I think in today’s world of pampered multi-million-dollar athletes whose personal lives include a lot of drama and spousal abuse, a guy like baseball great Ted Williams stands out even more.
If you’re a sports fan, you’ve probably already seen the news that former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick wants another chance to play pro ball. The way most sports writers, sports outlets, are portraying the story is that the league is still blackballing “Kap” because he’s the guy who starting the “kneeling” deal on the San Fran sidelines back in 2016 while the National Anthem played. It was his way of protesting the way America is and has treated black people, he said, and other people of color.
If you weren’t rooting for Tiger Woods to win The Masters last weekend, then, well, what can I say. You’re either jealous of the number of romantic encounters he’s experienced during his pro career, or you wish him bad luck because you’re a moralist who counts the man as a world-class sinner, deserving of no future success.
The official game of baseball has been around since 1839 and any sport that has such a history also has a language of its own. Sports great Branch Rickey once said, “Baseball is a game of inches.”
Tom Brady is now reminding me of Brett Favre (Farv). First you’re going to retire from the NFL, and then you’re not. Favre turned it into an abstract art form, seeming to cry both when he retired and when he announced his return from retirement. TV screens were awash in Brett’s tears.
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