Category: Blog
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Snit
The Atlanta Braves won the National League East every year since 2018, including the shortened, Covid-ravaged 2020 season, winning the World Series in 2021. They won more than 100 games in both 2022 and 2023. Both of those streaks ended this year. Atlanta won 89 games and, with a win in game #162, just barely snuck into…
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THE KOUFAX/BIDEN CONNECTION
I’ve never met Joe Biden and doubt I ever will; we hardly run in the same circles. (Can’t speak for him, of course, but I can tell you, unequivocally, I don’t run anywhere these days.) I’ve been thinking about him a lot lately, however, since there has been quite a bit of chatter regarding his fitness to…
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ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
We don’t rent a car very often; we have only done it twice over the last, oh, half-dozen years. The most recent one is still fresh in my mind, though, not only because it took place in May of this year (2024), but also because… well, let me tell you what happened. Our oldest granddaughter got…
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STAYING TRUE TO BOTH RELIGIONS
Baseball is, of course, a religion to many. In this vein, I was reminded recently of an experience I had, as a young man, that briefly wedded the two together.
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“MAN”-NED OVERBOARD
Yes, they are still playing baseball in places like Trenton, New Jersey and Boise, Idaho and Kane County, Illinois, and throughout my home area of Northeast Tennessee. Fans still go out and root for the home team, and enjoy their nights at the ballpark. But it is not the same. Why? Because the Commissioner of Baseball, and his…
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WE’VE RIDDEN THIS TRAIN BEFORE
One reason my wife and I chose to retire to Northeast Tennessee was because of its natural beauty. If you think of Elvis or Nashville or Jack Daniels when you hear the name “Tennessee,” I would ask you to, instead, visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or our Tri-Cities area, nestled in the ethereal Blue…
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WHO IS AN MVP?
The 2023 season has now come and gone, all the awards have been given out, and now the baseball fan is thinking about trades and free-agent signings, and counting the days, of course, until pitchers and catchers report to spring training sites. It’s a hard time of year unless you follow other sports, or have a…
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RIDING WITH AN ALL-TIME GREAT
Every so often, someone asks the question “Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met?” You see it on Facebook every now and then, and sometimes it becomes a topic of conversation at a party or other such gathering. It takes me no time at all to give my answer: Joe DiMaggio. If you’ve read…
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THANK YOU, WHOEVER YOU ARE
My wife and I are approaching our 39th wedding anniversary, and though we were not young when we tied the knot, we are hoping that we will be able to stay healthy (and coherent) enough to eventually celebrate fifty years. That will, I expect, be something special, we’ll have to have an extra portion of jello to…