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There's a park across the street from my house. Years ago it was in constant use for little league practice, pop warner football... no one uses it anymore. I never even see kids playing catch, throwing the football or playing soccer. Youth sport have become so highly specialized, as you say...

I had practiced so much by myself and developed mechanics/techniques that worked for me. I used to hit with a heavy bat and choke up about 2.5-3 inches, depending on the pitcher, I'd get laughed at my first time to the plate against a new team but the laughing stopped as they watched to ball...

Also, the training facilities that kids have today are other worldly compared to back in my day. I developed my arm at home throwing against a pile of dirt. I developed my swing hitting off of a tee with the heaviest bat I could find. I used a pitch back, don't know if you remember those, to...

It's as far as I went

And the money. Easy to do when you're going to get paid anyway.

An 80 year old can throw a serviceable knuckle ball. The beauty of the knuckle ball is once you get the grip down you just lob it in the general direction of home plate. That's all you do. When I tried to throw hard I made "Wild Thing" look like Greg Maddux. My coach used to tell me, "just...

The only change you can throw all game long is a knuckler. When I played babe Ruth league I couldn't get anything over the plate so I started chucking knuckle balls. The way it floats up to the plate the kids almost jump out of their shoes swinging at it only to whiff or hit a weak grounder to...

God Father is the only movie that I remember of her. I think she was in some Woody Allen movies too.

Oregon is not elite and really never have been. They've had some really good teams but they've always come up short of elite.

I've had my share of dances with wasps/hornets but have only been stung once. When they land on you, unless they're protecting their nest, they just want the salt from your sweat.

This song is my ultimate 70's memory. A typical Saturday in LA, everyone up in the morning to do their yard work and then the grilling and pool parties start after noon. This song always seemed to be playing on the hi-fi. Then, later on in the evening the card games, more booze, more music.

I've been a resident of the Valley of the Sun for 28 years now. I have enough time to have gathered some data and recognized patterns. Summers here are long and brutal. October has historically been our savior, but not always. There's like this rule that if we don't have some kind of rain event...