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  • Monday Motivation: Kirby Puckett

    Always liked Kirby Puckett. Talk about some ‪‎Monday Motivation‬.  

  • Special Military Folks

    ALL members of the military are special folks. However, if I were to give special mention to any it would be the Army personnel who stormed the beaches of Normandy AND these Marines at Iwo Jima. Amazing bravery given the circumstances! http://www.ahctv.com/unforgettable-scenes-and-losses-on-iwo-jima/?utm_so…

  • Redneck Engineering

    Redneck Engineering

    Last week my wife and I swapped vehicles for the evening to transport kids to practice. When I got back in my car, I tried to move the seat back and the wire broke. I drove the last week with my knees in the dash. Tonight I fixed that problem with a little redneck engineering.

  • Bill Veeck

    “I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats” – Bill Veeck I’d rather sit in the cheap seats and go to as many games as possible, versus sitting in the nice seats a time or…

  • Thinking and Talking

    Thinking and Talking

    Awesome quote and I think it’s true. Photo courtesy of The Economist

  • The Wizard Becomes a Cardinal

    Ozzie Smith became a member of the St. Louis Cardinals 34 years ago today. He is the greatest defender at ANY position EVER. http://m.bbref.com/m?p=XXleadersXXWAR_def_career.shtml

  • Specialization in Youth Sports

    I never would’ve expected one of the best quotes I’ve ever read on youth sports to come from Jeff Samardzija. “Those kids that have a coach telling them they need to play only one sport, they can tell (the coach) to take a hike,” Samardzija told me. “That’s selfish on the coach’s part . .…

  • The Great Bambino

    The Great Bambino

    “What did he say? What were you born in a barn man. Yeah yeah what planet are you from. You never heard of the Sultan of Swat. The Titan of Terror. The Colossus of Clout. The Colossus of Clout. The King of Crash man.” Photo courtesy of The Sandlot movie

  • My Favorite Super Bowl Sunday Ad

    Well, it’s going to be hard to top this as my favorite ‪Super Bowl‬ Commercial. Love Amy Schumer. “We have the biggest caucus…but it’s not like too big, you could handle it…”

  • Super Bowl 50

    Von Miller MVP. Weird Cam didn’t even try to fall on the ball.