Baseball lost one of the greats today

Bob "Mr. Baseball" Uecker passed away this morning. He was not the best baseball player but he did more for the game of baseball than anyone ever did.

I will miss his self-deprecating humor, his analysis of the game and his great one-liners.

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So the politicians of Massachusetts are concerned that Trump is going to end all of the off-shore wind turbine projects and spend the money on fossil fuel projects.

Congressman Bill Keating (D - Cape Cod) is quoted as saying,

"Pulling out the rug from under one energy sector to prop up another is not governing. It's playing politics."

My response to that self-centered, arrogant sentence is, "So Bill, when you say "playing politics", do you mean like when the Massachusetts legislature pulled the rug out from under the LNG pipeline in favor of wind farms? That kind of politics?"

Idiots. We elect idiots in this state...

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Here are some links:

• It's the middle-east. They have been killing each other over there for 2,000 years There will never be a cease-fire and there will never be peace.



• According to Rudy, Rudy gets to keep his stuff.



• It's not our fault!



• Key line in this story: "Drake Maye is all this team’s got!"



• I've never been but I understand they are very "trendy". And by "trendy" I mean "expensive".



• Japan: It's not like where we live.



• He must be an art lover with big pants.



• Oh Canada.

Less than a month

Time for a baseball update:

Pitchers and catchers report to Jet Blue Park on February 12^th. That is 28 days from today.

This has been your baseball update.

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The Bruins kicked the crap out of the Lightning last night, beating them 6-2.

It was a good game and the Lightning did not take their beatdown very well. The game got a little chippy in the second period and downright violent in the third.

There were numerous fights that were actual fights. By that I mean there were very few of those "hockey fights" where two guys grab jerseys and circle each other until the refs break them up.

These guys were grabbing each other, taking full swings at each other, landing punches in the face & head and not falling to the ice to end the fight. The refs actually had to get in between them to break them up and even then, they were still swinging at each other.

So the Bruins and Lightning are now tied at 49 points each but since the Lightning have played fewer games, they have a better win-loss record so they hold on to the third divisional slot.

That means the Bruins need to continue playing hard and winning games if they want to get back into the mix.

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Enjoy these links:

• I have been hearing this bullshit since the 1960s. And no, anything that requires a pilot's license is not a "flying car", it's an airplane.



• This is most certainly another case of, "I'm sorry I got caught."



• China: it's not like where we live.



• Vince Wilfork is not a fan of NFL Announcer Tom Brady.



• Why?



• Oh Canada.

Fires, Presidents and Droughts

The fire service is dumping ocean water (aka: salt water) on all the fires burning in Los Angeles. This is bad in the sense that it is a corrosive and will do a lot of damage to the aircraft carrying it around. Also, it's loaded with salt.

Ever hear the phrase "salted earth"? It's what people used to do when they were being forced out of their homes by an advancing army. They would salt the earth so nothing would grow there, thus denying the conquering army the means to support itself.

I guess the fire service don't have much choice but to use the salt water on the fires because they live in the desert southwest and they don't have a lot of fresh water.

My point is these fires may end up costing us a lot more than we think. The equipment repairs/replacements alone could go into the millions and there is a possibility that we may end up with price increases on California fruits and vegetables if the ground becomes less productive.

Let's hear it for climate change!

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We are moving on from one bad president to another and I'm conflicted about how to feel about things.

I've always felt that the only difference between democrats and republicans is that democrats are better at hiding their arrogance and greed than the republicans are.

If you look at a politician like Joe Biden and you see that he is worth around $10 million, you should ask yourself, "Where did that money come from?"

I can tell you where it came from. It came from investments.

Elected officials, whether they be democrats or republicans, have access to a wealth of information and that information includes what changes to rules, regulations and laws are coming that will impact the markets. They can buy or sell stock knowing what the future of a particular industry will be. They can buy and sell realestate knowing what government installations will be opened or closed in a particular region

For those of us not above the law, that practice is known as "insider trading" and we would end up in prison if we did it.

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As of last week, we were still in severe drought conditions in my little part of the world.

Normally we would have some sort of snowpack on the ground at this time of the year. Maybe 6 to 12 inches of solid snow. Not this year. We don't have any snow on the ground.

That means we will not have our normal early spring melt that slowly seeps into the ground and fills the ground water. We won't have our normal late spring runoff that fills the ponds and streams.

In other words, 2025 could turn out to be a bad water year for us if we don't get some decent snow soon.

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Here are some links:

• Now where will all those man-bun wearin' hippies get their free internet from?



• Good for her. No one deserves that awful disease.



• Psycho Vlad's little "10 day Special Military Operation" is now on day 1,055 and the Russians ain't doing so well.



• There are people like this walking around in our society.



• And there are also people like this walking around in our society.



• We don't pay cops enough.



• Key description in this story: "...thicker sphinctal folds and a tighter pucker."



• Only in Florida.



• Oh Canada.

Many leaves got raked

Over the last few months, my front yard has filled with leaves from my neighborhood.

My yard has a line of trees/bushes that act as a windbreak. The leaves from my neighbors blow around the windbreak and settle onto my yard. Add to this the fact that it has been extra windy for the last month or so and I end up with a lot of leaves.

So today, I went out with my leaf blower and blew all the leaves into a big pile. Then I raked them onto a tarp and hauled them back into the woods.

Well, almost all of them. The few that I missed I simply blew into the street with my leafblower in the hopes they will blow back onto my neighbors yard...

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Here are some links:

• This should be an interesting read.



• Hey idiot: Figure out how to help people buy homes instead of making it easier to rent.



• I'm betting the pilot had a PF of around 9.



• Get ready for video game characters to start farting.



• If you visit Idaho, stay away from midgets.



• If you are looking to acquire some cheap clam chowder...

So much for the Steelers...

Not only do the Boston teams suck, now I don't even have the Steelers to root for. They lost to the Ravens 14-28 yesterday.

Today is the Broncos @ the Bills, the Packers @ the Eagles and the Commanders @ the Buccaneers.

The Bills and the Broncos went at it this afternoon at 1:00 and the Bills managed a win, beating the Broncos 31-7.

That means the Bills will play the Ravens whenever the NFL gets around to scheduling the divisional games.

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I'm going to watch some golf.

Here are some links:

• I am not entirely sure this is a good idea. The last player they hired as a coach didn't do so well...



• I am entirely sure this is a good idea. His arm can't handle the stress of being a starter.



• My guess is this was intentional and whoever did it is an asshole.



• Tom Brady's baby momma is going to be in Holyoke.



• Another indication that our government is failing us.



• Listen up Jimmy, you have no influence or say over what Trumpee does. Remember, he told those rioters to hang his last vice president. You're just a constitutional annoyance to him.