Gift Idea: Stock in the Braves

Braves executives were at the New York stock Exchange yesterday to celebrate the team's initial stock offering, making the Braves the first publicly-traded MLB team in several decades. I want a share of Braves stock for my birthday. The jokes about "I'm a part owner" are already growing old.

Should be interesting to see what deals Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos will pull off between now and the trade deadline. They're not afraid to bring in new pitchers and try them out, or call them up from the minors, then move them out if they don't perform.

Yesterday I worked until almost 6 pm. C cooked a delicious grilled chicken tenders with caramelized onions, in a Japanese BBQ sauce, Also Spanish rice and tossed salad.

Watched the second episode of King of the Land, a delightful Korean romdrama on Netflix. Hard to play on my laptop because I'm reading the subtitles.

Up early to run three decently fast miles. Taqueria tonight. I had to work a little late, so it was after 7 pm or so before we got there.

Fun fact: sea otters hold hands while sleeping, so they won't drift apart.

Back in the early 1970's Steve Jobs used to use toy whistles from Captain Crunch cereal boxes used to be used to hack into phone lines.

In 1962 the Angels traded winless JOE NUXHALL [SABR Bio] (& his 10.13 ERA over 5.1 innings) to the Reds, where he had in debuted 1944 and played for 10 years. Joe was the last pre-expansion National League pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning. In the top of the 6th inning on 11-Aug-1959, he retired Eddie Mathews, Joe Adcock, Del Crandall, and Johnny Logan on strikes. Crandall reached on a dropped 3rd strike. At 15 years, 316 days on the day of his debut 10-Jun-1944, Nuxhall became the youngest player in recorded major league history, which he remains today. He was 38 years, 64 days at the time of his last game on 02-Oct-1966, then one of the ten oldest playing in the majors.

DENISON: the Federal Reserve raised interest rates yesterday to their highest level in 22 years, and left the door open for further rate increases in the future. Financial downturns typically occur when the Fed raises rates. Many economists have been predicting a recession. However, Americans are more confident about the economy. The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for the global economy. But the IMF's chief economist warns that there are many challenges ahead, a view some American economists share.