Purpose

Clare has a better idea of the purpose of sports than most any professional athlete or owner.  She’s spent the past week getting over the flu.  We stopped by her apartment Wednesday to drop off her laptop from work (such good parents she has).  What was on the TV?  Why the MLB Network, of course, with a lively discussion of the results from the HOF voting.  All I can say is it’s a good thing for Ivan Rodriguez, Jeff Bagwell and their ilk that my daughter didn’t want to be a sportswriter.  If she did, not only would Cooperstown be free of steroids but the slightest hint of PEDs’ use as well.

The child dragged herself to work on the Magnificent Mile yesterday; to miss four days is criminal in her mind.  If there’s anything left in the tank, tomorrow she’s going to her alma mater Elmhurst to help Coach Paolo with a clinic.  After all, sports nurtures the body along with the spirit.