Pulling for Reggie and the Cards
With the Yankees out of the playoffs, I'm pulling for my next-favorite team, the Cardinals.
I'm very happy that Reggie Sanders is having a great post-season.
He was a terrific shortstop for the Greensboro Hornets way back in 1989. Unfortunately, he broke his leg halfway through the season.
Afterward, he often sat in the seats happily signing autographs for kids -- including mine. He impressed me at the time as a friendly, good-natured young man. During his long major league career, with many different teams, he's built a reputation as one of the sport's best citizens.
Go, Reggie and the Cards.
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That's actually one of my first baseball memories, dad. It really means alot to a 6-year old when a player will happily chat and sign a ball for you. I'm glad he's had a great career, and I'm glad he's a part of my memories about a sport that I love.
Posted on October 11, 2005 5:00 PM
Oh I hate to break up this touching family moment, but allow me to be the first to drag the HP Plan into this strand.
At one point I guess Reggie Sanders was drafted to be on a team and he was probably traded a time or to. This all in a highly paid profession that he picked.
Now on the other hand in High Point there are bus loads of 14 year olds that were drafted against their will and I doubt they can ever be traded onto a Championship contender.
Posted on October 11, 2005 8:56 PM
***WARNING TO MR. PRODUCE----CLOSE YOUR EYES***
Doug, how would you have felt as a parent, and more importantly for Kenny, if Reggie had signed autographs for everyone around and then said, well, that's enough for you white kids, I can only sign autographs for minorities now...and Kenny went home with no autograph.
I guess you'd be writing a thread about some other fond family memory.
Of course from your description of Reggie, he doesn't strike me as someone concerned with diversity statistics or the income level of the folks at his games. But there are places this very thing is going on. What memories will those kids have?
Posted on October 11, 2005 9:46 PM
For that matter, Right field, how can Major League Baseball be so insensitive as to conduct playoff games while children in High Point are forced to attend schools a few miles from their homes?
Apparently, no other subject ever invades your consciousness. You don't eat, sleep, work, watch television or pursue any other activity while this all consuming injustice continues.
But I hope you'll excuse me if I watch the ballgame.
Posted on October 11, 2005 9:52 PM
Hey everybody Doug is starting to catch on.
Now let's get some runs.
Posted on October 11, 2005 10:06 PM
Please don't let the children of High Point interrupt your game.
Shhhh, see, I'm whispering. We'll be quiet as squirrels while you watch the playoffs. --still whispering...Just in case you're not aware of this, only ONE team will win. Is that fair? Hey, that's not fair. Won't the losing teams feel bad? Shouldn't they mix the teams all around so that EVERYBODY WINS?
HEY! (still whispering) I'm going to write those important Baseball Commissioners RIGHT NOW and suggest a baseball lottery for next year! Because if there is a team that is better than the rest, that means someone's getting screwed, and that's just not fair.
Isn't there some law...yea, it's NBPLB..(No Baseball Player Left Behind?) Yea, that's it! And it mandates that NO ONE can be scoring more runs than anybody else. You should be ashamed of yourself sitting there hoping that another team will lose!
Shame, shame!
Posted on October 11, 2005 10:11 PM
Notice Doug did say this "all consuming injustice". There is hope after all.
Posted on October 12, 2005 1:08 AM
Actually Right Field, dad must not have cared too much as a parent - he did let me go to High Point Central without kicking and screaming. Apparently, going to Andrews or HPC is the biggest injustice of all.
Posted on October 13, 2005 11:50 AM