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That was one of the years I lived in Tucson Arizona and went to seven or eight Indian spring training games every year for 13 years and fortunately they never forced Boog to wear that uniform during spring training and I also didn’t have to endure it.

My wife got me that warm-up jacket in 1987 for Christmas and I still have it although – cough cough – it has “shrunk” or somehow it has become a bit tighter on me.

I enjoy any reference to Carl Sandburg so thank you. City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.

I’ve lost 30 to 50 pounds several times in my life and I can attest to the truth of your post.

Well after bragging about my generally excellent health at age 74, three days ago I suffered a visual impairment that implied a possible stroke (which implies a host of bad results) or a detached retina (which implies possible blindness). Four or five times in the last 20 years I’ve stood up really quickly and saw shooting stars and weird images that got burned on my vision - it’s sometimes referred to as a visual migraine or ocular migraine - and it was kind of frightening because if these images stayed there forever it would be awful but they went away after 10 minutes. Monday morning around 2 AM this happened again for the first time in three or four years but part of the image never went away and never will and is burned into my vision in the left eye forever. My doctor tested me for evidence of a stroke of which there was none and sent me to an ophthalmologist which allayed my fears of a detached retina. When I’m looking through my left eye only it covers about 1-12th of the visual area of my left eye. It looks like a childish drawing of a ball of yarn. When I’m looking through both eyes it seems like a mild shimmer at the very bottom of my vision. I know other people to whom this is happened and it doesn’t affect driving or reading and your brain does you the favor of overlooking it as a problem after a while. so the next time I think of bragging about my health I’ll be more circumspect about it.

Sister Wives.

There’s a good article about Verlander’s first throwing session today. He threw 70 pitches and it’s on mlb.com. If anybody here can’t find mlb.com and needs a link I feel sorry for you.

I’ve never been good at athletics in general, and since baseball especially requires an athleticism I sorely lack, I am more or less like Chance the Gardener in Being There. “I like to watch…” which on occasion is something that has its benefits.

I don’t know why I was able to access this thread on my iphone because every other thread I’ve clicked on I got 10 ads in a row which I had to watch in their entirety.

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I guess Petco‘s considered friendly to right handed home run hitters, so Nick might not stink up the place. Otherwise it’s generally considered pitching friendly, I think.

I am glad for him, and I hope he does decently.

Nick has signed a one year deal with the Padres for the $780,000 minimum

Why isn’t anyone talking about the big curling controversy at the Olympics involving Canada and Sweden? This has become a sort of catch all thread.

In November 1963 when I was in the sixth grade, a girl named Candy in my class was called out into the hallway and then was screaming and crying hysterically and it turned out that her little sister had gone to the dentist and had a reaction to the anesthesia and died. Then the next week the principal came on the intercom and announced that JFK had been assassinated and that we all had to go home and all the teachers were crying. It was actually a pretty crappy month.

I communicated by email with Lynn several times and he was a great guy to talk to.

Absolutely. I don’t think these guys have a whole heck of a lot of “free time“ on their hands during the playing season. I think liking an organization and a home ballpark where you play half your games would be a big deal. A really big deal. I think a hitter like Bregman would rather spend a big chunk of his life hitting at Wrigley instead of Comerica. I don’t blame him one bit. I can see how something like that would tip the balance, even if he would enjoy being in an organization where AJ is the manager. A pitcher, on the other hand, might like Comerica more than Wrigley depending upon the nature of his stuff.

In terms of vitamins, no doctor out of all of the doctors I’ve ever met encouraged me to take vitamins. And when people come up with elaborate processes to eliminate “toxins“ I l tune them out. The medical consensus is that the human body is already exceptionally well-equipped to handle detoxification on its own. Your liver, kidneys, lungs, digestive system, and skin work continuously to filter and eliminate waste (alcohol, medications, environmental toxins, and metabolic byproducts) without external help. There is no significant scientific evidence that commercial detox products, teas, or specific diets actually remove "toxins" from the body.

On social media sites frequented by “the unwashed” there are people who in the past have said they hated Verlander because he left in free agency for more money because they get him mixed up with Max. I suppose people like that are expecting 200 innings.

This is really cool thanks for posting. I’m glad how JV said that he was not a “mercenary.”

Justin Verlander revealed he called Scott Harris, Chris Ilitch, and AJ Hinch “as soon as the season ended.” He wanted to return to the Tigers. “I grew up in front of the fans in Detroit. I grew up in Detroit,” he said Thursday. “At first, it didn't seem like there was much room for me. We had some very candid conversations, Scott and I, and unfortunately, there were some things that happened recently where some innings they were planning on — aren't going to be filled, so l think that opened the door. That's not the way you want it to go. Obviously, a lot of young talent here. They've done a great job of bringing guys in. But I'm happy to wear the Old English 'D' again and happy to be here.” — Brad Galli WXYZ

Are there things you do purposefully and consistently that aid in your health? Do you have dietary regimens or rules such as not eating after a certain time at night or avoiding certain foods? Do you eat slowly on purpose so you end up eating less? Does anyone do yoga or meditate or engage in various forms of contemplative surrender? Anybody into a certain regimen of vitamins? Or do you forgo vitamins and just try to eat right? Just trying to get the conversation started.

It was suggested by our long time fellow poster @CMRivdogs that we should have a Health Thread and that’s a good idea so here it is. I don’t have anything in particular to post about right now, but I must be doing something right because I’m 74 years old and tons of people in my age group that I grew up with or have known have already died. Anyway, knock yourselves out. Metaphorically speaking…

I drink one or two 12-16 oz. servings of coffee a day. I grind Ethiopian beans and usually brew a rounded 1/4 cup in a French press. And if it allegedly helps me not have dementia I’m all for it.