{"id":1992,"date":"2017-02-24T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T07:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2017-07-06T17:46:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T08:46:24","slug":"yogi-berra-was-right-its-tough-to-make-predictions-especially-about-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/yogi-berra-was-right-its-tough-to-make-predictions-especially-about-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Yogi Berra Was Right- It&#8217;s Tough To Make Predictions, Especially About The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 2\/28\/17, the President will address a\u00a0 session of Congress. Usually such addresses are to paint a broad picture of goals and direction, along with a call to unity.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, I have a feeling this is not going to be that.<\/p>\n<p>My guess?<\/p>\n<p>Trump is going to use it to focus on first year goals and enlist Congress to partner up with his people. It will be a velvet challenge with brass knuckles inside.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty percent of the country has gone visibly bananas , so he could care less about them.<\/p>\n<p>He will be there to sell what he is doing to his voters and maybe another twenty percent, especially blacks who work and reluctant Hillary types.<\/p>\n<p>While the Media and the Never Rights wait for Trump to &#8216;act Presidential&#8221;, he is redefining what that means. Acting\u00a0 Presidential will now mean delivering what you promised or die trying.<\/p>\n<p>A curious concept for establishment types.<\/p>\n<p>What do you folks in the community think he will do on 2.28\/17?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1993\" style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1993\" class=\" wp-image-1993\" src=\"http:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/yogi-berra.jpg\" alt=\"NEW YORK - 1960:  Catcher Yogi Berra #8, of the New York Yankees, poses for the camera at Yankee Stadium in New York in 1960. (Olen Collection\/Diamond Images\/Getty Images)\" width=\"635\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/yogi-berra.jpg 658w, https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/yogi-berra-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/yogi-berra-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/yogi-berra-241x150.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK &#8211; 1960: Catcher Yogi Berra #8, of the New York Yankees, poses for the camera at Yankee Stadium in New York in 1960. (Olen Collection\/Diamond Images\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"1992\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"1992\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 2\/28\/17, the President will address a\u00a0 session of Congress. Usually such addresses are to paint a broad picture of goals and direction, along with a call to unity.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, I have a feeling this is not going to be that.<\/p>\n<p>My guess?<\/p>\n<p>Trump is going to use it to focus on first year goals and enlist Congress to partner up with his people. It will be a velvet challenge with brass knuckles inside.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty percent of the country has gone visibly bananas , so he could care less about them.<\/p>\n<p>He will be there to sell what he is doing to his voters and maybe another twenty percent, especially blacks who work and reluctant Hillary types.<\/p>\n<p>While the Media and the Never Rights wait for Trump to &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/yogi-berra-was-right-its-tough-to-make-predictions-especially-about-the-future\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3898,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3898"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1994,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions\/1994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}