The success of Sailfest here in New London really demonstrated what can be accomplished when a community comes together to host some 300,000 visitors in one weekend. This is truly the biggest single event all year in Connecticut! However, nowhere has the contrast between the highs and lows of the past week been more obvious than in baseball. The 3,000th career hit for Derek Jeter - a home run, too - couldn't have played out more perfectly on Saturday. Even if you're a Red Sox fan (perish the thought), you've got to give this guy a lot of respect. Meanwhile, tragedy was also being played out over and over as TV stations kept showing video of the Texas Rangers fan who fell to his death as he reached for a ball thrown by a player toward the stands. Before he died, he actually expressed concern about his son. Former first lady Betty Ford's death at 93 really marked another opportunity to celebrate the life of woman who could always tell it like it is, and this nation is better because of her. As the Watergate scandal brought the end of the Nixon administration and brought Gerald Ford to the Presidency in 1974, "Britain's Watergate" shut down a key piece of Rupert Murdoch's media empire and threatens to shake the foundations of the British government. What a week of ups and downs!
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