1982 was such a fun season. We went to at least 20 games that year. My dad would come home from work and pick me up then head to Busch. Never had tickets, so he would just walk up to the ticket window and ask for the best 2 seats together on the 3rd base side. I was in awe watching young Willie McGee do his thing in the outfield, at the plate and running the bases. He was so fun to watch.
Oh, it seems to be fairly common for players to leave the Cardinal organization and start hitting. Also common for players to come to the organization and forget how to hit.
If they do hold onto the second wildcard spot, I fully expect Mo to use that as his reasoning for not making one big move in the off season. "We're already a really good team. We just need for our current players to stay healthy."
Thanks, I hope to go back again some day. This trip was actually due entirely to my mom. She passed away in October of last year and she loved that area of the country. She wanted her kids, grand kids and everyone's spouses to go there, so she set aside enough for us all to make this trip and paid for it. We had a lot of stuff planned around remembering her while just enjoying the beauty that is Jackson Hole. I'll make that pilgrimage again, but my kids are starting to grow up and the oldest are heading out on their own. A trip with just me and wife will be fantastic too.
To add that story a little. My son's coach left for a bigger school after my son's Junior year. New coach came in and ran a much more conventional game plan. Under the previous coach, they'd usually win at least 1 playoff game before getting bounced. First year under the new coach they got bounced in the first round and had a running clock for pretty much the entire second half. Not sure if it's the same in Texas, but here a running clock starts with a 35 point differential. Pretty much the same starters on the offense and defense my son's junior and senior seasons. Now, in the new coach's second season, they made it to the semi finals. They are now in year three and are playing great so far without a single college prospect on the roster. It's amazing how much coaching impacts high school sports. Some coaches just have the ability to motivate players way beyond what the player thinks they can do.
He was pretty good. Did his job. But yeah, the talent levels of schools that they played were typically better than ours. Smaller school within their classification.
One of my boys played for a coach that adopted this style from Kevin Kelley. I could count the punts for an entire season on one hand with fingers to spare. Sometimes it was fun to watch, sometimes it was painful. They didn't have near the success that Kelley did (obviously), but they won more than they probably should have given the talent level.
Mo needs to go, but he promoted Girsch to be the fall guy. If anyone gets shitcanned, it will be Girsch. The whole front office along with Mike Shildt, Jeff Albert and Mike Maddox should be gone, but that won't happen.
All of the country singers that take me back to me and my dad just hanging out are passing away. The drives to go fishing, working out in the yard or garage, etc. The lives that tie the time and memories together are disappearing. This one hurts.
It's just the one. he's still young enough to think that I actually know a thing or two. We are from a pretty rural area in Missouri, so the anti-vaxers are a big crowd.
But yeah, my kids are smart. They take after their mom.
Edited to add: While we live in Missouri, they were all born in Texas, so there's that.
I'm in Missouri. My kids start school tomorrow. The latest district procedure is that if a kid is fully vaccinated (and proof is on file with the school nurse), then they will only be required to quarantine if they show one or more symptoms.
I have 2 kids in the high school and they are fully vaccinated. I have one going into the middle school and he has had the first dose with the second in about a week.
I have another in the elementary school. As soon as it's available to him, he'll get vaccinated. We have talked about wearing a mask even if no one else is. He's cool with it.