Sunday Sunday
Have some reading to do still, so I'll keep this short. Also, watching the great "Ballman" episode of Seinfeld.
The Indians complete the sweep against Baltimore. Way to come through after last week's embaressment. Have to go to Tampa and perform better against the D-Rays then they did last weekend. The hitting has really come around and the pitching has held up. The stretch run will be interesting. With a win tommorow they move into a tie for the wild card lead with Oakland and New York (if the Yankees win). Hafner may be back into the groove he had before he got hit by Buehrle. The B's are starting to hit which is a big help at the bottom of the lineup. They need to get some off days for the top three guys here though, they'll need a couple down the stretch. Young guys tend to run out of gas at the end of the season and we have to avoid that. They also have an interesting offseason coming up.
Timm wants to know if a good, decent man can make a noticable positive impact in the world. The answer is: of course. Many people do. There is, of course, the ideal that teachers, policemen, etc. do it as a matter of course. But I don't think that's quite what we're going for. The argument goes deeper and back onto the previous point: is good ethical behavior rewarded? Yes. If life runs as a long-run game, dirty tricks are punished, not rewarded. The instant news world of today tends to cast people in negative lights, but lots of good, solid, moral individuals are successful in the world, you just don't hear about it. The greater problem is that the dark elements of human nature are what sells. This isn't a particularly sound argument, because it's a difficult point to argue: 98% belief, 2% reason.
Dark thoughts are on my mind. Deep worries within.
Peace
The Indians complete the sweep against Baltimore. Way to come through after last week's embaressment. Have to go to Tampa and perform better against the D-Rays then they did last weekend. The hitting has really come around and the pitching has held up. The stretch run will be interesting. With a win tommorow they move into a tie for the wild card lead with Oakland and New York (if the Yankees win). Hafner may be back into the groove he had before he got hit by Buehrle. The B's are starting to hit which is a big help at the bottom of the lineup. They need to get some off days for the top three guys here though, they'll need a couple down the stretch. Young guys tend to run out of gas at the end of the season and we have to avoid that. They also have an interesting offseason coming up.
Timm wants to know if a good, decent man can make a noticable positive impact in the world. The answer is: of course. Many people do. There is, of course, the ideal that teachers, policemen, etc. do it as a matter of course. But I don't think that's quite what we're going for. The argument goes deeper and back onto the previous point: is good ethical behavior rewarded? Yes. If life runs as a long-run game, dirty tricks are punished, not rewarded. The instant news world of today tends to cast people in negative lights, but lots of good, solid, moral individuals are successful in the world, you just don't hear about it. The greater problem is that the dark elements of human nature are what sells. This isn't a particularly sound argument, because it's a difficult point to argue: 98% belief, 2% reason.
Dark thoughts are on my mind. Deep worries within.
Peace
posted by David Ebersole at 11:03 PM
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