We got winners We got losers

 

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If ya know the song, yes, it's about a bar. It too, kinda speaks to diversity, personalities, socioeconomics, happy, sad, kinda like life...and sports.

Damnit darnit Victor, you talk sports you're gonna run women off. Misogynist much there whoever you are?

We got winners

Jerome Tang, K-State basketball coach. Team started 14-4...they've won one of 12 since. "I see a team that's getting better." WHAT? No cussing? Benching players? Windsprints for all the losses? "When your guys give you an effort that gives you a chance to win.. don't throw the baby out with the bath water...some team is gonna get hot, why not us?

We got losers

Rick Pitino's team, St. John's, started 12-4, they're now 14-12. "This is the most unenjoyable experience of my lifetime. We're unathletic, slow and weak."  Wow, kinda firesya up to run thru a brick wall for him eh? Mebbe after you get out from under the bus.

Chain-smokers and boozers

Long ago, some White Sox players took 'The Babe', yes, that one, out drinking one night before a day game. Goal, get him wasted, non-productive for the next day. Babe drank accordingly, then, next day, demolished the baseball (and the White Sox) then asked, "where we gonna go tonight?"

We got yuppies (Soccer? Golf? Sorry Pup)

We got bikers (LeBron has a Ducati, Shaq has a customized Superman Harley.)

We got thirsty hitchhikers (1904 Olympics, St. Louie, in conjunction with The World's Fair, first ever Olympic Marathon on US soil. Fred Lorz was a bricklayer by trade, had finished in the top 5 of two Boston Marathons.  He led after the first few laps around Francis field, but cramped up ten miles out on the road, hitched a ride back to the Field. Reappeared one mile from finish line (after riding 11 miles in car), crossed finish line, soaked up the cheers...a bit later a spectator said "Huh uh", turned him in, lifetime ban.

And the girls next door dress up like movie stars
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love this bar (Taylor Swift?)

We got cowboys (Dallas)

We got truckers (Tamra Mensah-Stock won $37,500 for winning the Gold medal in Olympic Wrestling in 2021. She used the funds to buy her mom her dream food truck.)

Broken-hearted fools and suckers
And we got hustlers (Lee Trevino was sent to Okinawa as a machine gunner when he was 17. When he got out of the service, he returned to his job at a driving range. He supplemented his income 'hustling suckers', using an adhesive wrapped Dr. Pepper bottle to bet he'd hit the green or sink the putt. "I usually won." "Pressure is when you play for 5 dollars a hole when you have two in your pocket."

We got fighters
Early-birds and all-nighters
And the veterans talk about their battle scars
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love this bar (Ever hear of Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, Warren Spahn, Joe DeMaggio, to name a few?  They all stopped playing Major League Baseball in WWII to serve their country in the Military.)

I love this bar
It's my kind of place
Just walkin' through the front door
Puts a big smile on my face
It ain't too far
Come as you are
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love this bar (Come as you are? MLB teams are not thrilled with their new Nike uni's as the pants are translucent. "Hey, the leadoff hitter is wearin' green boxers!" "Yeah and checkout that fat guy coaching 3rd! Whitey tighties!"

I've seen short skirts (LPGA)

We've got high-techs (The nerds in analytics)

Blue-collared boys and rednecks
And we got lovers
Lots of lookers
I've even seen dancing girls and hookers (A few years back, right here in river city, uh huh, KC.. an inebriated 20-something female splashed about in the series of outfield fountains (a NO NO) at Royal's Stadium. She managed to outwit the cops for awhile much to the cheers of fans. Ultimately cuffed and charged with trespassing and resisting arrest. Oh, and she offered cops a 'favor' on the way back to the station if they dropped the charges. So, solicitation was added to the chargers. Mercy. "Hey Charley, I seen that article on your daughter!" Ouch.

And we like to drink our beer from a mason jar
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love this bar
(Yes I do) Would you believe the St Louis Cardinals (When you say Bud), the Colorado Rickies (Coors, brewed with Rocky Mountain spring water) and the Milwaukee Brewers (The Brew City) DO NOT allow beer in their clubhouses.

I like my (food) truck
I like my truck
And I like my girlfriend (Taylor)
I like my girlfriend
I like to take her out to dinner
I like a movie now and then

But I love this bar
It's my kind of place
Just toein' around the dance floor
Puts a big smile on my face
No cover charge
Come as you are

Baseball Ray. Sports, life, wins, losses, happy, sad, extroverts, wallflowers, ne'er a dull moment.

Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love this bar
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I just love this bar.

And life.

And you.

Love, Victurd