Posted on 12/27/2005 1:28:32 PM PST by indcons
No, no one was using speed, you say.
Between College, International Games, Winterball and Yankees organization I never was offered speed. I never heard of anyone taking speed. I'm telling you from FIRST-HAND knowledge. On a lighter note, do you golf? I'm planning a trip to Fla. next month with some former players, most of which you'd know. If you are in Fla. let me know I'd like to play a round with you. We can share our sides.
I love golf, but never get to play. I own and operate a small perennial propagation nursery and work 100+ hour weeks, so golf never gets to be played. Bummer. But I watch mostly all the tourneys on my trusty little black and white tv as I work on the weekends.
My favorite golfer is Jim Furyk with his "homemade" swing. Taught by his father, his swing has colorfully been described as "an octopus falling out of a tree" and "a one-man game of Twister". But the funniest (imo) description is from David Feherty who once told 'Golfweek' writer Jeff Rude, ''Jim's swing looks like a one-armed man trying to kill a snake in a phone booth.'' I also always liked David Duval and wish he'd get things straightened out. Strangely both my favorite golfers have a condition xalled, positional vertigo, a condition you do not have to go up a tall building to suffer. Furyk was diagnosed with it in 2002.
Anyhow, have fun in Florida playing with the guys. I'm very jealous. ;-)
By the way, the LPGA is very entertaining to watch these days too. Paula Creamer is great. Morgan Pressie, Cristie Kerr and a few more girls are going to be great too. Of course there is Michelle Wie --- what a swing.
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Four golfers who like to gamble a little wind up in the same foursome. The pot builds throughout the day until they reach the 18th green, where Charlie has a chance to putt for dough. If he makes his 10-foot putt, he wins $200.
Charlie lines up his putt, but just as he's about to take his stance, a funeral procession begins passing by on the road that runs alongside the 18th hole.
Charlie steps away from his ball, sets down his putter, takes off his hat and places it over his heart, and waits for the funeral procession to completely pass. Once all the cars in the funeral procession have passed, Charlie picks up his putter and begins lining up the putt again.
"Wow," one of his opponents says. "That was the most touching thing I have ever seen. You've got a makeable putt for $200, yet you stopped and paid your respects.
You really are something."
"Well," Charlie says, "we were married for 25 years."
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James and his friend Tom were playing a round of golf with their wives early on a Sunday. It was a four ball, better ball format with a little bit of cash on the line.
James stood on the 10th tee having hooked his previous three tee shots, and to no one's surprise he hooked his drive again. When he found his ball, it was right up against one of the greenskeeper’s buildings. His wife advised him to hit the shot through a narrow gap between the side of the greenskeeper’s building and some branches.
"I can't do that," James said. "Look how narrow that gap is!" But his wife was persistent in urging him on, and she persuaded James to attempt the risky shot.
So James took a mighty swing and struck the ball ... and the ball caromed off a tree branch, richocheted off the building and hit his wife in the head, knocking her stone cold.
A week after the funeral, James and another friend, Ashley, were having a round. James teed up the ball on No. 10 and hit the exact shot he had hit a week before. He found his ball in the same spot, and once again his partner advised him to hit through the gap.
"No way," James said. "I can't hit that shot."
"Why not?" Ashley asked him.
"Well," James replied, "you know what happened last time."
"No, I don't," said Ashley. "What happened?"
"Well, last time I tried that shot," James said, "I made a double bogey!"
LOL!!!
"Wow," one of his opponents says. "That was the most touching thing I have ever seen. You've got a makeable putt for $200, yet you stopped and paid your respects.
You really are something."
"Well," Charlie says, "we were married for 25 years."
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That one killed me the first time I heard it.
;-)
By the way, when you play down there in Florida, is there some special drop rule if your ball ends up a little too close to one of those wily alligators?
God, there is a heaven.
If you run into Rick Rhoden tell him he reminds you of Charles Grodin (movies) ........ I think he'll laugh.
Rick hurt his leg as a kid on a sliding board (I think it was), so he played baseball with a slight limp. In the same way that Calvin Peete's injury to his arm seemed to make him a very accurate driver, I can't help but think Rick's problem somehow made him a better pro athlete.
Anyhow, have a good time............. you dog!
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I had to find out ..... here's a little about how Rick was injured as a child.
Toledo, Ohio – There was a time when Rick Rhoden writhed in agony, wondering if the pain would ever subside.
It wasn’t 1979 when Rhoden, a Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher six years into his major league baseball career, coiled from the needle-like sting that ultimately led to major surgery on his breadwinning right throwing shoulder.
No, nothing compared to this, the moment that scarred his brain the way a cattle rancher brands livestock.
Rhoden was 8 years old, playing in the yard the way most adolescents do on a yawning summer day, innocence and valor giving way to the vagaries of youth. He had set up one of those flat lawn-embracing slides, the kind that requires a hose, water and gumption for fun. Rhoden built up speed before diving onto the slick plastic, allowing physics to take over.
Seconds later, the fun would be over and Rhoden would begin his sojourn against life’s odds.
"I remember it vividly," said the 50-year-old Rhoden on Monday after finishing a practice round in preparation for the U.S. Senior Open.
At the end of the slide was a pair of misplaced scissors – rusty to boot. Rhoden, twirling uncontrollably, felt a blade cut through the flesh of his right knee just as the ride ended.
Soon after, a germ developed. That germ, despite the tetanus shots, became osteomyelitis. The osteomyelitis led to exploratory surgery where part of the right knee was removed. Rhoden wore a brace on the leg until he was 12. It took two more years until he could play organized sports.
"The reason why I pitched was because I couldn’t run," said Rhoden, who walks with a gait that tends to favor the left side. "I played other positions, but I knew early on that if I was going to do anything, it had to be as a pitcher."
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I've always liked Rick.
Interesting...when he was with the Dodgers, the "word" (IIRC) was that he'd been born with a Clubfoot.
I saw him in Pittsburgh as I was a Pirate fan. I always liked his grit and competitiveness. He never gave in to a hitter.
LOL, Isn't he on the celeb. golf tour? If my memory is right..I believe he is a good golfer.
Pirate Fan? I went to a couple games in Pittsburgh this year, GREAT STADIUM! They closed the bridge to traffic so people could walk to the park. My Father lives in Pittsburgh.
Hit 'em straight.
;-)
The last time I went (three years ago) to a game I had a seat right on the aisle, about 35 rows back behind the Pirate dugout. I used to like that kind of "on the aisle" seat because you had a better shot at getting up and grabbing a foul ball. But this last time I hated it. I swear that every half inning there had to be at least 50 people going to and from their seats, and the aisle was between me and home plate. Boy, was I pissed! I was constantly looking around these people walking up and down the aisle It was a miserable time. I haven't been back since.
In what part of the 'Burgh does your father live, may I ask?
LOL!
Reardon had a LOSING major league career record of 73-77!
Oh hell, put him in the Hall of Fame. Everybody to wear spikes pratically is put in the Hall of Mediocrity Fame. His high number of saves was due to his number of innings pitched which is due to the lack of quality pitchers available.
I believe Mount Washington. City is divided up into burroughs, but I believe Mt. Washington.
I have a feeling all $9 million got snorted up his nose.
Yeah, I caught that - I just don't see that it makes much difference. But on the other hand, I'm not a real baseball purist either.
Golfer A: Hey, I heard Seamus McCarthy beat his wife to death with an 8-iron.
Golfer B: Really? How many strokes?
Nolan Ryan, during his third no- hitter, offered up eight walks. In many ways the wildness keeps the batters real "loose" at the plate, especially when someone is throwing wild heat like Nolan Ryan.
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