Welcome To Case's Column
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Even The Moon Deserves A Baseball Now And Then
With only a month and a half before baseballers head off to Spring Training in Florida and Arizona, Ol' Case can't keep away from watching old yard highlights. And his favorite team is still basking in the glow of its second World Series championship.
Houston Astros highlights just never get old. And neither, too, do Yordan Alvarez home runs.
So, I bring up YouTube and watch one of the longest (if not the highest) home runs ever hit at Minute Maid Park. This shot occurred in the second inning of a game played in 2019 against the Oakland A's, and the Astros were already up, 9-0, and did not even need any more runs. But Alvarez, then a rookie in the major leagues, hit a ball which landed in the corner of the third deck just barely inside the foul pole. That baseball literally went into the air and had gone around the foul pole and landed way up in that third-tier upper section where there were some fans going after it. Broadcaster Todd Kalas was almost speechless after calling it.
That's just one of many legendary moments where a baseball was hit long and far and, altogether, memorable. Baseball shots can sometimes be like golf shots when hit just right. You'd occasionally think that a baseball could possibly land on the moon.
Houston Astros highlights just never get old. And neither, too, do Yordan Alvarez home runs.
So, I bring up YouTube and watch one of the longest (if not the highest) home runs ever hit at Minute Maid Park. This shot occurred in the second inning of a game played in 2019 against the Oakland A's, and the Astros were already up, 9-0, and did not even need any more runs. But Alvarez, then a rookie in the major leagues, hit a ball which landed in the corner of the third deck just barely inside the foul pole. That baseball literally went into the air and had gone around the foul pole and landed way up in that third-tier upper section where there were some fans going after it. Broadcaster Todd Kalas was almost speechless after calling it. That's just one of many legendary moments where a baseball was hit long and far and, altogether, memorable. Baseball shots can sometimes be like golf shots when hit just right. You'd occasionally think that a baseball could possibly land on the moon.
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