Every day when I wake up one of the first items that creeps into my head is getting the newspaper. I have got to get the paper. I have operated this way for over 40 years. The paper gets me in the know. More so than the internet I guess it might be because I can touch it or feel it. Or once I have it I do not have to wait for any uploading or downloading or sideloading (hey a new word) of information.
I confess – I have to see the sports pages. It’s out in the open. I admit it. There is something missing for me if I do not get to see the sports pages. Who hit home runs? Who got the most hits the previous day? How did Pujols or Manny do? What pitchers won? Who drove in the runs? How did the Yankee players do? Yeah I like that one the most. RBIs.If we are out of baseball season, it’s off to the transaction part of the paper. Who signed and who got released? ( I almost always feel bad when I see a name of a player I liked that got dropped by their team). Any trades I may have missed? People’s lives on the move. While this part of the paper announces transactions, it’s really about how lives change by the places these players move away from....