The Boys in the Boat

 

Reading the bestseller “The Boys in the Boat” about the 1936 Washington Huskies varsity crew, that went to the Berlin Olympics. Good stuff.

Remember back in the day comic books used to have ads for sea monkeys? They were actually a tiny species of shrimp that can be found in pools of rainwater atop Stone Mountain, as well as all 50 states. The eggs can survive in a dormant state for years, carried on the feet of birds and such.

Down to one email in my in box – and I keep that email as a reminder to perform an easy task. That’s gotta be a record. I keep emails that I need to save in my sent foler, and that’s crept up to over 3400 emails. Need to clean that bad boy out.

Good Netflix movie: The Age of Adeline, with Blake Lively and Harrison Ford. 

ESPN’s Michael Wilbon called the late BRUCE SUTTER  [SABR Bio] “The father of modern relief [pitching]”. Sutter’s role of being used uniquely in relief, instantly recognizable today, was a considered novel & even risky when he played. He popularized the split-fingered fastball, whose grip and variations can be devasting to batters in the hands of pitchers who have the hands for it. Sutter credited pitching coach Fred Martin with helping him master it. Sutter wore a full beard for most of his career in the majors. Only in his early time with the Cubs did we see his chin. He was the first pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame who never started a single game in the majors. He appeared in 661 MLB games. Trevor Hoffman has joined him. Sutter retired with exactly 300 saves, then third all-time. Only Rollie Fingers (341) & Rich Gossage (302) were ahead of him. Times have changed as Sutter’s success was a harbinger for the game today. Sutter won a World Series ring with STL in 1982. He saved two of their four wins. He was a NL All-Star six times, the winning pitcher in the 1978 & 1979 ASGs, and got the saves in 1980 & 1981. 

Halloween costume idea.