As well as my discount, I was also presented with an extra hour, as I had just changed time zones. So 5.30 became 4.30, and bedtime was even further away.

The only thing of note that happened today was that I gave a lift to an old guy whose car had broken down. It turned out that this guy went to school with Pete Rose. Rose was a star of the Cincinnati Reds team from the 70s, whose undying effort won him the nickname of Charlie Hustle. He still holds the record for the most hits and the most runs in a career. Sadly, after his playing days were finished, and he was managing, he was found to have bet on a game in which he was involved, and was banned for life. This also precludes him from membership of the Hall of Fame, which otherwise he would long since have graced.

Having earlier waxed lyrical about the way baseball treats its heroes, I think they have this one very wrong. Similarly with Joe Jackson, "Shoeless Joe", star of the 1919 Chicago White Sox team who were found guilty of throwing the World Series. Although Jackson may well have been given money, he batted .375 for the series, and played error free defence (fielding). So how exactly did he throw anything?

For those of you familiar with the film "Field of Dreams", Joe Jackson was the character played by Ray Liotta, the first "ghost" to emerge from the corn.

And he should be in the Hall, and so should Pete Rose.