[Lots of Silverbacks are feeling good out there in The Jungle. Here are a few more options for the “best feeling in the world. SB SM]
But first, here’s a submission from SB Dave (Arid Zone SBs) for NOT the best feeling in the world.
Caption: “Otherwise, how did you enjoy the Coldplay concert?”
From Silverback Mike (Post Island Silverbacks):
*That laughter that breaks the tension or sadness
*That cool, soothing breeze
*ice water or ice tea
*Reading to relax
*That moment when eyes close, letting go, drifting off to sleep
*That hug or kiss feeling loved and loving
*Those joyous, transporting, magical musical moments …
From Silverback Jerry (Quaker Silverbacks):
- Meeting 3 friends who met 15+ years ago at a gym for drinks and a casual dinner once a month.
- Returning to a favorite vacation retreat whether in Vail, Freeport, Jackson Hole
- Surprising a family member with a nice gift that that was completely unexpected
- The first few months with a new puppy [Editor’s note: I really have to question SB Jerry’s sanity on this one. SB SM]
- Every time I donate another pint of blood. Writes Jerry “Started donating in college, then every chance I got in the Army where we got really good orange juice, then multiple places down here in Lancaster until I settled on Penn Medicine where my next donation will be 190. Would have been more but I had to stop when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer and until that was removed and I was cancer free. Karen donated, my son is up to almost 7 gallons and my daughter is probably about the same – we’re all on 56 day schedules.”
Silverbelle Sandy
- Biting into the first red tomato of the summer
- Seeing the blue ribbon on my pumpkin at the Tunbridge World’s Fair. (Red ribbon is for “Best of Show.”
One of the Arid Zone’s SB Dave submits: Hitting a 90+ mph fastball directly with the sweet spot of a H&B hickory bat. [Editor’s Note: Amen, Brother Silverback! SB SM]
Silverback Greg (Little Rhody Silverbacks) writes:
- My 6 month old granddaughter with a heart melting smile when she sees me
- Chipping in from 50 yards twice in four days this month.
- Dinner at Twelve in Portland, Maine—our favorite restaurant.
- Writing music for Old Rockers with my oldest cherished friend, Stephen Morris. Doesn’t get any better!!
- Waking up on the right side of the grass once again.
How about this one from Silverback Ron (Muskegon SBs): “Getting into a car that’s been sitting in the sun with the windows up. Something about that immediate hot sensation feels good, even on a hot summer’s day.”
SB Ron seems to have forgotten when car seats were vinyl. Try that in a wet bathing suit!
YOGI BERRA’S TOP 35 QUOTES:
1. “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
2. “It’s deja vu all over again.”
3. “I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4.”
4. “Never answer an anonymous letter.”
5. “We made too many wrong mistakes.”
6. “You can observe a lot by watching.”
7. “The future ain’t what it used to be.”
8. “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”
9. “It gets late early out here.”
10. “If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.”
11. “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
12. “Pair up in threes.”
13. “Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.”
14. “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
15. “All pitchers are liars or crybabies.”
16. “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”
17. “Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.”
18. “He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”
19. “I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.”
20. “I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won 25 games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.”
Modal Trigger
Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra in 1955.
21. “I don’t know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.”
22. “I’m a lucky guy and I’m happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.”
23. “I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”
24. “In baseball, you don’t know nothing.”
25. “I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?”
26. “I never said most of the things I said.”
27. “It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.”
28. “I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.”
29. “I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I’d never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.”
30. “So I’m ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.”
31. “Take it with a grin of salt.”
32. (On the 1973 Mets) “We were overwhelming underdogs.”
33. “The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.”
34. “You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”
35. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
(Sources: Los Angeles Times, Baseball Almanac, Baseball Digest, Catcher in the Wry (Bob Uecker), Sports Illustrated)