The Right Side of History

 Laking about the LIV, Rory McIlroy said it without being explicit that he is on the  "right side of history." Let me explain how I interpreted his words. The LIV is not about a competitive tour. The ABA had every right to form a new league competing with the NBA, so did World football have the same right to compete with the NFL. We live in a free market economic systerm. The problem with the LIV is it is sponsored by killers and misogynists. So, Rory, even if you don't want to come right out and say it, you ARE on the right side of history. 

The PGA has suspended the golfers who are playing in the LIV.  I'll be sorry not to see Dustin Johnson, little Kevin Na, DeChambeau and his strange mechanics, but they are not on the WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY. I'm reasonably certain that the Old White Men who cntrol the PGA are not suspending these golfers because they are playing in a league that is supported by killers and misogynists, but I could be wrong, being an old white male myself, I should cut others of my ilk some slack. 

So, in the world of golf, it seems that greed has, for the time beomg. won over moral and ethical behavior. It is a lesson that is a legacy of four years of Donald Trump's opening his can of greedy worms. It is a legacy we should all regret. But then, I don't have a lot of gambling debts the way Lefty has. 

Sacramento Kings' fans should cry out in a loud voice, "Not Jaden Ivey!" The Kings need long, tall and athletic wings, they already have speed and handles.

Warriors get on the boards! Shameful what the Celtics did to you on the glass.

I don't blog much about baseball, so here's a fine small poem about America's pastime by Robert Hamblin. 

A HERO FOR ALL SEASONS

I remember Eddie Yost

who raised the base on balls
to the level of art.

Who took batting practice
to practice not to hit.

Who once fouled off nineteen
third strikes to earn a walk.

Who persuaded kids too small
for football and too short
for basketball
that littil'uns could aso be big'uns.