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Wednesday, June 03, 2020

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I'd never heard of several of these guys. Slow news day.

Cardinals Ryan Lindley 2012-2014 4 TD 14 INT
Falcons Randy Johnson 1960’s won 5 of 26
Ravens Kyle Boller
Bills Alex Van Pelt 1994
Panthers Jimmy Clausen 2010
Bears Bob Avellini 2/1 INT/TD ratio
Bengals Akili Smith 1999 #3 overall
Browns Brandon Weeden 2012
Cowboys Chad Hutchinson 2002
Broncos Paxton Lynch
Lions Joey Harrington 2002
Packers Randy Wright
Texans David Carr 2002 first overall pick
Colts Curtis Painter
Jaguars Blaine Gabbert
Chiefs Todd Blackledge 1983 picked ahead of Marino
Chargers Ryan Leaf
Rams Dan Pastorini (photo is Steve Bartkowski)
Dolphins Rick Norton
Vikings Spergon Wynn selected ahead of Tom Brady
Patriots Mike Taliaferro 1968-1970
Saints Heath Shuler 1997
Giants Dave Brown
Jets Browning Nagle selected ahead of Brett Favre
Raiders Jamarcus Russell #1 overall pick
Eagles Bobby Hoying
Steelers Mark Malone #1 pick
49ers Steve Spurrier
Seahawks Stan Gelbaugh
Buccaneers Vinnie Testaverde
Titans Billy Joe Tolliver
Redskins Ralph Guglielmi
 
 
I’ve only attended two home UGA basketball games. As a freshman at Tech I rode over with several GT BSU friends for the GT/UGA game. Back then they played home and home every year. Remember eating pizza in Athens before the game. Several years ago I won four tickets to a UGA/Tennessee game in Athens. I took Will and his friend Spencer and Spencer’s dad Jim, who’d graduated from UT. Bruce Pearl was the UT coach and they had a good freshman named Lofton I think. After the game we hung around and got to meet some of the UT players. The center gave Will one of his sweatbands, which we still have. That was the only time Will ever set foot on the UGA campus until his freshman orientation.
Not much else. Worked from home again yesterday. Was on the phone most of the day putting out fires so I didn’t get much of my real work done. Worked pretty much straight through to 6:45, then called my dad, then ate supper (spicy chicken on rice, corn, and tossed salad), then helped clean up. C and M watched Bon Appetit Test Kitchen. I shopped for sneakers. Missed the Grizz Gaming game.
 
Wes Unseld passed away. He was 74.
Busy this morning. In the office today and tomorrow then home on Friday. 
 
ALAN TRAMMEL  [SABR Bio] owns the highest career Defensive WAR rating in the history of the Detroit Tigers franchise. Trammell’s rating of 22.7 is almost 40% higher than the player in 2nd place on that list, who happens to be Lou Whitaker. In his first year as a manager, his charges produced the lowest winning percentage of any team since the 1962 Mets. The Tigers in 2003 finished 43-119 or .265, slightly ahead of the 1962 NYM at .250. He’s the only non-Yankees American League shortstop to win the World Series Most Valuable Player award. MVP for the 1984 WS. Yankee shortstops won in 1978 & 2000. NL SS’s won it in 2006 & 2010. Alfredo Griffin never wanted him to be injured but was grateful for the opportunity the injury provided. MLB pays the expenses for each player here and a guest.  In most cases, players bring wives or girlfriends. Damaso Garcia, TOR’s 2b, brought his SS, Griffin.  When Trammell hurt his arm and could not play, AL Mgr Joe Altobelli named Griffin to the team, “…partly because he's a fine player, but mostly because he was here.”
Instead of those adidas SC Premieres,
perhaps I'll get these Puma Sampsons.
 
Wore my sustainable grey wool Allbirds to the office today.
They matched the carpet.


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