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pangaia

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34. I can still remember the smell of the men's room there.. LOL..
Mon Jul 1, 2019, 07:03 PM
Jul 2019

Wow, you've had quite the exciting life...

I was on the road to becoming a percussionist in JRHS/HS and have spent my life doing that.
But, I also played BB in those early years. ..

Little League, Babe Ruth, and American Legion. It was one night in an American Legion game,,when the opposing pitcher was also on my HS team.(I was not on the HS team.) He had just been drafted by the Chicago White Sox. It was the first (and only) time in my life I faced a guy who could throw a 90 MPH fastball--- at 17 years old !

I will never forget. it. The first pitch.. I really could not see it.. much. I knew it was at about chest height. Which meant close to my head...
But I heard it.. wwwwwhhhhhhhrump!
And I felt the breeze.

Scared the living shit out of me! I just let him throw 2 more. And sat down. I refused to bat against him again.

It was at that moment that I realized I was not cut out for baseball !!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided

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So too with Sanders... The good news, though is both would have expedited special elections hlthe2b Jul 2019 #1
Scott Brown might want his old job back riverine Jul 2019 #3
Why would he - TheCowsCameHome Jul 2019 #6
ahhhhhhhhhhh I did not know that. Well that makes me feel better :) Takket Jul 2019 #37
It's not that simple BeyondGeography Jul 2019 #2
Vermont also has a GOP governor Gothmog Jul 2019 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #5
I don't think a Democratic seat is in danger in Massachusetts OKNancy Jul 2019 #7
We thought that once before TheCowsCameHome Jul 2019 #8
Except Warren's an Okie BeyondGeography Jul 2019 #9
Okies are OK! appalachiablue Jul 2019 #11
Mickey Mantle was from Oklahoma. pangaia Jul 2019 #13
LOL - One of my childhood heroes OKNancy Jul 2019 #17
I saw him play numerous times as a kid at the REAL Yankee Stadium. pangaia Jul 2019 #25
As a girl I just loved the Yankees.. and I was living in Norman Oklahoma OKNancy Jul 2019 #27
Shoulda become a baseball player !!! pangaia Jul 2019 #28
No girls baseball in the 50s and 60s OKNancy Jul 2019 #29
I can still remember the smell of the men's room there.. LOL.. pangaia Jul 2019 #34
Many noted folks from OK: Will Rogers, Brat Pitt, Wes Studi, Alfrie Woodard, appalachiablue Jul 2019 #19
My mom met Will Rogers on a flight. She was a stewardess for AA pangaia Jul 2019 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author appalachiablue Jul 2019 #30
You bet! BeyondGeography Jul 2019 #14
#19, many good Okies. EW's roots & upbringing are there, it shaped her. appalachiablue Jul 2019 #21
Well, after that, I'm signing on for the time being. NNadir Jul 2019 #35
She may have been born here but she is no Okie any more than OKNancy Jul 2019 #12
I see you're very open-minded on the subject BeyondGeography Jul 2019 #15
Biden says he's a Scranton guy Turin_C3PO Jul 2019 #18
She isn't a "country girl" that is what annoys me OKNancy Jul 2019 #22
She's a helluva lot closer to country than Yankee BeyondGeography Jul 2019 #24
She only spent the first 16 years of her 70 years [in Oklahoma] bluewater Jul 2019 #20
Hmmm.... Something we need to consider. The senate is CRITICAL!!!!! NT LAS14 Jul 2019 #10
I believe that it will end up working out that way. Skya Rhen Jul 2019 #16
Senatorial vacancies in MA are filled by special election (inside 6 mos iirc). shanny Jul 2019 #23
MA holds a special election. sheshe2 Jul 2019 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jul 2019 #32
over the last few decades our government has become much more *presidential* . Kurt V. Jul 2019 #33
Yikes! nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2019 #36
going to self delete and lock, since this really isn't a problem....... good luck Warren! :) Takket Jul 2019 #38
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