Today is Friday, April 26, 2013. My stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of lifting weights and 46 minutes of walking = 2.5 miles for an April total of 51.6 miles. My weight was 161.2 pounds.
Inspiring QUOTE from OUR IOWA magazine: "Better to be beaten in the right, than to succeed in the wrong."
My THOUGHTS have to do with a possible face-off between longtime rivals Jerry Narveson and Carson Ode.
THE HISTORY OF THIS FEUD.
It was in May of 1956 when this rivalry started. Sophomore Jerry Narveson was pitching for Chatfield High School. Our opponent that day were the Lanesboro Burros. The Burros had a big guy who was six foot three, 200 pound white-haired guy, was half Norwegian and half German and was supposedly their best hitter. His name was Carson Ode, he was a senior and had much more experience than our sophomore dominated baseball team. The debate between these two rivals has evolved around how many hits Carson get off Jerry that day. Carson claims it was three hits and Jerry claims it was one. The two have been arguing about this for 57 years. The only way to settle this is to have these two go at each other one more time.
SO WHAT"S NEXT? Jerry has agreed to come out of retirement and get his form and confidence back by pitching against some players from Lanesboro.
Carson has said if Jerry, in his comeback, makes it to the Iowa Cubs in Des Moines he would be willing to come out of retirement to face Jerry one more time just to shut him up. Carson is pretty confident he could easily hit Jerry again as he had no problems 57 years ago with those three hits he claims he had.
CAN YOU IMAGINE!
The announcer for the Iowa Cubs is saying:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Principal Park in Des Moines. History will be made tonight and for those of you traveling on Interstate 80 I urge you to stay tuned. The Iowa Cubs have agreed to settle a feud that's been brewing for 57 years. This feud is between two southeast Minnesota guys, 72-year old pitcher Jerry Narveson from Chatfield and 74-year-old hitter Carson Ode from Lanesboro. The simmering feud is over how many hits Carson had against Jerry in a high school game in 1956. Carson said he had 3 and Jerry said he had 1.
The rules of this face-off will be:
The regular umpires, the Iowa Cubs catcher and other players will be on the field.
Jerry will be able to throw any of the pitches in his arsenal - including his blazing fastball. round house curve, sneaky slider or his knuckleball. (no spitballs are allowed).
Carson will keep hitting until he makes 3 outs or gets 3 hits.
Carson must use a wood bat like he did in high school.
If he gets 3 hits before he makes 3 outs the feud will end since it will prove that he can still hit Jerry as easy as he says he did in 1956. Carson will then be declared the winner.
Walks do not count for an out or a hit.
If Jerry gets 3 outs before Carson gets 3 hits he will be declared the winner.
And you two must shake hands when it's over, regardless of who wins. (AND NO TRASH TALK IS ALLOWED.)
And the feud will officially be declared over.
So Ladies and Gentlemen sit back, relax and watch this epic battle between two highly competitive 1950s superstars from Chatfield and Lanesboro, Minnesota. This will be one for the history books. And it will be videotaped and submitted to the Cooperstown Hall of Fame."
So READERS - who are you betting on? Leave a comment.
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