tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219610262690146214.post4766460190739328084..comments2022-04-14T20:55:52.314-04:00Comments on Freddy's Open Mind: Dear Sports, you are losing me.....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219610262690146214.post-971171651936493132009-08-23T15:07:21.941-04:002009-08-23T15:07:21.941-04:00I didn't pretend to be Stan the Man. I was Sta...I didn't pretend to be Stan the Man. I was Stan the man! ;-)stevehttp://stevesnedeker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219610262690146214.post-39424004146606706552009-08-22T17:51:54.630-04:002009-08-22T17:51:54.630-04:00Thanks for the comments Steve. As per usual, you a...Thanks for the comments Steve. As per usual, you are right on. You hit on a couple of things I didn't. One being how adults view sports and pass that down to children in coaching. The other is the mystery that isn't there in regards to our "heroes". You said it best, "who the hell wants to know more about Stan the Man?"!! I have always loved the on field persona of these people. Once you start finding out they are human, it sucks the romance out of sports. The romance you and I felt as youngsters in the back yard hitting whiffle ball, pretending to be Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Johnny Bench, or Reggie Jackson!Freddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098690698543400039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219610262690146214.post-58737094839992983142009-08-22T15:16:27.294-04:002009-08-22T15:16:27.294-04:00Freddy, I hear you. I think sports will take a rea...Freddy, I hear you. I think sports will take a reasonable place in your heirchy because you played them and loved them. I know what we have in common, that way. You will undoubtedly enjoy watching your kids play like I did, if they choose to go that route. And you will appreciate the real background of any sports - hard frigging work and practice. It instills a work ethic and one which you do without complaint.<br /><br />The rest of it? Owing to all those TV channels and the apparent "rubbing shoulders" people feel when in the mental proximity of their heroes, they think they are suddenly sportsmen. It has allowed a clinging public to believe they are more than they are, in my opinion. Thus you get completely inapproprite people coaching kids. Having coached against a few of them, I can tell you now how obnoxious some can be - and without any merit except taking their time to mess kids up. I have a few enemies, lol.<br /><br />And that doesn't even cover removing the mystery from Stan Musial's life. I mean, who the hell wants to know more about Stan the Man? He was loved for all the right reasons. Just as others we know should be. Maybe it's about love and maturity, after all.<br /><br />I loved your post, dude.stevehttp://stevesnedeker.comnoreply@blogger.com