Love it!!!

Good: I moved here with my mom and dad right after graduating High School in 1982. It was mostly a retiree state back then. I was not a crowded state, most of U.S. 19 was still undeveloped. The best places to go were the beaches which were lovely and unspoiled. Jobs were good. people were prospering.

Florida was about to change for the worst.

The bad: The job market and life was good in the 80's but starting in the 90's and beyond it started to go down hill. In 2003...

In the tradition of former sports writer Blackie Sherrod (well, almost), your favorite blogger is back again as we go hither and yon with some Scattershooting. We just came off of Friday the 13th, and I thought I had a good day yesterday. So, now, I get to write to you..................on the 14th ............and I'll begin by sharing with you an interesting experience that you just don't get every day. As per the every now and then, I'll also give you a few connections...

Sure, Texas' Rangers might have more wins than Tampa Bay's Rays, but that's just right now. We've got a little more baseball left, and like any other year, anything can happen.

Here's what I'll be picking for the last few weeks of the regular season:

Texas will collapse and miss the Wild Card. Oakland will win the American League West division at 93 wins. Tampa Bay will get one of the Wild Cards in the AL, but you won't believe who I'm picking to...

It's inevitable. Again. That's the pain you get when you rebuild a baseball club with young talent. Team efforts win ballgames, not just talent alone. The Houston Astros are just in the process of seeing who can deliver and who can't. For the present tense, we're looking at 100 losses again, and for the third time in franchise history and third year in a row.

Look at the players that came into play during the course of the 2013 regular season. Brad Peacock,...