BORN FREE!

I don't follow Kid Rock that much but this was good...
Great video and great song.

Brian Head

Well a gas was had by all.  The skiing in Brian Head (Southern Utah) was steller.  A 15ft base and nobody on the mountain makes for a great week.  And as you can see by the first pic the weather wasn't bad either.  combine that with $30 lift tickets and $100 nights stay I felt like I was back in the 1970s.  Pretty damn retro if I say so myself.

The photo below is the Virgin river gorge.  Sometimes called the "petit Grand Canyon"



"LEFTY"

This is my guy, my all-time childhood Idol, Sandy Koufax. This guy was the true meaning of Smoke! I loved Willy May's comment about Sandy's Curve ball. "It was the only curve I could here coming at me. I knew it was a curve ball right from the start but I still couldn't hit." Sandy was unique he had only two pitches, a fast ball and curve ball. His hands were so big that when he threw the curve the laces on the ball made a mad whining sound coming at you. I think it was Willy McCovey that said "He’s the only pitcher that scared the hell out me and he only had two pitches. “He was the best I have ever been up against.". Sandy was also a Gentleman something you rarely see in today’s game. A true Pioneer, when Jackie Robinson needed someone there were two guys there to back him up, Peewee Reece and Sandy Koufax.

Koufax wasn't even his real name; he was born with the last name Braun. But no matter the name he is still the best ball player I have ever seen.

If you want a great read get Jane Leavy’s “Sandy Koufax, A Lefty's Legacy".

The reason for todays post is because pitchers and catchers report this weekend for spring training! Hamachi get ready cause’ we’re comin after the dreaded hated ones. Next year is hear!

The Stranglers, Always the Sun

Kelly

Well sometimes you get lucky.  Awhile back the fam. visited the old country.  We did Demark, Ireland, and London.  Our visit to Ireland was not planned.  So when asked in mid stream, when we were over the great pond we decided to visit.  Our Neighbors is of very big Irish descent.  From Waterford.  It just so happens that their next door neighbor is SEAN KELLY!  yes of Paris Roubaix fame.  Well being a not so shy AMERCAIN I asked if I got one his jerseys would he sign it.  JACK POT.  It was funny everybody else was asking why anybody would want little Sean's autograph.  It is hanging in my little own shrine. 

After that the neighbor's whole Irish family decended on our house a year later.  A family of 14 Bros/Sisters.  All beer drinkers and singers.  Gunnar you should have been there.  Brian sang the Edmond Fitzgerald in perfect Irish Tenor.  It was a thing of beauty.

Cheers! 

Paris: Tour de France... The Frame

This caught my eye today when I was visiting and chatting on the net with Bob of Elliot Bay Bikes in Seattle.  This is an eye riveting restoration. I love the fork crown.  Below is the link to the story.  The question is where and when do ride this thing.  To the Moulin Rouge?

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/paris3.html

Snake Oil

I got this for Christmas from a very good friend.  Still trying to figure out what it does.  A posted report on its "Elixir" qualities later in this blog.  The one on the right has me confused.  Is it for the bike or me?