Tuesday: busy at work. Arrived a few minutes late, so I left early to head to the ballpark. Walked up to the Left Field Gate shortly after 4:30. There weren’t a ton of people there, but I strolled on to the Third Base Gate. Only a few more people there. As I waited for gates to open the scuttlebutt was that there was already a long line at the Chop House Gate.
I wore my red pinstriped CHANNEL 17 Andy Messersmith jersey and matching cap. Went inside and visited the season ticketholder office, cashing in my voucher for two bobbleheads: Austin Riley and Hank Aaron, to go with the Maddux bobble given at the gate. Met up with a fellow and traded a Riley bobble for last Friday’s Jackie Robinson figurine. Then I crashed in the sunny outfield bleachers to watch the end of batting practice.
Grabbed a free designated driver Coke Zero, then snuck downstairs and grabbed two free boxes of popcorn. Sold Maddux for forty bucks. Quite the haul for the $14 ticket.
Went upstairs to my seat in sunny section 343. The morning rain had left the day chilly, and I was in short sleeves – so the sun felt good. Stayed there for the first couple of innings, then went downstairs to sit with Chris and his son.
BOOG POWELL [SABR Bio] a one-time Dodger pinch-hitter, who holds the single-season record for the most home runs by an AL Baltimore Orioles left fielder. Powell hit 39 HR in 1964, his last season as a full-time outfielder. He moved to first base and Curt Blefary took over in left. In Powell’s final season he played fifty games for LA, but only played four in the field. He was the AL MVP in 1970. Boog is one of the few players who have finished 3rd, 2nd, and 1st in league MVP voting. He finished 3rd in 1966 behind two teammates; finished 2nd in 1969 behind the Twins’ Harmon Killebrew, and finally won in 1970. He is often remembered for how abundantly he filled out an all-red Cleveland Indians uniform: take a look.
DENISON: Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey called Musk's purchase the "right path", tweeting: "Elon's goal of creating a platform that is 'maximally trusted and broadly inclusive' is the right one." Musk said, "Free speech is the bedrock of a democracy. Twitter is the town square where matters vital to the future are debated." Dan McLaughlin notes that now "Elon Musk is a hero to conservatives" but warns "he was once a hero to liberals, he's not a consistent conservative, and the day will come when we are reminded that he is not."
John Adams wrote "Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious People.” a Net." George Washington noted "Of all the habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. Reason and experience forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." In a brilliant analysis of our culture, David French concludes: "When our crisis is one of hatred, anxiety, and despair, don't look to politics to heal our hearts. Our social fabric is fraying. Crumbling. Our government is imperfect, but if this republic fractures, its people will be to blame."
Theologian N. T. Wright: "You become like what you worship."
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