Nowhere in recorded history is there witness to a baby’s first words being, "Give me a cigarette and a shot of whiskey." Mini humans are not born with these vices. They are acquired. But, heck, you knew that. Let's assume that babe adds a few years to his/her life and bumps into game of golf. The stars and planets are in correct alignment and Sam Snead becomes his golfing bud. Everyday they play golf. The "babe" watches Sam's sweet swing. Sam offers no advice.

The young prodigy watches master, notices still head, full backswing and follow through. Through osmosis, rhythm, and tempo of swing become part of his swing. Soon, they are both "swinging to music."

On other hand, let’s say pup doesn't have this phenomenal happenstance and falls into traps and pitfalls of other ways to "learn" golf swing. He takes golf lessons, reads books, and devours golf magazine (and Internet) tips These methods address thinking part of brain, cerebrum. Motor skills are not acquired with this part of brain. In paragraph two above, golf swing is learned correct way. The swing is consistent, powerful, reliable, accurate, low maintenance, simple, and will last a life time.

In paragraph three above, swing is contrived, complex, confusing, inconsistent, lacks power, and is never understood. The recipient is addicted to searching for swing that "lucky" kid owns. Those who have "paragraph two" golf swing do not read golf tips and do not take golf lessons. Those who have acquired bad habits through incorrect approach to finding mysterious beautiful golf swing keep returning to source of their bad habits. This, ladies and gentlemen, is first sign of insanity. Are you starting to get it?

Just when most everyone (including myself) was ready to put proverbial nail in Chicago Cubs coffin, looks as though they are back in NL Wild Card race to stay. After soundly thumping Pittsburgh Pirates once again at Wrigley on Friday Afternoon, they currently sit 4 ½ games behind Atlanta and look ready to pounce despite a rash of injuries to their starting rotation and offensive lineup.

I must give credit to much maligned Dusty Baker for keeping this team together when it appeared they were likely candidates to fold up like a tent. Also, much praise goes out to guys who filled in on Kerry Wood and Mark Prior while they were on disabled list, Glendon Rusch and Sergio Mitre. Baker has plenty reason to be optimistic. "We feel very good and confident that we finally got our pitching staff back that we were starting with," Baker said. "When you can put a guy like Rusch in bullpen and Sergio, it builds everything. Now it's kind of glue putting pieces of puzzle together. I feel a whole lot better having those guys back. It's like having your whole army back."