Samuel Lover was right. Lover, as I learned from doing some online research, was a 19th-century writer and painter first credited with using the expression “better to be safe than sorry.” I was reminded of the truthfulness of that statement Monday. That afternoon, I had planned to cover Excelsior Springs vs. Oak Grove varsity baseball at Excelsior Springs. I learned it had been called, as were the junior varsity game with Oak Grove, a C team meeting with Winnetonka, and varsity and junior varsity tennis duals with Carrollton. I’m guessing it was because severe weather was in the forecast. Fortunately, the electrical storms never occurred. Nor did the hailstones I feared would turn the windshield of my truck into one ginormous spiderweb of glass. Nor the tornadoes I feared would have me grabbing my two fur babies and rushing for my basement with a jar of peanut butter and any other nonperishables I could lug. Or at least that was the case in Richmond, where I live and serve as…