Tribe Thoughts
The Indians drew 33,000 to yesterday's second game against the Tigers, perhaps because hot dogs were a dollar. It made me wonder why hot dogs can't be one dollar all the time. Why does it cost $4 for those things anyway? Is the hot dog industry in crisis?
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Watching yesterday's game was enjoyable, particularly in the bottom of the eighth. Coco Crisp's inside-the-park homer reaffirmed my belief that such a play is the most exciting in baseball. Then Travis Hafner, apparently angry at not being taken to the all-star game, slammed his third homer of the day deep into the right field seats.
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Also, one must mention the fact that yesterday's game was shown without commercials. Instead, the breaks were filled with thank you's and well-wishes to the troops overseas.
The thought that hit me was that regardless of how one feels about the war in Iraq, the reality is this: We have a volunteer army in this country. If so many wonderful people didn't make such a great sacrifice, we couldn't and wouldn't be free.
We owe so much to the troops overseas and at home.