Saturday, September 09, 2017

DACA, immigration and we remember the 1974 Nixon pardon


We will look at the politics of DACA........over 4 million people waiting in line to come to the US........the NFL had low rating on opening night but it was a Thursday........the Nixon pardon 43 years later......we remember my father who was born in 1926.............and other stories............

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Let me be absolute baseball king for one day!


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What would I do?  Make me "Baseball King" for a day.

1) No more designated hitter in baseball. I liked the DH because it kept Tony Oliva and Al Kaline around for a few years.    


In fact, Kaline got his 3,000th hit in 1974 or the second year of the DH.   Would he have reached 3,000 hits without the DH?   I don't know.

The American League does not need an extra hitter in the lineup today!   There are plenty of hits and home runs.   The DH came into existence to add runs.   Do we have a shortage of runs or do we have 4-hour games because of all the scoring?

2) Raise the pitchers' mound to 1968 levels.  In 2009, a study supported the idea that the old one reduced pitchers' injuries.   It's worth a try because of the money invested in these pitchers.

3) Reduce the baseball season to 154 games.  Start the post season on the last Tuesday of September so that the 7th game of the World Series is played around Oct 20th rather than the 27th.    


4) Start weekday World Series games at 7 pm Eastern Time rather than 8:30 pm.  It will mean that more youngsters will get to watch the games on TV.

5) Move the Oakland A's to San Antonio so that there are 3 AL West teams in Texas.   It will create a lot of excitement and attendance in San Antonio will be better than in Oakland.     

6) Move the Tampa Rays to Montreal.   It will create a wonderful AL East rivalry in Canada.    Can you imagine the passion when the Jays and the Expos play each other 19 times?

Well, that's just a few ideas.   

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How about some sympathy for legal immigrants?


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Let me confess that the “sympathy for dreamers” tune is starting to get on my nerves. There is nothing more annoying than saturation and we may be close to that.   
Please don’t get me wrong. I think that we should legalize some of these young people within certain parameters.   
At the same time, the constant “let’s feel sorry” refrain overlooks others for whom we should show a little sympathy, too.
How about the people waiting to come legally into the U.S.?   In fact, there are lots of them as William La Jeunesse reported recently:   
The waiting list for those trying to enter the U.S. legally now stands at 4.4 million, 100,000 more than last year.  
Some have been on the list for more than 15 years. 
Even though the spouses and children of U.S citizens are supposed to get priority, even their wait times have jumped from as little as two months to up 18 months as the administration deals with a surge of illegal immigrants given lawful status by President Obama.
“I’ve had people tell me, ‘Why don’t you just show up at the border and try to get across?'” said Gugliotta. “I say, ‘No, we want to do this thing right.'”
Doing the right thing? I had not  heard that one in a long time. You mean “doing the right” like respecting U.S. immigration laws? Like my parents did? We spent 90 days after leaving Cuba waiting for the U.S. to grant us legal access.
My point is that the Democrats, and specially many in the media, are going a bit overboard with the sympathy factor for dreamers.
Again, I do sympathize with a 20-year old who was brought here illegally when he was three. I’ve met real cases like that and would consider opening the door to such a person. Some of these young people are indeed in a bit of identity crisis living illegally in the only country that they really know.
At the same time, it would be nice if the media would spend some time interviewing the families of those who are waiting to “do the right thing.”
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