A quick run through the headlines:
- USC connection brings 707 jobs to Midlands (bradwarthen.com) — Interestingly, others are pushing the idea that this deal happened because of a cozy relationship the Nikki Haley had with Nephron. Hey, that would mean this is one bit of good ecodevo news that our gov could claim credit for…
- Gaddafi’s son makes contact with ICC about surrender (The Guardian) — Oddly, the BBC tells it the other way — that the ICC contacted him (Prosecutors contact Gaddafi son). Wait. This may be a British idiom thing. Like the way they say “meet” when they mean “meet with,” and not just when you meet someone for the first time. Because their lede says “in contact with.” Hey, you people invented the bloody language, make up your minds! Whatever. It’s a good story.
- Britain to end rule of male succession (L.A. Times) — Thought I’d give you an American perspective on this.
- Syria Uses Gear From U.S. Firm To Block Web (WSJ) — C’mon, U.S. companies. If you’re gonna pick sides, how about going with the good guys? Why, I’ve got me half a mind to make me a sign and go protest ya, and that takes some doing with me.
- World Series set for epic decider (BBC) — I just liked the fact that the Brits covered this. I’ll be watching, and cheering for St. Louis. You?
- Justice Dept.: $16 muffin wasn’t $16 (WashPost) — Oh well — there goes one favorite story of folks who think government never does anything right. There are others, of course. I see the White House is looking into another one that has put egg on its face. Or its doorstep. Something you find on a white house, in any case. My house got egged once, and they went for the garage doors. But I’m digressing again…
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Since I’m from Texas, I won’t be rooting for St. Louis. And my father-in-law and son are Cubs fans, so the deal is done.
And being a Red Raider and half of a Cubs fan, I am doomed my life-long to nearly always root for the under-dog, which again seals my fate.
I have to stick with the Cards. I was a fan of the Cardinals in 1968, when they lost to the Tigers. I couldn’t stand that Denny McLain.
The next spring, I attended a Cards-Tigers matchup at the training ballpark in St. Pete. Spent the whole game trying to get autographs from Cardinals.
Near the start, Tim McCarver was coming out of the locker, with fans behind chain link on both sides. The catcher stopped to give some autographs to kids on the other side, while my nose was about six inches from the letters across his back. Then he moved on without having turned around.
Later that day, after the game, my little brother and I were trying to catch players coming out of the locker room. There was a lanky young guy in street clothes standing around, and we were sure he was a player. My brother went up and asked him for his signature. He saw, “Aw you don’t want mine. I’m not anybody you want.” But we insisted, and he signed.
We walked away, looked at the program and said to each other, “He was right. Never heard of him.” He had written, “Steve Carlton.”
Years later, I was dating the girl who would be my wife. She had taken it upon herself to organize family photos in an album. I was rooting around in the box and she was telling me about the people I saw there, when I came across something that didn’t seem to belong. It was a small publicity photo of Tim McCarver. I pointed out that something extraneous had gotten into the box.
No, she said. That was her cousin Tim. I was blown away…
The $16 muffin story was debunked several weeks ago. Not sure why it’s taken so long to hit the MSM.
I almost, but not quite, put this on the front: Palmetto Health breaks ground for new northwest hospital.