So, I scraped off the growth from the plastic and lightly sanded the surface smooth.
I couldn't put that rag back on the new post with the new box. The black lettering announcing, ' Gazette' had long faded away. It was completely covered in moss and lichens. My problem was my 30-year-old-plus Gazette paper box. No problems installing the new post, the new mailbox, and pouring the Sakrete into the hole. It has been looking really rough for some time now and my wife said 'It's time.' "Last Monday, I decided it was time to replace my old run-down 40-year-old mailbox. Retired educator and longtime faithful reader of The Gazette, Terry Ratchford, sent me this story last week and I thought it worth sharing with all faithful Gazette readers. Sunday night's game ended at 12:15 Monday morning.Īnd, to add insult to injury, the Braves lost. The result of all this unadulterated malarkey? Hank Aaron was the best hitter of all time. He stayed in the box and tapped his bat on home plate once between pitches. Let the record show that Hank Aaron never wore batting gloves. And the batter is just as likely to have gone AWOL, taking a walk of his own, and endlessly adjusting those batting gloves which somehow get loose after every pitch. I had no idea pitchers are paid by the hour.īut, of course, they only throw if a batter is standing in the box. Then and only then do they throw another pitch. They pull off their hats and they stare into them like they're reading a crystal ball. What in tarnation happened to the pitch clock? Throw to the plate in 20 seconds or a ball will be called? I know the era of the complete game is vanished, but can these million-dollar arms not hold up for at least five or six innings?Īnd about those pitchers. Second, 10 pitchers were used in the contest, meaning one long delay after another as various hurlers trotted in from the bullpen, warmed up, and had lengthy conversations with the catchers. and is over by 10 despite the hoopla, the extra commercials, and the extended halftime show. Lord knows, the FOX network could not possibly have done some creative scheduling to make for an earlier start time, even though the Super Bowl always kicks off at 6:30 p.m. On a night when most folks who have the bad luck to reside on the East Coast had to be up early the next morning. Sunday night's World Series Game Six proved to be the ultimate example of why Major League Baseball is hemorrhaging fans and why even die-hards like myself are finding it difficult to survive even a nine-inning game.įirst, the opening pitch was thrown about 8:15 p.m.
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