Technology

Back in the 60s you sat in the living room and listened to Biff and Jack call a ballgame.
"It's a hot one today Biff."
"You know it Jack, that hot dog smells good though."
"We got old Swing Away Smitty at the plate. He sure has been parking a lot of em lately."
"That's true Jack but Fast Ball Freddy isn't going to make it easy for him."
"The count is 0 and 1 and Smitty takes a cut at that famous curve, bringing it to 0 and 2."
There's the delivery."
You hear a sharp smack and people screaming in the background.
"Man oh man, Smitty got ahold of that one. Right through the hole at left and he is safe on first."
"That brings up Lefty Louie and the crowd is on their feet."
"Boy, Biff. It looked like Lefty had some gum on his shoe or something. He was scraping it on the dugout steps before he took the plate and now he doesn't look comfortable in the box."
"Back to the game. One on, zero away here in the top of the first... and the windup...."

Those were the days, you could sit there and feel like you were actually at the park. Those were also the days before computers. Today it comes across a little different.

It is 93.647 degrees Fahrenheit out today, that's 34.248333333333335 degrees Celsius, Biff."
"You know it Jack, that hot dog smells good though."
"We got Swing Away Smitty at the plate. He's batting 377 against right handers this season."
"That's true Biff, but his average on away games is only 263. He could be in trouble against Fast Ball Freddie. His win-loss percentage is .773 with an ERA of 4.39. Out of 33 starts he pitched 80.1 innings and faced 763 batters with 171 strikeouts and only 149 hits allowed."
"All good numbers Jack. But if you consider that he faces a righty with the humidity at 78.335 percent you see his base on balls numbers jump from 95 up to 111. Smitty has a pretty good chance of getting on without even swinging the bat."
"No argument here Biff. But Smitty is twenty seven years old with 356 plate appearances this year. He has 35 home runs and 27 RBIs."
"You're forgetting the 7.832 mile per hour wind out of the Southwest Jack. That, statistically, puts a real damper on Smitty's numbers."
"Valid point Biff but....."
"Back to the game. Two on, one away, here in the bottom of the eighth. The score is three to six and Billy Ballwacker is addressing the plate."
"You know, Billy really has a good chance of tying the score here, with an RBI of 132...."

Used to turn the AM to 860 and enjoy the game. Talked Carol into a state of the art system but by the time you adjust your equalizer to get the bark out of the midrange and the trill out of the tweets, the game is almost over. My dad used to talk about the good old days. I wonder if, back then, you could actually go to a park and watch a game in person.

Driving tip: Throw a pack of post-its in your console. When the sun is glaring at you from between the visors or the back of your side window, slap a couple post-its on the glass. Don't impair your vision, but you might be able to improve it with some simple office supplies.