I have no idea because the 1994 strike made me leave baseball.
Sosa has three of the Top Six HR seasons in the Major Leagues of all time -- and finished second in the National League all three years:
In 1994 I lived in Jacksonville, FL.
Bert -- next thing you know you are going to be criticizing Jane Fonda, Whoopie Goldberg, Mark Ruffalo and the other Hollywood manual laborers who are out on strike, seeking humane treatment during their $15 million movie shoots.
As soon as I read those names, that was the first thing that came to mind.
She, like some others, was actually good before they let politics and anger drive their show. David Letterman being another that comes to mind.
Being a Cardinal fan, I was a big McGwire fan. I still like him as he is a really nice guy by all accounts, but it did take him down a bit in my estimation. I recall a story on Mark. An opponent was on the Cardinal pregame radio show following a game the previous day where a brawl broke out. I forget the guys name, but he was a large man and power hitter. He was on first base when the brawl started. He said he started to join the brawl when Mark grabbed him on both biceps from behind and said, "let's just stay here and watch." He said Mark wasn't trying to hurt him and was just trying to hold him tight enough to keep him in place. He said he had bruises on both biceps in the shape of Mark's fingers.
As in the "right" thing.
As in the "right" thing.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F and clear. Yoday's high expected again around 107°F. Sounding like a broken record. Nearly one month into summer.
Brutal day yesterday. Worked my tail off.
Happy Hump Day.
I have been at war with Jane since she was on the anti-aircraft gun in Hanoi. Whoopie is a late hate!
Bert -- This will amuse you. The place where I work made the dubious decision to put Jane Fonda on a magazine cover -- along with several other aging women who had starred in a movie with Tom Brady. I counseled against it, but we got in a corner and it ran on the theory that people liked Brady.
Sherry and I watched the movie night before last. It was OKAY, not great, but two of the girls are nothing but Marxist. Jane should have been executed after her trip to Hanoi.
At my son's recent college graduation party -- remember this is the liberal Montgomery County suburbs of DC -- the magazine was laying around, so the topic of Jane Fonda came up. One of my wife's college days friends who used to be fairly high up in CNN and knew "Ted and Jane" made some comment about how 'unfortunate' it was that after all these years Jane couldn't go anywhere without someone spewing hatred at her.
I am not a Fonda fan and am not taking up for her, but it was a very confusing time. I try not to hold a grudge against people for decisions they made at that time. I certainly didn't know what was right or wrong. I didn't go for any patriotic reasons or a sense of us doing right or wrong. I went because of Country Joe and The Fish. They sang, you can be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box. I just knew no one would ever have a right to say, my boy came home in a box and you didn't do your share. It was that simple.
Good morning everyone
Not much going on today so trying to read quite a bit of my latest Pearl Harbor book, "At Dawn We Slept". While in the screened in patio reading the sow with 3 cubs wandered through the backyard. This time they just strolled on through without the usual knocking things over and pulling things down.
Wildlife Wednesday....from this past Saturday when they (especially mama) were feeling frisky. The hickory tree is about 10' from the door. 2 of the 3 cubs here.
Thanks for that insight Bernie. As someone too young to have faced the decision, I don't really have the right to criticize anyone for what they did or didn't do. And through the years, I've had older friends who went to Vietnam, and older friends who didn't. I didn't judge them.
Yep. I have a lot of respect for MdW.
When this picture was taken (Saturday) the neighbor's dogs had them stirred up. The cubs spent most of their time here that day up a huge poplar tree in front of the house. The sow came onto the porch trying to get the last little bit of bird feed from the feeder. She was too short. I got to watch her vertical jump off 2 feet. Not impressive....about 1". lol The earlier pic this week of her around the porch post was her attempting to climb it. We posted on FB the video of her "pole dancing". Anyway, she's not aggressive, but she sure isn't easily intimidated either.
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I like to shake the hand of any veteran and thank them for their service, and I always try and do that for the Vietnam vets. They got dumped on and it wasn't fair to them.
