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“I’m Not Concerned With Your Liking OR Disliking Me… “

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“…All I Ask Is That You Respect Me As A Human-Being.“

—JACKIE ROBINSON

(1919-1972)

“Then When I Walked Down The Street, People Would’ve Looked And They Would’ve Said “There Goes Roy Hobbs! The Best There Ever Was In This Game!”.” — ROBERT REDFORD (“The Natural” (1984))

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As I’ve Mentioned To A FEW Other Folks Tonight… I Simply Allowed Myself To Become Lost In The World That IS “Roy Hobbs” (aka “THE NATURAL“!!!) Still A Totally WONDERFUL Way To End My Night. Sleep Sweet, My Peeps. Until The Dawn, As They Say. 😉

FROM BRADLEY With LURVE, …#Pilot#

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---Chapter 1: A New Beginning, or Bloggin'ing---

… … …

After A Lengthy Discussion…

…With…

“MY PARTNER In CRIME”

…I Decided To Begin A New Bloggin’ing Experience…

…With…

…Y’ALL.

I’m Calling This New Bloggin’ing Experience…

“FROM BRADLEY With LURVE, …”

I Expect To Have A Regular Pant-Load Of Excitement Brewin’ About With The Possibilities Surrounding The Innuendo Levied There.

(SIDE NOTE: Can You Repeat The Line Before This One, But THREE-TIMES-SUPER-DUPER FAST?!?!?)

So…

…I’ve Decided…

…To Use An Old “Standby-Staple”…

…Of…

“YOU JIVIN’ ME, TURKEY?”

…Namely…

…The Good Ole…

“12-IN-’12”

…To Help Usher-In…

…My NEW Series…

“FROM BRADLEY With LURVE, …”

😀

Tonight…

…I’m Highlighting…

“MY 12 FAVORITE MLB FRANCHISES (that aren’t The St. Louis Cardinals) and WHY!“

Sounds Like A Lot Of Fun, Eh?!?!

My Thoughts, Also.

Fo SHO Fo SHO!!!

The ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Are Of Course The Be-All-That-Ends-All-In-Baseball, Y’all!!! 😀

Let Us Begin…

…At The Beginning…

…Where You’re SUPPOSED To Start, By The Way.

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#Honorable Mention

THE SAN DIEGO PADRES

The SAN DIEGO PADRES: Actually, This Stems From My Navy Days. In 1998, While Attending Journalism School At Ft. Meade, Maryland, The Baseball WORLD SERIES Was Played-Out That October By The SAN DIEGO PADRES and The NEW YORK YANKEES. I Totally HATED The Yanks, and The Horses They Rode-In-On, So I Rooted Extra EXTRA HARD For The PADRES That Series. The Yanks SWEPT The Pads, 4Games To NONE! 😦

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#12

THE SEATTLE MARINERS

The SEATTLE MARINERS: This One Is A Pretty EASY Guess For Anyone That Knows Me Very Well. I Was Stationed In Everett AND Bremerton, Washington, In 1999, 2000, and 2001. I Was THERE When They Blew-Up “The King Dome” AND When They Opened “SAFECO Field” and I’ve Had A Warm’ish/Soft’ish Place In My Heart For The Mariners Since Then. Sadly, They Really Do Suck BADLY The Majority Of The Time. Oh Well. 😦

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#11

THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS

The OAKLAND ATHLETICS: These Cats Are Here For ONE REASON… “The BASH-BROTHERS” Fo SHO! Being A Child Of The 80s, There’s No-More-GLARING Example Of The 80s Than McGWIRE and CANSECO and Their FOREARM-BUMP HAHAHA Yes, Yes Indeed. Tons-O-Fun To WATCH! And Now They’ve All Be Labeled “Cheaters” Because They Were Raging-On-Roids. 😦

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#10

THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS

The MILWAUKEE BREWERS: The LOGO Is WHY I Like Them. PERIOD. What Can I Say? It’s A DAMNED POWERFUL LOGO, Fo SHO Fo SHO!!! 🙂

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#9

THE MONTREAL EXPOS

The MONTREAL EXPOS: A Wonderful Franchise That Was Choked-To-Death By RAMPANT LOSING, And The Fact They Were Canada’s “OTHER TEAM” or “BASTARD TEAM” or “LOSING TEAM” or Whatever. I Honestly LOVED The EXPOS, And I DID Shed A Tear The Day They Started Playing Half Of Their Home-Games In The CARIBBEAN!!! At That Point, We Knew Their Time Was On Life-Support. 😦

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#8

THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS

The SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: From The 1980s Until The Start Of The 1993 Season, I Was A Major Fan Of The GIANTS. WILL "The Thrill" CLARK was THE MAN, As Was MATT WILLIAMS, Fo SHO!!! And YES, I Did Root For The GIANTS To BEAT The A's In The 1989 WORLD SERIES (aka "Earthquake Series"). Sadly, however, BARRY BONDS Left The PITTSBURGH PIRATES And Headed West, To The Greener-Pastures Of SAN FRAN. I Always HATED B.B., And That Became The "I HATE The GIANTS!" Rallying-Cry For Li'l Ole ME. I Bet Against Them During The 2002 WORLD SERIES, But (with Barry GONE) I Totally Bet For Them To WIN In The 2010 WORLD SERIES. I Won BOTH Bets. 😉

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#7

THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS

The TORONTO BLUE JAYS: I Always Had A Soft-Spot For The JAYS. They Had Some Damn Fine Ball-Clubs Over The Years. And NO They Didn’t Get Much Recognition Even After Winning The WORLD SERIES In 1992 AND AGAIN in 1993!!! Those JAYS Teams Were TRUE-BLUE-POWERHOUSES, Fo FLIPPIN’ SHO!!! John Olerud -1B- Was MY FAVORITE JAY, By The Way. 😉

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#6

THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES

The PITTSBURGH PIRATES: These Dudes Were ALWAYS My Father's FAVORITE TEAM (and a little of that rubbed of on ME). We Used To Watch Them EVERY TIME They Played The ST. LOUIS CARDINALS or The CHICAGO CUBS or The ATLANTA BRAVES (since we get all three of those stations here in SoIL). The PIRATES Had A Horrid Habit Of "Playing Amazing Baseball To Get Into The Play-Offs" Followed Quickly By "CHOKE CHOKE CHOKE"!!! 😦

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#5

THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX

The CHICAGO WHITE SOX: The CHISOX Are THE ONE and THE ONLY Professional Sports Team I EVER Root For That’s Also FROM Chicago. The BEST Reason To Love The CHISOX? Because SAYING The Phrase “I LOVE THE CHISOX!” Goes A VERY Long Way In PISSING-OFF Those True-Blue CUBS Fans. 😀 I Was Tickled-Pink When They Finally Won The WORLD SERIES In 2005… …And Less-Tickled-Pink In The SIX SEASONS SINCE!!! 😦

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#4

THE NEW YORK METS

The NEW YORK METS: I Purchased My Very 1st METS Baseball-Cap In 1991. My Two Favorite METS Players In 1991 Were 3B/Utility-Man HOWARD "HoJo" JOHNSON and Their Closer JOHN FRANCO. And WHY Did I Take-Up The Cause Of The Lowly (at that time) METS? Because I KNEW That By Doing So I Was GUARANTEED To PISS-OFF SOMEONE!!! When (nearly) Your Whole Bedrock Of Family AND Friends Are Constantly Divided Between The CARDS and The CUBS... Yeah... A Little Of The Ole "Monkey Wrench Into The Works" Routine Is TOTALLY Called-For, Fo SHO!!! 😉

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#3

THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES

The PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: Well, The PHILLIES Won The WORLD SERIES The Year I Was Born. They’ve Won 5-Pennants In My Short (while not so short) Lifetime (1980, 1983, 1993, 2008 & 2009). The Icing On Cake, For ME, Was The PHILLIES Are The Franchise My Childhood Baseball HERO, 3B MIKE SCHMIDT, Played BRILLIANTLY For His ENTIRE CAREER. Of ALL The “Retirement Announcements” I’ve EVER Seen AND/OR Heard, MIKE SCHMIDT’s In 1989 Brought Even ME To Tears. SCHMIDT Retires, PETE ROSE Gets Banished, AND The Earthquake During The WORLD SERIES. Yepper Kids, 1989 Was A VERY TOUGH Year, That’s Fer DAYUM Sure.

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#2

THE DETROIT TIGERS

The DETROIT TIGERS: 5-NAMES You MUST Remember, My Peeps. #1 THOMAS MAGNUM! #2 ALAN TRAMMELL! #3 JACK MORRIS! #4 KIRK GIBSON #5 DANNY YATES! I Do So So SO Love Love LOVE My TIGERS! ‘Nuf ‘Ced, Fo SHO Fo SHO!!!

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And Finally…

…What Is BRADLEY’s FAVORITE  (non St. Louis Cardinals) BASEBALL FRANCHISE???

???

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#1

THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS

The KANSAS CITY ROYALS: I’ve Mentioned To Y’all Previously That The 1985 WORLD SERIES Was “THE BIRTH Of MY BASEBALL FANATICISM ” Which Has Yet To Ever Really Change. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Baseball. And The ’85 Series Was Between These KANSAS CITY ROYALS and Those ST. LOUIS CARDINALS!!! My Favorite Pitcher Of MY Lifetime (thus far)? BRET SABERHAGAN Of KC, DUH!!! So Yeah, The ROYALS BEAT The CARDINALS In 7-Games. While I DO Maintain The VERY Correct Knowledge Of HOW and WHY The Cards DIDN’T Win Game 6 (it was due to the UMPIRE’s blown-call) BUT They STILL Had To LOSE Game 7! And BOY OH BOY Did The CARDS LOSE IT! The Final Score Was ROYALS 11 (aka a thumpin’), CARDINALS 0 (aka zero, nadda, nuttin’)!!! BUT, My Peeps, I Am NOT A Fickle Man. I Don’t Jump From Ship To Ship Like So So SO Many Folks Do. I Know WHO I AM, WHAT I’VE GOT, WHAT I NEED, WHAT I SHOULD HAVE, WHO I’M WITH, and WHO I’VE LEFT BEHIND. My FAVORITE PITCHER EVER EVER EVER Is BRET SABERHAGEN Of Those KANSAS CITY ROYALS, FOOO SHOOO!! The CARDINALS May Be The BIGGEST-BOYS On MY-BLOCK, But I Do Do DO Sooooooooooo LOVE ME SOME ROYALS! WOOT!!! 😀

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I Sure Hope Y’all Enjoyed That One.

I’ve Had A Rather Tiring…

…Yet…

…Personally Productive Evening.

I Think THIS Personal Accomplishment Merits…

…A HOT CUP…

…Of…

“8 O’CLOCK COFFEE”

!!!

Mmm Mmm MMMM!!!

😉

“Associate With Those Who Help You Believe In Yourself.” — BROOKS ROBINSON

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BROOKS ROBINSON Is A Hall Of Fame 3RD-SACKER, Playing His Entire Career With The Baltimore Orioles. He Is Considered (by most Baseball folks) THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE 3B In Major League History.

A HEADLINE THAT CAUSED A “WTF?!?!” MOMENT: “Dallas Braden’s Newest Tattoo Features Rollie Fingers Riding A Dolphin Under A Rainbow”

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Okay, So I KNOW The Tattoo Isn't Real, BUT I Didn't Know That When I First SAW THE HEADLINE. Trust Me, It Was A TOTAL "WTF?!?!" Type Of Moment, Fo SHO!!!

(Link To The Article Here–> http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/dallas-braden-newest-tattoo-features-rollie-fingers-riding-003744809.html;_ylt=Ar8102S_BT0.ezPi6kerAyTsYcp_;_ylu=X3oDMTE5ZmMxYWdoBG1pdANCbG9ncyBJbmRleARwb3MDMjIEc2VjA01lZGlhQmxvZ0luZGV4;_ylg=X3oDMTFvcGs0cn)

For Those Of You Who ALSO Didn't Know It Was A Joke... Yeah... DID YOU SAY "WTF?!?!" ALSO ALSO???!?!?!?! EXACTLY!!! I Think It Was A VERY Natural Reaction... right????? RIGHT! 😉

“I Guess Some Mistakes You Never Stop Paying For.” — Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) (“The Natural”)

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Sometimes…

…Even A Simple Line…

…From A Film…

…Or A Book…

…Or A Song…

…Can Scream At You So So Loudly.

Loud Enough To Help Get The Home-Fires Burning Again.

For Me…

…Hearing That Simple Line…

…From That Favorite Film…

…Really Summed-Up These Past Two-Weeks.

My Little World Has Been A Bit…

…Hmm…

…Out-Of-Sorts?…

…I Suppose?

Things I’ve Not Had To Deal With…

…For A Very Long While…

…Have Been Resurfacing Of Late.

Mental AND Physical Issues…

…I Was So So Sure Were Part Of My Past…

…Have Started Sneaking-Up On Me…

…Biting Me In The Ass…

…And Assuring Me They’re Still Very…

…VERY Real.

… … …

It’s Been Two-Weeks Now…

…Since My Left-Leg Started Going Numb.

I…

…Along With My Family…

…My Friends…

…And My Doctors…

…Continue To Hope It’s Something Very Simple…

…Like A Potentially Pinched-Nerve.

The Longer It Goes On, Tho…

…The Less-Likely That Possibility Becomes.

Having Yet Another Seizure This Past Week…

…Has Pushed Me Deeper-And-Deeper…

…Into A Mental State I’m TOTALLY Unfamiliar With.

… … …

And Now…

…For You…

…My Friends…

…My Family…

…My Peeps…

…I’m Going To Admit Something To Y’all…

…Something The Bulk Of You Have NEVER Heard Me Say.

However…

…I Truly Feel I’d Be Doing Us ALL A Great Disservice…

…By Bottling This Up And Attempting To Carry Onward.

I’m Scared, Y’all.

In Fact, I’m MORE Scared Than I’ve EVER Been…

…In Regard To Anything…

…At Any Point In My 30+Years On Earth.

I Mean, YES…

…YES, I’ve Dealt With Personal Fears.

I’ve Dealt With Personal Hardships.

I’ve Dealt With Personal Inconveniences.

I’ve Dealt With Personal Setbacks.

And Plenty Of Personal Failures.

It’s Simply That…

…THIS TIME…

…THIS SITUATION…

…THESE CIRCUMSTANCES…

…Continue To Pop-Up…

…Continue To Slap-Me-In-The-Face…

…And Continue To Remind Me In The Harshest Ways…

…That I Am NOT The Bright-Intelligent-Underachiever I’ve Prided Myself As Being For So So Many Years.

I’m Now A Man…

…A Man In His 30s…

…Who’s Watching His Life…

…Both Internal AND External…

…Slowly AND Quickly Collapse Around Him.

The People I Respect Most…

…Or Care-About Most…

…Are Now In The Latter-Stages Of Their Existence.

The Nuggets Of Wisdom They Used To Impart To Me…

…Especially In My Most Dire-Moments-Of-Need…

…Have All But Faded Into History.

So The Few Few Folks I’ve Always Come To In Those Moments Of Need…

…Are Quickly Becoming Incapable Of Expressing The Nuggets Of Wisdom I Seek.

It’s NOT…

…In ANY Way-Shape-Or-Form…

…Easy For Me To Admit This…

…But I’m Finding I NEED/MUST-HAVE Their Guidance.

And I NEED/MUST-HAVE It More So Than I Ever Have…

…EVER EVER EVER.

Life…

…As I’d Always Hoped…

…Would Become Easier And Easier To Grapple-With…

…To Come-To-Terms-With…

…To Manipulate More And More…

…All In The Name Of “PERSONAL PROGRESS”….

…Whether The End-Result Were Positive Or Negative.

The Sad (and quite disheartening) Truth Of The Matter…

…However…

…Is The Approach Was NOT The Main Issue.

Far From It, Actually.

The Main Issue…

…The One “Common-Element”…

…The Classic “Unknown-Variable” Throughout…

…Is ME.

I Am…

…MY “Common-Element”…

…MY “Unknown-Variable”…

…MY “Loose-Cannon”…

…MY “Messy-Contradiction”…

…MY “Best-Friend”…

…MY “Worst-Enemy”…

…MY “Greatest-Supporter”…

…MY “Harshest-Critic”…

…And On And On And On.

In The End…

…Everything Leads Back To Moi.

I’ve Dealt With Physical Illness.

I’ve Dealt With Mental Illness.

And In All Instances…

…I’ve Emerged As A Stronger…

…More Focused…

…More Determined Individual.

For Those Of You Who Have Known Me Longest…

…I Know You Can Easily Back-Me-Up On This.

Shit Happens…

…I Swallow What Of It I Must…

…I Sling About What Of It I Feel I Must…

…And I Carry-On.

I’ve (nearly) Proved Myself As Being A Rather Resilient Individual…

…For The Most Part.

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So What Is It About That Line…

–“I Guess Some Mistakes You Never Stop Paying For.”–

…That Continues To Resonate With Me…

…And Does So In Such A Profound Way???

After Lengthy Periods Of Thought…

…Contemplation…

…Trial And Error…

…Attempt Upon Attempt Upon Attempt…

…The Answer I Continue To Come Back To…

…Honestly…

…Seems Almost TOO Simple.

I Know Every Living Creature…

…Throughout The Course Of Existence…

…Has Made A Mistake…

…Or Two…

…Or Three…

…Or Two-Million…

…Or Three-Million.

Mistakes Happen.

They Are Inevitable.

We May Hate Them With A Passion…

…But We ALL Know They Do Turn-Up From Time-To-Time.

And The Mistakes-Themselves Are RARELY The Big Issue.

The Issues…

…As You Know…

…Come Not From Our Mistakes…

…But From The Life We Live With AFTER The Mistakes.

That.

That Right There.

That’s MY Snag…

…MY Hitch…

…MY On-Going…

…MY Never-Ending FAILING.

I Live My Life…

…In Nearly All Instances…

…On PURE-IMPULSE.

I Take My Chances NOW…

…Knowing Ahead Of Time What The Potential-Consequences May Be.

If It Does Work In My Favor…

…So Be It.

I Reap My Minor-Rewards…

…And I Carry-On.

If It Does NOT Work In My Favor…

…So Be It.

I Attempt To Find What “Silver-lining” I Can Salvage…

…And I Carry-On.

It’s Not The Best-Way For One To Live Their Life.

It’s Simply How I’ve ALWAYS Lived Mine.

And Now…

…Sadly…

…That Way Of Life Appears To Be Catching-Up With Me.

Some People Think Me Brilliant.

Some People Think Me Psychotic.

Some People Think Me Tender And Loving.

Some People Choose Not To Think Of Me, Period.

There Really Are Only A Few Terms Handed Out…

…In Regard To Myself…

…That MOST People Can Agree On.

Bradley Is Unpredictable.

Bradley Is Moody.

Bradley Is Odd and/or Strange.

Bradley Has No Faith.

Bradley Is Both Envious AND Disgusted By Those Who DO Have Faith.

Bradley Thrives On Contradiction.

Bradley Thrives On Conflict.

Bradley DOES Believe In Karma.

Bradley Belongs In A Padded-Room.

Bradley Puts Those He Loves ABOVE All Else…

…Even When Those He Loves Do NOT Love Him In Return.

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I’ve Made My Mistakes.

I’ve Made MORE Than My Fair-Share Of Mistakes.

And Now…

…The “Mistake-Reaper” Has Decided To Come Collecting.

I Just Hope Said “Mistake-Reaper” Leaves Me Be…

…At Least…

…Long Enough To Finish Those Tasks I’ve Already Set-In-Motion.

I’m Down A Leg, Now…

…And Never Know When Another Seizure May Strike-Me-Down.

I WAS Simply Being Me…

…When I Said I’m Unpredictable…

…Except…

…Now I’m Even Unpredictable To MYSELF.

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I Really Would LOVE LOVE LOVE To Lead A Regular…

…Normal…

…Simple…

…Happy Life.

And I Do KNOW KNOW KNOW That’s TOTALLY TOTALLY TOTALLY…

…Out-Of-Reach.

I’m Haunted By Recurring Images…

…Both While Awake AND Asleep.

I Know I’ve Done Some Truly-Amazing-Things In My Life…

…And I’ve Done Some Horridly-Evil-Things, Also.

And I DO NOT Believe In Begging Forgiveness…

…From Anyone…

…Or Anything.

… … …

So…

…To Y’all…

…My Family, My Friends, My Peeps…

…I’ve Decided To End This Bloggin’ing…

…The Same Way I Began It.

In The Film…

“THE NATURAL”

…A Comment Is Made By The Character Iris To Roy Hobbs…

…About How We Really Have TWO-Lives.

Roy Wants To Know What She Means.

Iris Calmly Replies…

–“The Life We Learn With, And The Life We Live With After That.”–

That Line…

…Honestly AND Truly…

…Makes ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD To Me, Now.

–Please Rest Well Tonight, My Peeps.

Now That I’ve Broken Through My Mental/Emotional/Writers Block, Perhaps I’ll Be Able To Reclaim My Focus Once Again.

I’m Sorry I’ve Been Away From Y’all So Long.

I Can Only Hope The Coming Days, Weeks, Months, Years, etc etc, Won’t Weigh So Heavily On BOTH My Mind AND My Heart.

It Does Feel Rather Amazing, Honestly, To At  Least Know I Can Still Put My Thoughts Down Into Words, And Then Have The Balls To Show Said Words To All Of You.

Brilliant? Crazy? Odd? Strange? Caring? Loving? Random? Unpredictable?

Hell… I’d Read That–

😉