I'll Give You Some Advice
All my friends are degenerate gamblers, he said.
I told him they must know when to hold ‘em.
He got the next line and we did the last two together.
We stopped after that.
Neither of us can carry a tune so we both know when to run.
Or end one.
But it’s nice to have a friend like that.
He’s a couple of years younger than me, and in some
instances, a little wiser.
We started as baseball parent buddies and ended up as
friends, which I suppose is how a lot of friendships get their start.
Someone makes you laugh, you make them laugh, and you pick
your people.
Just like you picked me and I picked you and know, here we
are, breaking even somewhere in the dark.
I’m always searching for Aces we can keep, so these aren’t
my final words, you’ll find.
I don’t have gambler friends because I’m not much of a
gambler.
I play stocks, and speculate crypto some, and once or twice
a year play the ponies or the slots at the racetrack.
If I do go to Vegas, I always put $20 on black, and play the
$5 mega slot million slot machine.
That’s almost the extent of my betting.
I suppose my baseball dad buddy is my degenerate gambler
friend.
And he’s a light weight.
Still, we compete in one arena.
Squares on a baseball board.
We use them to raise money for the boy’s baseball tournament
fees.
He sells to his gambler buddies and I get five squares every
year.
He always wins.
Degenerates.
He’s a runner, and his kid is good at baseball.
Would be great if he showed much more interest, but the kid
is a natural athlete and likes to spread the love across the letters.
Baseball. Basketball. Flag Football.
Our #10 concentrates on one sport, and has a gift.
So we can’t compete on that.
Not that parents do compete using their kids as a measuring
stick!
My friend has run a couple of half marathons and a half.
We stopped talking about it when he asked what’s the furthest
I’ve ran.
He likes to win the board game, as we call it.
And he made a bet with me.
It is a cheap cheeseburger dinner with a beer at a little joint in Pine
Bluff, because he’s from South Arkansas too and we rave about the place.
Who can sell the most chances to win the superbowl squares.
I told him he would win.
He said for a taste of your whisky, I’ll give you some
advice.
Who can argue with that kind of logic?!?
Ask, he said.
He doesn’t know about you.
And you might be my secret weapon.
Maybe.
If you have a degenerate gambler streak inside of you, here’s
how it works.
We are raising money for the baseball teams to play travel
ball this fall. The money is used for tournament fees and toward uniforms.
There’s a $20 buy in for a square. Your name is entered into
a random drawing and put into a square for the Super Bowl.
At the end of each quarter, whoever has a name in the square
that matches the score wins $200.
Plus, there’s a 5th round for the Winning Score.
(Basically, it’s 2 winners for the 4th quarter, since that’s final
score too.)
That’s it.
I need all names in by Tuesday, so if you buy a square, I can
send you the board.
If you feel like supporting ten year old baseball, and maybe
betting a little, let me know.
In the meantime, I’ve got a few things for you below,
Cheers,
Chris
VENMO: @ChristopherLowry
Paypal: iwritebooks17@gmail.com
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