PART I of a Trilogy of IV
Investigation
Investigation
Many of you aren't likely to know this, but I have quite an extensive background in investigative journalism. No, this didn't come from years of watching the Lou Grant show. Actually, okay, I did watch the Lou Grant show, but my background is truthfully well earned through education, hard work and street smarts. Well...a couple of those for sure. Maybe just one of them actually, but still….
Before I joined the league I had heard whispers for years about what went on there. But there was always an impenetrable shroud of mystery around the league and its secrets. In fact the only reason I joined was to try and break through that barrier and find out what it was all about. I don't even really like baseball. But I needed to find out what secrets and rituals that were hidden and practiced in this group.
This first chapter will explain my discovery of the hidden society within the Tottenham Old Timers.
The founders of the Tottenham Old Timers were smart. I give them full marks. However, they clearly weren’t prepared for someone of my investigative skills being able to fit the pieces together.
The first part of the mystery was so common that I almost missed its mysticism, but it was the first clue that led to many more and the ultimate discovery of a long kept secret.
I’m only sharing this with you as example of how convoluted mystic symbolism can be. Here is the true explanation of the “C” and “H”. The “H” is the 8th letter of the modern Roman alphabet (the one we use) and when the "8" is turned on its side it is ∞, which of course, the sign for infinity. The “C” takes a little more hard work. In the ancient times, the letters, Σ σ ς, were combined in the Phoenician alphabet to a letter that looked a lot like a “W” but was actually called “Sin”. The Greeks called it Sigma.
The conclusion is that people who play for the Canadiens and / or cheer for the team, are “infinite sinners” and will spend the rest of their sorry existences burning in hell.
These are facts people. Facts.
T'Pau, bad ass Vulcan Priestess
Now, likewise, the Old Timer’s symbol with the capital “T” has nothing to do with representing the town of Tottenham. That anyone would think the Founders would be that obvious is pretty comical. The “T” is actually the letter ταῦ from medieval Greece (not to be confused with ancient Greece) which by itself means nothing. But, the Old Timer's Founders weren’t the first to steal the symbol from the Greeks. The creators of Star Trek had a Vulcan Priestess name T’pau was clearly drawn from the same Greek letter. What’s interesting about her is that she is the only person to have ever turned down a seat on the Federation council. Ever. This letter was not chosen by accident. It clearly represents a society working with its own rules above a seemingly structured organization.
Confused? Then the Founder’s conspirator efforts were fully worth their while. You’re not supposed to figure this stuff out.
But it would be foolish to think that you could base a conspiracy on the letter “T” alone. Look again at the logo. You will see Est. 1986. Really? Did you really think I would buy that one? Again, this is an obvious anagram for 1698 which, of course, is the year the steam engine was invented. Tottenham is ‘steam train country’, which proves that all future references are about Tottenham and specifically about the Old Timer’s league.
The year 1698 also saw the first New England treaty signed in Massachusetts. The significance there being that Massachusetts is the ‘new world’ birth place of the Free Masons who are documented decedents of the Knights Templar; who in turn are renown as keepers of great mystical secrets.
Still not enough?
Look at the ball in the league logo and you’ll count 53 stitches on it. Why would someone go to the trouble of arranging 53 stitches on that ball? Did you know that if you add up the first 53 prime numbers that it totals 5830 which is divisible by 53, which is itself a prime number? I didn't thinks so. Think about this. 5830 divided by 53 (the exact same number of hits Bob Legault had last year) equals 110 or the exact same number of at bats that James Taylor had. Just what are Bob and James hiding about the inner workings of this league? Far fetched? Do you think it is merely a coincidence that Bob and James both have the letters "L", "A" and "T" in their last names? Do you think its a coincidence as well that "LAT" stands for Lidocaine, Adrenaline and Tetracaine which is a topical anesthetic? Is there a link?
Did you know that 53 is the number of countries that are said to have existed in the lost continent of Africa which was rediscovered in 1992? And who led the expedition to rediscover the lost continent? Ricky-Bobby. Is he hiding something?
Did you know that the 53rd precinct is where Baretta worked? Baretta was played by Robert Blake. Does that link Rob Farah or Rob Hayward into this web of lies and deceit?
Most importantly 53 is the atomic number of iodine. And what possible use could be there for iodine that would apply to the Old Timer’s league? Consider that Iodine is a well-known anti-oxidant. Consider that anti-oxidants assist in prolonging the shelf life of vegetables, fruits and other organics. Consider that no one in our league has actually seen the birth certificates of the people who “claim” to be in their 60’s or 70’s. Consider that we inexplicably still have Founders of the league playing.
How is any of this possible? Why is there a conspiracy of silence resting above a dire secret that is only beginning to unravel? Why am I the only one asking these questions?
So here is what my investigation has led to. 70+ year olds who seemingly haven’t aged a day who play better baseball than most of the 40 year olds in the league; a symbolic decoded reference to a life prolonging agent; a symbolic reference to defiance of publicly accepted rules; and a symbolic reference to an ancient code of subversive secret keepers.
Any of these items on their own would just be a clever little story; but when added together they become something else. They become evidence. However evidence, no matter how compelling, isn’t proof. In the next chapter I will document my first undercover foray into this deep and dark; hidden organization.
Oh, we also learned one other thing. Habs fans will burn in hell.
THE SPEECH
Rob Farah sitting in his recliner, feet up, robe on, sipping wine, smoking his pipe, adjusting his beret while reading the New Yorker. Phone rings.
Rob: Hello?
Colin Hay: Hello. Rob, its Colin Hay, lead singer of the Australian band Men at Work.
Rob: Never heard of you. Bye. (Click).
(Ring-Ring)
Rob: Hello?
Colin Hay: Rob, its Colin Hay, lead singer of the Australian band Men at Work, I think we got disconnected.
Rob: You talk funny. Bye. (Click)
(Ring-Ring)
Rob: Hello?
Colin Hay: Rob, look, its Colin Hay, lead singer of the Australian band Men at Work, I think we got disconnected again, but I'd really like it if you used one of our songs for your speech.
Rob: What's in it for me?
Colin Hay: I could send you a case of nice Australian Shiraz.
Rob: Two cases of Donini and its a deal.
For reasons unbeknownst to me, Rob was inspired to go with Men at work this week for the speech and its their classic song "a land down under". You can hear the tune of this lost 80's classic, but clicking there: CLICK ME!
With Your Arm Down Under
Traveling in a blood red Hyundi
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I went to Cedar Kitchen, I like their service
They took me in and gave me breakfast
And they said,
"Do you throw with your arm down under?
Like women throw but I'm no hater?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the giggling?
You better run, you better take cover."
Buying wine from a man who wrestles
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a knuckle sandwich
And he said,
"Do you throw with your arm down under?
Like women throw but I'm no hater?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the giggling?
You better run, you better take cover."
Sittin' in a pub this one day
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me?
Because I come from the park called Coventry?"
And he said,
"Do you throw with your arm down under?
Like women throw but I'm no hater?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the giggling?
You better run, you better take cover."
THE GAME
First...There will be a full report on Rookie Night on Thursday June 2nd at 6AM. This edition will just deal with the game.
The Dodge City Rounders came into this game winless on the season. They had been blown out of games which was something that the Grisslies could relate to. The Grisslies, while 2-3, had lost a game by 21 runs earlier in the year which was worse than any of Dodge's defeats.
This was a game of two fragile egos, but teams with good players on both sides. Dodge City got off to a great start scoring 5 in the top of the first while holding the Grisslies off the score sheet. Dodge counted another in the second while the Grisslies cut the lead in half by counting three runs.
The Grisslies would go ahead in the 3rd with four runs. In the fourth the Grisslies would score another seven runs with the final run being driven in by a very patient Jim Mannell who worked a key walk. The Grisslies were home and cooled out on the strength of a monstrous home run by Gord "the screwdriver" Robertson by the time the seventh inning arrived.
Then the wheels fell off.
With the Grisslies ahead 16 to 10, the first six Rounders reached base in the top of the seventh and they all scored! With one on in a tie game, the Grisslies finally managed to record 3 outs without another run plating.
So we came to the bottom of the seventh with the Grisslies needing only one run to win. The Rounders easily recorded the 1st two outs before rookie, Dave "Don't call me Terry" Doucette came to the plate. He had a solid single bringing us the Grisslie's most consistent hitter of the year, Dave "the contradiction" Argue. Dave ripped a double into the right field corner which scored Dave all the way from first base for the win.
It was a great win on rookie night for the Grisslies and it was nice to see both rookies front and center for the win. But it should also be an encouraging game for the Rounders who played bell and kept their heads, through losing a big lead AND coming back from a big deficit.
Overall, it was a great game! The Grisslies are 3-3. This is heady territories for the Gris. Interestingly enough, last year rookie night was game six. It was also a win. It was also a 1 run win (7-6 over the Rusty Rebels). It also made us .500 for the year. Hopefully this year's team will have a more productive June and July than last year's team.
Fingers crossed!
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