Home Run Derby

Now, this dinger party started back when I was but a mere lad...featured the 'heroes' of that era...including my fav, Rocky Colavito...it was an ongoing show, that had all of 'em in a match situation...much like MLB is doing tonight...except it took like a month or so, to show them all...Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Harmon Killebrew...the list went on and on...nobody turned it down...and featured interviews of the players, as their opponent crushed the ball...it was fun...

OK, NOW...it is a diff thinger...more of an extravaganza...the featured bangers are there...the Judge kid from the Yankees and the Marlin's Stanton (last year's champ)...seems to me, that they change the format every year...oh well, it's decent TV and that's all that MLB wants...

The original 'Home Run Derby' was so long ago...that is was filmed and shown in black and white...ha ha...now everything is in color and high definition...not sure if the blokes even heard of pixels back then...

Speaking of black and white...did you ever see the special that Roy Orbison did in that format?...back when he was still with us...featured a bunch of 'stars' that played along with him...Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, K.D. Lang, amongst others...'Pretty Woman'...

Another golfing rule drama...on the Euro tour...the winner, the phenom from Spain, Jon Rahm, won by 6 strokes...but...was embroiled in yet another mismarking of the ball on the green situation...this time, no harm, no foul...play on...way diff from the fiasco in the LPGA, where they dinged the gal 4 strokes...this marking of the ball is all so imperfect...oh yea, the dude from the Golf Channel, Brandle Chamblee, is furious...'penalize him!'...

On this side of the pond...at the Greenbrier...in West Virginny...the eventual winner was a kid from San Diego...went to SDSU...and none of the 'experts' even mentioned him...as late as when he drilled a winning shot on 18, they weren't...ha ha...Xander Schauffele...who has been playing well all month...of course, they will call him the 'X' man...

We are still in limbo about where to go on this year's anniversary...have you ever done one of them 'all inclusive' stays?...is it real?...man, it's hard to beat the retreat we have done for the past 14 years...to Maui...stayed in the same spot...hmmm...

Gator bait...you been noticing all the gator bitings going on in Florida this past week?...man, stay away from the lakes and ponds...they are hungry...let alone the shark attacks in the Atlantic...geez, just stay out of all the 'natural' waters...them critters aren't getting enough of their 'food sources, apparently'...

The golf club (not sticks) industry...many of the courses throughout the country are owned and operated by a source that you are unaware of...ClubCorp is one of them...many peops are saying that the trend is...fewer peops are playing and JOINING these clubs...so...their well being is in jeopardy...and...that company sold out to Apollo...and if you are not a bit scared...take a look around at golf courses that are closing down...and houses are being built where the course USED to be...I'm just saying...

Not a scientific study, but an observation...the other day, I was a gifted limo driver for my real estate wife...had a wait of about 30 minutes at one of the stops...and noticed this...70% of the cars that passed by me...were either Uber, Lyft, or Taxis...and the Uber, Lyfts were double the amount of taxis...oh yea, had to cancel me golf to do the honey-do...did NOT tell the boys the reason for canceling...well, she makes money and I'm on a fixed income...no brainer...

Geez, I read back the stuff I write about...it is very Seinfeldish...'something about nothing'...for this, I am humbled that you have read this far...without lambasting me in print...

The song for the day...the laborious 'Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin...