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Saturday, June 25, 2022

Secrets of the Secret Service

Finished the book “The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents”. Amazing stories – dirt on Presidents, First Ladies, Vice Presidents, and other high ranking officials, mostly from Kennedy to Obama, when the book was published. Who wasted money. Who treated agents nice, and who treated them horribly. Some Presidents wouldn’t travel until after Christmas just so agents could be at home with their families. Others traveled home almost every weekend on the government dime. Who risked national security to appear like a regular person. Who waived security checks to allow possible assassins into large crowds. I won't tell you who had low marks and who had high, but I wasn't surprised.

Had a dream that traffic had been re-routed and I went inside this place at the corner of Holcomb Bridge and Old Alabama, where the BP/McDonalds is now. The SPdL adult choir was gathering there, with robes on. Saw several familiar faces, including Ginny Green. Then old Bob Marsh was coming up the stairs. I went out back and sat at a table with my boss. Charles Baugh joined us. I was trying to tell him about the choir but he was looking at these plastic glasses that someone was trying to sell us. Someone said the Whitakers were there. I saw one lady that looked like Edie, but never saw Reid. My boss had left for the office. I hopped in a golf cart and drove around the building. A kitten was there next to Holcomb Bridge Road with its mother – a full grown lion. I drove my open golf cart right past the lion. Then I was inside a seafood restaurant. They were bringing all sorts of food, big platters. I ordered a Diet Coke. Had I posted this before?

Shivonne stopped by to visit today to play with Winnie. Don't tell Ceil.

Had a problem with my phone saving photos to the cloud. It’s always something. Cleared out half the photos on my phone and it started working again.

I don’t know anyone who likes those LIV guys.

One typical person’s opinion of baseball uniforms: Yankees good, Braves bad.

https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/g12810061/baseball-uniforms-history-best-worst/?utm_source=facebook_arb&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=arb_fb_esq_m_am_g12810061&fbclid=IwAR0YAxx0dfxmqwx8dG9uzuaBCajkAGTzHPb2JlvRVlJrkjd5kdYjg3LlpBo_aem_AY3cXo2bg5pfNFtm3HGklfbbYvXU5v9F6Pa4XwjMQA-1I-T6GGngVATdW2pos9GGGGFlHZE_pIEE5BRFsVzGOdbgaeJm_9aJkCISst-cylw-f-ML5uV1CeWOFN3U1WYDdCs

Former Georgia swimming coach Jack Bauerle says Herschel Walker ‘would run wild’ with modern Bulldogs.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/georgia-football/former-georgia-swimming-coach-jack-bauerle-says-herschel-walker-would-run-wild-with-modern-bulldogs/__;!!AE29DT8V!XS2-AVlvlPdOkWXbgQDEJJMHBC79_OpM21Ew5cN5jR-IE1eHaClHyFtN1rN7qdx88SgvfdJQIVy3AIwTPJc$

The “25 Greatest Running Backs Of All-Time” according to NewArena.com. Decent list, but no Herschel. Too many recent players. Not as many from the old days.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newarena.com/nfl/ranked-the-25-greatest-running-back-of-all-time/__;!!AE29DT8V!QUUGEyR7QSU1HRbNwgfneitzJjZ8IVmHaadHDV0zOm_RUa1B2zjPj3PvLpu6vOTQFcc8Se-2HJla0YLrZl8$

WALTER JOHNSON  [SABR Bio] hit more batters in the 20th century than any other pitcher. - Ans. Johnson hit 205 batters 1907-1927. He was the first native of Kansas to receive a vote for the Hall of Fame, receiving 189 votes (83.6%) for the Hall’s inaugural class. He was born in Humboldt, Kansas, but spent much of his youth in Weiser, Idaho and graduated from high school in California. No other pitcher in history racked up more extra-base hits as a batter (159) - shown here.

ANDY MESSERSMITH  [SABR Bio] struck out four and surrendered two runs in three innings of work in the 1974 ASG. He finished 2nd in the CYA voting behind record-setting reliever Mike Marshall. Messersmith attended the University of California at Berkeley. He surrendered one of the home runs that Willie Stargell hit completely out of Dodger Stadium. On 08-May-1973 in LA, Stargell homered twice off Messersmith. The second traveled 470 feet, completely out of Dodger Stadium. It was Stargell’s second time breaching the famed corrugated roof, the first off Alan Foster in 1969. In his first full season in the majors, Andy led the majors in wild pitches: 16 in 1969.

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