I recently commented on the Big Eight semi-pro baseball league and how popular and significant the games were to the towns thant fielded a team. Homer Oilers, playing three times a week, would draw more fans than the Shreveport Sports, the professional team.
The highlight for not only Homer but the entire league was the night Paul Dean, Jr. pitched. Paul was the son of Paul (nicknamed Daffy) and nephew of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean,,both star major league pitchers. Dizzy was the best known announcer of baseball games on radio, later television.
I knew Paul, Jr. quite well. He was a well behaved, quiet boy who never boasted about his relationship to his dad or uncle. I don't remember why he came to Homer but if I had to bet he attended one of the colleges in Conway, Ark. Anyway, it came time for him to pitch. The game, which was against Farmerville, was highly promoted. Then Mother Nature took a hand. It began to rain and rain hard for hours. Could the game be re-scheduled? No, volunteers worked to drain the outfield. Someone donated many gallons of gasoline and all the bare areas of the infield were burned to dry them. Fresh dirt replaced the mud at the ptichers mound and the batters box. The game was on and the stands and along the foul lines were packed. Well, he pitched a two-hit shutout.
Dizzy was jubilant and proud. Paul, Jr. and Paul Thomas, representing the ball club, were guests for the national broadcast of a major league team.
I tried to find out what became of Paul. He pitched baseball, I know that. I remember a photograph of he, his father and uncle, with their hands being compared. Paul, Jr. not only had a large hand but the middle finger of his right hand was very large, which was thought to help his pitching. He was announced as a speaker at an athletic club meeting in Conway this year so he may live there.
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Folks, it's not going to work that way; cuts in spending have to come from the places that get the funds, and that can include social security, medicare, medicaid, welfare and maybe food stamps and unemployment insurance. (Also, no more handouts called stimulus.)
This country is spending much more than it takes in. Everyone agrees that we need more jobs and an improved economy which, no doubt, would bring more money into the treasury. Jobs must come from the private sector, from companies willing to take risks. The president and Congress seem bent on passing bills that discourage industrial expansion and the creation of jobs. Punitive taxation and regulations are just opposite the policy we need to get the economy going. An example is the president's stated goal to eliminate the development and use of our fossil fuels. This is beyond stupid and smells of the president's hatred of ce
The highlight for not only Homer but the entire league was the night Paul Dean, Jr. pitched. Paul was the son of Paul (nicknamed Daffy) and nephew of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean,,both star major league pitchers. Dizzy was the best known announcer of baseball games on radio, later television.
I knew Paul, Jr. quite well. He was a well behaved, quiet boy who never boasted about his relationship to his dad or uncle. I don't remember why he came to Homer but if I had to bet he attended one of the colleges in Conway, Ark. Anyway, it came time for him to pitch. The game, which was against Farmerville, was highly promoted. Then Mother Nature took a hand. It began to rain and rain hard for hours. Could the game be re-scheduled? No, volunteers worked to drain the outfield. Someone donated many gallons of gasoline and all the bare areas of the infield were burned to dry them. Fresh dirt replaced the mud at the ptichers mound and the batters box. The game was on and the stands and along the foul lines were packed. Well, he pitched a two-hit shutout.
Dizzy was jubilant and proud. Paul, Jr. and Paul Thomas, representing the ball club, were guests for the national broadcast of a major league team.
I tried to find out what became of Paul. He pitched baseball, I know that. I remember a photograph of he, his father and uncle, with their hands being compared. Paul, Jr. not only had a large hand but the middle finger of his right hand was very large, which was thought to help his pitching. He was announced as a speaker at an athletic club meeting in Conway this year so he may live there.
.
Folks, it's not going to work that way; cuts in spending have to come from the places that get the funds, and that can include social security, medicare, medicaid, welfare and maybe food stamps and unemployment insurance. (Also, no more handouts called stimulus.)
This country is spending much more than it takes in. Everyone agrees that we need more jobs and an improved economy which, no doubt, would bring more money into the treasury. Jobs must come from the private sector, from companies willing to take risks. The president and Congress seem bent on passing bills that discourage industrial expansion and the creation of jobs. Punitive taxation and regulations are just opposite the policy we need to get the economy going. An example is the president's stated goal to eliminate the development and use of our fossil fuels. This is beyond stupid and smells of the president's hatred of ce
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