Local governments will matter more in the end

The company DroneUp! made the news in 2021 when it announced that it signed a deal with Walmart to do drone delivery. Recently it announced it a new all-in-one delivery service that could be rolled out to any store and deliver packages within 30 miles and under 10 pounds, all while automatically maintaining flight safety rules. In their spare time, they also manage to release the occasional cute video, like this one, on Facebook.

With all this right around the corner from my house, and with the fact I buy a lot of things from our local Walmart, you’d think I’d have a never-ending stream of drones dropping off items on my front porch.

And you’d be wrong. Why? Because I don’t live in Virginia Beach.

See, DroneUp! approached my city about adding drone delivery, but my city insisted that every drone position be operated like an airport. Yup, that’s a thing. Essentially my city council wanted every Walmart to run under the same restrictive rules that airports do. Never mind that the FAA doesn’t insist on this. Never mind that there is more restricted airspace in Virginia Beach then my city, with the nearby Oceana and Norfolk airports contributing to plenty of civilian and military flights everyday. Nope, my city insisted on stupid antiquated rules.

So instead of drone delivery, we get nothing.

Local government elections get ignored too often. As a society we argue over national elections, but fail to show up to local elections. That’s how we get crummy school boards that push pornography in school libraries, crummy state prosecutors that let criminals run free, and crummy city councils that equate drone delivery to running an international airport. On a bigger scale, we’re seeing some states, like Florida, tackle issues like squatting head on, while other states allow criminals to kick people out of their homes and trash them. We’re seeing some states like Georgia get ahead of election security while others allow it to falter.

If we don’t pay attention to our local problems, it’ll be impossible to solve the national ones.

This post represents the views of the author and not those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, or any other government agency.

“Squatter’s rights” will result in vigilante justice

There has been a sharp increase in squatter claims making the news. If you aren’t familiar with “squatter’s rights,” its an area legally called adverse possession, where someone can lay claim to a space after occupying it for so many years. The average person would think this is trespassing, but there is a legal distinction in that trespassers don’t claim to own the property, but squatters do. This allows someone to break into an abandoned home, act like they own it and thus become impossible to evict.

If you think this sounds crazy…that’s because it is. But we live in the world of crazy, such that someone can break into a 4.6 million dollar home near Lebron James and simply occupy it, even throwing parties and renting out spaces. Or one that allows a squatter to put a Temporary Restriction Order on the owner of a home and kick him out in Washington.

We do, seriously, live in a clown world.

Not surprisingly, because the police either can’t or won’t stop this insanity, it is spreading wildly, especially in deep blue states like New York. In every part of the world where I’ve seen private property rights degrade, the sequence goes like this:

Criminals go from individuals to gangs that are well organized
Private citizens begin offering services to counter the crime
Criminals begin to get violent
Private citizens begin to “disappear” individuals

We’re already seeing organized squatters, including a lot of illegal immigrants, targeting wealthy homes in groups. We’re also seeing other citizens develop businesses around evicting squatters, including a self-proclaimed “squatter hunter” who charges $5,000 or more to kick out squatting parties. Sadly, we’re seeing a death toll too, as two squatters beat a woman to death for simply trying to reclaim her home.

The next step is squatters will start disappearing. Contrary to popular belief, police exist to protect the guilty, especially people accused or guilty of serious crimes.

Think about it, if you thought your neighbor sexually molested your child, what would stop you from beating them to death? I mean, if your kid was abused and scarred for life, you can’t tell me you wouldn’t at least contemplate burying the culprit 6 feet underground. The police and your belief that justice is best served in a courtroom are what stops you from pursuing this.

As we remove cops and courts, mark my words, we’re going to see squatting stop, because people are just going to disappear. Squatters are going to get beaten to death by angry mobs of property owners and their bodies dumped in the street. Nobody will say anything, just like people in Italy were silent on mobster killings. Vigilante justice will fill the void, and with it will come the settling of petty disputes and rivalries at the end of a stick and a gun.

Some people are cheering this on. They are thinking “Yes, finally, I can settle my score with so and so.” To that I shake my head. We all think we’ll be the ones on top when the world shatters, but in reality, in a world of might makes right, the most despicable people rise to the top. Look to the French Revolution if you need an example.

Some states are getting ahead of this, namely Florida, which passed legislation to allow police to kick off squatters. Even New York is beginning to modify its laws, likely too late to prevent the mass exodus of businesses.

More so than politics, we need to get a handle on squatting before it turns decent people into crazed vigilantes.

This post represents the views of the author and not those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, or any other government agency.

1997 League Waivers List

Grouped by position and the team shown on the card

Kevin Gross R Long/20 Ana
Mike Holtz L Short Ana
Mike James R Short Ana
Darrell May L Long/20 Ana
Matt Perisho L 20/Long Ana
Dennis Springer R 30/Long Ana
Brad Clontz R short Atl
Terrell Wade L 20/Long Atl
Shawn Boskie R Long/20 Balt
Terry Mathews R Long Balt
Rick Krivda L 25 Balt
Alan Mills R Short Balt
Steve Avery L 20/Long Bos
Mark Brandenburg R Long Bos
Vaughn Eshelman L Long/20 Bos
Chris Hammond L Short/20 Bos
Joe Hudson R Long Bos
Jeff Suppan R 25/Long Bos
Jason Bere R 20 Chi (a)
Nelson Cruz Right Long Chi (A)
Scott Eyre L 20 Chi (A)
Al Levine R Short Chi (a)
Bill Simas R short Chi (a)
Ramon Tatis L Short Chi (N)
Amaury Telemaco R 20/Long Chi (N)
Pete Schourek L 25/Long Cin
Brian Anderson L 20 Cle
Jason Jacome L Long/20 Cle
Albie Lopez R Long/20 Cle
~~Jack McDowell R 25/Long Cle~~ Claimed Waivers Houston 6/29
John Smiley L 25 Cle
Paul Shuey R Short Cle
John Burke Right 20 Long Col
Darren Holmes Right Long/20 Col
Mark Mutton Right Long/20 Col
Curt Leskanic Right Short Col
Jeff Mccurry Right Long Col
Mike Munoz Left Short Col
Jamey Wright Right 25 Col
Bill Swift Right 20/Long Col
Glenn Dishman L 20/Long Det
Kevin Jarvis R Long/20 Det
~~Dan Miceli R Short Det~~ Claimed Houston Waivers 6/24
Greg Keagle Right 25/Long Det
Mike Myers Left Short Det
Scott Sanders R Long/20 Det
~~A. J. Sager R Long/20 Det~~ Claimed Houston Waivers
Robby Stanifer R Long Fla
Ed Vosberg L short Fla
John Hudek R Short Hou
Ricky Bones R Long/20 KC
Hector Carrasco R Long KC
Larry Casian L Short KC
Hipolito Pichardo R Short KC
Jim Pittsley R 25 KC
Glendon Rusch L 30/Long KC
Jamie Walker L Short KC
Dennis Reyes L Long/20 LA
Bryce Florie Right Long/20 Mil
Al Reyes Right Long Mil
Steve Woodard right 25 Mil
Scott Aldred Left 20/Long Min
Travis Miller L 25/Long Min
Rich Robertson L 20/Lon Min
Frank Rodriguez R Long/20 Min
Jim Bullinger Right 20/Long Mon
Rick Dehart Left Long Mont
Mike Johnson R 20/Long Mont
Steve Kline L Long/20 Mont
Jason Isinghausen R 30 NYM
Graeme Lloyd L short NYY
Dwight Gooden R 25/Long NYY
Ricardo Jordan L Long NYM
Takashi Kashiwada Short NYM
Turk Wendell R Long NYM
Rick Trlicek R Short NYM
Willie Adams R 20/Long Oak
Dave Johnson Right short Oak
Steve Karsay R 25 Oak
Mike Mohler L Long/20 Oak
Ariel Prieto R 30 Oak
Carlos Reyes R Long/20 Oak
Dave Telgheder R 25/Long Oak
Don Wengert R Long 20 Oak
Ron Blazier R Long Phil
Wayne Gomes Right Long Phil
Tyler Green R 25 Phil
Reggie Harris Right short Phil
Mark Leiter Right 30 Phil
Calvin Maduro R 25/Long Phil
Erik Plantenberg L short Phil
Scott Ruffcorn R Long/20 Phil
Jerry Spradlin R Short Phil
Chris Peters Left Long/20 Pit
Matt Ruebel Left Long Pit
Jose Silva R Long/20 Pit
Sean Bergman R Long/20 SD
Will Cunnane R Long/20 SD
Danny Jackson L 25/Long SD
Paul Menheart R 25/Long SD
Heath Murray R 25/Long SD
Pete Smith R Long/20 SD
Tim Worrell R Long/20 SD
Jim Poole L Short SF
Joe Roa R Long/20 SF
Osvaldo Fernandez R 20 SF
William Van Landingham R 25/Long SF
Norm Charlton Left Short Sea
Dennis Martinez R 30 Sea
Felipe Lira R 20/Long Sea
~~Ken Cloude R 20/long Sea~~ Claimed Houston Successful 6/5
~~Greg McCarthy L Short Sea~~ Claimed Houston Successful
Bob Wells R Long/20 Sea
Heathcliffe Slocumb R Short Sea
Bob Wolcott R 25/Long Sea
Jose Bautista R Long StL
Curtis King R Short StL
Tony Fossas L Short StL
Donovan Osborne L 25 StL
Brady Raggio R Long/20 StL
Mark Petkovsek R Long/20 Stl
Fernando Valenzuela L 25 StL
Julio Santana R Long/20
Terry Clark R 20/Long Tex
Luis Andujar R Long/20 Tor
Tim Crabtree R short Tor

Greg Colburn Right Spray Atl
Mario Valdez Left Spray Chi (A)
Hal Morris Left Spray Cin
Kevin Seitzer Right Spray Cle
Jeff Conine Right Spray Fla
Larry Sutton Left Pull KC
~~Dave Nilsson Left Spray Mil~~ Waivers pick Houston
Scott Stahoviak Left Spray Min
Cecil Fielder Right Spray NYY
Kevin Jordan Right Pull Phil
Mark Johnson Left Spray Pit
Eddie Williams Right Pull Pit

Mark Lemkie Both Spray Atl
Jeff Branson Left Spray Cle
Jody Reed Right Spray Det
David Howard Both Spray KC
Nelson Liriano Both Spray LA
Jeff Huson Left Spray Mil
Andy Stankiewicz Right Spray Mont
Pat Kelly Right Spray NYY
Carlos Baerga Both Spray NYM
Jason Hardtke Both Spray NYM
Kevin Sefcik Right Spray Phil
Mike Gallego Right Spray StL
Mariano Duncan Right Pull Tor
Carlos Garcia Right Spray Tor

Mike Mordecai Right Spray Atl
Mike Benjamin Right Spray Bos
Chris Snopek Right Pull Chi (A)
Terry Pendleton Both Spray Cin
Alex Arias Right Spray Fla
Russ Johnson Right Spray Hou
Craig Paquette Right Pull KC
Matt Franco Left Pull NYM
~~Dale Sveum~~ Both Pull Pit Claimed Cincinnati Successful
Archi Cianfrocco Right Spray SD
Mark Lewis Right Pull SF
Brent Gates Both Spray Sea
Andy Sheets Right Pull Sea
Scott Livingstone Left Spray StL
~~Fernando Tatis Right Spray Tex~~ Claim Houston Successful
Juan Samuel Right Pull Tor
Ed Sprague Right Pull Tor

Norberto Martin Right Spray Chi (A)
Jason Bates Both Spray Col
Orlando Miller Right Pull Det
Pat Listach Both Spray Hou
Juan Castro Right Spray LA
Kevin Elster Right Spray Pit
Chris Gomez right Spray SD
Craig Shipley Right Spray SD
Alvaro Espinoza Right Spray Sea
Benji Gill Right Pull Tex
Alex Gonzalez Right Pull Tor
Thomas Perez Both Spray Tor
Greg Gagne Right Spray LA RELASED BY HOUSTON 7/1

Danny Bautista Right Spray Atl
Jerome Walton Right Spray Balt
Wil Cordero Right Spray Bos
Curtis Pride Left Spray Bos
Brant Brown Left Pull Chi (N)
Brooks Kieschnick Left Pull Chi (N)
Lenny Harris Left Spray Cin
Eric Owens Right Spray Cin
Kevin Mitchell Right Pull Cle
Harvey Pulliam Right Pull Col
Jim Eisenreich Left Spray Fla
Rod Myers Left Pull KC
Todd Hollandsworth Left Spray LA
Billy Ashley Right Pull LA
Todd Dunn Right Pull Mil
Marc Newfield Right Spray Mil
Jack Voigt Right Pull Mil
Marty Cordova Right Spray Min
Scott Pose Left Spray NYY
Patrick Lennon Right Spray Oak
Brian Lesher Right Pull Oak
Billy McMillion left spray Phil
Emil Brown Right Pull Pit
Trey Beamon Left Spray SD
Rich Amaral Right Spray Sea
Rob Ducey Left Spray Sea
Lee Tinsley Both Spray Sea
Ron Gant Right Pull StL
Robert Perez Right Pull Tor
Rubin Sierra Both Pull Tor

Jesus Tavarez Both Spray Bos
Todd Dunwoody Left Pull Fla
Chuck Carr Both Spray Hou
Thomas Howard Left Spray Hou
James Mouton Right Pull Hou
Wayne Kirby Left Spray LA
Darrin Jackson Right Pull Mil
Steve Bieser Left Spray NYM
Jason McDonald Both Spray Oak
Ernie Young Right Spray Oak
Rob Butler Left Spray Phil
Midre Cummings Left Spray Phil
Rex Hudler Right Pull Phil
Wendell Magee Right Pull Phil
Ricky Otero Both Spray Phil
Jermaine Allensworth Right Spray Pit
Adrian Brown Both Spray Pit
Chris Jones Right Pull SD
Jacob Brumfield Right Pull Tor

Tony Tarasco Left Spray Balt
Rudy Pemberton Right Spray Bos
Lyle Mouton Right Spray Chi (A)
Mike Kelly Right Pull Cin
John Vander Wal Left Spray Col
Melivn Nieves Both Pull Det
Bubba Trammell Right Pull Det
Ray Montgomery Right Spray Hou
Joe Vitello Right Spray KC
Matt Mieske Right Pull Mil
Brent Brede Left Spray Min
Ryan McGuire Left Spray Mont
Joe Orsulak Left Spray Mont
Pete Incaviglia Right Pull NYY
Derrick May Left Spray Phil
Jose Guillen Right Spray Pit
Mark Sweeney Left Spray SD
Marvin Benard Left Pull SF
Glenallen Hill Right Pull SF
Phil Plantier Left Pull StL
Mike Devereaux Right Spray Tex
Alex Diaz Both Spray Tex
Warren Newsome Left Pull Tex
Mike Simms Right Pull Tex
Orlando Merced Left Spray Tor

Greg Myers Left Pull Atl
Eddie Perez Right Pull Atl
Tim Spehr Right Spray Atl
Lenny Webster Right Pull Balt
Ron Karkovice Right Pull Chi (a)
Tyler Houston Left Pull Chi (N)
Mike Hubbard Right Pull Chi (N)
Scott Servais Right Spray Chi (N)
Kirt Manwaring Right Spray Col
Raul Casanova Both Spray Det
Marcus Jensen Both Pull Det
Tony Pena Right Spray Hou
Sal Fasano Right Pull KC
Tom Prince Right Spray LA
Kelly Stinnet Right Spray Mil
Chris Widger Right Pull Mont
Alberto Castillo Right Spray NYM
Izzy Molina Right Pull Oak
Bobby Estalella Right Pull Phil
Mark Parent Right Pull Phil
Keith Osik Right Spray Pit
Mandy Romero Both Pull SD
Damon Berry hill both spray SF
John Marzano Right Spray Sea
Tom Lampkin Left Pull StL
Tom Pagnozzi Right Spray StL
Henry Mercedes Right Spray Tex

Eddie Murray Both Spray LA

Using AI for homeschool

The implosion of public school during COVID created a whole new batch of homeschooling families. While this is great news, it also means more than a few families are discovering the difficulty in homeschooling children, especially when the child has difficulty in subjects the parents aren’t familiar with.

That’s why I encourage all homeschooling parents to use AI. I use CoPilot since its free, but you’re welcome to use OpenAI or any other AI. Now, we aren’t going to try and look up gender studies or DEI subjects, because parents should talk with their children about those topics. But what about math?

Let’s be honest, unless you happen to work in engineering, integrating a function is likely something you haven’t done recently. AI makes this really easy AND it explains the work.

Remember diagramming sentences? I don’t because I’m sure I slept through that portion of school. So what do you do when your kid is confused about diagramming sentences?

Problem solved! But what about foreign languages?

Too bad for CoPilot! You have to have a Microsoft account of some kind to make this work

If it can diagram sentences, it can definitely update your work too!

What about chemistry? Balancing redux equations in high school chemistry is something I haven’t touched in years.

Another great use of AI is technical help. If something doesn’t work correctly on your computer, AI makes it easy to troubleshoot. I had a lot of problems getting rid of the kid’s google accounts from my wife’s laptop. I would go to a website and their account, vice my wife’s, would load and be heavily restricted. AI helped me solve that problem.

Another great school use is Excel functions. Microsoft Excel is extremely powerful, much more so than Google Sheets, but the syntax and formatting can get messy quickly. CoPilot is especially good at taking what you want to do and spitting out a function you can copy/paste. Even something complicated like pivot tables falls to the power of AI!

I think Microsoft captured AI, especially large language learning models, with the phrase “CoPilot.” Yes, AI can generate some pretty humorous poems and the occasional rap song, plus create some very cool images, but human beings are still far better at imagining unique things. Where AI shines is rote work. How many times have you Googled different Excel formulas, or how to integrate a function, or where some setting is in PowerPoint? My kids have tons of weird questions that pop up, ranging from English and Math to Biology and Chemistry. Anything that is straightforward will easily be answered with AI.

One caution: I always encourage people to have a discussion with the AI. Just popping in a question and getting an answer is dangerous, because the AI, like human beings, can get it wrong. This happened on an English question my daughter had. The first answer didn’t make sense, and she was ready to write off AI. I had her put in a few more prompts, and then the AI (in this case, CoPilot) gave her the correct answer. Treat it like a really smart human and you’ll do great!

This post represents the views of the author and not those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, or any other government agency. And besides the pictures, nothing else in this post was generated by AI.

DEI makes for dumb PCs

One of the biggest concerns for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is the loss of TSMC, a huge company that makes around 80% of the world’s advanced microprocessors and chipsets and 55% of chips overall. Think about that for just one second…55% of all chips in the entire world are made by one company. In your home alone, there are chips in your computer, cars, certain HVAC components, smartphones, your wifi router, TVs, and even things like refrigerators. 55% of these chips come from one company.

That’s pretty crazy when you think about it. TSMC has facilities around the world, although the majority are located in Taiwan. Why wouldn’t it open more facilities in the US? Well, because its expensive due to all the red tape involved in making facilities in the US and because there is not enough talent in the US to make chips. If we drop the nice language, TSMC has basically said it costs too much and Americans aren’t smart enough to make these advanced chips.

Ouch. So much for all that STEM money we keep throwing at education that gets misused. Since chips are key components of most weapon systems, Congress passed the CHIPS act to subsidize and incentivize chip manufacturers in America. But guess what came along with the money? A whole lot of strings, including DEI strings:

The law contains 19 sections aimed at helping minority groups, including one creating a Chief Diversity Officer at the National Science Foundation, and several prioritizing scientific cooperation with what it calls “minority-serving institutions.” A section called “Opportunity and Inclusion” instructs the Department of Commerce to work with minority-owned businesses and make sure chipmakers “increase the participation of economically disadvantaged individuals in the semiconductor workforce.”
– The Hill

This is exactly why China and other nations can beat us at these high-end games. Americans are known for working hard and figuring things out, and until recently the advanced nature of American colleges and other education institutions was known around the world. But we’ve allowed morons (and if you support DEI, you are a moron) to write our laws and corrupt our institutions. The steady rise in costs from these morons has driven everyone away, from chip manufacturers and oil and gas production to basic tools and batteries.

We did this to ourselves. We can undo it too. Imagine a world without stupid bureaucrats running everything into the dirt. Imagine the US unleashing its potential and the hard work and smarts actually paying off, not being stifled by people insisting on laws and incentives that make no sense in the real world. A far better world, and one within our reach, if we choose to make it so.

This post represents the views of the author and not those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, or any other government agency.

1972 Dynasty League Waivers List

These are the players available in Waivers by position

1B
Jim Beauchamp NYM
Pat Bourque Cubs
~~Jim Breazeale Atl~~ Claimed on Waivers by Pit
Bob Burda Bos
Gail Hopkins KC
Paul Jata Det
Pete Koegel Phil
Terry McDermott LAD
~~Tony Muser White Sox~~ claimed NYY May 8th
Art Shamsky Oak

Lute Barnes NYM
~~Ken Boswell NYM~~ Claim Montreal Week 2 Early Waivers
Larry Brown Oak
~~Denny Doyle Phil~~ Claim Early Waivers week 5 cubs
Bobby Fenwick Hou
Rod Gilbreath Atl
Jim Lefebvre LAD
~~Bill Mazeroski Pit~~ Claimed Yankees Successful
~~Len Randle Tex~~ Claim Montreal Week 2 Early Waivers
Fred Stanley SD
~~Hector Torres Mon~~ Claimed week 4 Early waivers Boston
Jim Wohlford KC

Hank Allen ChW
Billy Grabarkewitz LAD
Dave Hilton SD
Julian Javier Cin
Dalton Jones Tex
Rich McKinney NYY
Syd O’Brien Mil
~~Jose Pagan Pit~~ Claimed Pittsburgh Claim Successful
Billy Parker Cal

Luis Alvarado ChW
~~Juan Beniquez Bos~~ Claimed Pittsburgh successful
Lou Camilli Cle
Jack Heidemann Cle
Rudy Hernandez ChW
Marty Martinez Tex
Rafael Robles SD

Catcher

Chuck Brinkman Chw
~~Paul Casanova Atl~~ Claimed Atlanta successful
Vic Correll Bos
Rick Dempsey Min Claim NYY
~~Bob Didier Atl~~ Waivers claim Pit 6/28 WASHINGTON COUNTERCLAIM 6/29 Cubs Counter Washington 6/29 Cubs Counter-counter Claim Successful
Tom Egan Chw
Frank Fernandez Cubs
Russ Gibson SF
Joe Goddard SD
~~Tom Haller Det~~ Claimed Pittsburgh Waivers successful
~~Larry Howard Hou~~ Claimed Cleveland Week 3 early waivers
Cliff Johnson Hou
Larry Johnson Cle
Art Kusnyer Cal
J.C. Martin Cubs
Jerry May KC
Joe Nolan NYM
Dennis Paepke KC
Paul Ratliff Mil
Ken Rudolph Cubs
Bob Stinson Hou
~~Carl Taylor KC~~ Claimed Cleveland Early waivers week 3

Kurt Bevacqua Cle
Chris Coletta Cal
Tommy Davis Bal Claim Pit
Jim Fairey Mon
Phil Gagliano Bos
Joe Keough KC
Charlie Manuel Min
Curt Motton Cal
Rick Renick Min
Tommie Reynolds Mil
Tom Shopay Bal
~~Bernie Williams SF~~ Taken Early Waiver Week 3 Boston

Boots Day Mont
~~Jay Johnstone Chw~~ Claimed waivers NYY 6/24
Jim Lyttle Chw
Jim Nettles Min
Lee Richard Chw
Jorge Roque StL

Brant Alyea StL
~~Mike Anderson Phil~~ waivers claim 6/28 Milwaukee successful
Byron Browne Phil
Randy Elliott SD
Roy Foster Cle
Don Hahn NYM
Gene Hiser Cubs
Ron Lolich Cle
Dave Marshall NYM
~~Norm Miller Hou~~ Claimed Boston Waivers successful
~~Dave Schneck NYM~~ Claimed California Waivers successful
~~Larry Stahl SD~~ Claimed Pit Waivers Successful!
Ron Stone Phil
Ted Uhlaender Cin
Bill Voss StL

Pitcher

Wade Blasingame NYY
~~Les Cain Det~~ Claimed early waivers week 4 SF Giants
Tony Cloninger
~~John Cumberland StL~~ Claimed Waivers Boston
Jimmy Freeman Atl
Bob Gebhard Min
Jim Geddes Chw
Joe Gilbert Mon
~~Joe Grzenda StL~~ CLAIM Waivers week 5 Washington Successful!
~~Steve Hargan~~ Cle Claimed early waiver week 5 Cubs
~~Rich Hinton Tex~~ Claimed early waivers week 4 SF Giants
Ron Klimkowski NYY
Lew Krausse Bos
Denny Lemaster Mon
~~Denny McLain Atl~~ Claimed on waivers by Baltimore
~~Pete Mikkelsen~~ Claimed early Waivers week 5 Cleveland
~~Jim Nash Phil~~ Claimed by Baltimore successful
Gary Neibauer Phil
Mel Queen Cal
~~Bob RAuch NYM~~ Claimed Cubs 6/24
Phil Regan Chw
Archie Reynolds Mil
Jim Roland Tex
~~Mark Schaeffer SD~~ Claimed Cleveland early waivers week 1
~~Dick Selma Phil~~ Claimed Kansas City waivers successful
Steve Simpson SD
~~Hank Webb NYM~~ Claimed Boston Early Waivers week 3

1972 league full draft (backup copy)

Keeping a copy of the draft for the 1972 league here on the backup blog as a backup copy for quick reference:

Round 1 & 2

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Lou Brock	OF	1	Montreal	Willie Mays	OF
2	Pittsburgh	Hank Aaron	1B	2	Pittsburgh	Bill Russell	SS
3	Cincinnati	Ron Santo	3B	3	Cincinnati	Bill Lee	P
4	San Francisco	Darryl Evans	3B	4.	SF	Dave Cash	2B
5	St. Louis	Don Kessinger	SS	5	StL	Darold Knowles	P
6	New York (Y)	Reggie Smith	RF	6	New York (Al)	Danny Thompson	SS
7	Cleveland	John Matlack	P	7	Cleveland	Bill Stoneham	P
8	Minnesota	Al Oliver	OF	8	Minnesota	Bob Watson	OF
9	Milwaukee	Doug Rader	3B	9	Milwaukee	Earl Williams	C
10	Boston	Gary Nolan	P	10	Boston	Horace Clarke	2B
11	Philadelphia	Rudy May	P	11	Philadelphia	Ted Abernaphy	P
12	Washington	Mike Epstein	1B	12	Washington Senators	Reggie Cleveland	P
13	California	Don Money	3B	13	California	Dave Concepecion	SS
14	Atlanta	Rollie Fingers	P	14	Atlanta	Aurelio Rodriguez	3B
15	Oakland	Roy White	LF	15	Oakland	Ted Sizemore	2B
16	Mil (Via NYM)	Don Wilson	P	16	New York (NL)	Jerry Reuss	P
17	Chicago (N)	Jeff Burroughs	OF	17	Cubs	Lou Pinella	OF
18	Mil (Via Balt)	Blue Moon Odom	P	18	NYY (via balt)	Dave Nelson	3B
19	Kansas City	Clyde Wright	P	19	Kansas City	Nelson Briles	P
20	Los Angeles	Wayne Twitchell	P	20	Los Angeles	Steve Renko	P

Round 3 & 4

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Carlos May	OF	1	Montreal	Ed Kirpatrick	c
2	Pittsburgh	Jim Barr	P	2	Pittsburgh	Jose Cruz	cf
3	Cincinnati	Al Kaline	OF	3	Cincinnati	Mike Caldwell	P
4	San Francisco	Ellie Rodriguez	c	4	San Francisco	Rick Monday	OF
5	Boston (Via StL)	Bud Harrelson	SS		St Louis	Bob Veale	P
6	New York (A)	Lindsy McDaniel	P		New York (A)	Sklp Lockwood	P
7	Cleveland	Bill Hand	P	7	Cleveland	Wayne Garrett	3B
8	Minnesota	Tito Fuentes	2B	8	Minnesota	Ray Fossie	C
9	Milwaukee	Ed Brinkman	SS	9	Milwaukee	Caesar Geronimo	of
10	New York (N) (via Bos)	Ken Henderson	OF	10	StL (via Boston	Matty Alou	OF
11	Philadelphia	Steve Arlin	P	11	Philadelphia	Paul Limblad	P
12	Washington	Tim Foli	ss	12	Washington	Ed Herman	C
13	California	Manny Mota	OF	13	California	Bobby Valentine	2B
14	Atlanta	Toby Harrah	SS	14	Atlanta	Sandy Alomar	2B
15	Oakland	Boog Powel	1B	15	Oakland	Lynn McGlothen	P
16	New York (N)	Leron Lee	OF	16	San Fran (via NY)	Eddie Watt	P
17	Chicago (N)	Steve Braun	3B	17	Chicago (N)	Jose Orta	SS
18	Mil (via Balt)	Frank Robinson	OF	18	SF (via Balt)	Tommie Agee	cf
19	KC	duffy Dyer	c	19	KC	Norm Cash	1B
20	Los Angeles	Dave Roberts	P	20	Los Angeles	Mike Lum	OF

Round 5 & 6 NOTE ALL TRADING ENDS WHEN ROUND 6 Begins

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Frank Duffy	SS	1	Montreal	Ron Theobald	2B
2	Pittsburgh	Gray Ross	P	2	Pittsburgh	Bob Johnson	P
3	Cincinnati	Paul Splittorff	P	3	Cincinnati	Luis Aparicio	ss
4	San Francisco	Cy Acosta	P	4	San Francisco	Tommy Harper	OF
5	St Louis	Bob Oliver	1B	5	StL	Dick McAuliffe	2B
6	NYY	Jim McGlothlin	P	6	NYY	Gene Tenace	C
7	Cleveland	Jim Hickman	OF	7	Cleveland	Dave Rader	C
8	Minnesota	John Boccabella	C	8	Minnesota	Dave LaRoche	P
9	Milwaukee	Mike Jorgenson	1B	9	Milwaukee	Ray Lamb	P
10	Boston	Vada Pinson	OF	10	Boston	Tom timmerman	P
11	Philadelphia	Chuck Seelbach	P	11	Philadelphia	Elliott maddux	of
12	Washington	Carl Morton	P	12	Washington	Andy Etchebarren	C
13	California	Jerry Morales	CF	13	California	Tommy McCraw	1B
14	Atlanta	Dick Billings	C	14	Atlanta	Sonny Siebert	P
15	Oakland	Dennis Menkie	3B	15	Oakland	Steve Dunning	P
16	Kansas City (via mets)	Bob Locker	P	16	NY mets	Leo Cardenes	SS
17	chicago (N)	John Hiller	P	17	Cubs	Rich Gossage	P
18	Mil (via balt)	Darryl Porter	c	18	Baltimore	Glenn Becket	2B
19	Mil (via KC	Gene Michael	ss	19	Mil (via KC)	Tom Kelley	P
20	Los Angeles	Bill Sudsakis	1b	20	Los Angeles	Merv Rettenmund	of

Round 7 & 8

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Jim Fregosi	SS	1	Montreal	Chris Chamblis	1B
2	Pittsburgh	Steve Barber	P	2	Pittsburgh	elrod Hendricks	c
3	Cincinnati	Jim Ray Hart	3B	3	Cincinnati	Jerry Grote	C
4	San Francisco	John Strohmeyer	P	4	San Francisco	Tony Taylor	Inf
5	St Louis	Don McMahon	P	5	St Louis	Pete Broberg	P
6	New York (AL)	Jerry Johnson	P	6	New York (AL)	Mark Belanger	SS
7	Cleveland	Ron Reed	P	7	Cleveland	Tom Griffin	P
8	Minnesota	Cito Gaston	OF	8	Minnesota	Mike Kekich	P
9	Milwaukee	Johnny Edwards	c	9	Milwaukee	Bob Heise	Inf
10	Boston	Joe Horlen	P	10	Boston	Staeve Kealy	P
11	Philadelphia	Larvell Blanks	Utl	11	Philadelphia	Pete Richert	P
12	Mil (via Wash)	Ken Sanders	P	12	Washington	Rick Reichart	of
13	California	Bill Fahey	c	13	California	Jim Rooker	P
14	Atlanta	Ted Ford	P	14	Atlanta	Ed Krainpool	1b
15	Oakland	Chris Zachery	P	15	Oakland	Mike corkins	P
16	KC (via mets)	Bob Bailey	3B	16	New York (N)	Dave Lemonds	P
17	Chicago (N)	John Milner	OF	17	Chicago (N)	Mickey Stanley	cf
18	Baltimore	Juan Marichall	P	18	Baltimore	Bill Parsons	P
19	Mil (via KC)	Denny Riddleberger	P	19	Kansas City	Joe Decker	P
20	Los Angeles	Grant Jackson	P	20	Los Angeles	Diego Segui	P

Round 9 & 10

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Bobby Brolin	P	1	Montreal	Ron Hansen	3B
2	Pittsburgh	Ron Woods	OF	2	Pittsburgh	Gary Peters	P
3	Cincinnati	Ted Martinez	2B	3	Cincinnati	Buckey Brandon	P
4	San Francisco	Terry Harmon	2B	4	San Francisco	Maury Wills	SS
5	St Louis	Bill Gogolewski	P
6	New York (AL)	Shellenbach	P	5	New York (AL)	Deron Johnson	1B
7	Cleveland	Bill Slayback	P	6	Cleveland	Gene Alley	SS
8	Minnesota	Angel Mangual	of	7	Minnesota	Derryl Thomas	2B
9	Milwaukee	Jack Hiatt	C	8	Milwaukee	Jim Slanton	P
10	Boston	Dick Dietz	C	9	Boston	Ken Brett	P
11	Philadelphia	Andy Kosco	OF	10	Philadelphia	Deron JOhnson	1B
12	Washington	Vicente Romo	P	11	Washington	Eddie Fisher	P
13	California	Jack Aker	P	12	California	Bob Robinson	1B
13	Atlanta	Carmen Fanzone	3B	13	Atlanta	Monty Montgomery	P
14	Oakland	Horacio Pina	P	14	Oakland	Darrell Chaney	SS
15	New York (NL)	lerrin Lagrow	P	15	New York (NL)	Al Santorini	P
16	Chicago (NL)	Garry Jestdadt	2B	16	Chicago (NL)	Danny Frisella	P
17	Baltimore	Eric Soderholm	3B	17	Baltimore	Rich Auerbach	SS
18	Kansas City	Enzo Hernandez	ss	18	Kansas City	Luiz Melendez	CF
19	Los Angeles	Mickey Rivers	cf	19	Los Angeles	Fred Kendall	C

Round 11 & 12

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Terry Humpfrey	C	1	Montreal	Milt May	c
2	Pittsburgh	Dave Leonard	P	2	Pittsburgh	Sonny Jackson	SS
3	Cincinnati	John Ellis	C	3	Cincinnati	Al Fitzmorris	P
4	New York (AL)	Bill Melton	3B	4	New York (AL)	Wayne Simpson	P
5	Cleveland	Hal King	1B	5	Cleveland	Tom Murphy	P
6	Minnesota	Ron Bloomberg	1B	6	Minnesota	Jim Northrup	OF
7	Milwaukee	George Stone	P	7	Milwaukee	Gary Waslewski	P
8	Boston	Don Buford	OF	8	Boston	Gil Garrido	2B
9	Philadelphia	Pat Corrales	c	9	Philadelphia	Tony Oliva	OF
10	Washington	Ed Farmer	P	10	Washington	John Lowenstien	OF
11	California	Bill Plumber	c	11	California	Mike Hedlund	P
12	Atlanta	Frank Reberger	P	12	Atlanta	Jerry Moses	C
13	Oakland	Duke Sims	C	13	Oakland	Jim Strictland	P
14	New York (NL)	Ray Sadecki	P	14	New York (NL)	Bill Wilson	P
15	Chicago (NL)	Felipe Alou	1B	15	Chicago (NL)	Sam McDowell	P
16	Baltimore	Bob Miller	P	16	Baltimore	Ben Oglive	OF
17	Kansas City	Mike Andrews	2B	17	Kansas City	Dave Campbell	3B
18	Los Angeles	Gary Gentry	P	18	Los Angeles	Al Gallagher	3b

Round 13 & 14

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Earl Stephenson	P	1	Montreal	Willie Horton	OF
2	Pittsburgh	Curt Blefary	C	2	Pittsburgh	Joe Lahaud	OF
3	Cincinnati	Steve Mingori	P	3	Cincinnati	Mike Kilkenny	P
4	New York (AL)	Dal Maxvill	SS	4	New York (AL)	Oscar Gamble	RF
5	Cleveland	Billy Conigliaro	OF
6	Minnesota	Ed Spiezio	3B	5	Minnesota	Buzz Capra	P
7	Boston	Rick Miller	OF	6	Boston	Brock Davis	OF
8	Philadelphia	Bill Butler	P	7	Philladelphia	Dan McGinn	P
9	Washington	Frank Howard	1B	8	Washington
10	California	Rusty Torres	RF	9	California	Ted Kubick	2B
11	Atlanta	Tim Cullen	2B	10	Atlanta	Ken Reynolds	P
12	Oakland	Cecil Upshaw	P	11	Oakland	Ed Goodwin	1B
15	New York (NL)	Pat Jarvis	P	12	New York (NL)	Eddie Leon	SS
16	Chicago (NL)	Ray Culp	P	13	Chicago (NL)	John Stephenson	C
17	Baltimore	Fred Scherman	P	14	Baltimore	Jim Ray	P
18	Kansas City	Bill Greif	P	15	Kansas City	Ken Swarez	C
19	Los Angeles	Marty Perez	SS	16	Los Angeles

Round 15 & 16

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Orlando Cepeda	1B	1	Montreal	Norm Anglini	P
2	Pittsburgh	Joe Niekro	P	2	Pittsburgh	Juan Pizzaro	P
3	Cincinnati	Rickey Clark	P
4	New York (AL)	Phil Roof	c	3	New York (AL)	George Hendrick	cf
5	Minnesota	Dwayne Anderson	Inf	4	Minnesota	Larry Bitner	of
6	Boston	Joe Pepitone	1B	5	Boston	Jerry McNertley	c
7	Washington	Chuck Taylor	P	6	Washington	Bobby Knoop	2B
8	California	Mike Strahler	P	7	California	Chris Short	P
9	Atlanta	Cleon Jones	OF	8	Atlanta	Vince Colbert	P
10	Oakland	Ike Brown	Inf	9	Oakland	Ken Tatum	P
11	New York (NL)	Joe Hague	1B	10	New York (NL)	Steve Brye	of
12	Chicago (NL)	Moe Drabowsky	P	11	Chicago (NL)	Mike Ryan	c
13	Baltimore	Jeff Torborg	c	12	Baltimore	Bernie Allen	3B
14	Kansas City	Alan Foster	P	13	Kansas City	Mike Hegan	1B
15	Los Angeles	Ken Wright	P	14	Los Angeles	Walt Williams	OF

Round 17 & 18

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Hal Lanier	3B	1	Montreal	Gates Brown	OF
2	Pittsburgh	Lloyd Allen	P	2	Pittsburgh	Coco Laboy	3B
3	Boston	Al Severinsen	P	3	Boston	Tommy Moore	P
4	California	Bob Barton	c	4	California	Tom Phobous	P
5	Atlanta	Don Carrithers	P	5	Atlanta	Oscar Brown	OF
6	Oakland	Dick Green	2B	6	Oakland	Danny Cater	1B
7	New York (N)	Joe Lis	1B	7	New York (N)	Don Minchner	1B
8	Chicago (N)	Tom Dukes	P	8	Chicago (N)	Lowell Palmer	P
9	Baltimore	Roger Freed	OF	9	Baltimore	Clyde Mashore	OF
10	Kansas City	Jim Spencer	1B	10	Kansas City	Johnny Jeter	OF
11	Los Angeles	Alex Johnson	OF	11	Los Angeles	Jackie Hernandez	SS

Round 19 & 20

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Montreal	Buddy Bradford	OF
2	Pittsburgh	Jerry Jeneski	p
5	California	Mike McQueen	P	1	California	Ron Swabota	OF
6	Atlanta	Mike Cosgrove	P	2	Atlanta	Rich Moralas	SS
7	New York (N)	Ron Perranoski	P	3	New York (N)	Ed Ascosta	P
8	Chicago (N)	Jerry Kenney	SS	4	Chicago (N)	Steve Hamilton	P
9	Baltimore	Jim Hardin	P	5	Baltimore	John Kennedy	SS
10	Kansas City	Paul Popovich	2B	6	Kansas City	Johnny Grubb	cf
11	Los Angeles	Billy Champion	P	7	Los Angeles	Bart Johnson	P

Round 21 & 22

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Atlanta	John Bateman	C	1	Atlanta	Rich Reese	1B
2	New York (N)	Steve Hovley	OF	2	New York (N)	Dwayne Josephson	1b
3	Chicago (N)	Terry Crowley	OF
4	Baltimore	Jimmy Stewart	1b	3	Baltimore	Don Clendenon	1B
5	Kansas City	Chris Canazario	c	4	Kansas City	Brent Storm	P
6	Los Angeles	Jim York	P	5	Los Angeles	Ed Sprague	P

Round 23 & 24

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	New York (N)	Bobby Floyd	P	1	New York (N)	Hoyt Wilhelm	P
2	Baltimore	Casey Cox	P
3	Kansas City	Jesus Alou	1B	2	Kansas City	Joe Horner	P

Round 25 & 26

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	New York (N)	Jim Holt	OF	1	New York (N)	Hal Breeden	1B
3	Kansas City	Tom Burgermeier	P

Round 27

Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	New York (N)	Bob Montgomery	C

Resume bullets for the stay-at-home mother

Re-entering the workplace after being a stay-at-home mother has to suck. It used to be considered a noble and honorable thing to take care of small children. Heck, it used to be considered a profession that would normally pay on the order of $100K-$120K a year. When you think about it, a stay-at-home mother is balancing checkbooks, cooking meals, taking care of sick children, constantly doing laundry and sanitizing her home (young children are terrible spreaders of disease), and increasingly home-schooling children while driving them to various activities.

Yet most employers look at the “break in resume” as a negative, and don’t view stay-at-home mothers as doing any work. Then again, most of these people probably forget to thank their mothers on Mothers Day, so perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. My wife recently re-entered the workplace, and although she is working from home (and we still have a 2 year old), it was a challenge to find an employer that didn’t look down on her decision to care more about her children and husband then a career.

In honor of her decision, and given the increasing desire to hire older workers over younger workers, I asked Microsoft CoPilot to build some resume bullets for a stay-at-home mom re-entering the workplace, and I got these:

Multitasking & Time Management: Successfully managed a busy family schedule, including educational activities, sports commitments, and doctor appointments, while maintaining a clean and organized home.
Budgeting & Financial Planning: Effectively managed household budget, making strategic decisions to ensure financial stability and meet long-term family goals.
Conflict Resolution & Problem Solving: Developed strong problem-solving skills through mediating sibling disputes and addressing unexpected household issues.
Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Fostered an open and supportive family environment that encouraged open communication, emotional support, and mutual respect.
Project Management: Led and executed various projects, such as planning family events and home improvement tasks, demonstrating strong organizational and leadership skills.

Not bad CoPilot, but I think I can do better:

Professional chauffeur. Successfully balanced the extracurricular needs of five individuals whose activities are always located during rush hour traffic and at opposite ends of the city. Managed to avoid accidents, get children to places on time and yet still get dinner on the table.
Skilled negotiator. Can successfully argue with children from 2 to 18 years old, providing persuasive arguments in the wide spectrum of age ranges. Able to bribe without being discovered by peers.
Outstanding Communicator. Able to switch seamlessly between soothing words needed to calm a 4 year old to the angry words needed to vivisect a school administrator that decided pornographic books are a great idea in school libraries. Utilizes full volume range, from sweet whispers to banshee-level screaming to prevent small children from playing in traffic.
Multitasking Momma. Can you take a shower, get dressed and put on makeup, balance a checkbook, take out the garbage cans, make four lunches and boot a cantankerous teenager out the door to school, all before 7 AM and without the luxury of coffee?
Long Range Planner. Provided life guidance to children otherwise lost in the world. Able to keep a husband motivated despite a soul sucking job that cares little of him. Builds her own world that might look messy on the outside, but has more love and charisma then any corporate party.

Given that the next generation seems to whine about showing up on time, putting on real clothes (no, pajamas at your job interview don’t count), and can’t think out more than 2 days…I’ll take a stay-at-home mom as an employee over a whiny 20-something any day.

This post represents the views of the author and not those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, or any other government agency.