Join The Team To Help the Philippines

Once again, we are all reminded that life can be fleeting and when disasters strike, it affects us all.

Prayers, thoughts for the residents of the Philippines as they continue to deal with the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan. The typhoon, one of the largest to ever hit, has killed at least 10,000 Friday. 

On the left side of this website are links to organizations under the heading of Pay it Forward To Teammates In Life. These organizations are helping in the relief efforts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thank you for making a difference.

Join The Team To Help Oklahoma

Once again, we are all reminded that life can be fleeting and when disasters strike, it affects us all.

Prayers, thoughts for the residents of Oklahoma as they continue to clean up from an E-5 tornado 

that struck the state earlier this week. 

On the left side of this website are links to organizations under the heading of Pay It Forward to Teammates in Life. These organizations are helping in the relief efforts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for caring.

Prayers For Andrew Simpson

Prayers thought for the loved ones of Andrew Simpson. 

Simpson a gold medalist in sailing for Britain left the world too soon Thursday after a sailing accident while training for the Americas Cup. His racing catamaran flipped over in the San Francisco Bay. 

Simpson will be missed. 

Prayers for Jerry Buss

Prayers, thoughts go out to the family of Jerry Buss and Lakers organization.

Buss died Monday after a brave battle with cancer. Buss, who owned the Lakers since 1979 won 10 NBA championships. 

His loss will be deeply felt. 

Prayers For Loved Ones Of Caleb Moore

Prayers and thoughts go out to the loved ones of X Games snowmobile star Caleb Moore.

Moore died Thursday after suffering injuries sustained during a snowmobile accident the week before. Moore was competing in the Winter X Games that were being held in Colorado. 

Caleb will be missed.

No Joy In Mud Ville. 2013 Unlucky For The Baseball Hall Of Fame

No joy in Mud Ville. 

Some of the mightiest baseball greats have struck out. For the first time in many years, nobody was elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame. 

The Baseball Writers' Association of America decided not to induct anyone in this years' class.  Some believe the reason for the snub was that some of the candidates such as Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Roger Clemens were alleged users of steroids. 
Even Jack Morris and Alan Trammel the former Tigers greats were denied induction. 
What kind of message were the writers sending to baseball. It's one thing to deny those who used, but did they have to snub all the players eligible. 

Yes, baseball needs to clean up the steroids mess. Players need to be held accountable if they cheat. It should have never been a factor in baseball. It's not however, up to the writers to play judge and jury.  

Even if players admitted steroid use, achievements can't be erased. Even if you take away their awards, titles, records and deny them entry into the Hall of Fame, the damage to the integrity of baseball is done.  Once doubt exists, it's hard to gets past it. Even if there's no proof of cheating, there will always be echos of distrust. 

All the MLB officials can do is move forward with tougher penalties for those who use. Even with the tougher sanctions and new drugs tests, those who want to cheat will still try to find a way to do it. 

Maybe next year Jack Morris will be finally be a Hall of Famer.