Posted on 04/09/2020 4:59:51 AM PDT by Kaslin
During the corona-madness lockdown, I watched my favorite movie, The Natural for the gazillionth time. Insanely, that movie still makes me tear up. Due to my late preacher dad's DNA, I see numerous life lessons and sermons in that movie.
Farm boy Roy Hobbs is a gifted baseball player. His supportive dad warns that talent is not enough. On the train to try out for a major league team, Roy is shot by a wacko woman. Following a long recovery, Roy was told he could never play baseball again. Roy struggled to find work, lost his confidence, and wandered.
Sixteen years later, a corrupt major league scout was paid to sabotage a last place team. Believing Roy is a joke, he signed middle-aged Roy Hobbs to a contract to play for the failing team.
When Roy showed up, the angry coach said, “People don't start playing ball at your age, they retire.” He vowed never to play Roy. All Roy wanted was a chance to show what he could do. No one believed in him. Have you ever felt like Roy Hobbs?
Finally, the coach gave Roy a chance to play. He became an instant major league baseball superstar, leading his team to victories. Roy began dating a beautiful wicked woman who caused him to lose focus. His performance began to decline. Roy's old hometown girlfriend showed up at a game. Her presence brought Roy back to his roots, restored his focus and set him back on the winning track.
Roy's baseball bat which he carved as a lad was named “Wonderboy.” The team bat-boy, Bobby Savoy, asked Roy to help him carve a bat.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Being one of his favorite movies, one would think the writer would know Hobbs wasn’t shot on a train. I have only seen it once and that was decades ago but I remember he was shot by the whacko woman, obviously a democrat, in a hotel room.
We’re having a 30x50 garage built right now. I’m clearing our property. I have about 25 acres of trees and blackberries to clear. And working from home and avoiding a daily three hour commute is giving me a lot of time to do that.
And the stores I frequent are all still open so this is really having no negative impact. It’s all positive.
I consider this virus to be less of a threat to me than the flu, and I’ve never had a flu shot. I shook hands with three people yesterday, two of them were people I never bet before.
Meh. Let me know when the country snaps out of this. I am buying more ammo.
Watch and learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbn5h47jHX0
I am sick...of Coronavirus news...
I recall seeing it around the time it came out. It was a good movie but not exactly memorable to me. It was in some ways a Redford star vehicle which also bordered into the realm of fantasy. Field of Dreams also did that and is much more memorable for me. Maybe it was less dark of a movie or something.
I was able to ignore all the other viruses. I’m forced to address this one becuase of the impact of everyone else’s response. If I lived in a city I’d REALLY be pissed. But I’m in the sticks and am actually in the middle of having a large building erected on my property. It’s not really affecting us except for my one trip to Lowes where they had a line to get in the store. I just went back at a time there was no line.
But if my lifestyle involved the urban lifestyle, I’d be beside myself - especially because I think none of this is necessary. But then, this speaks to why I left Seattle for the Kentucky rural life. It’s like going back in time 50 years, but with internet and Amazon. :)
Cutting off the ankle monitor is real fun.
So I’ve heard.
Somebody at American Thinker should use their shut-in time to design a better mobile site. Good article about a good movie. The book is also quite good.
Not. House. Arrest.
Talk about the Leftstream Media inciting panic.
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