Baseball and life

Planetarium that my father made at work on top of JT the
High School I work at

Baseball a wonderful game for just about every rule is created because of the All American Ideal of lets win by getting the advantage over our opponent. Some may call it cheating, but I think it is based on I don't like losing and will be imaginative in inventing news ways to get the edge. When some one does get the edge new rules are made to an ever increasing rule book. And if you don't know the rules, heaven help you. But in truth everybody who loves the game does.
Baseball like know other game creates geniuses. All other sports are over coached and people try it in baseball but it doesn't work. That little ball will always give a bad team at least a 40% chance of winning.
Baseball is the closest sport to life. We want to be 100% sure, but that will never happen. A good hitter hits 300 or better. They also may walk 2 out 10 times to the plate. That means they get on base 50% of the time not counting getting on by errors. As good as they are though they still make outs 50%, 60%% or more. As they age they will make more outs, so at the end all made more outs than on base. Good player hit 270 and many have made a career hitting 220.

Walking around the park

Nobody on this planet would do all they can to be healthier, live longer, cheat death, we all hate losing. Baseball is a wonderful game.
I know we all like an honest game but he nature of baseball is to bend the rules and try to see it in new ways. Competing we try to win and that is how a game is played. Baseball watches with a fine tooth comb. In health there are guidelines just like in the Bible there are principles. But our battle against sickness and the like requires our paying attention to life's stats. Our desire to get an edge isn't bad. But we have to know our limits and our need of faith. Even the best we get 120 years or so one must be ready for eternity. Putting your faith in the one who came back fom death is playing smart.
Barb and I went to Silver Cross Field to watch our Joliet Slammers. Before the game we walked abound the park a couple of time and once during the game to take pictures and enjoy a beautiful night. We got to see a 5 run comeback and good baseball played by talented young players. Minor league fill the park with noise, but they don't let people get into the game itself. Have you ever listened to people responding to good play? It has its' own sound. "Popcorn and peanuts" aren't bad either. Keep walking


Joliet used to be known for the steel mills. I saw this picture
with the sun's reflection so we went for a stroll

Sometimes pictures are seen right away. The one below was easy to take. I loved the golden color on the building and the sun shining off of our gentlemen watching the game. Enjoying life could be just a mile away.
Ken and Linda I am thinking of you.