I’m living proof of reincarnation. No, I’m not Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig, or
George Washington or FDR. Think more
along the lines of Frances Willard, longtime president of the Women’s Christian
Temperance Union. I’m serious.
The WCTU opposed alcohol and
gambling—so do I—while advocating for women’s rights, which I think I do, at
least in sports. So, I’m guessing my
reaction to the Illinois General Assembly approving sports betting; a Chicago
casino; a new combination race track and casino, or “racino,” as the Sun-Times
called it in today’s paper; and legalized marijuana is pretty much exactly what
Willard’s would have been were she still around.
And maybe I’ve got a bit of Buck
Weaver in me, too. If baseball is OK
with betting, along with the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois, why
should Weaver be banned from the game he loved to play? Every local, state and national politician
from our fair state who supports legalized sports’ betting should be
honor-bound to fight for Weaver’s reinstatement.
But I wouldn’t bet on it.
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