Why didn't The Babe hit more home runs?
Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:43:39 PM PDT
Enough with the pointing toward the bleachers and the powerful swing. The simple fact is that 714 was an insufficient number of home runs for Babe Ruth to maintain the record for all time. And if you leave out the ones that came in smaller ballparks, and the ones that were assisted by the wind blowing out, the actual number is more like 530, which puts him way down at fifteenth all-time, four behind Jimmie Foxx. Clearly, Jimmie Foxx is the winner here.
And speaking of The Babe, why didn't the 1927 Yankees win more than one World Series? Did they think because the were "the best team of all time" and had a "murderers row" that the heavens would magically open up and give them a second World Series? [Full disclosure: I'm a Red Sox fan, but credit where credit is due.] My point? The 2004 Red Sox are the better team.
And what the heck took so long with the Sistine Chapel? I mean four years with his head tilted back at that impossible angle, and he can't get the fingers any closer than that?
And it can't even last 500 years without needing restoring? The SuperPopes should have chosen Raphael.
Why wasn't Mother Teresa more compassionate?
I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared-for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone. -- Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979.
I don't see any mention of the halt and lame. Even if you want to stretch a point and say the crippled are the same as the lame, that stills leave out those both crippled and halt. In fact, why did she never explain what halt means? Shame on you, Mother Teresa.
Why didn't God make more water? He went for broke creating the earth with His (Her?) omnipotent power, even creating light and dark so he could see better and still get some sleep. And this is the best he can do? How can we count on Him to continue clothing the lilies of the field when he can't even provide us with enough water? And don't get me started on energy. It looks like Beelzebub takes this round.
Update Breaking: Why did Curly Joe never renounce the violence of Moe?
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