TUESDAY COMMENTARY – YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG

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OH THE WISDOM THAT COMES WITH AGE.

GROWING OLDER IS A GIFT AND ONE OF THE ADDED BENEFITS OF THAT IS THE EXPERIENCE WHICH COMES WITH IT.

MY MOM ALWAYS SAID, “YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG” AND SHE’S RIGHT. YOU CAN SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY UNRAVELLING THAT ONE.

BUT THESE THOUGHTS HAVE ECHOED OVER THE PAST WEEK FOR A LOT OF REASONS, PRIMARILY THE SPORTSNET BIG CITY SLICKERS TRYING TO FOOL US INTO BELIEVING THAT THEY’RE NOT CARRYING BLUE JAYS PRESEASON GAMES ON RADIO THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

BEING FORCED TO WATCH THE NEW YORK BROADCAST OF SUNDAY’S JAYS-YANKEES GAME WAS AN ABSOLUTE INSULT TO OUR INTELLIGENCE, AS ROGERS CLEARLY THINKS WE’LL WATCH ANYTHING AND SHOULD JUST BE HAPPY IT’S ON.

SOME HAVE TRIED TO TELL US WHAT’S GOING ON THIS SPRING IS COMMONPLACE. I’M NOT SURE IF THEY’RE GAS-LIGHTING US, OR REALLY BELIEVE IT. (LOOK IT UP)

BUT IF YOU’RE A SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN KID, YOU’LL KNOW THE BLUE JAYS HAVE BEEN ON WEYBURN RADIO SINCE THE 80’S FROM THE FIRST PITCH OF SPRING TRAINING UNTIL THE FINAL OUT OF THE WORLD SERIES, IF WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THAT FAR.

THEY’RE TRYING TO FOOL US NOW, BUT THEY CAN’T.

I WAS ALSO REMINDED OF THE BENEFIT OF MY AGE WHEN THINKING OF THE NHL’S TKACHUK BROTHERS – BRADY AND MATTHEW – AND HAVING BEEN ABLE TO WATCH THEIR DAD KEITH PLAY IN THE 90’S.

AND WITH PATRICK ROY’S NAME COMING UP TO POTENTIALLY COACH THE HABS, YOUNG MONTREAL FANS DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 1990’S WHEN ROY FUMED TO TEAM PRESIDENT RONALD COREY “I’LL NEVER PLAY FOR THIS TEAM AGAIN” AFTER BEING PULLED ON HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA.

WE WATCHED IT LIVE.

SO IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOME GRAY AROUND THE TEMPLES, AND NOT BE A SUCKER.

BUT THAT DOESN’T STOP PEOPLE FROM DOWN EAST TRYING TO PLAY US FOR FOOLS.

WHEN IT COMES TO MY AGE OF 48, I THINK OF THE LINE FROM KEVIN COSTNER AS CHARACTER JOHN DUTTON IN THE PARAMOUNT SERIES “YELLOWSTONE”.

HE SAID: “IN MY HEART I FEEL 16. IN MY SOUL, I’M READY TO GO …”

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.

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