It’s baseball season. And baseball is a great radio sport.
As Jack Buck put it when he was inducted ins the Radiio Hall of Fame in 1995:
“Turn the radio on. You’ll hear a friend. You will enjoy; you will learn; you will imagine; you will improve.
“Turn the radio on, at home, in your car, in prison, on the beach, in a nursing home. You will not be alone; you will not be lonely.
“Newspapers fold. Magazines come and go. Television self-destructs.
“Radio remains the trusted common denominator in this nation.”
Or as others have said, in various forms: “Theatre is life; film is art; television is furniture; radio is imagination.”
Perfect for baseball.
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I Read. I write. I am an author. A library tells me much about a town and its people. I’ve been on various local and regional library boards for 14 years and counting. That’s why this sign was interesting:
Of course, I saw this sign on the internet.
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We keep hearing critics of the January 6 Committee refer to it as a Kangaroo Court. Do they consider another form of investigation a Kangaroo Grand Jury?
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Your faithful correspondent has, for the last two cars he has bought, suggested, “This might be the last entirely gas-powered car I’ll buy.” But we’re getting closer to where that statement will true. When grandchildren live in Colorado, a car that gets 250 miles before needing a charge doesn’t make the navel tingle.
But this one does. It’s the Mercedes EQ/XX, still in prototype stage. Mercedeces ranks its range at 747 miles. Might have to mortgage the house, twice, but when it goes into production, it might not be too hard to tell the grandchildren their inheritance is greatly diminished. It even has solar panels on the roof to power some of the little things inside.
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We have heard our most recent ex-president say at least a couple of times, including last week, that he wanted to give himself the Medal of Honor but Congress wouldn’t let him do it.
Should he ever read one of these postings (and there are some serious suspicions in this lofty place that he reads much of anything), here is how the Medal of Honor is awarded.
The main way is through nomination and approval through the military chain of command. The second is a nomination by a member of Congress who is usually acting on a constituent’s request. The medal is general presented by the President, in the name of Congress.
A year ago about now, I was honored to work with some veterans and with Gold Star Families to put up a monument to those families that have lost loved ones during wartime. I cherish the opportunity to have been part of that effort.
The ex-president’s remark is an insult to those who deservedly have received Medal of Honor—-or to the families of those who did not live to know they would receive it. Actually, it is an insult to anyone who has ever worn our country’s uniforms.
In fact the first time he joked about that was at an AMVETS meeting a couple of years ago and he embroidered his poorly-read remarks by kidding Woody Williams about them.
Woody Williams died a few weeks ago. He was the last surviving WWII Medal of Honor winner. It was his foundation that supported last year’s efforts to put up the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument near the Missouri Capitol.
Our ex-president might have thought he was being funny. I am ashamed of those who laughed or applauded.
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And finally, another observation about baseball:
You faithful observer has seen a new book that says “Bull Durham” is the greatest sports movie ever made. It is difficult from this recliner chair next to the TV remote to disagree. Part of one of Hollywood’s greatest movie scripts is when Crash explains to Nuke how to use all of the great baseball clichés.
We suggest, however, that there are two baseball clichés that need to be thrown on the ash heap of baseball cliché history.
After watching the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals leave some of their players behind, including some of the bigger names of both teams, when they went to Canada recently because they had not been vaccinated, we suggest these two clichés be discarded:
Take one for the Team.
There is no “I” in Team.
Maybe the Royals and the Cardinals need something we find supporting our high school sports.
Booster Clubs.