Why I Want to Be an Artist???

 

Hello fine people.

This is Brad Freeman again.

I was asked this morning, why you wanted to be an artist??? And I thought I'd make a video to express my thoughts that are on my written blog. The B.A Freeman Experience (https//:www.thebafreemanexperience.blogspot.com) under why did I want to be an artist??? That post.

For me it boils down to three things:

It gave me... Art gave me a vehicle to openly and honestly get my message out to the masses. Secondly, it helps me feel like I'm being a productive member of society, so that people will take me seriously as a person, hopefully. And not just a person with cerebral palsy, who can't walk under his own power, needs help with everyday basic needs, because of his range of motion, motor skills, and muscle tightness. But does everything like everybody else, just highly modified. And third, it might give me some sort of income for when I have no one else to depend on...

So these are why I chose to be an artist. Theater, film, music, art, football coaching, martial arts etc. Anything considered an art.

Thank you for your time guys and gals. Till we talk again.

Bye bye.

Happy Cerebral Palsy Day!

Being that today is National Cerebral Palsy day...37 years old (I've had CP for 36 years, 7 months, and today)! Yet I'm still awesome, and making history! Take that universe!

Happy Juneteenth (June 19th)!

So today, Juneteenth (June 19th) became a national holiday for the 1^st time OFFICIALLY. Abraham Lincoln only freed the slaves in the southern portion of the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth commemorates the freeing of all the slaves in both northern and southern portions of the United States with the Union victory, end of the Civil War in 1865, and passage of the 13^th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. I’m honestly surprised that no one has made it a national holiday, yet, before today. The 1^st place it was recognized was in Galveston, Texas and it’s been celebrated since 1866. I see it as just as much of an important holiday, as Presidents’ Day, or Martin Luther King Day. So therefore, I completely understand why people would want to make it a federal holiday. Slavery is 1 of the greatest stains on our country’s history from the moment the 1^st slaves were brought to Virginia in 1619 up until 1865, especially being that we were trying to create a Constitutional Democratic Republic, which was very radical for the time because most countries were still governed by aristocratic, wealthy, and divinely-birthed monarchs, and their families. It’s very contradictory to have a government created by the people, of the people, and for the people when half the population that’s doing all the backbreaking labor doesn’t have a say in the country that is supposed to promote individualism, and equality. But as I say that, every country in the world has had slavery at some point in their history, and it’s just as wrong then, as it should be now no matter the country, or time period.  The mother country Britain and the United States were just the 1^st 2 countries to finally do away with it starting in the early modern time period, which automatically makes them better for that reason. The year’s 1807 and 1808 respectively, by banning the slave trade. To say you were anti-slavery in any part of the world before 1807 was like saying you believe in aliens, or don’t like to breathe oxygen. It was that outlandish of a concept. No country is perfect, but this is why the United States is a little bit better than most countries because at least in theory, if you don’t like the way the country is being run you have the ability to amend the law, whereas in other countries, laws were written to keep the same people in power, and the citizens have little to no rights, or say in their country. 

Happy Veterans Day!

Thank you to all the veterans past and present of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and National Guard, who have sacrificed their physical and mental well being, as well as their lives in certain cases to protect our freedoms. This day I remember you.

Happy Election Day!

I thought this pic was perfect for today!...It's always important to make your voice heard America! 

Happy Constitution and Citizenship Day!

Happy Constitution and Citizenship Day everybody! I commemorate this day because in the United States, this is the day that our Constitution was ratified as well as the day that we commemorate all freedom loving citizens around the world.

I hope that wherever you’re at in the world, and whoever’s reading this, does really appreciate the freedoms, and rights they have in any Democratic Republic around the world. So here’s to all the freedom loving individuals in the various 196 to 250 countries in the world.

Happy Fourth of July!

I just wanted to take the time to wish everyone a happy Fourth of July! This year’s quite strange with home quarantines, social distancing, and pandemics left and right. Normally I would be barbecuing with family, shooting off fireworks even though I have cerebral palsy, and listening to Jimi Hendrix’s version of the Star-Spangled Banner at some point, but my usual traditions have been put on hold like everybody else, so I’m trying to make the best of the situation on America’s 244th birthday! Hope everyone else is too.

Happy Flag Day!

Today we pay homage to 1 of our nation’s greatest symbols. The flag of the United States of America, itself. Where the red and white stripes represent the 13 colonies that began our country’s history and the 50 stars denote each of the individual states in our current union.

On a side note, I support any country around the world having a day to commemorate its own flag, and taking pride in its own history.

I’m looking at you other 195 to 249 countries around the world, depending on your definition of a country, to show your pride.

Happy Presidents' Day!

 

Today is a day used to commemorate all the individuals who have been given the title President of the United States in our country’s history. We casually call this day that occurs every 3^rd Monday in February, Presidents’ Day. But in actuality if you look back at the history of this holiday. It’s the combination of 2 holidays in one. George Washington’s Birthday is actually on February 22nd, and was celebrated on that particular day since 1879. But Abraham Lincoln’s birthday also used to be celebrated separately as a federal holiday on February 12th throughout the years since 1866. One year after his assassination by the famous stage actor John Wilkes Booth. The Uniform Holidays Act of 1968 is what shifted Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays to the same day and combined the 2 into one holiday. Instead of 2 separate holidays like it had been prior to 1968. However, there has been no law officially changing the actual name from what it had been, which was Washington’s Birthday to Presidents’ Day. But all Americans as I said in this modern time, on their own refer to it as simply Presidents’ Day which allows for the remembrance of every president to be encompassed into one day.

2015 KC Royals Projected Opening Day Depth Chart

Since the Royals always have a propensity to make it interesting the last 2 years, I’m going to hope that they were not absolutely destroyed as a team, and became a one hit wonder after Baumgardner came in to save the day. Let’s hope that the bad taste left in their mouths from last October fuels them to get back to the World Series and win it all this time. They were 90 feet away from immortality. We didn’t get beat by the San Francisco Giants. We got beat by one singular individual. Let’s finish what we started Royals, and take your rightful place in baseball history!

As always, there are 162 games in a season for each team. That’s one every day starting usually the 1^st Sunday in April, and going until the last day of September. Playoffs and the World Series are in October. There are 25 men on the roster. Whenever a game is rained out, or postponed due to lightning, they play what’s called a doubleheader to make up for the game that was lost the day before. So, for those days, teams are allotted a 26th man for the doubleheader. And the last month of September is when the roster is expanded to 40 for the month. The whole goal is to win a series at a time, against the team you play 3 or 4 times in a row until the end of the season. If you win more than 90 games total, you usually make the playoffs.

 
… Also, baseball is divided into 2 leagues with 15 teams each. They’re differentiated by the Designated Hitter in the American League (a position player only bats for the pitcher and never plays defense), and in the National League, the pitcher bats last in the batting order. Someday soon, I have a feeling both leagues will have a universal DH because the pitchers don’t practice batting very often and are always an easy out. I also believe, much like the DH, the 26th man will be permanent years from now.
 
Here is my projected 2015 KC Royals Opening Day Roster:

Starting Lineup:
LF: Alex Gordon *favorite current KC Royal position player
CF: Lorenzo Cain
RF: Alex Rios
3B: Mike Moustakas
SS: Alcides Escobar
2B: Omar Infante
1B/DH: Eric Hosmer
C: Salvador Perez

Batting Order:
1. Alcides Escobar
2. Mike Moustakas
3. Lorenzo Cain
4. Eric Hosmer
5. Kendrys Morales
6. Alex Gordon
7. Salvador Perez
8. Alex Rios
9. Omar Infante
 
Bench:
OF: Jarrod Dyson
OF: Paulo Orlando
1B/DH: Kendrys Morales
C: Erik Kratz
IF: Christian Colon

Starting Pitching Rotation:
1. Yordano Ventura *favorite current KC Royal pitcher
2. Danny Duffy
3. Edinson Volquez
4. Jason Vargas
5. Jeremy Guthrie

Bullpen:
Chris Young
Jason Frasor

Franklin Morales
Kelvin Herrera
Ryan Madson *Set up man
Wade Davis *Closer

2014 KC Royals Projected Opening Day Depth Chart

Even though I’m more football oriented, I thought I’d try to give my general baseball observation of my hometown Royals this year.

 

In the seventies and eighties, the Royals were a model franchise. They represented how you build a young team from the ground up. And then around 1994, we were cellar dwellers. Ever since then, the Royals have been uneventful.

With all that being said, there are 162 games in a season for each team. That’s one every day starting usually the 1^st Sunday in April, and going until the last day of September. Playoffs and the World Series are in October. There are 25 men on the roster. Whenever a game is rained out, or postponed due to lightning, they play what’s called a doubleheader to make up for the game that was lost the day before. So, for those days, teams are allotted a 26th man for the doubleheader. And the last month of September is when the roster is expanded to 40 for the month. The whole goal is to win a series at a time, against the team you play 3 or 4 times in a row until the end of the season. If you win more than 90 games total, you usually make the playoffs.

 

… Also, baseball is divided into 2 leagues with 15 teams each. They’re differentiated by the Designated Hitter in the American League (a position player only bats for the pitcher and never plays defense), and in the National League, the pitcher bats last in the batting order. Someday soon, I have a feeling both leagues will have a universal DH because the pitchers don’t practice batting very often and are always an easy out. I also believe, much like the DH, the 26th man will be permanent years from now.

 

I really like our young team this year. And even though we didn’t have a winning season in 2013, you could see us start to win some games. So, I hope we are at least really competitive this year.

 

Here is my projected 2014 KC Royals Opening Day Roster:

Starting Lineup:
LF: Alex Gordon *favorite current KC Royal position player
CF: Lorenzo Cain
RF: Norichika Aoki
3B: Mike Moustakas
SS: Alcides Escobar
2B: Omar Infante
1B/DH: Eric Hosmer
C: Salvador Perez 

Batting Order:
1. Norichika Aoki

2. Omar Infante
3. Eric Hosmer
4. Billy Butler
5. Alex Gordon
6. Salvador Perez
7. Mike Moustakas
8. Lorenzo Cain
9. Alcides Escobar
 
Bench:
OF: Jarrod Dyson
OF: Justin Maxwell
1B/DH: Billy Butler
C: Erik Kratz
IF: Danny Valencia
 
Starting Pitching Rotation:
1. James Shields
2. Jason Vargas
3. Jeremy Guthrie
4. Bruce Chen
5. Yordano Ventura
 
Bullpen:
Tim Collins
Luke Hochevar
Louis Coleman
Aaron Crow
Kelvin Herrera
Wade Davis *Set up man
Greg Holland *Closer