I picked this picture because A) It's Veterans' day week and B) It's literally the polar (no pun intended) opposite of yesterday's "Baseball on Ice" pic.

That's pretty cool.

Is that an aluminum bat? Somebody's going to get sued!

Seriously, this is a beautiful picture, gamingboy. Do they have enough gear? Is there something I can do to help?

The batter has Matty Alou down cold.

Colonel Blake: Football game?

Gen. Hammond: Yeah, yeah, we put up a few bets, five thousand maybe, and have a little fun. Special services in Tokyo says it's one of the best gimmicks we've got to keep the American way of life going here in Asia.

Colonel Blake: Betting?

Gen. Hammond: No, football.

He's pitching from second base!

I can't believe in this picture until they start testing for steroids. I am disillusioned.

He's pitching from second base!

Afghanistan is short on rubber and long on burlap sacks and dirt.

Didn't the Khalifa Kerfuffles win this one?

Reminds me of my Out of the Park league where I've got 24 national teams in places like Botswana, China, Vietnam, and Honduras. Guess I'll have to add Afghanistan.

A charming photo from a place where the Taliban, not the Yankees or Red Sox, are "evil empires."

A charming photo from a place where the Taliban, not the Yankees or Red Sox, are "evil empires."

My impression is that Afghanistan has more evil empires than you can shake a stick at.

Didn't the Khalifa Kerfuffles win this one?

More like the Bronkey Bashers.

Is that an aluminum bat? Somebody's going to get sued!

Seriously, this is a beautiful picture, gamingboy. Do they have enough gear? Is there something I can do to help?

This is a old pic, from 2002. I have no idea what has happened since, but I seem to remember a few months back that there was some sort of drive in a big Military Town of trying to get sports equipment over there (since things have taken a turn for the worst since 2002). Might be worth a look in Google's news archives. Oh, and you can see a larger version of the image by hitting the top link.

Tomorrow will likely also have a bit of a Military theme, leading up to Veterans Day.

Love this, love the one yesterday. Keep the pics coming, Gamingboy.

Love this, love the one yesterday. Keep the pics coming, Gamingboy.

Yep, another one tomorrow, and I've already picked out Wednesday's as well.

www.vintagecardtraders.org/.../64topps.html
See car #204 for Matty Alou.

http://www.vintagecardtraders.org/virtual/64topps/64topps.html

Sorry for the bad paste. #204 is Alou.

A charming photo from a place where the Taliban, not the Yankees or Red Sox, are "evil empires."

My impression is that Afghanistan has more evil empires than you can shake a stick at.

The Blue Jays also cannot make the playoffs in Afghanistan.

Do they have enough gear? Is there something I can do to help?

My brother is an officer in the Army and in late 2007 he was stationed in Iraq and mentioned in an email to me that he really wished they had some equipment to play a game of baseball. So I went on Craigslist and made a post asking if anyone had any old equipment they'd like to donate to soldiers in Iraq. I only got one response, from Dane Sardinha (I should mention I live in Kailua, HI). He donated a bag full of game used bats (maybe 10 or so, with his and his brothers' names and team names printed on them) a couple boxes of new balls, a full set of brand new Cincinnati Red catcher's gear used only once (in a major league game) another set of old catcher's gear, 3 bases, half a dozen gloves, plus a bunch of softball bats and balls and a bunch of signed baseball cards and stuff. It was amazing. I sent it all to my brother and he and his troops were tremendously grateful.

My brother is an officer in the Army and in late 2007 he was stationed in Iraq and mentioned in an email to me that he really wished they had some equipment to play a game of baseball. So I went on Craigslist and made a post asking if anyone had any old equipment they'd like to donate to soldiers in Iraq. I only got one response, from Dane Sardinha (I should mention I live in Kailua, HI). He donated a bag full of game used bats (maybe 10 or so, with his and his brothers' names and team names printed on them) a couple boxes of new balls, a full set of brand new Cincinnati Red catcher's gear used only once (in a major league game) another set of old catcher's gear, 3 bases, half a dozen gloves, plus a bunch of softball bats and balls and a bunch of signed baseball cards and stuff. It was amazing. I sent it all to my brother and he and his troops were tremendously grateful.

Wow. That story made my day. Thanks for sharing it.