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Monday, October 23, 2023

Face Mask News

Just learned that Cowboys kicker Toni Fritsch was the last player to not wear a face mask, in 1971. The same year, the Lions' Wayne Rasmussen wore a maskless helmet while holding, and a masked helmet on defense. 

Lion Pat Studstill went maskless while punting, and a single bar while playing wideout. Who knew players switched helmets during games - back in the 60's! Sure, with the Cowboys Deion Sanders wore one helmet on defense, and a different helmet with a different face mask on offense. 

I remember Studstill on the Rams. After retirement he became an actor, and landed a role of The Dukes of Hazzard.

Falcons. First and goal from the one yard line, and Ritter fumbles. On the local Falcons postgame show, the host tried to be upbeat, all happy about the win, but AM680’s Matt Chernoff bashed the Falcons.

Falcons need to draft Drake Maye from UNC. USC’s Caleb Williams wants part ownership in whatever team drafts him. If a team is worth $1 billion, a 1% share is worth $10 million. Does that mean his salary is $10 million less than it would’ve been? Giving a draft pick a share in ownership would be a bad precedent. Soon everyone would want the same deal.

I have a hard time even making football picks, much less getting them right.

According to Lang, today is NBA Jersey Day.

Sunday: cleaned upstairs. Winnie took me for a short walk. A late breakfast of leftover chicken meatballs. Later for lunch I heated up the leftover patty melt and roasted potatoes. Supper was grits & eggs, and bacon.

After I’d had enough of the Falcons, I went outside to rake leaves. So I got exercise both Saturday and Sunday. Today Shivonne asked to facetime with me.

Every now and then a meal is a dud. Not tonight.

DENISON: Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus is warning the Middle East conflict could escalate significantly. The battle between Hamas and Israel is dividing world opinion, pitting nations against nations. According to former US Defense Secretary Bob Gates, America is facing the most crises since World War II ended 78 years ago. All could spiral into something much worse. US officials are especially worried these five threats could fuse into one.

1. The war in the Middle East

2. China and Russia’s growing military and economic collaboration

3. A malicious Iran

4. The unhinged leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un

5. A massive spread of doctored or wholly fake videos to manipulate world news and opinion.

ROBERTO CLEMENTE [SABR Bio] had debilitating back pain throughout his career due to a car accident the year before he broke into the majors. Clemente said he would not have been able to play without quality, professional chiropractic. He even got very conversant in it himself, like here, starting at 1:12. Scouts from ten major league teams were present at his high school graduation. There are now more than 40 schools named in his honor, in locations from Puerto Rico to Germany. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, a suburb of San Juan.

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