Reducing Stress (page 2)

bonnie38

I try to do something enjoyable everyday, even if it's just for a little while. Two things that are easy for me are reading and playing with my dog (Easy to do and inexpensive)
Bonnie

Today is a stress free day for me. For Mother's day, my son got my wife a dozen long stemmed red roses. He also got tickets to the Cinncinnati Reds game for us and him and his wife. (My wife is a big fan.) The seats are in the second row behind the third base dugout, the best seats we have ever had. Life is good.

crossroads

Larc-Life would be great IF...............
Bench, Perez, Morgan, Concepcion,
Rose, Foster, Geronimo, and Senior
were there, but enjoy JR and have a great time.
All I can see is Fisk pulling that homer into fair
territory. That series ended in six games for me
tied 3 to 3

larc

Crossroads,

Thank you for mentioning the names of the Big Red Machine. I thought of them tonight when I saw the penant type flags showing their proud moments. One great year, later on, was 1990. They were never out of first place all year, and they swept the arragant Oakland A's in the World Series, whose fans were making the sweep gesture during game one. They were right, just had the wrong team in mind.

The only player left from 1990 is Barry Larkin. He is one of the best shorstops ever, but he is getting older and is making more errors than usual this year. However, two weeks ago he got his first grand slam home run. He looked as happy as a ten year old kid getting is first hit.

By the way, even though the Reds lost and there was a light rain during most of the game, I had a good time. I brought my camera, since we were so close to the field and I think I got some good shots.

My wife, known here as Zazu, had a good time too. My son got the tickets from the internet at a discount price, and my wife and I are going to check out his source for future games.

larc

Sorry folks,

I didn't mean to turn the stress reduction thread into a baseball thread.

Introspection

Seven, I'm still waiting for those pictures of your paintings. You're not one of those shy artist types are you? You know someone artistically challenged such as myself really couldn't even begin to criticize your work, and considering Larc's repeated praises I'm sure I will like them too.

Seven

Intro, You've got mail.

Keeping an open mind is virtue-but not so open that your brains fall out.-James Oberg

Seven

Larc,

I didn't mean to turn the stress reduction thread into a baseball thread.

Too late Larc! Something that causes me great stress is both Bill Mazeroski and Pete Rose absence from the hall of fame. If Bill had been a Yankee or Dodger he'd have been there. Pete should be there. They can shove the induction up their keisters after they're dead-do it now!

William Stanley Mazeroski

"Maz"

Future Hall of Fame Member

Born: September 5, 1936

Second Baseman

Threw and Batted Right-Handed

"The exclusion of Mazeroski from Cooperstown is a case of simple discrimination against defensive skills." --- George Will.

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG
1956 Pittsburgh 81 255 30 62 8 1 3 14 .243
1957 Pittsburgh 148 526 59 149 27 7 8 54 .283
1958 Pittsburgh 152 567 69 156 24 6 19 68 .275
1959 Pittsburgh 135 493 50 119 15 6 7 59 .241
1960 Pittsburgh 151 538 58 147 21 5 11 64 .273
1961 Pittsburgh 152 558 71 148 21 2 13 59 .265
1962 Pittsburgh 159 572 55 155 24 9 14 81 .271
1963 Pittsburgh 142 534 43 131 22 3 8 52 .245
1964 Pittsburgh 162 601 66 161 22 8 10 64 .268
1965 Pittsburgh 130 494 52 134 17 1 6 54 .271
1966 Pittsburgh 162 621 56 163 22 7 16 82 .262
1967 Pittsburgh 163 639 62 167 25 3 9 77 .261
1968 Pittsburgh 143 506 36 127 18 2 3 42 .251
1969 Pittsburgh 67 227 13 52 7 1 3 25 .229
1970 Pittsburgh 112 367 29 84 14 0 7 39 .229
1971 Pittsburgh 70 193 17 49 3 1 1 16 .254
1972 Pittsburgh 34 64 3 12 4 0 0 3 .188
M.L. Totals 2,163 7,755 769 2,016 294 62 138 853 .260

"No one appreciates Bill Mazeroski more than I do. With the art of fielding under appreciated, I can say no one did it any better. He set the standard.
--- HOF'er Brooks Robinson

Holds Major League record for career double plays by a second baseman with 1,706

Led League in assists 9 times

Led League in double plays 8 times

Won 8 Golden Gloves

Named to 7 All-Star games

Hit game-winning homerun in bottom of the ninth of game 7, 1960 World Series

Considered, by many, the greatest defensive infielder of all-time

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"As an 8-year-old Yankee fan in 1960, I literally wept when Bill Mazeroski's home run cleared the ivy-covered wall of Forbes Field. 35 years later, I believe I have come to terms with it, and can see Bill Mazeroski for what he really was: one of baseball's all-time great second basemen."
- Bob Costas, NBC Sports

"Mazeroski's defensive statistics are probably the best of any player in baseball history, at any position. Intuitively, that seems like a Hall of Famer." --- Bill James

Keeping an open mind is virtue-but not so open that your brains fall out.-James Oberg

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