Pledge to Amreican Public

Jon, there IS "a win-win in there"
there IS NOT a "but after watching the league be on the losing side all pre-season, I just want a win."

The two are contradictory, and mutually exclusive.

Stay with your (A) approach, Let (B) go.

Not that it will remedy the situation, but do the following proverbials help ?

- "Jon, your sitation's normal"
- "Bear's been there, done that"
- "I can only 'gloat'.... to my bride"

(Note that Wayne Gretsky just used that one)

Now on a more relevant playing field.
I find from time to time, a desire to
pick up the acorns I seek from your
'words of wisdom' also.

Among many of the 'self psycho-cerbenetics'
I keep around include:

a. Every one has one.
b. 1/3 will 'like' you, the trick is
to keep the 1/3 that don't know you
away from the 1/3 that 'don't' like you.
c. Pledge to the .....American Public

Also remember that even in baseball, most if not all baseball Scouts take an oath of 'loyalty' within their signed contracts (& similar to the decrees of the 4-H Club, Boy Scouts, Legions) and it reads:

"The SCOUT shall faithfully serve,
and hereby agrees that during this term,
he shall not act for any other professional
baseball club, and further pledges himself
to the American Public to conform to
high standards of personal conduct of
fair play and good sportsmanship."

Non withstanding myself, I am not
one to take it sitting down when
the waters get rising, and the snakes are all around the boat.

Leo Durocher used to preach two similar tones:
The first: "don't trust anybody....in
baseball",
The second: 'when your opponent in baseball is down, crush him and don't let him even get up'.

Yet as the realism of both may be applicable, and as distressing as Leo's gospel may be, these words appear 'living' with some relevance in today's amateur league of play.

Go Figure.

what hath we create today !

Bear