MJ's Speech: Not HOF Material

Friday night we watched the basketball HOF inductions. Enjoyed Jerry Sloan’s speech, but I was not impressed with Michael Jordan’s. I’ve always been his fan, but his speech was not at all humble or thankful…quite the opposite! Saw where several in the media had the same opinion.

Shaming Dean Smith for not including him on the SI cover as a freshman, as well as his high school coach for cutting him. He was making a point about fueling his competitive fires, but at some point things like that need to be put behind him…especially once he retired as the greatest ever. Charles Barkley could get away with that speech, but MJ should’ve been above it. Afterwards, several HOFers denounced the speech.

It appeared that Jordan took a date to the induction, a young girl who sat between his mother and his kids. Looked tense.

Saturday Will’s team beat Coach Henry’s team 5-1, as they should have. Will reached all three times, on a single, double, and error. Scored once, drove in two. Got thrown out at third, trying to take an extra base. A few of the younger guys looked like they could play, but they’ll be doing good to break .500.

Henry’s young starting pitcher struck out 7 in the first 2 innings, and had 9 K’s in the first three innings…facing 15 batters total. Will made an error at short, then made two nice defensive plays. Later Will talked the coach into letting him catch the last 2 innings.

Took Ceil to PF Chang’s Saturday night, then we poked around a few nearby stores. Saw most of the UGA / SC game. Seemed to miss Braves games all weekend. Took Matthew to Kidstuf Sunday, then to the 3-year old class he helps with.

Will worked me out in the afternoon. I hit him 2 buckets full of grounders, then pitched him 2 buckets as he hit. Knowing he will pitch this week, I stepped in and hit off him for a while. I was already exhausted, but I still got in a few good knocks. Beat squatting behind the plate and catching him, and I figured me in the box would help him ease off a bit, which is what he needs to do when pitching.