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By Dale Anderson
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Worst Seat in the House

It's not so bad

 

Last updated 4/3/2020 at 10:47am



As I wrote the title to this column, I realized that I am actually sitting in the best seat in my house. Yes, a very comfortable Lazy Boy for me, with a laptop at hand.

Always remember the good times. I know things have changed drastically for us in the past month. We all know that, but some of big-city people should understand how we handle things out here.

It could be important to incorporate a new motto for our area. Something like, "Adams County, social distancing since the late 1800s," or "Entering Adams County, don't be alarmed if we wave to you."

If you live in the country and your closest neighbor lives a mile or two away, and you happen to see them at the store or a ball game or on the street, there is a good chance the first thing you are going to say is, "Hi neighbor, how are you doing?"

Sometimes we even stop on the county road, roll the window down and from about eight feet away, we conduct our conversations.

Good times indeed

I think we've figured it out.

We haven't traveled to the westside of the state, where a fair amount of people have contracted the virus. We don't want it.

But how many people have traveled from the westside to purchase toilet paper from eastside stores? Did they leave germs along the way?

I think our governor should have shut off all travel from west to east.

The trucks could stop at the passes and swap trailers, just to keep us safe over here. My thoughts anyway.

If you disagree, do it in the privacy of your own home.

Now for sports

I've noticed a few things about the sports world. One regional newspaper has combined the Business and Sports sections. I guess the staff figured out sports are big business.

I also noticed that this column was the Ritzville Journal's sports section last week. This made me realize that I needed to write about something with sports as a topic in order for the paper to have a sports section this week.

So here goes.

Are you missing sports scores while reading this column? Here are a few.

Just add your favorite and least favorite teams to the winning and losing sides. The following scores can be either hockey or baseball related. 4-3, 5-2, 3-0, 8-1, and 6-5. Here are a couple of soccer scores 1-0 and 0-0.

I know that you also need those all-important NBA scores. So, here are a few of those as well. 101-98, 87-81, 119-93. And don't forget what might have been in the NCAA tournament with these scores: 64-63, 71-70 OT, 85-78 and 79-69.

Conspiracy theory

Okay, so now that we are caught up with the latest scores, I have something else I would like to discuss.

For those conspiracy theorists out there, I have this question for you: Would the NCAA tournament have been played - without fans of course - if the Top 8 seeded teams had been Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Michigan State, Gonzaga, Virginia and Villanova, instead of Kansas, Gonzaga, Dayton, Baylor, San Diego State, Duke and fill in the next two teams?

I ask this question simply because the NCAA makes its money off of TV revenue, not game attendance.

What better way to confine people at home than with something to watch like the great March Madness. I know this is controversial, but I need to say stuff like this in a column because my wife doesn't care about sports.

Okay that is enough rambling for one week. It hasn't been that bad, but it certainly makes me think about things differently being cooped up like this.

- Dale Anderson is a local sports columnist. Email him at [email protected].

 

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