Card of the Week

It wasn't hard to decide to choose Jim Bunning as card of the week. He did all he could to try and slow down the ObaminationCare last week. He is finishing his last term as a Senator from Kentucky. I remember watching him pitch for the Detroit Tigers on TV. His name had a cool ring to my ears--Bunning, Bunning. Sounds like something you do to cinnamon rolls or something. Never a pitcher in the class of a Koufax or Gibson, but a fierce competitor he took some of the same attributes into politics, at least for a while. He pitched a no hitter in 1958 against the Boston Red Sox. He pitched a perfect game in 1964 for the Phillies. That was the year it looked like the Phils had the pennant sewn up but they couldn't hold on. Gene Mauch pitched Bunning way to much and the big guy tired out as the Phillies bats cooled down the stretch. Senator Bunning was elected to the Hall of Fame after a 17 year Major League Career. He says he doesn't want to run another campaign ostensibly because of the difficulty in raising campaign funds.