And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
There has never been a sports player I would take the time to go see. It's grown men playing games for outrageous sums of money. What's there to admire?
When I was a kid in the early '50s, my uncle took me on a train trip down to Saint Louis to see a Cardinal game in that stadium. I'll always remember Stan Musial hitting one out just over the 402 mark in right center.
Cardinals and Browns played at the same stadium for years. The infield was reputed to be a "brick yard" it was so hard. Having experienced that, It's hard on the legs. I got shin splints as a result.
There has never been a sports player I would take the time to go see. It's grown men playing games for outrageous sums of money. What's there to admire?
ReplyDeleteI would have paid to see the Bambino swing.
ReplyDeleteIn about 2003, the last pitcher to pitch against the Babe was accepted into the HoF. Over 100 yrs old at the time, he was my wife's Grandfather.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid in the early '50s, my uncle took me on a train trip down to Saint Louis to see a Cardinal game in that stadium. I'll always remember Stan Musial hitting one out just over the 402 mark in right center.
ReplyDeleteWas the Bambino drunk?
ReplyDeleteCardinals and Browns played at the same stadium for years. The infield was reputed to be a "brick yard" it was so hard. Having experienced that, It's hard on the legs. I got shin splints as a result.
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