[Clovidequano Dovatha]

My favorite teams, in terms of real MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL teams are the St. Louis Cardinals, (technically in Arizona, but always from St. Louis in my mind, at least) Cardinals, Philadelphia 76'ers (although I never cared for Allen Iverson's antics, among others), and the St. Louis Blues. I started following those teams in the 1980's during the years of Bruce Sutter (my all-time favorite player, although Albert is definitely in my top ten, if not top five, of Cardinals baseball players that I've seen play, albeit not necessarily in person), Neil Lomax, Julius (Dr. J) Erving, and Mike Liut, to name at least one player from each of my favorite real-world pro teams.

You mean Michael Jordan, don't you? You must have confused the two with your interest in both sports and music, I think.

Scherzer is actually from the St. Louis area, in fact. He went to Parkway Central, if I remember correctly.

My now-deceased paternal grandmother lived in the St. Louis area, so that's probably a major reason I tend to favor the St. Louis teams, instead of the Kansas City teams, for example. She used to send me stuff related to the Cardinals periodically.

I still believe that the Astros are in the wrong league, as are the Brewers. Unfortunately, now unless things get put back as they should be, we'll never have a chance to see another Brewers-Cardinals World Series, or at least not in reality, that is.

I still often think of the Nationals as the Expos, not the Nationals, even though I know they relocated to Washington about fifteen years ago permanently. For certain other franchises, my thoughts often may follow that sort of thinking line, in truth.

Yes, I know the Dodgers and Giants, for example, have been in California since the 1950's, and the Braves and Browns are no longer in their classic locations, among others, but I still often think of certain teams as being from certain areas, even though many teams have been in their current locations for decades now.

I don't know why I wasn't born earlier, exactly, if I ever will in this life, but God must have had a very good reason, at the very least, for making it so that I was born when I was, and not earlier or later. I mean, our God is perfect, you know. Maybe when I see Him face-to-face, He'll tell me why I was born when I was and all.

Will talk more later, I'm sure, if possible and all. Thanks for your commentary and all, Eugene. CD out.