We may have kept the wrong sports franchise in Missouri, but congrats and such to downtown Kansas City. I’m a chronic realist and realize my days at the ballpark are limited, so I don’t really care where they build the next one. I’ve aged out of most baseball game situations. I won’t go in the rain, cold, hot, or if it is a really crowded game, except for opening day. That limits my future attendance quite a bit.
The statistics tell us that this Royals team can start planning their October vacations. It does tell me that premium seats will be cheap this summer, though. I’m a “half full” type thinker.
When you can’t sleep at night, take a look at the 6th Congressional District that Sam Graves is leaving and we are headed for a humdinger of an election. That district is “Yuge,” as they say in politics. You gotta have a few changes of clothes to campaign in that district. Some Lulus for the suburbs and some jeans for the rural area. I’d say Carhartt for rural, but the suburbanites have commandeered that brand away from the rurals.
The branding is a bit different from Platte City, Smithville, and Liberty than in Memphis, Missouri, or Milan. Probably even have to break out some different accents if you want to be effective. I’m sure the smart campaign people have it figured out and the winning approach is probably not worrying too much about the rural areas, but it remains an interesting district.
The Royals are not only off to a bad start, but they are also kind of bad at most things baseball related. Don’t count me as a pessimist, though. This means premium seats are going to be cheap this summer and games won’t be very crowded. Hope to not see you guys at the ballpark.
Took the wife to Jowler Creek Winery this weekend. During COVID it was one of our favorite retreats.
This weekend, I tried to explain to a twenty-something couple about sitting and drinking in tents in the dead of winter with portable heaters. I thought these kids were going to take my keys away, so I carefully shut my mouth.
It was difficult to explain, and it reminded me that our government lied to us back then and made us do some of the craziest of things, even beyond sticking an unknown substance into our genetic sequence.
Anyway, maybe local health departments could host COVID era remembrances each year. We could wear masks and stay six feet from each other. Maybe shut down funerals and parks and such for a week or something. Maybe shoot missiles at China to include them for unleashing this on us. Just me spit balling ideas, I’ll let the decision makers come up with concrete plans.
(Guy Speckman can be reached at 6th Congressional campaign events in rural Missouri)
