Lock the gates
Like a lot of Blowfish fans, I’m ticked off with Gov. Henry McMaster, the bonehead.
But 1st a confession.
Mrs. Grouch has been married to me more than 50 years. That’s longer than most of you have been alive.
Mrs. Grouch is a loving, tolerant woman who has put up with me through thick and thin, mostly thin.
Her friends bet we wouldn’t last 6 months. They were wrong.
But despite her loyalty to me, I have been carrying on a love affair a long time.
My love affair is not with another woman. My love     affair is with sports. At least most sports.
At my age I’ve given up golf, tennis, racquet ball, baseball, softball, touch football and other games. My aging bones, joints and muscles won’t cooperate.
I’ve resigned myself to the rest of my days as a spectator. And I’ll admit I love just being a fan in the bleachers or in front of the TV.
I also love waking up the next morning after a game in which I only watched and every muscle in my body is not screaming at me.
“What did you do to me, you dolt,” my body used to demand of me. You’re not 19 any more.” 
Our bonehead governor
Now here’s what has me really ticked with Gov. Bonehead, the schnook.
At the Lexington County Blowfish Ballpark last Wednesday afternoon, 2 hours before they were to open their long-delayed season, Gov. Bonehead told Blowfish co-owner Bill Shanahan he couldn’t let the fans into the park.
Whadaya mean, we can’t let the fans in? Bill asked. 
“Just that,” the guv said.
“My emergency orders have restricted indoor movie theaters, concerts, performing arts venues, nightclubs and spectator sports.”
But the kids in the American Summer League across the road are playing and their fans are in the stands having fun, Bill said. Why can’t I let our fans in?
Gov. Bonehead said the Blowfish are playing a “spectator sport” and qualify as a “non-essential business.”
So are the American Summer Leaguers, I would have told the guv. They sell tickets, hot dogs and other stuff to fans like the Blowfish do. 
The Blowfish college kids are a little older but still amateurs like the SC American Baseball Summer League.
What’s the difference? 
The game you missed
Bill had to apologize to the fans, many of whom walked across the road, bought tickets and watched the summer leaguers play.
But for the governor, the fans could have watched the Blowfish rip off a 14-2 win in their opening game.
A lot of fans are ticked with the governor.  They’ve waited many months for the return of sports. Lets see what happens when he runs again in 2 years.

What do you think? I’m interested in your opinion. 
Please email me at Chroniclesports@yahoo.com .