tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post8112043064315123321..comments2023-06-17T08:53:42.643-04:00Comments on ShysterBall: The RaceCraig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-61543769686474077842008-05-06T12:40:00.000-04:002008-05-06T12:40:00.000-04:00Tad...no, no, don't get me wrong. I was all worke...Tad...no, no, don't get me wrong. I was all worked up because you were going after our boy Craig for political leanings, implying that it has some bearing on personal relationships. You cleared it up in your follow up. Mea culpa for getting all excited before I had all the facts (something I decry in others...-sigh-I'm getting old).<BR/><BR/>By the way, I agree that political discussions are anything but relaxing...they sure can get the brain firing on all cylinders, though (depending on the forum, and, of course, the participants)!<BR/><BR/>Now, the politics IN baseball, on the other hand...Osmodioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629875493204286891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-6967883725303396542008-05-06T11:42:00.000-04:002008-05-06T11:42:00.000-04:00Thanks, guys. I'll drop a pol's name once in a wh...Thanks, guys. I'll drop a pol's name once in a while -- and I'm not going to issue silly bans against political talk because it is part of life -- but this is really where I like to hang out to relax.<BR/><BR/>Amazingly, after more than a year, I've never had anyone go nutso on politics, even when I talk about race or whatever. I think it's a testament to a bright readership.Craig Calcaterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-48766726556543343952008-05-06T11:40:00.000-04:002008-05-06T11:40:00.000-04:00Osmod,Sorry 'bout that. It's easy for me to get w...Osmod,<BR/><BR/>Sorry 'bout that. It's easy for me to get worked-up about government and poly-sci, too. There's plenty of time and space available for political "discussions", but I can't see making that leap in this forum. For me, this is all about fun and good baseball dialogue in a relatively low-stress environment. Political discussions, while fun in their own right, tend to wear me out as they are anything but relaxing.tadthebadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850610376839190688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-36296653655324569042008-05-06T11:26:00.000-04:002008-05-06T11:26:00.000-04:00Way to go, Tad...get me all worked up and fighting...Way to go, Tad...get me all worked up and fighting mad and then it turns out to be sarcasm. <BR/><BR/>-sigh- It's darned unfortunate that 'saying it with a twinkle in the eye' just doesn't come across on the 'net.Osmodioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629875493204286891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-17036971004112629162008-05-06T09:30:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:30:00.000-04:00No worries, Craig. I don't happen to support Obam...No worries, Craig. I don't happen to support Obama, but I'd never consider political preference a basis for dissolving a friendship. Or in this case, for abandoning my posts.tadthebadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850610376839190688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-1985526266157653362008-05-06T09:24:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:24:00.000-04:00Sorry Tad. If it helps, I'll tell you that I'm no...Sorry Tad. If it helps, I'll tell you that I'm not the cheerleader type when it comes to political candidates of any stripe, party, or persuasion and I have probably voted for more R's in my lifetime than your average D could ever admit to. Call me a skeptical, flaming moderate.<BR/><BR/>Pete: good point, but making it in the body of the post would have, like, totally killed the chance to make jokes, and we simply can't have that. ;-)Craig Calcaterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-89847439841074507042008-05-06T08:31:00.000-04:002008-05-06T08:31:00.000-04:00I'm not sure about the "only" in "on only four occ...I'm not sure about the "only" in "on only four occasions". Four out of 25 seems quite a lot to me, considering there are fifty states plus Canada...<BR/>Moving only a little beyond state boundaries, you could add 2004, when America re-elected a president born in Red Sox Nation.Pete Ridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07833599375915749408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-53306110884664543802008-05-06T08:22:00.000-04:002008-05-06T08:22:00.000-04:00Obama is your guy? Shyster, I was really starting...Obama is your guy? Shyster, I was really starting to like you.tadthebadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850610376839190688noreply@blogger.com