Way back before I was a Republican, and long before I became a judge, I played a lot of baseball.  I played third base. I had a very strong arm but a very weak bat. I was also pretty good if the benches erupted in a brawl. Provided that I could get in the first sucker punch, brief fist fights were my forte.

Anyway, no matter your politics, baseball teaches us life lessons like being a good loser. So with due recognition to NBC Sports and great thanks to a reader of this blog for the tip, consider the following letter from a baseball lover and Braves fan to his Republican member of the House.

Dated October 8, 2013, the letter reads as follows:

The letter concludes:

RGK

PS to Eric:  It’s funny–that’s all.