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Benvenuto!
It’s finally springtime and I give global
warming a B for a “not so bad” winter. The
April showers and warming temperatures that
bring May flowers melted what little snow was
left and the grass has turned from its grainy
and ivory/brown color to what I choose to call
a spectacular Irish green. That means weed
and grass cutting time, but that beats cold
temperatures and shoveling snow.
Springtime also means gardening and I have
to decide what seeds and vegetable plants will
dominate my home garden. Naturally I do my
tomatoes (Beefsteak, Roma and San Marzano),
some Kentucky Wonder green beans, my tasty
summer/fall Swiss Chard with ivory-like stalks,
some Black Magic Zucchini, and a couple of
those Sicilian zucchini (the kind where the vines climb up nearby trees and are long enough
to hide the dangling baseball bat).
But springtime is more than cutting grass, raising gardens and chasing off deer, it’s
also a time to take in the joys of major league baseball. I go as far back as League Park
when Hal Trosky (#7) used to hit line drives over the right field fence onto Lexington Ave.
If anyone retrieved the ball those days, they got a free ticket to a game, just like we got
for perfect school attendance. In the passing years, switching over to what was the mostly
empty lakefront Municipal Stadium, I cheered on Tribe greats like Rapid Robert Feller,
Bob Lemon, Mike Garcia, and Early Wynn. No one counted their pitches up to 100 and
brought in relievers, Mossi or Narleski. They pitched against real superstars who, if they
were playing today, the owners wouldn’t have enough money to pay them. In today’s dollars,
I wonder what the paychecks would be for the likes of “Jolting Joe” DiMaggio of the New
York Yankees, “Splendid Splinter” Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, “Hammering”
Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers, Stan “The Man” Musial of the St. Louis Cards, and,
of course, Tribe Hall of Famer Bob Feller.
Springtime is the perfect time to start with an entirely fresh outlook on life. Be thankful
to take in the fresh air, warmer temperatures, weeding and cutting the grass, and recalling
memories and enjoying a ballgame. See! It’s great to be alive even if it’s the bottom of the
seventh of our lifetime!
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