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I recall listening to John Sterling covering the Nets basketball team...waaaaayyyy back.

Waaaay back, in a very early episode (disc 1, episode 1) , we saw mom, Beth, and KC(?) riding horses somewhere out back. The date was March 30, 1997, a sunny day. Beth was struggling with her horse, unable to keep it calm and docile. Mom was aggravated (which, as pointed out above, seemed to be the constant friction between Mom and Beth). In this case, Mom was annoyed with Beth's inability to keep the horse calm. Young KC decides to annoy Beth by bumping her horse, which gets cranky...and chaos ensues. Mom is knocked off her horse and hits her head. Ouch. Mom sends Beth to get help. Beth finds her Dad, but cannot quickly point to where her Mom is. It is dark when they finally find her. But too late. Clearly, Beth carries this episode for the rest of her life.

Mom vs young Beth: Why? What did Beth do to deserve being treated with hostility? Yes, Beth was having difficulty managing her horse. But Mom's annoyance was inappropriate. And, unfortunately, fatal. Jamie's decision to not tell Beth about the hysterectomy requirement. Clearly a little gap in the script. Oh well...

The Rip role is occasionally nasty. Yes, he responded to the two annoyingly dressed folks who wanted to take his picture with a nasty comment. Even worse was the death match he ordered for Lloyd and Walker. And for some reason, Taylor Sheridan insists on being the know-it-all who insults Jimmy every chance he gets. But, I guess this is what life on a real ranch is supposed to be. Did I notice that John Dutton insisted that Beth was wrong and no one had figured out how to make a profit in the cattle business. eh?

Tim's Used Books...a small house near the center of town, absolutely packed to the doorknobs with books in multiple genres.

Remember how the Russian judge always scored American gymnasts differently than the other judges? Of course, it was pure bias. That's what I thought immediately after the debate concluded. I checked out MS-NBC and Fox. I discovered that the debate I saw, was not the same one MS-NBC and Fox saw. Curious.

The whole series certainly had its ups and downs (no pun intended). But that last episode...that was classic.

The Olympic team coach actually sat Tatum for an entire game? Really? Is Kerr deliberately trying to insult one of the top 5 players in the game? Geez...I used to respect Kerr. That Mickey Mouse move is really inappropriate. 🤪

Aggh...Just tried to finish Less, by Andrew Sean Greer. Book won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and is listed as a National Bestseller. There was a premise here that should have kept me interested. But, alas, it just did not make me want to finish. Sigh.

Yes, Derrick White replaces Kashi. I am a Derrick fan...he plays fast, tough, and team-wise. But...ominous music...NOT Jaylen Brown. I understand the defensive prowess of White. But, they skip over Brown? Oh boy. 🤔

OK...here's another question: I watch games on TV. The TV shows a little box which is supposed to define the strike zone. The left and rights sides appear to be accurate. But the top line seems to be drawn low. I thought the strike zone was from the knees up to the letters. But the top line seems to be quite a bit lower than the letters. Is this just the camera angle, or is the strike zone really that small? ⚾

Hi all...what happened to the "Moneyball" approach (as in the Brad Pitt movie)? In the movie, Oakland was pursuing a radical approach of using cold statistics to identify players who could add up to a winning team.

Good point...but consider: the line of succession - first is the VP, followed by the Speaker of the House. Now, just consider that for a moment. 😬

These LONG-term payment schedules are interesting. My question is how many years the Angels will pay Ohtani?

Back from the Dead, Bill Walton's autobiography. Bill led a full life: athlete, student, social contributor, and more. He certainly enjoyed life: family, friends, top 50 basketball player, Grateful Dead fan, long-range cyclist. . But, alas, he paid a mighty price with physical challenges.