Since no two persons are alike, there must be a unique place for you in the scheme of things. The Divine Pattern would be imperfect without you. Dare to be yourself. --Ernest Holmes
It nearly killed me when the Cubs traded Anthony Rizzo to the Yankees. It was bad enough that the Cubs traded him, but to the YANKEES!!!?!?! How dare they do that!! Double YUCK!
Well, Rizz is back. The Yankees decided not to keep him, so he retired and is now back with the Cubs organization as an "Ambassador." He got a tremendous amount of love from the Cubs fans this past weekend. And, this is incredible--he had a home-run hit directly to him in the bleachers by a Cubs player, he did not sacrifice his beer to catch it, and when he missed it, we saw him mouth, "That's why I retired!!"
What got to me the most is during an interview with J.D. and Boog, he said, "I never forgot that in each game we played here, there was someone here at Wrigley for the first time." I'm tearing up as I write this, and I think I have probably cried at least a little every time I've been to Wrigley. It is magical! Of course, living hundreds of miles away, I never know if the last time I was there really is the last time. As my life lengthens, my window of opportunity shortens.
One of the things I have especially enjoyed over the years is how mighty fine the baseball uniform accentuates the male derriere 😉😉 I surely did enjoy the scene below, captured from the screen of my Chromebook.
Baseball IS life.
Leta
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