Last night, the Peoria Chiefs lost to the Beloit Snappers: 10-3. Blowout right? Well, the game went 12 innings and was 1-1 after 9 (2 hr, 10 minutes) The Chiefs had 3 double plays and the Snappers had 2 or 3; the game featured a ton of action; very fun to watch.
In the bottom of the 10’th, the game was 1-1 when a Chief hit the ball into deep left center; I just KNEW the Chiefs had won the game. But the center fielder made a spectacular run to the ball and caught it…that ended up winning the game for the Snappers.
In the 11’th the Snappers were up 2-1 and the Chiefs were down to 2 outs..when they drove home the tying run. Then came the top of the 12’th…8 runs, multiple home runs..ouch. A position player came in and retired the side in 5 pitches..but it was 10-2 by then.
In short…the 10-3 final does not indicate what a dramatic, exciting game it was.
Sadly, few were on hand to see it:
And afterward..I stayed for the fireworks…I often do not. I just felt like it this time.
And now we come to this:
Note: the author of the newspaper article didn’t write the headline.
Now OF COURSE, wokes on this thread are OUTRAGED….
and yes, “beast” or “beastly” might not be a compliment in gymnastics …it IS in other sports.
In running, an excellent time (say a 2:50 marathon), swimming (1:10 5K swim) or lifting performance (a 350 lb bench press) is often greeted with a YOU BEAST..which is a compliment.
And football fans know this too:
Yes, I know…gymnastics is not football, weight lifting, running, etc. So while I concede the headline might have been a bit ham-fisted it is hardly the moral sin these wokes are decrying.
And this is why I tune out the knee-jerk wokes. Yes, there is truly offensive stuff out there, but there is a group of people that instantly get outraged over *everything*; they are basically background noise and their expressing outrage is really not “signal.”
Oh, yes, I did speak up and mention the customs, but some woke thought she would “correct” me:
Life of an old goat 