The Baseball Experience

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." -Vernon Law

The Koufax Awards, given for the best lefty blogging, were named after left-handed pitcher Sandy Koufax.  The quote above was made by a right-handed pitcher, Vernon Law (also father of infielder Vance Law - a baseball family, to be sure!).

Both Koufax and Law were deeply religious men. Koufax, whose nickname was "the man with the golden arm" and who is perhaps the greatest pitcher of all time, was widely criticized in his day for refusing to pitch in the World Series on Yom Kippur. Law was so religious that his nickname was "the Deacon."

Just a little baseball trivia to go with the quote of the day.

By the way - Chat Week on PetHobbyist.com starts tonight! That means that in one week I'll have my life back.

Comments

[Gina]

Yikes, Christie, you're the LAST person I'd expect a sports-related quote from! :)

[Christie]

Two things often surprise people about me - even people who know me very well. One is that I can quote the Bible until the cows come home, and the other is that I am a huge, huge fan of baseball.

Some people have been known to be surprised that I am kind to small children, too.

[Travis]

Actually, I KNOW you can quote the Bible better than most fundamental christian preachers. ;)

Wasn't quite aware of the baseball thing, of course, but then again, I tend to ignore that sport ... mostly because the uniforms aren't tight enough, I suppose. LOL.

And you are kind to all small things. Animal, people alike ... the bigger people though. hehehe

Love ya,
Travis

[KathyF]

I just checked out the PetHobbyest chat site...and darn! I wish I could participate, especially in the animal communication one. But that will be 3 a.m. here.

I'm buying the book instead. Have you read Stanley Coren's book on talking to dogs? I'm ordering it too.

(Hey, I've been thinking of learning a new language!)