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Thank you for those kind words
GrabSomePine. I can't tell you how much I admire your name!
How did I get to this site? Would process of elimination explain it? No? I didn't think so. According to my member profile...
How did you find out about the HSBBweb?: The Tooth Fairy or Mr. Sandman...not sure which one. Both of their stories were very convincing.
I guess I'll stand by that. Honestly, I'm leaning towards Mr.Sandman. He's less flighty...more gritty. His story has more traction.
Why am I at this site? Probably because
this site wouldn't have anything to do with me. Something to do with their bylaws not allowing someone who touts having an IQ of 147 and swears up and down that it's correct because it just happens to be the same as the jaw dropping number of sugar cubes pilfered from the
Complimentary Coffee table and then hastily consumed in the lobby of the old
1st National Bank© at Fourth and Main in Tillamook,OR where early one Saturday morning in June of 1962 pretty much the whole town was staging for the exciting
5th Annual June Dairy Parade under gray clouds and a steady drizzle.
I probably could have talked the
American Diabetic Association© into having me, but this site, the
High School Baseball Web, seemed like a better fit. Like my old
Wilson© 'Nellie Fox' Signature glove. That kind of sums it up!
Currently our oldest son is on the baseball team at Lambuth University in Jackson, TN. He is, with a stiff south wind (not a tornado mind you), within spitting distance to
Fungo in Spring Creek, TN.
Our youngest son was on the roster at Rhodes College in Memphis his freshman year, but he didn't play because of nagging and persistent injuries. The poor kid has had more work done on him then a '72 aluminum block
Chevy Vega! He still enjoys the game playing in local adult leagues where the regimen is way less physically demanding than playing anywhere in college. He wishes it hadn't turned out that way, but it did.
We have two lovely daughters who are playing softball in high school. Their skills, in large part, stem from their older brothers' tutelage and their having to virtually grow up entirely on a baseball diamond. They both love the game.
So that is our connection to baseball...our kids!
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A pictorial history? I guess it would go something like this...
"Gotwood4sale, the Early Years"
Gee...I think I'm in there somewhere. One not wearing a dress, but more probably a smile...or maybe a grimace. Perhaps a look of befuddlement. Definitely one of the runts.
I still haven't settled down!
Spent a lot of time running all through this place...my father was the office manager.
Oh the logging trucks! Here's a load of Douglas-fir logs...Paul Bunyan toothpicks!
Rain delay!
This is where my fascination with photos all started. My first job was at a drive-up photo processing store...The Shutter Shanty. This later was springboarded into the Fotomat© chain. .
