“Shelter in Home” Random Thoughts

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1. I just started to post this comment in the last thread, and was told that the comments were closed – so here goes again

   Bear – I echo the sentiments expressed by others on here, your songs were great!! “Don’t Look Down on Me” particularly resonated with me on so many different levels. 58,315 of the young men who were taken from their friends and family to fight in the Vietnam War never came home. Of those that did return, it is believed that as many 150,000 to 200,000 committed suicide. Of all homeless veterans, 47% served in Vietnam. It was a war that we were not allowed to win, and it has had severe and devastating impact on so many.

   Thank you for your songs Bear!

   Also, “happen” in the above song should read “happy” My proof reader was in a hurry yesterday.

   1. Fixed!

   2. Thank you 2D2. I really appreciate it. It came from the heart and was something I had thought about for a long time. My friend Gary encouraged me a lot, and then spent the time mastering and doing the background vocals and some of the instrumental riffs. He is a really talented musician, I wish I could play a guitar just half as good as he can. He also plays Mandolin and Banjo. We are in a group we call Pickin on the Porch. Older musicians, who are not in bands right now, but just love to play. We played the VFW in Penrose Colorado last month and were well received. We were supposed to play on the 14th of this month, but I got sick, and we had to cancel. I lost some very good friends in Nam. And more than a couple came back not all there. My friend and former room mate Rick, got his cancer over there. It finally killed him in 2016. One of my best friends at Ft. Bliss, Sgt Mee died over there. Not by the Viet Cong, but from a snakebite. I was lucky. My MOS kept me from being sent there. I was a radar tech in a missile unit. But when I came home from Korea I got a taste of how those guys were getting treated. I flew into SF from Seattle. Was going out to the Presidio to see my step sister who was stationed there as a WAC. As I was walking down the concourse, some hippy came over to me and called me a baby killer and a murderer. My reaction was typical of my younger days. I cold cocked the moron and kept walking. My family has a history of military service. My grandfather was in the Navy in WWI. My dad was at Pearl Harbor on the USS Nevada when the Japanese attacked. He got a minor wound and was transferred to a destroyer because the Nevada was out of action. One of my uncles flew B-24 Liberators out of India, another was in the Navy. My son was in the Navy for 4 years as an avionics tech. So I am proud of the military and those who serve today. They do so unselfishly. I just wish we would have had the toys they have back in the day. I loved my M-14, and hated the 16. It was a piece of junk. Music keeps me sane.. and it always will.

2. Same with me. I posted this late on yesterday’s sight and there was no opportunity if someone wished to comment. I’ll repost if that’s okay?

   To fill my time. I’m enjoying reruns of old baseball games on MLB channel. The older, the better. I would love to see an old black and white of a Koufax game. I recently watch a Yankee @ Detroit game from June of 1976 featuring a complete game by Mark Fidrych. I remember he was way quirky but but seeing him again reminded me of how quirky and how refreshing he was. I loved it. In those days anything perceived to be showing somebody up drew ire. I guess Thurman Munson especially took issue with Fidrych’s animated behavior. It would be extreme today but in 1976 talking to the ball, manicuring the mound with his hand, and talking to himself was never seen before. And wonderful. He was very much a victim of the times as well. With just 2 seasons in MiLB he became a sensation in Detroit in 76 at age 21, going 19 and 9 and winning ROY. He also logged 250 innings on that young arm something that would never happen today, thankfully. In 77 he tore cartilage in his knee shagging in BP. It’s claimed that the knee caused arm trouble but I bet the 250 innings didn’t help. It was later discovered in 85, he had a torn rotator cuff. After 76, he was 10 and 10 his last 4 years. What a shame. With today’s medical technology and innings restrictions who knows how long Mark and many others like Koufax could have pitched?
   Fidrych had a darting arm side running fastball at 93 (big stuff in 76 and average for today) and and a snappy slider with great control. I guess he had a change but i didn’t see it. That 2 pitch combo, along with his funk, would have made him a devastating closer in today’s game.
   I’m glad to have a chance to watch any baseball right now. I can’t believe how we hit back then. Lots of stride, weight shift and front foot hitting. You never saw foul balls off the ankles and feet. No ankle and elbow guards. And far fewer baseballs used.
   I’m glad to have had the chance to watch Fidrych once again. He was a treat.

   1. I just watched games 5 of the 2018 NLDS, and game 7 of the NLCS. Good memories. A little trivia here. who was the winning pitcher of both those games? No cheating……and both games, 6-2 against the Braves and 5-1 over the Brewers were sealed with 3 run homers late in the game. Bellinger hit a go ahead 2 run shot in game 7 of the NLCS which made it 2-1. But who hit the 3 run job that sealed the deal. Freese put LA up 3-2 with a pinch hit single against the Braves, but who hit the 3 run dinger that sealed that game?

      1. Machado and Puig.

         Machado was game 4 not 5.

   2. Mark Fidrych. “The Bird” Fun to watch, used to talk to the baseball. Talk about being eccentric. Not too long ago there was a replay of Larsen’s perfect game on YouTube I think. Watched that. For the longest time I had a recording of Vinny calling the last 3 outs of Koufax’s perfect game against the Cubs. What a lot of people forget is that the Dodgers only got 1 hit that game. And that hit did not factor into the game. Koufax struck out 14, still tied for the most K’s in a perfect game and struck out at least 1 hitter in every inning, something that has never been done in any other perfect game The Dodgers lone run was unearned and was scored on a throwing error by the catcher for the Cubs, Chris Krug. In the 7th inning, Koufax went 3-0 to Billy Williams, then threw him 2 strikes right down Broadway, and got him to pop up on the next pitch. Koufax struck out the final 6 batters. Harvey Kuenn made the last out. Kuenn also made the last out in Sandy’s 1963 no hitter against the Giants. It was Sandy’s last no hitter and the 4th of his career which at the time broke Bob Feller’s record of 3. Nolan Ryan would later shatter that mark with 7 of his own. One of which was against the Dodgers. Sandy’s perfect game is still the only perfect game in Dodger history,. Kersh came close when he no hit the Rockies, but Hanley Ramirez’s error blew that.

3. Hey 2D2. I got a bid in on a 1960 Demeter on EBAY. First time his actual photo is on one of his cards. The 58 and 59 used the same painted portrait. I have about 15 or 16 of the Volpe portraits that Union 76 gave out years ago. My most prized one is a Koufax. I also have a set of those kinds of portraits that celebrated great moments in LA Dodger history. Big D’s 6 straight shutouts . Campy’s night at the Coliseum, Willie D’s 31 game hitting streak, no hitters by Ruess and Singer, All the World Championships. Fernando’s rookie year, the infield, Manny Mota’s pinch hit record, Wills 62 MVP season, the first team with 4 30 homer hitters. One celebrating the fans as the 10th man. Welch’s dramatic confrontation with Jackson in the series, Just some cool things to have. But one of my most prized pieces of memorabilia is a player book that Union used to give out. There were these little books, about maybe 14 pages long that had a player bio and his stats. The one I have is from 1960 and it is my all time favorite Dodger. Duke Snider.

   1. Bear – I hope you get that card. I have an autographed 1961 Don Demeter card, among my priced Dodger memorabilia. My most prized though, is a Roy Gleason autographed card and 1963 WS Champs ball signed by him. I also have an autographed copy of his book “Lost in the Sun: Roy Gleason’s Odyssey for the Outfield to the Battlefield” If you haven’t read this book book, Bear, I would highly recommend that you do. It’s not a literary masterpiece, but it captures the mood of the 1960s as well as anyone and the blend of baseball and Vietnam will bring back memories for you and bring some tears to your eye.

      Keep on singing Bear. The world needs more like you!

      1. I remember Roy Gleason. He was a can’t miss guy. So much talent and promise. What amazed me was that he was not bitter about all that happened. Many famous athletes have served as have some movie stars. But my respect goes out to those who were actually in combat. Ted Williams, a Marine fighter pilot Williams did not see combat in WWII but did in Korea and earned 3 air medals., Jimmy Stewart, a bomber pilot who later became a Brigadier General in the Air Force reserve. Eddie Albert, was a Lt in the Navy and at Tarawa he got the Bronze Star for rescuing Marines who were trapped in the water and under murderous machine gun fire from the Japanese. Yogi Berra volunteered to pilot a rocket boat during the D-Day invasion and the boats job was to draw fire from the emplacements. Bob Feller was in the Navy and was in on many of the Navy’s invasions in the Pacific, and finally Warren Spahn. Old Spahnie was a Staff Sergeant in the Corps of Engineers. He participated in The Battle of the Bulge and the capture of the Bridge at Remagen. He earned a purple heart and a Bronze Star. I have not read that book, but I will look it up.

         1. As I was walking down the concourse, some hippy came over to me and called me a baby killer and a murderer. My reaction was typical of my younger days. I cold cocked the moron and kept walking.

            You should have at least got a bronze star for that!

            1. Maybe , but it was too easy. He went down like a rock and did not even make an attempt to get up. I guess I surprised the hell out of him.

4. Your article brought so many thoughts, 2D2. First of all, I very much miss Baseball, hockey and Kenny Rogers too. Watch Jeopardy and Wheel, but no substitute for my games. I also enjoyed the Connelly books. Right now am reading Louise Penny’s Gamache mystery novels. Hope the minor league players get some help. The players I am disappointed in not seeing play this year are everyone but in particular, Thomas, McKindrick and Moseley.

5. Maybe you didn’t miss it, but I did. I just read this article about Rob Hill today. Pretty cool stuff:

   https://dodgers.mlblogs.com/the-24-year-old-who-could-help-optimize-dodger-all-stars-fcc967f604eb

6. I consider Barron’s as one of the best sources for information. On the front page today, they said this:

   As Covid-19 rages across the globe, people are dying and economies are grinding to a halt. Washington must act in unity and take Covid-19 as seriously as an attack on the nation itself. Huge resources must be directed to the health-care system so that it is not overwhelmed. Empty buildings must be converted into hospitals, and idle factories need to ramp up the production of ventilators and other crucial medical equipment. The global financial system must be shored up or risk collapse. Governments must ensure that businesses large and small can survive a shutdown until the battle is won. Our lives depend on it. Investors are watching closely, but ultimately history will judge our actions.

7. I too posted this late in the last thread.

   Bear, your music was outstanding. In an industry where so many untalented rise to stardom, it is unfortunate that someone with talent such as yours is overlooked. I am certain that it happens in all industries (especially music and sports), but it is still a shame when it goes unnoticed.

   I grew up during the Viet Nam era, and had a couple of friends not make it back. And many others who did make it back, but not really. I fully expected to be drafted (in 1971), and was ready to go if called, but fortunately I was never called, even though my birth date was called. I later had someone connected to the draft said that “too many” were being selected from the North Hollywood Draft Board which I believe had the most registered in the country. I grew up idolizing the military, and I was no different in that era. I got into fights because I was supportive of the soldiers fighting in Viet Nam. So thank you and to Badger and anyone else who served during that time (or any other time). Your service will always be appreciated by most. I hate getting political, but your song Don’t Look Down On Me brought back memories of the mid to late 60’s and early 70’s when the political animosity was at least as bad as it is today, and may have been worse. We will eventually get past this current animosity as we did in that era. But it is painful, and our veterans should never have been treated as they were.

   At my daughter’s wedding, since I was paying, I asked if I could have a dance with her mother akin to her first dance with her new husband. She said yes, and I had previously arranged with the DJ to queue up “Through the Years” by Kenny Rogers for that dance. It was then, and it remains today, my favorite Kenny Rogers song. And that is for someone who has just about everything he ever recorded on my iTunes. Kenny, RIP. While you may be gone, your music will last forever.

   1. I remember those days well. Two of our best leaders getting assassinated did not help. I was really stunned when MLK was killed, and then Bobby, who was hands down my choice for president was gunned down too. Nothing much to smile about. All the protest’s going on. We were truly a divided nation. Nixon beat Humphrey and at least Johnson was out of the White House. But through all of that, I still believed in my country, and my fellow soldiers. Friends who had been there started coming home and I began to learn the truth about how screwed up the whole thing was. But I had re-enlisted in Oct of 68 so I was going to be there no matter what. They sent me to Germany in 1970. And that is where I was for the next 3 years. We even had a race riot of sorts over there when an all black engineer unit got into a big melee with some white troops in our barracks. The Manson family had everybody scared out of their wits. The music was loud and the drugs plentiful. I never got into that, but I drank too much sometimes. Bad time in our history. Through it all, the music sustained me. After I got out in 1974 and my first marriage fell apart, I had to turn to something, and it was baseball and music. Kept me sane. Kenny Rogers became a big part of that as the 70’s closed. His music was always right what one needed. I have sung his tunes many times, and although Sweet Music Man is probably my favorite tune of his, I did another one of his at a friends wedding in the late 80’s. The tune was The Vows Go Unbroken. Great song, and one of the few times I ever had a real brain fart while doing a song and forgot a verse. But I got through it. It remains a favorite of mine. He will be missed.

   2. Through The Years with beautiful and moving, heartfelt lyrics. Glad you mentioned it AC. I also liked a song called Amanda by Waylon Jennings, if anyone knows it, especially since I could sing harmony in the chorus. My husband is a Nam Vet and luckily came home before the disgraceful welcome the boys and men suffered. It still upsets him to talk about it. Bless you Bear and all, who served.

      1. Amanda is a great tune, but there are a couple of versions of it. One of the best is by Don Williams. Another favorite of mine. Don had a smooth as silk voice. Nice baritone. He had a nice string of hits in the 80’s and 90’s and like most of the older guys, slowly was left off of the country playlists. Resigned to recording on their own labels. Even Willie, who is still going strong, has trouble getting air time. But over the last couple of years he has broken through a couple of times. Once with Sinner, a duet with Aaron Lewis, and then off of his Gods Problem Child LP, a great tune called Not Dead Again. Love that song. His last album with Merle was called Django and Jimmy. It referred to their inspirations for playing music. One of whom was Jimmy Rogers, the one from the 30’s not the Honeycomb guy. We have lost so many over the last few years. Merle, Johnny Cash, Waylon, George Jones, Don Williams, and now Kenny. But Charlie Daniels and Willie just keep rolling.

8. Great post. I would go ahead with the draft. We’re still teaching at our college, on-line or using alternative methods. Holding the draft would give people a reason to think and talk baseball, a nice diversion at this point. The question, how long can we really sustain the self isolation, eight to 10 weeks, before we collapse the entire economy. Hopefully John Hopkins is right and warming temps will slow this, the therapeutics work and we move forward.

9. Yes, I’m a Don Williams fan also. I loved the tone of his voice. Very prolific song writer too. A couple of my Don William favs were I Believe In you and Till The Rivers All Run Dry.

10. Williams was in a couple of movies. One of them was W.W. And the Dixie Dance kings. Pretty funny movie. Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed were in it to. A couple of my favorites were ” I’m Just a Country Boy” and Some Broken Hearts Never Mend. Great tunes.

11. I’d like to hear why Manfred, in your opinion, is such a bad commissioner. I’m not for or against that idea, I just, in general, don’t pay much attn to people in ivory towers and I’m not knowledgeable enough to compare him to other commissioners.
    Thanks for always providing stimulating and thoughtful articles.

    1. IMO an example of Manfred’s poor leadership – handling of penalties for Houston
       Astros blatant cheating. Prior to that his attempt to bully minor league baseball into closing up to 43 minor league teams. Then, it seems that he is obsessed with changing playing rules. He continues to mention future expansion of MLB when he has the Florida franchises that are floundering. Those are but a few of the reasons why I do not care for Manfred’s MLB leadership. The owners may love him considering how much money they are making.

       1. I would concur with all of those Bum. The minor league thing set of a major rift with the towns that support those teams. The handling of the Astro’s fiasco, and the fact that only Cora and the GM have received any kind of discipline is just plain wrong. My personal opinion was that they should have had to vacate the title. They should not be able to profit from cheating. His rule changes have not exactly made the game faster or better. He just seems like he is not a real leader. Very wishy washy.

       2. SoCal, I agree with you about Manfred’s poor leadership, but the owners have exactly what they want.

          1. And that (owners) is the bottom line

    2. Daniel – good question about Manfred. I have much to say on this subject, and perhaps I’ll make it the subject of my next post. Here are a couple of reasons: Primarily, even though he is hired by the owners, it is his function to lead for the integrity of the sport. He does not. Instead he has shown an obstinate disregard for the traditions and inheritance of the sport. To me Manfred is nothing more than a political lackey who makes no bones about the fact that he is working for the owners and their profits. He has introduced several rule changes that are head scratchers (pitch clock, 3 batter rule, runner on second in extra innings, etc, etc.) His desire to eliminate minor league teams; His failure to show any concern about the plight of the minor league players, his butchered handling of the Astro and Red Sox cheating scandal, his attempt to change the playoff structure. There is so much more to be said. I will also add that each and every time I see this man on TV he never appears to convey any passion for the game. At times I wonder if he even knows how the game is played and why it is so important to fans. Not everyone can have the love and passion of Bart Giamatti, but Manfred should be more than just a three- piece suit. It’s as if though, the owners have hired a robot to be the commissioner instead of a live person.

12. 2D2, I have every Bosch novel on my Kindle. As soon as the next in the series is announced to be released, I get a notification from Amazon that I can pre-order…which I do. Great series.

13. Business of baseball goes on for some. Angels just added lefty Ryan Buchter and cut Taylor Cole. Mariners parted ways with Sam Tuivailala citing his lingering shoulder weakness. He Man Choi is flying back to his native Korea and will self isolate for 14 days and then begin workouts at a facility his brother runs there. Toronto’s GM estimates it will take at least 4 weeks of training before the season can begin.

    1. Michael – I’m very much enjoying your recollections. Written from the heart.
       Keep safe.

       Looking forward to getting back to normal – had such high hopes for this season.

14. For those of you that subscribe to The Athletic, here’s a link to an article about my 2 minutes of fame or should I say shame, that was published today.
    Please don’t feel obligated.

    https://theathletic.com/1606270/2020/03/23/pierre-issa-watford-stretcher-unwritten/?source=shared-article

    I was asked for some recollections recently, and this is the resulting article.
    We got the job because my mate was the Physio – my brother Pete and I did it for over 10 years and was a great way to feel involved in the game we love.
    Until that fateful night lol.

    Some great posts during this difficult time,

    Hope everyone is safe and well.

    1. Deny it.: “I was a doppelganger!”

15. Since it was brought up I figure it’s now ok for me to comment on it.

    I grew up in a Republican home, raised by a WWII Marine Corps Master Sergeant step father. I joined the Marines instead of playing Division I baseball or possibly being drafted by the Dodgers. They were interested. (a story for another time) I joined the Marines to fight the communist menace. Biggest mistake of my life. I learned quickly and painfully that the government was lying to me and to the American people. The Vietnam war was not what the politicians said it was. After contacting malaria and nearly dying in a Da Nang hospital, being wounded in action, and receiving at last count 11 meritorious combat awards my political opinions have been cemented. I am no longer a Republican and the Democrats are just the opposite side of the same coin. We need an overhaul and it won’t happen in my lifetime.

    The government continues to lie to us, war is about one thing and that one thing is profit. Here’s something else I know as fact, regarding our current crisis – our for profit medical system is not equipped to handle pandemics. We have more prison beds (yet another unconscionable industry) than we do hospital beds. We will quickly be overrun by this thing as our current inept government is in way over it’s head.

    To the payout Mark mentions, this money needs to go NOT to businesses as the last bailout did and was used to buy back shares of their own corporations, making those at the top even richer, this payout needs to go to the people who are suffering. This payout must be a bottom up process and if Barrons isn’t saying that then they are as bad as government that just continues to lie.

    I have a gut feeling this virus won’t ebb until everyone gets it. Remember the measles? You either got it or you got immunized for it. If you can avoid it until a vaccine shows up, well, good for you. In the mean time don’t listen to the politicians, listen to the scientists. And good luck to everyone.

    1. I enjoyed reading that Badger. Whether I agree with everything or not, nothing was said that bothered me in any way.

       1. I appreciate your feedback Bum.

          It wasn’t meant to be “political”, though I am sure if one is firmly planted in an ideology, offense may be taken. If anything I am a “we the people” idealogue. If it makes sense for the majority, I can get behind it. If it only makes sense for a chosen few, I will stand with those who stand against it. Having put my life on the the line for bullsh*t policies that benefited only a few, I have become less a believer in politics in general and more supportive of policies in particular. That’s as far as I feel I can go without threat of being censored.

          I want us all to pull together on this rope. Don’t let those that need us divided be successful. Keep talking to your neighbors, whoever they are and whatever they may believe. Do it in a calm voice and for the next few months, do it at a distance.

    2. It’s OK to talk about it but to politicize it is what I won’t tolerate… on either side.

       Both parties are making it all political and the media is covering ad nauseum to the point where mental health professionals are consulting with clients about huge anxiety issues.

       We also live in a society where it is a zero-sum game: “It’s somebody’s fault and we need to blame them.”

       I turn on the tube and what do I see
       A whole lotta people cryin’ “Don’t blame me”
       They point their crooked little fingers at everybody else
       Spend all their time feelin’ sorry for themselves
       Victim of this, victim of that
       Your momma’s too thin and your daddy’s too fat

       Get over it
       Get over it
       All this whinin’ and cryin’ and pitchin’ a fit
       Get over it, get over it

       You say you haven’t been the same since you had your little crash
       But you might feel better if I gave you some cash
       The more I think about it, Old Billy was right
       Let’s kill all the lawyers, kill ’em tonight
       You don’t want to work, you want to live like a king
       But the big, bad world doesn’t owe you a thing

       Get over it
       Get over it
       If you don’t want to play, then you might as well split
       Get over it, Get over it

       It’s like going to confession every time I hear you speak
       You’re makin’ the most of your losin’ streak
       Some call it sick, but I call it weak

       You drag it around like a ball and chain
       You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
       You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
       Got your mind in the gutter, bringin’ everybody down
       Bitch about the present and blame it on the past
       I’d like to find your inner child and kick its little ass

       Get over it
       Get over it
       All this bitchin’ and moanin’ and pitchin’ a fit
       Get over it, get over it

       Get over it
       Get over it
       It’s gotta stop sometime, so why don’t you quit
       Get over it, get over it

       I think this week will tell the tale of whether it ebbs or flows.

       1. I don’t believe it’s about blame Mark, though it’s true what is being said by many may be interpreted that way. In my opinion it’s about accountability.

          You run a large business. You have many employees. I have no doubt you hold each and every one of them accountable. If one of them were to not get his/her assignments completed and then lie to you about it, you would replace them immediately. Is this not true? I wonder what your reaction might be if this employee were to look you in the eye and say “get over it”.

          I did get a chuckle about lawyers. Thanks for that.

          1. We do care about our employees a lot. We are bringing in food for them, N-95 Facemasks, tons of hand sanitizer and wipes and we are partnering with 4 local breweries and donating deionization systems to add to their reverse osmosis systems so that people who need high purity distilled or deionized water for CPAP machines and the like can get it for free.

             We are letting some people work from home and if they display a sniffle or slightly sore throat, we have them stay home. While I am in the “at-risk” category, due to my age, I cannot ask anyone to work if I don’t so I am here 10-12 hours a day.

             The good news is that the spread in Indiana was from 201 to 258 today-over-yesterday. Since we are deemed to be an “essential” business we are just taking precautions, as best we can. This week is critical.

          2. I understand the way you feel. So many from that era felt betrayed.

             1. So many from that era WERE betrayed. The leaders lied. From Vietnam to Afghanistan to Iraq, they lied and continue lying. It won’t stop. Too much money involved. Soldiers? Pawns. Easy to replace. Small price to pay.

       2. Please, please, please – – let’s let some of the lawyers live. Honestly, I couldn’t get on with the gas company, so I thought what the heck, let’s go to law school. How was I to know?

          1. I gave all the lawyers on this site a Free Pass!

    3. Badger – well put! It was in the Marine Corps that I learned my distrust for the government and learned, first hand, that truth is not necessarily a concept that politicians live by. As Edmund Burke opined, “No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.” Our politicians are the mass purveyors of fear!!

       Stay strong!!

16. Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. That is an ideal long sense forgotten. We can blame the politicians but when the attitude of many is self centered and the belief in entitlement-the system rots from the inside out

    1. You actually believe politicians don’t feel, and act, entitled? Talk about rot. The rot is at the very top as much as it is anywhere else.

       Got a question for you – do you know how many Senators served in the military? How many state Governors? How many Congressmen? The numbers might surprise you. They didn’t really surprise me.

       For the record, I have NO problem feeding the hungry and housing the homeless, many of whom are veterans. I also believe in healthcare for all. Does that make me a socialist? Whatever. I consider myself an independent and a grassroots humanist.

17. Three important things to remember:

    “Politics have no relation to morals.” ——————Machiavelli

    “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” ——————Sir John Dalberg Acton

    Red Sox announce they have acquired minor league catcher Jhonny Pereda from the Cubs —- MLB Trade Rumors

18. “I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician”
    ― Charlie Chaplin

19. This just in:

    RED SOX Are CHEATERS!

20. Mark Twain captured my thoughts on politics and religion best with this:

    “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble.
    It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”

    MARK TWAIN

21. Oh wait! We knew that!

22. I’ve told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans. –
    Vin Scully

    I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” –
    Jackie Robinson

    ‘Pressure’ is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it’s because you’ve started to think of failure.

    About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
    Tommy Lasorda

23. He who learns but does not think, is lost!
    He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
    Confucius

    The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
    Alvin Toffler

    To Be Or Not To Be–Shakespeare
    I Think Therefore I am–Descartes
    Do Be Do Be Do–Sinatra

    Okay, I’m done.

24. Olympic games have been postponed until 2021 dues to the Virus.

    1. Not officially postponed, but most likely with so many athletes pushing the IOC to do so.

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