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Seriously.  It means nothing to you.  But I grew up watching amateur baseball, and I lived in Wessington Springs for seventeen years.  I did the public address announcing for the Springs Owls for many of those years.  It made me very sad when they didn't have a team last year.  Now they're back.  And I'm happy.

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I Understand

I'm not saying Ken Harrelson was right on the substance of what he said.  It's just that we all have had times where something makes us so mad that we want to just totally let loose, but we know that if we do we'll get into big trouble.  If you've listened to the video, you can hear him struggling with exactly that.  He can't stop himself from ranting, but at least he stops himself from being profane about it, which you can tell part of him really wanted to be.

I understand, Hawk.  We've all been there.

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I Hope It's Worth It

I wish nothing but the best for Johan Santana.  I loved him when he played for my team, the Twins, and I still like him.  Still, 134 pitches is a lot of pitches, especially when you're coming off a major injury.  I know a no-hitter is really special, but having Santana healthy all season would be pretty special, too.

Santana Delivers 1st Mets No-hitter

Arrogance

When you're just better than everyone else, you don't have to be consistent in your opinions.  So, you do dumb stuff like this, because in your mind, nobody has the right to question you.

Bloomberg Pitches Soda Ban in Appearance to Celebrate National Doughnut Day

It's True Because I Want It to Be

All of us have stories about our family's history.  Sometimes these stories have been handed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years.  I have a couple like that in my family.

These stories are, shall we say, of doubtful provenance.  It's not that they were necessarily made up, although that sometimes happens.  Rather, they get added to and embellished over the years.  Forgotten or never known details get supplied, sometimes without us even realizing it.

When we're young, we swallow these stories whole.  When we get older, though, we start to realize that they may not be correct.  We may still choose to believe them, because we don't have any evidence that they're false, but we don't go around insisting to everyone that they have to be true.  We certainly don't use them to gain advantage for ourselves in our lives and careers.

At least, most of us don't.  Some people, however, go on insisting that because they believe these stories are true, and because they want them to be true, they therefore must be true, and so it's perfectly legitimate to use them in that way.

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We Shouldn't Know This

Not that it comes as a big shock or anything.  I'm not surprised to learn that the U.S. and Israel were behind the Stuxnet virus, and I don't suppose Iran is, either.  Still, if we hadn't admitted it, they might have had to wonder at least a little bit.  Now, they don't.  That may not be a huge problem, but it's not helpful, either.

Stuxnet Was Work of US and Israeli Experts, Officials Say

I Should Care About This

I don't live in New York, but I buy a 32-ounce diet soda pretty much every day.  If this succeeds in New York, it'll spread elsewhere.  Diet soda isn't on the list yet, but it will be eventually.  My fountain soda pop could be in jeopardy here.

Yet, for some reason, I really don't care.  Maybe my give-a-darn's busted today.

One final thought:  if you're at a self-serve place, how are they going to know whether you filled you cup with sugared soda or diet soda?

New York Plans to Ban Sale of Big Sizes of Sugary Drinks