CRAZY HORSE

It's the name in the news...and I can remember that situation like it was yesterday...as we were at a Coaches getaway ...talking about the upcoming season... '86 World Series ...as I was a Met fan at the time...I suppose I have wavered my allegiances so much over the years...you know when your base is in Oregon, you just may change teams often...it was a BIG DEAL to go and see a Big League game...I digress...Mookie Wilson was at bat...and the Red Sox sent out BILL BUCKNER  to 1B to keep his bat in the lineup...a very good hitter...yet, he was hobbled due to an injury...and Mook hit a curling squiggly grounder to him...and it worked it's way through the legs of Buckner...which led to the winning rally by the Mets...which I was jumping up and down about...this was game 6...NY won the 7th and the Series... In Boston, it was a tragedy ...and moreso for Buckner...as he was saddled with infamy...as the biggest blooper in the history of the franchise...and for years...I mean YE...

Ah yea, the best day of the week...as the first one of the holiday...wait, I know...I'm always on a vacay...sorry kids, but it's true... FRIDAY!!! This just out...and it's not so good...as San Diego is the 2nd least affordable big city to purchase a home...in all of the US...ie, NYC...hmmm...only SF is worse...as I have told everyone...it's the original investment...then it's just fine...everything else is the same...that's why there is such a great rental market...the climate is incredible...and thus you have it...location location location... China has a way to suppress all of their inner turmoil....wait, not any more...as they have terrorists, too...witness the mass killings in the last few days... There is an article in the Trib about the impending doom of the Padre skipper...as much as he's liked...the team needs a facelift...and you can't move all of the underproducing players they trot out there...so the Manager is the one that usually ...

You one of them blokes, or blokettes, that have been a cruiser?...you know, the cats who take a week or so, and travel the great seas on the many Cruise Ships that are out there...we are one of the stopping ports for a bunch of 'em...and we have yet done so...got the itch...one of the problems, is the chaos in Mexico...which has been rumored to have quelled down a bit... this is a pix in our harbor and the building in the background, the tallest one ...well, that's where we live...kind of a cool image... Idol ...the right one won...as the rocker got the trophy ...and if you listened to the rest of the finalists...you know what I have been saying all along...they were and are very marginal...well, even worse than that...the 2nd place finisher?...she has some bright spots, especially when sitting at the piano... Survivor ... Woo, what were you thinking? ...you gave away a million bucks...are you kidding me?...there is NO HONOR in that cheating game...as he chose the cop o...

Bear (bare?) with me for just a moment...I must rant on the lack of BRAIN TRUST by the management of the Padres ...in last eve's loss to the visiting Twins...the setup...we are going against the worst starting pitcher in the league (really, stat wise)...and go 4 innings hitless...yup, hitless ...finally get going in the 5th and go ahead 3-2...none of that is attributed to my concerns...with the game tied in the 7th, is where I'm going... we get our first two guys on...and up steps our switch hitting C Grandal...Mgr Black subs R Maybin for him...what?...the Twins go with a sub righty pitcher...if we would have left Grandal there, and we were going to bunt regardless, it made NO DIFFERENCE what the Twins did...he's a switch hitter!...Maybin looks foolish and can't get a bunt down...we then sub in RIGHTY Hundley...who poops (pops) out...and then Deno, fresh from 3 straight K's...poops (pops) out...end of rally and end of inning ....one more ugh...in the 8th, their C...

I can't tell you how much I lurved that time of my life...and yet, it was full of turmoil...as the Vietnam War was raging...we were so horribly managed...and the youth (us) fought back in way different forms...and we united in our music...it was the time that people would ask why...rather than just do what was spoon fed to us...things seemed so wrong...and the conservatives of this nation were dwindling...in fact, there was a huge amount of people that turned against most of the judgments of the government...and then along came Watergate...which substantiated our feeling...yes, Dude, it was a change... PEACE ... The Smother's Bros were the undeniable idols of that time for us...as they said and did what we thought...and were constantly being censored...as the TV brass and the Gov't were interlocked...it was a revolutionary time for sure...I would NOT miss the show...and I still laugh when I think about the Pat Paulson for Prez campaign... The music ...CSNY, the Mama...

Are you kidding me?....just when you think you have heard it all, comes this out of NY...as their racing board does NOT ALLOW nasal strips on horses ....what?...but t hey allow Bute and other drugs to help them from stop bleeding ...what?...could be the end of the run for the Triple Crown...as California Chrome wears one...aw come on...let's get real...pictured is the legendary NY Giant football star, Michael Strahan , when he played in the NFL...WITH a nose strip on... does that mean the state should ban these on all sport's animals?...like humans, too...what a piece of crap ...I wear one at night to help me stop, well, you know...for the good of all... Amazing Race ...OK, now... the father/son duo won ...cool...and my pick?...came in 3rd...I hated them throughout...HATE...as they were the pair from Big Brother....as the gal was the most loathsome of all in the production...interesting, as the rest of the pairs thought that same thing... Tried to watch the American Mus...

Well now, it was one of them kind of days...as EUPHORIA set in...aw, I can think of many ways to reach this trip...some I can write about and some I can't...let's start with the Preakness...as the SoCal bred California Chrome won...and convincingly...of course, CH had his $ directly on target...hit the trifecta...and the 2nd place horse, Ride on Curlin...had that one too...all and all a three figure gain... The horse...now sets itself up to be the 1st Triple Crown winner in 46 years...you know, they have been racing in all for 139 seasons...wow...don't let this go lightly...the toughest journey is the last...1 1/2 miles...he has 3 weeks to rest and then prepare for the Belmont...cool, that we think of an animal held in such high regards... Continuing on... the Pads won a game in Colorado...scored 8 runs...beat an undefeated hurler...triggered by some HR's by Seth Smith (grrr that Buddy sat him) and Carlos Quentin...alas, be happy, as 2B Jed Gyorko finally got ...