Roddy's World

My Atlanta Braves have won the 2021 World Series! For the first time in 26 years, they are world champs. I have been a long-time fan of the Braves. I was a freshman in high school in 1995.     From the moment Chipper Jones stepped on the diamond, with Bobby Cox at the helm, I mastered the art of the tomahawk chop. Together they were a dynamic duo along with so many other stars, leading their team to multiple World Series appearances. Until this year, the  Braves had won their one and     only World Series title in ‘95. It was frustrating having just the one title, despite all of the playoff appearances. That has now come full circle.                  The Braves overcame so much this season. Starting with the loss of their superstar outfielder, Ronald Acuna Jr. He injured his knee, and he was lost for the season. That led to the total midseason makeover of their outfield. With a flurry of trades, they acquired so much ...

How often do you look back in time? How often do you look back to the days of your childhood and teenage years, twenties and so forth? How often do you remember     grade school, high school, college, etc? I try to forget some things from my past. I wish it were easy     to go back and change things, but life just doesn’t work that way. My childhood was hard for me. There are so many bad memories, mostly from the days I was in school. It would be wrong to forget about the good memories, however, because I do have plenty of those. They are so vivid to this day. They don’t include school, but I would be remiss in not mentioning them.              There were the trips that we took, my parents, sisters and I. We would go to the beach and the mountains. We went to Georgia quite a bit. Along with that, sometimes we went to ball games. I can remember going to a baseball game in Atlanta where we saw the Braves play one year. I can’t remembe...