Pacemaker Fishing Forum

i fished my lake two days, about10 hrs total

i managed limits both days, but man did i have to grind

best fish maybe 2.75

avg say, 14inches

again today- grind, grind, grind

we need a rain to raise the water level up a foot and fire up the troops

i know those big'uns are in there somewhere, just not active enough

i tell you, I would rather fish in the winter

edwin jackson just went 2 for two against the cubs. love those nationals!

Pacemaker wrote:

bigjeffie wrote:

edwin jackson just went 2 for two against the cubs. love those nationals!

A friend called and asked if I was watching...I was not but then did and saw Laroche and Moore hit taters. They are a blast to watch. I went yesterday....Detwiller was spectacular.

You mean that little league team out of Chicago?

lousy baseball is a time honored tradition at wrigley__I havnt been there in 33 years, but little has changed. I have enjoyed the nationals since I went to the park last year when the cubs were in town. the cubs lost that game too

My family are hard core cub fans. My Mom and Dad will listen or watch almost every game.
It makes me said that My dad has been doing that for 82 years without a championship season.
I also fear for the city if they ever do win. I think it would be ugly.

Go Nats it will be a fun October.

bigjeffie wrote:

in today's hectic world, fewer and fewer people take the time to play or watch the game. some are openly contemptuous of the sport, tho i suspect they fail to grasp the subtlety and nuance of the ever changing situations.

Well said....when I go to a game, I watch it differently than most. It's a game that I totally understand. I played for years and coached for many more. It is a great game and now lots of fun in DC.

bigjeffie wrote:

at least the juiced players and balls are a thing of the past

Well....most of them.

He didn't play for the Cubbies, but if you're a fan of Chicago sports (or baseball), you know who Minnie Minoso is.

I met him after a game @ Wrigley in one of the bars that surround the park.  He came up and started talking to us, I think
because we were discussing the game. Very informative, and he was adamant that Babe Ruth was the best hitter, by a wide margin, that
he had ever seen.  He was understandably bitter about the current wages players enjoy relative to what players of his era were paid.

Before reading the blog, I know he was an All-Star 4-5 times, at least, and a couple years was in the top 5 in MVP voting.  I remember him saying that he felt he lost a couple of his prime years because he was not signed by a MLB team (which was Cleveland, my favorite team, of course they traded him) until he was 24-25.