Al Hambidge's Columns
'They Hate Us Because of Our Freedom'
"Whenever I hear 'they hate us because of our freedom' or 'because they hate our way of life' or some other such drivel, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. If real people didn’t suffer the consequences of it, such ignorance would be amusing. But another annoying thing about statements like these is that they perpetuate the myth that we live in a land of freedom. The sad fact is, we are not free, and haven't been for a long, long time." Column by Al Hambidge.
"If the business of Major League Baseball, and a business it is, does things that the fans don’t like, they will vote with their dollars. If the fans, the consumers, feel that strongly about drug testing, they will let MLB know, and back it up on the bottom line." Column by Al Hambidge.
A Personal Declaration of Independence
By Al Hambidge.
Column by Al Hambidge.
"You know what really galls me? How those that seem to yell loudest for war have never seen one. They've never seen a buddy disappear from the waist up after a shell hit, then see his legs stand there for a moment before falling over. They never saw a friend all psyched up about going home tomorrow after finishing his tour get hit in the belly with shrapnel, see his guts spill out, then watch him try to gather up his intestines lying in the dirt. They never saw what napalm does do a little girl's skin. They never saw a 19-year-old from Iowa screaming and writhing on the ground because a mine blew his legs off. They never saw a man take a bullet through the brain, then watch his body flop around on the ground for a minute or so because it doesn't realize he's dead. They never put pieces of someone into a bag, not knowing who it was until you read the tags, because there wasn't any face left to go along with the other parts. They haven't seen the shit I've seen, and they want to do it all over again." Column by new Root Striker Al Hambidge.