I know you probably think I'm dreaming about Jennifer Aniston again. Or maybe about finding a rich old maid. But no, I am not thinking about Jennifer today. And in reality, if I did find a rich old maid who would show any interest in me, I am sure she would look like two ton Tony Galento.
No I am talking about how much fantasy baseball, politics and the stock market have in common. The more I get involved in these pursuits, the more I realize that the tortoise of racing fame had the right idea about handling adversity. His modus operandi, go slow and keep your cool. Is advisable if you practice any of these three persuasions.
Before I get into my take on their similarity, I want to tell you about the Massholes and the Roosters of Sunsport's, Nolan Ryan league. About fifteen years ago I enrolled my son Joey into this league. At that time he was far and away the youngest player in the league and his team which I dubbed the Roosters finished dead last for the next two or three years. Well Joey hated the name of his team. And he thought he was getting to old and too cool to be called Joey. So he changed the name of his team. And demanded that every one call him Joe. So with the new names and two or three years of experience under his belt. He went on to dominate the league for the next decade.
I still think that anybody who has every seen a bantam rooster strut around a farm yard. Would agree that a bantam would make a great sports logo. Joe is no longer in the league, he has grown up and gone on to more worldly things. I am still in the league. My team the Massholes, so appropriately named by my daughter Diana, is still a yearly contender at sunsportsamerica.com, buts it's just not the same with out Joey!
So like the tortoise I've learned that in fantasy baseball I need to be conservative. To stick with the proven veterans and keep the rookies on the bench. I could not estimate the number of times a phenom has blinded me. The same goes with the market and politics, stick with the blue chips and things will more than likely have a lot more stability to them. The market and politics are in my mind the two places where temporary insanity is the rule,not the exception. Any place where rumors and greed rule, is a good place to avoid.
So my advice is avoid financiers and politicians who promise change. If we did not run off chasing fads and rainbows. We might have a sound economy, Kerry Healey and Hillary Clinton.
So like the Tortoise, go straight, calm and slow and avoid all detours
No I am talking about how much fantasy baseball, politics and the stock market have in common. The more I get involved in these pursuits, the more I realize that the tortoise of racing fame had the right idea about handling adversity. His modus operandi, go slow and keep your cool. Is advisable if you practice any of these three persuasions.
Before I get into my take on their similarity, I want to tell you about the Massholes and the Roosters of Sunsport's, Nolan Ryan league. About fifteen years ago I enrolled my son Joey into this league. At that time he was far and away the youngest player in the league and his team which I dubbed the Roosters finished dead last for the next two or three years. Well Joey hated the name of his team. And he thought he was getting to old and too cool to be called Joey. So he changed the name of his team. And demanded that every one call him Joe. So with the new names and two or three years of experience under his belt. He went on to dominate the league for the next decade.
I still think that anybody who has every seen a bantam rooster strut around a farm yard. Would agree that a bantam would make a great sports logo. Joe is no longer in the league, he has grown up and gone on to more worldly things. I am still in the league. My team the Massholes, so appropriately named by my daughter Diana, is still a yearly contender at sunsportsamerica.com, buts it's just not the same with out Joey!
So like the tortoise I've learned that in fantasy baseball I need to be conservative. To stick with the proven veterans and keep the rookies on the bench. I could not estimate the number of times a phenom has blinded me. The same goes with the market and politics, stick with the blue chips and things will more than likely have a lot more stability to them. The market and politics are in my mind the two places where temporary insanity is the rule,not the exception. Any place where rumors and greed rule, is a good place to avoid.
So my advice is avoid financiers and politicians who promise change. If we did not run off chasing fads and rainbows. We might have a sound economy, Kerry Healey and Hillary Clinton.
So like the Tortoise, go straight, calm and slow and avoid all detours
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