There is an old saying by the folks who have lived in Midland, Texas for many years that goes like this….“You can take the boy out of West Texas…..but you can’t take West Teas out of the boy.”….which conjures up a story that Bone Daddy has shared with me on many occasions from his time growing…
This story tells of the beginning of the tale of “Pops and Los Tres Hermanos”….which is about a father’s gift of a lifetime love of sports to his three sons….as the sage known as Pops (Bone Daddy’s Dad) would always say “There are far more lessons to be learned while pulling oneself up by the bootstraps…
“There may not be another Sportsphile in the history of athletic endeavor that has brought more sports to the world…..not ALI….not MJ…..not NOBODY….as NOBODY reached more people…than JIM McKAY…..and he did it with a style unmatched by others….as he described sport in such a way as to make it a verbal art form for the…
The quote “There’s winning……and there’s everything else”….which was so aptly spoken by the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers Vince Lombardi…..defines the New York Yankees more than any other franchise in the history of professional sports……not just for their wins…..but for the aurora that goes with the boys who wear the pinstripes…..for if you know…
While reading my writings….keep in mind and understand that dogs live by the very good philosophy that SIPMLER IS BETTER. This is a philosophy that HUMANS have absolutely no concept of….for if you look at virtually everything that HUMANS have done or had a part in doing….or touched…..throughout the history of time that they’ve been…
“Old Yankees never die….. and their fans won’t let them fade away” La Diabla, Sportsphile & Raconteur The New York Yankees fans have a “tried and true” annual tradition that is shared with their team in honor of the boys of summers past…..and unlike any other professional sports franchise….the Yankee fans…
At this point I want to interject what I call a “Dog Note” regarding most HUMANS when returning home to their dogs from a sports outing of any kind….or any trip for that matter…. cuz said HUMAN just simply has to tell their dog everything that they did on their outing or trip….and I mean…
From the eye of this discerning dog’s perspective….it seems to me that the infusion of the unique mentalities that it took to create huge ranching empires out in the “hard country” known as West Texas…. ….which connected in perfect harmony with the mentalities that wildcatters brought to the Permian Basin….for this was a match made in…