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Keeping the Faith

The world is full of assholes. We see this every day. For instance, the d-bag on my ass at 6:10 a.m. this morning even though there was a perfectly good left lane for him to go be an asshole in. We see mothers throwing their drug-dependant babies at cops, congressman soliciting BJs in airport restrooms, guys trying to trade Dolphins tickets for some man-boy love action as Simon mentioned earlier, and everything in between.

Those are just the little things too; there are also the occasional genocides and the extraordinarily cowardly suicide bombers. And then somebody does something that restores the ol’ faith in humanity.

The Colorado Rockies voted to give a full playoff share to the widow of their minor league coach that was killed by a line drive this year. Not only is the woman pregnant, but she has two other young children as well, who will be throwing out the first pitch on Saturday.

The Rockies seem to be doing pretty well on their own lately, but this last karmic boost should make them a lock to win the whole thing.
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