(I received a tremendous card package in the mail Tuesday. Who knows when I'll get around to posting it here, so I'm just going to say thanks while the memory and amazement are fresh. Kris , you did real good. Here's to super-generous card bloggers. They are definitely appreciated. And in honor of them, it's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 102st in a series): Last month, Tommy John came to my town to speak at a fund-raiser. I didn't get to talk to him. I had to work. But since I work for a newspaper, I did assign someone to cover the event, and he documented what John had to say as a good reporter will do. John is and always has been an interesting and likable sort. Although his decision to leave the Dodgers for the Yankees annoyed me and I reveled in the fact that L.A. won a title after he left, he is one of the few Yankees that didn't not bother me when he played for them. Probably because I think of him as a Dodger and not a Yankee. ...
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