The argument against such a name is that "Native Americans are not mascots." The matter appears to be bogged down now. Remind you of anything? Donald Trump's legal escapades maybe? Never any light at the end of the tunnel?
People my age remember the "light at the end of the tunnel" expression from when the U.S. was involved in the Vietnam war. Don't ever bet against cynicism. I am a cynic and not necessarily proud of it. When I gather evidence to change I will change. Right now the daily headlines are an endless mish-mash about Trump, making him front and center still.
And he would not be in this position if a whole lot of grassroots support was not available for him, like what we see in our Morris area. The current Trump trial news appears to have the MAGA crowd more agitated than usual. Will they become prone to violence? Will these people continue to fill our local church pews? Good Shepherd Church? What is all this going to do to the long-term image of Christianity?
I happen to care about this. I write more about the political mood I sense around Morris on my "Morris of Course" companion blog site. Here is the link. Oh and thanks so much for reading, for checking in here. - BW
Tigers 15, Benson 0
I shall just refer to Benson as "the Benson softball team." Actually that's a nice way to do it, isn't it? Do we need "nicknames?"
Benson was no match for MACA softball Thursday. Coach Mary Holmberg's Tigers took care of business most decisively. The score was 15-0 in abbreviated action. They'll go on the road next Tuesday at Litchfield.
One-sided games are nice, right? Not so fast. Because, maybe the Tigers would benefit from playing more challenging competition. Sharon Martin told me once "we're in a weak conference." The Tigers have a pattern of doing so outstanding in the regular season but then, too often, their climb seems to be stopped prematurely in the post-season.
The Thursday game was a perfect example of the Tigers not being tested well enough.
Remember all the years when Benson was with Hancock in softball? I remember back in my earliest years with the Morris paper, so much talk "on the street" was how Hancock was on its last legs as a school. Such dispiriting talk. And now today, business is booming over there!
Back when I started with the paper, the Democratic Party was strong out here. Just think! Today it is risky in the Morris area to even be known as a Democrat. "Make America great again." We'll see the flags on the back of pickups driven by the Apostolics again (the Apostolic men). All I can do is observe.
The MACA softball Tigers scored 13 runs in the very first inning Thursday. You know what? Maybe the Benson school administration has bigger fish to fry than to fight for their school nickname. Can't their AD push for a little higher standards?
The Tigers scored their other two runs in the second. Whew! We played errorless ball. The West Central Tribune reports that the game was played "in Morris" but I have seen the paper make mistakes with this kind of info before.
Nora Boyle was a prime individual in our win. She pitched a three-hitter. She was only required to pitch four innings. She struck out seven batters and walked just one. The losing pitcher was Presley Nygaard. Oh, just six of the 15 runs that Nygaard allowed were earned. She struck out two batters and walked four.
Let's move on to the hitting category. The Tigers had ten hits in all. We can count on Lauren Hottovy for pretty solid hitting. She came at Benson with two-for-two numbers. She drew a walk, scored two runs and stole two bases.
Brianna Marty had a hit, scored twice, drove in a run and stole a base. Amaya Raths had a hit, drew a walk, stole a base, scored two runs and drove in three. Cate Kehoe hit a home run as part of a two-for-three line. She stole a base, scored two runs and drove in four. Boyle walked and drove in two runs.
Makenzie Konz socked two triples plus she scored two runs and drove in two. Piper Swanson doubled and drove in a run. Haley Kill had a hit, stole a base, scored a run and drove in a run. Sophie Anderson stole a base and crossed home plate twice. Kaylin Steen walked, stole a base and crossed home plate twice.
What a parade of offensive contributors!
Benson's hits were by Mya McGeary, Paige Wrobleski and Megan Wrobleski.
The MACA won-lost mark is a sterling 8-1. We're 5-0 in section, 5-0 in conference and 6-1 at home. I'll bet our "softball complex" is a mighty wet place today (Friday).
The macro picture
"Fake electors" for Trump in Arizona? Now they're indicted? When it rains it pours? Here's a comment I posted with a Yahoo! News article in the last 24 hours:
The Arizona news pushes all of the developments with Trump to a new level, a disconcerting and embarrassing one, as if it wasn't bad enough before. Gerald Ford responded to a situation like this with his pardon of Nixon. I feel something comparable is coming and it will be sudden, leave many people breathless. Could happen in next couple weeks. Trump will be guaranteed a reasonably comfortable life for the rest of his life. He will not be able to run for office again or even give quotes to the media again. He will agree to this if it serves his own interests, and he has always put his own interests first. A wide swath of wrongdoers will simply be set free or forgiven, the idea being they were just following Trump's wishes from the top. Outlandish? It will be interesting to see if I am right. Anything to put this whole national mess behind us. The deep state will get it done.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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