Five no-hitters through May 18 hasn't happened since the dead ball era. I don't begrudge anyone the achievement but that's not, you know, that is not something to celebrate. That's a problem.
A problem.
And if they address it by moving the mound, there's no hope for anybody.
Ruth didn't just save baseball from 1919, of course. He saved it from the dead ball era. Ruth comes along now, some genius tells him to divide his swing by the square root of x.
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As Gen. Collins orbited the moon he was alone in the universe for 48 minutes out of 60. He wrote: "I am now truly alone and absolutely alone from any known life. I am it."
But he later wrote of joy at the arousal of his senses. It was close to "exultation."
Gen. Collins' memoir "Carrying the Fire" is a vital history of the space program, but also shows his love of literature and uncommon self-inquiry. He was a scientist and a soldier, but there was plenty of the poet in him.
Gen. Collins was the third director of the National Air & Space Museum. He raised funds for and opened the landmark building in Washington, and was instrumental in securing its great collection.
Before the first pitch in Milwaukee I want to remind you, as I often do, Uecker is still with us and every bit as good as he ever was.
You always learn from Uecker. That's the thing. He's funny, he's a personality. They broke the mold. And he pokes fun at himself most of all. But you don't play as long as he did without paying attention.
In any case, one of my favorite recent Uecker moments is when the fire alarm went off in the booth.
"Ueck, what'd you touch?"
"My pacemaker went off."
I've been around a long time but it never ceases to amaze me how so-called political people, public people at any rate, put their emotions into this business. Emotions have no place at all. You have to consider people, colleagues and for policy's sake, but you have to be cold.
There was a fellow today, with a "checkmark" and a fair platform, who made appalling slurs and threats against the Mrs. Bruenig's children. His reasoning, if you like, was that she alone, or she and her husband, brought Tanden down.
You always leave children out, of course. But beyond that, can you imagine getting so hot under the collar about Tanden? Or Andrew Cuomo? It beggars belief!
McConnell should have voted to convict. Morality has nothing to do with it. If you're going to go in politics, always, always go like hell. But he ran in place. He would have still gotten it from both sides but now he's off-balance.
As I said before the vote, the real strategy for '22 would be to come shotgunning for Trump and bet those people won't show up for anybody who's not him.
As we wrote in last week's column, Trump has the party, but he no longer has the semi-official apparatus -- the press, think tanks, bureaucracy, etc. -- that enabled him. If he ran again, he would lose.
I want to thank you for your patience following our trip to the dentist. Teeth are always important but when you reach my age sometimes the bite is all you've got.
I admire the lawyering on House side. I mean lawyer-to-lawyer. In a real court you don't want to face that.
I hesitate to call Trump's side lawyering but it was effective in its way. He basically appears pro se with the sledgehammer in one hand and talking points in the other.