Yeah, Artificial, that's the nothing personal word of the day.

It is Thursday, September 14th, 2023, Happy Birthday, Maddie, and Happy Birthday, Lauren.

Artificial, what we're talking about, is grass, and turf, and artificial turf, because

lest you think that the Aaron Rodgers Achilles' tear would not reverberate like the way his

Achilles did as it rolled up his calf upon being torn, you'd be wrong.

It required immediate statements waiting for Aaron Rodgers to talk, which he did, saying

I'm going to rise again like the Phoenix and all the other things, I'm going to come back

and good luck.

Love you guys, we want to know.

But what we were waiting for happened yesterday, waiting for the union, the union to step up

and say, we want grass.

Now unions have said that many times before, except when they say it, they're generally referring

to the drug policy on marijuana.

Very big deal, we don't want you testing for marijuana, we want freedom of grass.

The other part of the grass that players like is to play on it.

Baseball, football, makes no difference.

Artificial turf is bad for players' health, and anything that is bad for players' health,

and I'm not talking about the E60, the turf war, which is a great episode you should

watch about the potential correlation of cancer and those who play on artificial turf

with the tire bits, with the recycled tires.

I'm talking about knees, legs, lower extremities, which leads to surgeries, lack of service

time, lack of pay, lack of opportunity.

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