CRAZY HORSE

Packed (nope!)...shoot...gotta get it a going...as we head out this am...yup, and the dawg, Sammi, is going, too...she is the best traveler....EVER!...used to take her via plane, too...no problem...anyway.... the Lexus (now a vintage rig) is carrying the plants...not the MJ type, kids...c'mon, we gotta get a moving... 2004 and it still seems new... Man, I stayed up to watch them Padres ...go figure...as we won it in OT ....as Detlef Schimpf hit a dinger to win it...super night for him... 2 hr's and 2 doubles ...woah...an item for concern...ha ha...where do I start?... C Norris is beat...actually throwing from his knees to the bases...let in, at the time, a critical run...with an errant knee throw to 3B on a steal...which Ariz was doing at will...wake up, brass...a rest is needed... The Bolts ...beat up the other Ariz team...the Cardinals...over at the Q....badly...is there promise on the horizon?...well....it's the guys who wanna make the team, that played most o...

Dairy Queen , here we come...wait...I dunno if we have them down here in SoCal...drat it...yesiree Bob, it is National Softee Ice Cream Day ...hmmm...I think one can still get them at Micky D's ...but, fuggit about 'em at the buffet restaurants... I don't think I have had one in 10 years...maybe more ...and Horse, does lurve them...just betting you, like at 2-1 odds, that you will have one today. ..you can thank me... The follow up to the absurd story that the Lochte kid and his compatriots drummed up in Rio... lies ...the one bloke, James...paid Brazil $11 grand to not prosecute...and got outta there...the two who were taken from the plane, apparently recounted their story...and this time...flew home...the mastermind of the fable, has yet to be found here in the States... give us all a break... The gals USA Oly hoop team.... won again and are in the finals...for the gold ...thank you NBC...I couldn't find it anywhere in your telecast...the star of the team, f ...

Morning, kids...you following this out of Rio?...the story of the swimming foursome ...you know, the one with Ryan Lochte ...a gun pointed at his head...they were robbed ... or were they? ...he got out of there pronto...the other 3 dudes?...not so fortunate...in fact, two of them were taken off of the plane that was set to depart to the US of A...by the Brazilian Police ...the other never made it to the jet...hmmm....more questions and more answers needed... kind of reminds me of that film that won the Oscar..."Argo" ...OK, kind of a stretch...but not to the guys on board... Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger were the 2...the other, Jimmy Feigen , is still there...hmmm...this is developing into a bigger story than the Olympics, right? ...truth or not the truth... BTW, a Great Britain athlete was robbed last night...allegedly ...the countries are telling their people to stay out of the bars and such... Mens hoops ...finally they played up to their abilities ...however, not be...

Morning kids...Horse has a bit of the nostalgia surrounding his mini-brain...heard the song by Scott McKenzie "San Francisco" ...took me right back...to the late 60's and early 70's...no doubt my favorite time of songs...beautiful...think about CSNY, Jefferson Airplane, the Mamas and Papas...and on and on ...makes me want to put on my beads and get in my Volks camper van ...and go see the USA...all over again... OK, I'm back... Trump has another shakeup in his organization ...at the top...2nd time, right?...well, not at the VERY TOP...ha ha...has to be a great sign...another one...for the Demos...right?...the more one looks at the Candy Man, the more doubts emerge... Is beach volleyball more popular than regular 6 person volleyball?...if you go by the interest at Rio, you might think that... The men USA hoops are in the do or die, er, win or go home phase of the Olys ...today versus Argentina...I am a doubter of this team...as you know...the bes...

There are things that are done well...real well...the makeup of the USA Olympic Gals Team ... Coach Geno and his staff have this squad well oiled!  Just witnessed a turn around of epic proportions...ahead by only 2 with a bit more than a minute to go in the 2nd quarter...against a very game Japanese team...half time...and woah!... the USA came out and as Katy Perry sang it..."Roared!"...won by like 46 going away. ..if you haven't caught them yet...do so...it is like Johnny Tillotson put it, "Poetry in Motion" ...OK, I maybe went a bit too far on the song stuff...but... they are terrific... I am back from the 101* temp on the golf course... had my best score in 6 weeks ...really...still...not earth shattering...but better, right?...then hit the pool...life is good...the gals Oly golf starts tomorrow... The inept Padres are down by 7 after 3 ...oh lordy, this is like every team we have had for the last 10 years.... Trader AJ, what have you to say?...it i...

Off I go to a 7am tee time...so...I won't be writing until the afternoon...."Tuesday Afternoon"...Moody Blues?...call me crazy, as it is to be over 100* out in El Cajon...probably my only round this week...I have Del Mar on the schedule tomorrow...and we are heading up north for a visit at the kids this weekend...so...there you go...have to go today to hear the stories Pop has on his visit to NY...he rubbed elbows with the rich and famous...I will see ya"ll then!...

Morning, kids...the start of the week...for you who have started your new school year...good luck to ya"ll...still seems too early...here in SoCal we are in a steady heat wave and very humid ...odd for us...this has easily been the hottest year since we have been here...10+ years now...really?...wowser...gander at the rest of the country, er, back east and witness the huge amounts of rain that have hit them...just totally bizarre... So you'd think that NBC would show the U Bolt's run at the 100 meter dash at the Rio's...LIVE!...nope...they want you to watch all the hype prior to it...later...boooooo....got the results via Twitter ...too bad...there are those who say this has been going on all week...and...the Golf Channel showed the guys version of their Oly meet... congrats to the top two...Rose and Stenson ...great match, as it turned out...out of nowhere came the American Kuch ...made a great run....and got the Bronze ...the cream did indeed rise to the to...

There's a very good chance if that was what I was only gonna talk about you would draw your own conclusions to what that number "23" represents...many, I mean, many sports aficionados connect that number to the greatest NBA player in the history of the game... Michael Jordan ...mostly cuz of the contract he signed with Nike ...right?...and their promotion of whatever they could to stick that number to...jerseys, caps, t shirts, and especially, the Jordans ...the shoes... First of all, it is debatable whether he is the best ever ...you can make a case for a number of other greats...Bird, Johnson, LeBron, Wilt, Kareem, and many others... my real best ever is Bill Russell ...the legendary center that played with the Boston Celtics...I digress...this number today means something else...I guess there is no follow up to first of all... Perhaps, the greatest Olympic swimmer ever... Michael Phelps ...and his number of just... GOLD medals...23 ...of them...I think he has ...