Laughter and Smiles

 

Now both debates, the Presidential and Vice-Presidential have been discussed and analyzed to the nth degree, so we’re not going to discuss things everyone else has.  What we like to examine about any subject, is the unnoticed, the mysterious and the perplexing.  And, we happened to notice that both Vice President Joe Old Brains Biden and Senator Kamala Harris, kept smiling throughout both debates.  It seemed like they were almost about to laugh.  Maybe they were laughing very softly and we couldn’t hear them.  It sure seemed like something was funny to them.  But we have to wonder what was that all about?  Was someone telling jokes into their ear pieces or writing jokes on their teleprompters?  What was so funny? 

Now, we know The President can be very funny sometimes and maybe he told a few jokes that only Old Brains could hear.  But then Mike Pence?  He’s not a funny guy.  Nice guy, stand-up guy but not funny, never funny.  If anyone knows what was so funny, please let us know in the comments section below.  Thank you. 

No one here even watches the NBA, that’s the National Basketball Association for those of you who don’t know.  No wait, one person here used to but he gave it up after the Knicks traded Walt “Clyde” Frazier.  But we couldn’t help but notice that the NBA has lost 70% of their audience.  That’s 70%, as in almost everyone who doesn’t bet on the games, has stopped watching.  And, if they were a regular TV show, real or scripted, they’d be cancelled already.  So, we can’t help but feel sorry for them.  Well some of us.  Others think it’s funny and they are laughing.  Not like Old Brains and Kamala but like really laughing, like out loud laughing. 

And a sad note here, because of the passing of one Edward Charles Ford.  Maybe you remember him as Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees when they were at their greatest.  Whitey won 236 games while only losing 106.  His winning percentage of .696 is one of the highest in the history of the game.  He was the Ace of the pitching staff of a team that won 11 pennants and six World Championships.  We could list Whitey’s accomplishments till we ran out room here.  The thing we remember most is Whitey’s confidence, his cockiness.  Whitey seemed to exemplify all that the New York Yankees of that era were about; power, pride and excellence.  He didn’t just walk to pitcher’s mound, he strode out there with a cockiness that let you think that if God walked up to home plate with a bat in His hands, well, Whitey would somehow, get Him out.   

And our favorite memory of Whitey was actually after his playing days were over.  Whitey was the pitching coach of the Yankees after he retired.  And, the Yankees weren’t very good back then.  The pitchers would get in trouble a lot and Whitey would go out to the mound to calm a pitcher down or give him some helpful tips.  And as Whitey would walk out there with that cocky gait, someone in the stands would always yell out.   

“Hey Whitey!  Pitch!”   

And everyone within hearing distance of that, would laugh.  And laugh a sweet laugh, remembering when.  And, thinking of Whitey now, makes us smile and a really sweet smile, for one of the best. 

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