Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Evening at The Battery

Tuesday: worked until after 6 pm. Drove surface streets over to The Battery and ate at Sports & Social. The Yankee game was on the TVs, but they switched over to Atlanta Dream vs Phoenix Mercury, with Diana Taurasi. Trae Young was at the game.

Grilled chicken sandwich with bacon and cheese, with tater tots. Not bad for a free meal, but the bun was pretty bland. Bar food.

When I left the sky was cloudy. Rain was starting was I exited the parking deck. By the time I made it to East Cobb there was a torrential downpour. No exaggeration. About as bad a rain as I’d ever seen. Could barely see to drive. I was going 20 MPH. The last creek before by house had overflowed out onto my street.

C beat me home. Watched Only Murders in the Building. Lifted weights this morning. Meeting all morning, with more discussions this afternoon. Month end tomorrow. Gonna be a rough four months.

Pet peeve: when people hear the song Sweet Caroline they just go crazy, acting as if they’re having the best time in the world. Goodness. Used to be the “Budweiser” song did that to people, especially at Tech football games. Thing about Budweiser is that it’s a bastardization of the old Sonny & Cher classic “When You Say Love”.

Money doesn’t seem to phase Tour Championship winner Victor Hovland. After his big win he grabbed takeout from Chipotle.

More than other countries, the US is experiencing a pandemic of early “unexplained” deaths.

JIM RICE [SABR Bio] won the AAA International League’s Triple Crown, it’s Rookie of the Year and MVP all in the same season, while playing BOS AAA farm team, the 1974 Pawtucket Red Sox. He is the only player to lead the American League in home runs and triples outright in the same season. Rice led the majors in HR (46) and triples (15) in 1978. [Note: With more than two thirds of the 2023 season completed, Shohei Ohtani currently leads the AL in HR with 43 & is tied for the lead in triples with KC’s Bobby Witt with seven.  No other player has ever grounded into as many as 35 double plays in a single season, yet Rice did it twice in two years: 36 in 1984 and 35 in 1985. Art Howe hit .338 to Rice’s .337 that season, but despite showing up at the top of the leaderboard for that season, Howe did not accumulate enough Plate Attempts to qualify for the batting title.

When the Hawks played at Alexander Memorial Coliseum every time Walt Bellamy made a basket, they'd ring a bell.

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