Eli and Bill Murray went out to Brooklyn, where Murray spoke French with tourists from France, and posed for pictures. The tourists had no idea who Eli was. Murray said a good thing for tourists to do was take the Circle Line cruise around Manhattan, as you can learn a lot about the city. That’s where Murray sends all his tourists. Murray said on many of his movies, especially the early ones, he ditched the script and made up almost all his dialog. When he was stuck in a cab taping a movie in korea he had the driver teach him how to speak Korean.
Also on Eli’s show: a lady from Food Network introduced The Inflatium, a blow up stadium that holds snacks for football parties. At Party City or Amazon. Look it up. You need one for your Super Bowl party !!! I’ll come !!!
Watch those games yesterday? Both teams I was rooting for won. When the offense substitutes players, they have to wait until the defense has time to substitute and get their players off the field. In those cases the referee will stand behind the center and tell him not to snap the ball until the referee says so. Teams love to substitute based on the situation. Plus the QB wants to wait until the defense gets set, so he can read the defense to see what they’re going to do, based on all his film study, and based on what the defense has been doing earlier in the game. The better QB’s are not the most athletic these days, but the ones that can best read the defenses.
Meanwhile the QB ought to notice when a defense isn’t ready, and get the ball snapped. But that might throw off the rest of the offense, who are waiting for last second signals. Sometimes a QB can just look at his WR and they’ll know what to do.
My beef? What I hate is when its third or fourth down with inches to go. Some QB’s don’t know how to take a snap from under center, so they have to snap the ball back five yards – so the QB or RB has to run six yards to gain the one yard needed for a first down – at the same time the defense is penetrating the line of scrimmage. On a short yardage play it seems obvious you want a quick hitting play, not a slow developing play.
Yesterday I heard that on short yardage plays Joe Burrow had gained the necessary yardage 28 of 30 times. Of was that Matt Stafford? More than once with the Lions Stafford would call a running play, then keep the ball himself, faking out his own tem in addition to the defense. One time he scored the game-winning touchdown on the last play of the game by keeping the ball and jumping across the goal line instead of spiking the ball to stop the clock.
This weekend’s golf tournament was indeed moved up because of football. They were saying Jim Nantz flew from golf to KC then to NYC for an appointment today, then out to Pebble Beach for this week’s tourney. I haven’t been watching much golf lately, but will watch Pebble Beach.
Okie brought Shivonne his play toy bottle.
Later we drove down to Westside Provisions. Ordered my new glasses. Checked out Velvet Taco but ate at Taqueria del Sol. Spoke with the old guy who wrote the cookbook. Then we took Ponce out to Dekalb Farmer’s Market. Didn’t get home until well after eight.
Sunday School and worship. Live and in person. Made black bean quesadilla for lunch. Napped and watched football. Later C cooked meatballs and rice, and fresh green beans.
Today is the last day of the month, so plenty to do. Small group tonight.
DAVE PARKER [SABR Bio] On 17-Oct-1989, as McCarver was breaking down tape of Parker’s G 2 double off Rick Reuschel during ABC’S pre-game show for game three, the Loma Prieta earthquake struck. Parker was credited with his first major league hit three months before his major league debut. Parker’s major league debut came on 12-Jul-1973. He appeared as a pinch hitter and singled in a game at Wrigley Field that had been suspended on April 21st and resumed on July 26th, two weeks after his debut. His six blasts were enough to win the first All-Star Home Run Derby - the 1985 ASG HRD in Minneapolis. Even though he led National League right fielders in errors seven times, he is best remembered for two throws he made in one game. Parker gunned down Jim Rice and Brian Downing in the 1979 ASG.
Anna on her ski trip in Boone NC.
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