...Louis - How's the kids baseball coaching going? You hadn't mentioned it lately. I think that you are performing a great service to all.
Oooops! I am late for my walk this morning, but it looks like the sun is behind clouds on the horizon so it won't be so bad.
Everyone have a great day.
Willie
Hey Willie! My boys are becoming pitchers! I have not had as much luck with the catchers. Nobody likes to wear the cup! We have not skipped a beat, except for the 4th of July weekend. I would have had practice, but the looks on the Mom's faces when they cornered me to ask about skipping one weekend told me it would be better to have the weekend off. If my health was reliable and If it were only up to me I would practice everyday.
I don't see it as any great service. It's as much selfishness as anything else. I enjoy it as much if not more than the kids do. Thank you just the same for the kind words
To borrow from my good friend Rodney of Tasmania; Good on ya mate! Walking is the best medicine in my experience. Walking certainly has been a key factor in my recovery.
...Louis, I'm not all that interested in the All Star Game, sort of not as interesting with inter league play, and for what its worth, there are no Musials, Mantles, Mays or Arrons or Koufaxs or any other boyhood idols around today. There aren't even any Ripkens playing any longer, and I get to see any game I want, from my computer screen. But I already miss the regular season action...
I do enjoy inter-league play. It is fun to watch the birds play in the national league with different rules and different ball parks. I wish the AL would abandon the DH. Another rule change I would like to see is an expansion of the rosters. Earl Weaver's Orioles had usually only 8-10 pitchers, now teams carry 12-13 pitchers.
I understand how you feel. I was too young to remember Musial, Mantle and Koufax. Arron was one of my boyhood heroes. I never much liked Mays, but he was a great player. I miss the Robinsons, Brooks and Frank. Also Blair, Powel and Palmer. Fred Lynn always seemed to do well in the All Star game too.
The All Star game always has been special for me. Even though I endured an 8 game losing streak for the American League. The first AL win I remember was 1971. Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew and Reggie Jackson all homered to give the AL and manager Earl Weaver the win. As it happened it was the last All Star game I got to watch with the man who raised me, a neighbor who took me in; John Timmerman. He was the only father figure I ever knew, but he passed away May 5th 1972.
I suppose my love for the All Star game is much like my love for Lionel. It may have more to do with nostalgia and longing for what I lost or could not have as a boy then it does with anything else.
Do you remember Ripken's HR and MVP award in his last All Star game? Alex Rodriguez switched positions with him to begin the game. I was in the hospital couching up blood with viral pneumonia the priest had just given me the last rites and I rushed him out. I don't remember, but he later told me I said to him "either sit down, be quite and watch the game Father or leave and have a good night", but I do remember most of the game. Ripken's performance really lifted my spirits!
I have had the last rites three times. The last time they gave me a choice home or hospice care, I went home, that was over 10 years ago. I don't claim to understand how God works, I only have simple faith. What I can say is I always get just what I need, just when I needed it most.
...Louis ... All Star game time got here fast this year. Half of 2016 vanished too quickly .
Garry you are absolutely correct! The older I get the faster time goes by. Before we know it the Holidays will be upon us!
