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Was an awesome time for baseball in Birmingham. Saw Reggie hit a grand slam OVER the right center field light tower….great stuff!

Memory is fuzzy, but I seem to recall there are “state of Alabama” stipulations that limit scholarships in baseball…I’m a bit aged, so I might be making that up…..Regardless, is seems Auburn baseball is always swimming upstream. Also seems baseball gets the leftovers on NIL money. That is a crappy game but the need to ante up is real…for now.

“Auburn didn’t hire him” is the key line. There were plenty of indications in Bruce’s career he was a good coach and…….Tennessee hired him. Other than Sonny and Cliff, Auburn’s hires have been uninspiring…until Bruce. I’d tend to trust his judgment over what we have seen from the usual hiring process.

Ummmm….ok…his play is at times much too aggressive and has created circumstances more difficult than they might have been….like now leaving his team sort a player. Better?

It is important because documents were moved from the site of an investigation, Mar-a-Lago, to New Jersey. An intentional effort to hide them and mislead investigators.

There seems to be a bit of hypocrisy here. Both Biden and Trump took classified documents that should not be in their possession. From the televised photos it did not appear that Biden took crates upon crates of documents as Trump did. Nor, while an investigation is progressing, did Biden load and fly many of these crates to another location as did Trump…per a former Mar-a-Lago employee. Biden made money from a book. Trump businesses profited the entire time he was in the White House. Neither should have taken documents. An analogy of this would be you stole a dollar…I stole $100,000….you cooperated with authorities and I didn’t…in fact I did everything possible to cover my tracks. Which of us should be prosecuted?

Often overlooked that Biden overcame a childhood stutter. Much like our own Bo Jackson, he will never be a great orator, but by God, he got the points across! As for the border….both parties have made a political football of this. Money must be spent to reduce the chaos. The United States has very low unemployment and needs workers. When was the last time you saw a fair haired white boy re-roofing a house? Without immigrants we’d be sitting around with pots and pans in the floor collecting water! Redraw the lines to qualify as an immigrant to the U.S. Build mega processing centers to speed people through, and escort non-qualifiers out…immediately. Takes both sides…..Republicans sat on their hands instead of voting for a bill they helped create.

IMO Saban taught a value system…one to last a lifetime. Learn to do the job properly….execute what you have been taught to the best of your ability. Be a good teammate, and look out for each other. I suppose with NIL, the earth shifted beneath Saban’s feet….along with every other coach. Now it’s about instant gratification….gimme, gimme. Corporate America is all about this quarter’s profit. Politics is no longer about doing the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people. It is all short term, what can you do for me, thinking. Thus far I’ve not donated to On To Victory. I want the best for Auburn, but the current landscape makes me feel I’m wasting money. Buy a player and he doesn’t contribute, and then transfers. I understand Saban’s frustration.

Doug Jones has done far more to promote a better society. Than Tubs has even thought about.

So many memories in this place…saw all of the great A’s players. Saw Reggie hit a game winning Grand Slam OVER the right center field light tower in the bottom of the 9th. Saw Bo hit a line drive home run to left that got outta the park in a second. Great memories….also managed to dodge a liner into the stands behind the dugout…while not spilling any of the two beers and 3 hotdogs I was carrying!

Fish stinks from the head down. Scott is a sharp guy, but the HCA debacle seemed to teach him pandering to political enablers….

Amazing that one party resists investing in resources to capture more from fraudulent filers. I’ve also found it amazing more resources were not bought to fight Medicare fraud. Huge area of abuse….

If it weren’t for the damned UA shoes, this bowl game would be going better….dripping sarcasm…

Willing to sacrifice his body to try and get it going…

Que Don Henley’s “Heart of the Matter”, with the key word FORGIVENESS….long past time to move on…

You should do a pinned post of Bo stories from back in the day. Auburn has had so many great players and characters….but, Bo…once in two or three lifetimes athlete.

While I fully support Israel’s right to defend itself, it is doubtful their military would have its current strength without US funding. I do not know, but wonder what level of accountability is there. BTW…current Republican posturing tying funds for Ukraine and Israel to “border security” is a callous blurring of issues that should be handled separately. Both parties have had ample opportunities to reshape immigration, but cannot formulate a plan or cooperate with each other. Really stupid to embrace funding inaction that reinvigorates Putin as he tries to recreate the Russia of the 1960s and also hamstrings Israel.

I worked in the early days of a now corporate behemoth in healthcare, when it was a smaller, fledgling operation. The HR VP always said that companies who deserve a union generally get a union. The operation I was in probably deserved one. The Medical Director was a behind the scenes tyrant to third shift production people. The company won a unionization effort because the union over promised and developed a credibility issue. Unions are not a panacea, but are still needed because companies are too often run for “shareholder value”, and of course hefty bonuses and stock options for top management. This leads to a short term myopic focus on “this quarter”. Employee morale, safety, and service to the customer can take a hit.

Today’s AJs are way better shoes than versions 1,2, and 3. In that regard, I’m highly skeptical that today’s UA shoes are as bad as the first few editions, or what gets reported here. However, at the end of the day, each one of us has individual needs in a shoe. I get the $$$$ involved with the school branding thing, but the punch line is the kid’s comfort and performance….not what is “cool”. Much as I’d like a bit more style, I wear New Balance, because they work better for me than the swoosh or UA.

Funny how so many “freedom” loving republicans lead the charge on imposing restrictions….

Yet more red states than blue states take more in federal money than they pay….

Obviously a less than stellar coaching job, but the players were the ones on the field sleep walking. Gotta have some pride, suck it up and beat the guy in front of you. A consistent fail today.

He probably thought about it….I’ve heard that counts.

Sadly too much of our government is like Saturday Night Wrestling…all about the show to keep passions inflamed, donations rolling, and nothing accomplished.

Had to be at the top of issues requiring the attention of the House…