Reminders ...... JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT

 Donald Trump still thinks he can be President again.

The GOP now has a majority of their voters believing that January 6 wasn't really an attack on the Capital.

IT WAS JUST A SMALL MARCH and DJT had nothing to do with what happened.

The debt ceiling was raised 3 times while Trump was President, with very little hoopla.

President Obama was denied a Supreme Court Judge appointment because Mitch McConnell said it shouldn't happen in the last year of a term.  There was 10 months left in his second term.

Donald J Trump got a nomination approved 10 days before the election in 2020, which he lost.

The odds on winning a Powerball jackpot is 292 MILLION to one

The odds on winning a Mega Millions jackpot is 302 MILLION to one.

The odds on winning a California Super Lotto Plus jackpot is 42 MILLION to one.

The odds on winning a Scratcher for 10 or 20 million dollars is 3.5 MILLION to one.

I play the Scratchers

It takes 230 MILLION years for our Solar System to rotate ONE time around the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

The Earth is traveling at 67,000 MPH

The Solar System is traveling at 515,000 MPH

The Milky Way galaxy is traveling at 1.3 MILLION MPH

IT'S ONLY BEEN 150 YEARS SINCE THE HUMAN RACE LEARNED THAT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WAS MOVING AROUND THE CENTER OF THE GALAXY

The distance one light year covers, at 186,000 miles a second, is 5.9 TRILLION miles.

BLACK HOLES WILL NEVER ALLOW ANYTHING TO RETURN ONCE IT ABSORBS WHATEVER IT ABSORBS....WHICH APPEARS TO BE ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH LIGHT AND MATTER

Donald Trump still thinks he can be President again.

There are millions of people who believe the Universe is only about 8,000 years old.

MILLIONS!

Does it really surprise you that Donald Trump could actually win the GOP nomination while in the middle of a court case.

Webb

One year anniversary!

Go ahead and enjoy the latest images.

The Universe is rather large......just in case you forgot.

2023 Baseball update

 Of course the Dodgers are my main interest in baseball and since last year was the greatest single season they have ever had with 111 wins, I figured now at the halfway mark would be a good time to reflect on what has happened so far in the new season.

Needless to say there have been huge surprises....both positive and negative.

And by the way those surprises extend to all of Major League Baseball.

Injuries' affect all teams in baseball and the Dodgers are no exception.

Two weeks ago the Dodgers had 5 rookies on the field at the same time.  I don't ever remember that happening but I've only been paying close attention since 1958.

During the off-season the Dodger front office gave us every indication that this would be a year where the young studs in their farm system would get some opportunities.

I'm pretty sure they didn't think there would be this many opportunities but alas that is exactly what is happening.

Two of the biggest surprises have been players that haven't seen their rookie seasons in quite awhile.

Justin Hayward and David Peralta 

J.D. Martinez is not a surprise because he has always been good.

Justin Hayward's last five season's have been horrible and  now once again he is a stud.

The pitching staff has been slammed by injuries and new arms are introducing themselves.

Bobby Miller, Gavin Stone, Michael Grove and Emmet Sheehan have done a very adequate job of replacing Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Dustin May, Tony Gonsolin and Ryan Pepiot as well as Noah Syndergaard and now Clayton Kershaw.

After ten years of leading the division this year will prove a huge challenge because other teams have young players that are also getting their chance and are responding.  The Arizona Diamondbacks are a total surprise and San Diego has underperformed so far but they have a lineup that should prove very tough during the second half.

Baseball is game of streaks and the Dodgers last 10 years have been wonderful.  Of course I'm talking about the regular season which is 162 games.  The other season, which requires an additional 11 or 12 victories has been a total success only once....in 2020.

Can the Dodgers win the World Series in 2023?

Two things about baseball......there's no crying and there's no predicting.  Just ask Dave Roberts about last year during spring training.  Big mistake Dave!

Of course the Dodgers can win the World Series.....but so can Tampa Bay, Texas, Houston, San Diego, Minnesota, New York, Atlanta, Cleveland and Cincinnati.....whoa.....wait just a sec.  Cinny was 2000 to 1 before the season started and they currently lead the Central division and apparently have the greatest young player since Mickey Mantle.

Mr. Otani of the Angels has something to say about that.  He is in a class of his own and the rumors keep saying he might be a Dodger next year.  I find it hard to believe they would spend $500 MILLION but then again the owners have more money than Warren Buffet so who knows.

Can the Dodgers win the World Series?

THE REAL QUESTION TO BE ASKED IS....

CAN THE DODGERS REACH THE PLAYOFFS?

And as always I say the same thing I've said since 1958/

I sure hope so!

One thing I'm really ready for is a summer winning streak and hopefully it started last night with a 5-2 win over the surprising Pittsburg Pirates who are only 4 games behind Cincinnati.

The teams that should respond in the second half of 2023 are Philadelphia, St. Louis and the New York Yankees.

July 4 to October 1 is the greatest time for Major League Baseball and I'm ready to play coach......put me in.

Go Dodgers!