I love baseball, that does not mean I do not like football, but baseball takes me back to my youth and the love of all sports. So that phrase is one that I have heard for my entire sports life of 50 years (I am 56 for a few more weeks).

However that title is more appropriate for my stage in life. If I live to be 76 years old, which could happen, but might not, then I am indeed rounding the third quarter of my life and headed for home.

I am not a writer and do not claim to be, I do like to tell stories and remember what used to be and dream of what might be. The Lord has blessed me with a good memory and there are a lot of stories in me that I would love to talk about.

Most of those stories are as an observer and not a participant. Not only was I short coming up, but I was slow. When it was time to pick teams I was picked ahead of very few. However, I played hard and tried to win at everything…. even to a fault.

My little blog will not be all Gators, but I have a ton of Gator memories.  The first Gator game I saw on TV was against Penn State in December of 1962 with the Gators winning in an upset. I was hooked forever.

So, if you like poor writing, but good stories stay with me as I pass this time in my life as I am rounding third and headed for home.