2020 Hot Stove

No fans, no problem. Play ball 

Maybe some of those pizzants that are always looking for free streaming can actually subscribe this year and help offset the revenue loss.

Did anyone see Pedro on CNN yesterday with his Wife,he has the Virus she did not but they were sitting next to each other which she might just figure by now if she does not have it.,she is ok around her Husband,some other news channel had film of that CNN announcer out of his basement upstairs with his wife and Kids.

The interesting thing was Pedro was talking with the BigWigs and he said they were talking about playing the same way we have been,3 cities with x amount of teams playing some sort of exhibition season put together but not so much for a title but to get it so we have baseball to watch while they figure out this virus.He did not look real bad but you could tell he was sick and his wife looks good,laughing and talking about a program they have put together of getting food boxes out in the D.R.which is a poor country and they got it started with a chunk of cash they donated and then other retired ballplayers kicked in so they have some money it sounded.

But think about it,this was like the 5th guy I have seen on TV with Virus and they do not look terrible but when have you ever seen someone with the other viruses we have gone thru a TV interview and his wife did not wear a mask either,I am sure she was tested before they put her on TV,they also mention that the NFL was going to be announcing their Schedule in the near future,but the baseball thing is without fans but football did not say.

If they keep the guys safe sac is right,PLAY BALL,

But what if the Giants Star Hunter Pence,and he has to be a Star because he makes 18.5 Million a year,gets sick and is one that can not recover,Giants just lost their 100 wins and WS Title,so I hope they get it right.

CJM,I did not know they were playing anywhere,can you bet on these games?

JEG, you better go straight from the Social Security office to the rest home. Other boys on the board have been betting KBO baseball. A dart board and crystal ball will get you the same results as your handicapping, so give it a go. 

If Hunter Pence gets struck down (God forbid) we will be in a world of hurt for an MVP and World Series hero. 

Perhaps Johnny Cueto can step up and win 30 games, then throw three shutouts in the series. 

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast". Do not give up. As soon as your favorite church opens up again go daily and pray, and hope and pray some more. God has nothing better to do right now than listen to your prayers and decide YOU are the one that gets his prayers answered. 

After a season of KBO baseball you should be able to help your beloved Giants with next years draft. And, you will be deadly during the international signing period. Your consulting contract with the Giants should dwarf your SS check, so let the ladies have that to secure their East Coast housing. 

So many possibilities, so little time. I gotta go get another drink. (one for me, one for you, one for sac, one for LC) Could take a while.

I'm in 

i nu i cood kount (hic) on yoo 

https://time.com/5833378/hong-kong-smuggled-shark-fin-record/?iid=obnetwork

Scum of the earth

Regardless of how you feel about sharks, they are a part of nature and serve an ecological purpose. I hope everyone involved gets the full ten years and loses every asset he has. Endangered species hunting should carry the worst possible punishments, short of death. The cruelty of throwing them back to perish or be attacked by other predators is cruel and inexcusable. 

From a country where covid19 originated, in unregulated wet markets, this is the behavior that's going on.

GREED, one of the 7 deadly sins from the Divine Comedy. 

Wake up people, stop killing animals and destroying the earth. Mother nature fights back.

I won't bore you guys with it but I am going to do an analysis of the seven deadly sins to leave my grandchildren. If you can guess #1 and define the reason, I will give you unending respect.

My guess for the #1 Deadly Sin: Allowing players with sub .200 averages to wear Major League uniforms.

I feel the respect coming already....

#1 Death SIN,I had forgotten about:

The Pentagon Papers

This is tough, but I'll take a stab.

Since we are in America, I feel the most abundant sin with today's youth and society in general is PRIDE. Selfie's, social media, me me me etc...

Pride is an excessive view of one's self without the regard for others. And that is abundant today.

Just look at how no one gives a crap about the elderly in this pandemic. The one's who are most susceptible to death. Who are the one's who raised us, put a roof over our heads, fed us, and most importantly, taught us?

PRIDE is #1, so sac got it right. Not because of America’s current condition though or any relationship to our youth or social media.

PRIDE has always been #1 because it is the enabler of all other sin.

Beginning with Lucifer, Satan, Beelzebub, or whatever name you choose, “I will not serve” was the first offense and rooted strictly in PRIDE.

Following, Eve’s desire to be as God Himself, by Satan’s appeal to her ego, was rooted in PRIDE

Cain killed Abel because Cain’s offering to God was better, his PRIDE was offended.

Any sin, but especially the other six deadly, is first rooted in PRIDE, because it is repudiation of the moral law, whether or not you believe in God, and the moral law is written on the heart of every person, of every race and nation. Anyone over the age of seven, except the severely intellectually challenged knows RIGHT from WRONG, and any conscious decision to do wrong, for the benefit of self, is rooted in PRIDE (I am above the moral law).

Key

The #1 sin has transgressed the sands of time. 

Precisely

HUMILITY is the hardest virtue for the common man to accept or face.

Many great people throughout the years were of the humble kind.

Well, it stands to reason that the 180 degree opposite of pride would be humility. There is only One #1.

We may as well salute or Mom's today guys. Mine has been gone almost 36 years now, miss her like it was yesterday. Her chicken gravy would have put KFC out of business. During lean times she could make miracles out of eggs, potatoes and whatever else was handy. Here's to you Mom.

A tip of the cap to all the Mothers out there

Does anyone remember the Pentagon Papers?And what other moment of History some of the same people were involved in,other than Key anyway who my guess is remembers it of course but they did not have much to do with him,think you would of had to been in College, as I was doing my east coast trip,and remember the headlines but was not watching much news then,we did not have 24 hours news in 1971 when they were leaked and written in 1965 I believe,I always thought McNamara was a power chasing mogul and always thought he should of worked for the other party.  There is a scene with  and the Lady that owned the Wash.Post where he is trying to talk her out of printing,and She looks at him and said you watch my Son with us get on the plane to go over there,plus a bunch of other Friends we knew and knowing what you knew you do not say anything,plus a few other shots to his being scum,good movie anyway.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

SO after that one watch SEVEN

Brad and Morgan and you will get all you want on the 7 Deadly Sins and if you remember the end,Jealousy being the last one and if you watch it you will know why I remember that.Kevin Spacey played the .