So I was just watching ESPN, and they did a brief bio on a guy who apparently died tonight, but was a former baseball player from the 30's and 40's. After 4 years in the majors (called up at age 16 or 17), he went to war, signed up the day after Pearl Harbor. Seem to recall a lot of sports players doing that for WWII.
Just makes you wonder what athletes today would do.
Does 9/11 count as our modern-day Pearl Harbor? I guess that means Tillman, but I don't remember hearing about anyone else.
I'm not sure what my point is. But a 2 week old with a cold sure keeps you up a lot.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Between the choice of getting shot at versus getting paid millions? Shit, I know which one I'd take.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
My wife's grandfather pitched for Detroit in the '40 world series. He joined the Navy during the war, but the Navy decided he was far more valuable to the war effort on the Navy's baseball team.
