falls from the sky and a funky slider that moves the opposite direction you would expect.
The Mets are calling up their No. 13 prospect, Zach Thornton, to make his MLB debut tonight. The 24-year-old lefty just got to Triple-A two weeks ago … but what’s really cool about his debut is: Thornton’s dad will be there. Paul Thornton is still re-learning how to walk after complications from spinal surgery, and he just got out of the hospital. But he’ll be there to see his son pitch. The Athletic has a nice feature on the Thornton family out today (subscription required).
The Brewers took over first place in the NL Central from the Cubs yesterday. They’re going for the sweep of their rivals today behind Kyle Harrison, who’s having a breakout season in Milwaukee (2.09 ERA in eight starts) after arriving in a trade from the Red Sox in February. The Cubs, who rarely lose at Wrigley Field, are trying to avoid being swept at home as they trail in the division for the first time since April.
Shohei Ohtani and his 0.82 ERA are back on the mound tonight — but this time, the two-way superstar is going to hit. The rubber game against the rival Padres will be Ohtani’s first time hitting and pitching in the same game since April 22, after three straight pitching-only outings.
GRIFFIN MAKES BUSCH FEEL OLD
Yesterday, Konnor Griffin played his first of what will likely be many games in St. Louis over the course of his career.
And that created this fun bit of trivia about the 20-year-old Pirates phenom: Griffin is the first player to play at the current Busch Stadium who is younger than the ballpark.
The new Busch Stadium opened on April 4, 2006. Griffin was born a few weeks later on April 24, 2006.
Beating an unbeatable closer, an inside-the-park slam and The Miz headline the action around the league.
• If you haven’t watched Andy Pages’ epic at-bat against Mason Miller … go watch it. The Dodgers beat the Padres’ seemingly unbeatable closer thanks to a nine-pitch at-bat from Pages, who fouled off multiple 100-plus mph fastballs and wipeout sliders from Miller before lifting the tiebreaking sac fly in the ninth inning. Miller took his first loss as a Padre, which was also his first loss in over a year (since May 17, 2025).
• Inside-the-park home runs are always electric. But James Wood took it to another level with an inside-the-park grand slamagainst the Mets yesterday. That was the first inside-the-park grand slam in the Majors in nearly four years (Raimel Tapia had the last one on July 22, 2022). Who else has hit an inside-the-park slam? See the list — and watch them for yourselves — here.
• The Miz is just untouchable. Jacob Misiorowski has now thrown 24 1/3 scoreless innings with 37 strikeouts over his last four starts, lowering his season ERA to 1.89. He’s the first pitcher in the Modern Era (since 1900) to have a four-start span with at least 30 strikeouts, zero runs allowed and zero extra-base hits allowed. Even though Misiorowski topped out at “only” 101.5 mph yesterday on his way to beating the Cubs, he still collected five K’s on triple-digit heaters to bring his season total to 38. That’s more than three times as many as Mason Miller, who’s the only other player with more than 10 strikeouts on 100-plus mph fastballs.
• MLB Pipeline’s newest No. 1 overall prospect, 19-year-old Jesús Made, knocked his first walk-off hit of 2026 yesterday at Double-A. The Brewers’ shortstop of the future now has two walk-off hits in his Minor League career, one last season and one this season.
TARPS OFF SENSATION SWEEPING THE NATION
It’s a rowdy fan tradition as old as time: Go to a game, take your shirt off.
Fans at Rays, Mariners, Tigers and Phillies games have all gotten in on the fun. Tarps Off has become a movement.
INDIA A NEW FRONTIER IN BASEBALL GROWTH
International baseball expert Michael Clair writes about MLB’s new partnership with RISE Worldwide (Reliance Initiative for Sports and Entertainment) to help accelerate the growth of baseball in India.
As the World Baseball Classic has shown, baseball is fast becoming a truly global sport. And India is one of the countries that could one day lead the way.
Since MLB first opened an office in India in 2019, they’ve introduced the MLB Cup — an under-11 competition — brought MLB’s First Pitch program to schools in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, the three biggest cities in India, and more.
With initiatives like those, the sport is growing fast. At India’s first MLB Cup in 2021, only 12 teams took part. Just a few years later and the tournament has exploded. At last year’s MLB Cup, 150 teams took part, and there are hopes for an additional 30-plus clubs to enter the competition this year.
That grassroots growth and commitment to baseball across the country helped lead to today’s announcement that MLB has partnered with RISE Worldwide to deliver fan experiences, digital content, and a live event in Mumbai this October.
RJ Hamster 