The Last Pitch Vote 

     November 5. The world series. Game 7. Ninth inning. Score tied. 

     The Philadelphia (think constitutional convention) Phillies now risk defeat. The New York Yankees, the home team, have led the league going on four years. 

     Yanks only need to score one more run. Bases loaded. Two outs. Count - 3 balls, 2 strikes. The batter doesn't need to get a hit...if she is hit by a pitch, the Phillies make an error, or the pitcher throws ball 4. Or the judge - we mean umpire, makes a bad call. Ha Ha. 

     If Yankees win, they will make all laws, choose all leaders, bench any opponents, erase prior records, remove statues of opponents...and sign-up illegal players from around the world. 

     It's already happening, because they won control four years ago. 

     Okay. It's not November 5th...yet. 

     When a ball game is over, players win or lose, not the fans. When a national election is over, potentially any of us can be affected, for the good, or not. As we're part of an uncertain world, who knows what may happen well after the election? Can we trust our leadership? 

     Unlike ball games, we get to vote. It's not much. There may be cheating. But if we don't participate, hopefully with true knowledge, we have no complaint when our government fails us. 

              Jimmy