A few weeks ago we hired young inside salesman Justin, a recent Ole Miss grad (below). Not long thereafter I walked past his desk to talk football with Ben, the outgoing UGA fan. When I was leaving young Justin introduced himself to me. He reminded me of Davis in the movie The Intern, the disorganized buddy of main character Ben.
Then we started SAP training, and I wound up sitting next to Justin – making The Intern reference all the more of a connection, and me like the old guy in the movie. Guys in our office chide Justin for being so positive. He went out of his way to meet my team member Brad. Later Brad thought Justin must’ve wanted something, since he was being so nice.
This gave me an idea. Later I went around the corner to talk to Justin, telling him to ask Brad if he could borrow Brad’s boat. Justin played it up perfectly. When he asked, Brad’s jaw dropped. “Uh, how did you know I had a boat?” Justin cooly replied “Oh, everyone’s talking about your boat!” After that Justin let him off easy, saying he’d ask again next spring when the weather was warmer.
The next day as I was leaving work, I thought about the episode – and cracked up all over again.
Coworkers Angie and Rachel decorated their desks for Halloween. Angie hung a sign “JUST CREEPING IT REAL”. Her friend Daniel put tape over “IT REAL”. Friday when Angie worked from home, I taped a “Y” over the “ING” in “CREEPING”. Angie prides herself in being creepy, though I think that as the office old guy, I give her a run for her money.
ERNIE BANKS [SABR Bio] is the only first baseman since 1938 to hit three triples in one nine-inning game, on 11-Jun-1966. The only other position Banks played that year was eight games at 3B. In 1954 NL ROY voting, Wally Moon won the honor with Banks right behind. Gene Conley was third followed by Henry Aaron. Banks was the first National League First Baseman to record 22 putouts in a game, on 09-May-1963
Most games played for the original eight National League teams, as listed in “Leaders” Baseball-Reference.com.
Player Team # Games WAR
Aaron ......... ATL......... 3,076.............. 143.0
Banks ........ CHC........ 2,528................ 67.7
Clemente ... PIT.......... 2,433*............... 94.8
Mays .......... SFG......... 2,957.............. 156.1
Musial ........ STL......... 3,026.............. 128.6
Rose .......... CIN.......... 2,722................ 79.6
Schmidt ..... PHI.......... 2,404.............. 106.8
Wagner ...... PIT.......... 2,433*............. 131.0
Wheat ........ LAD......... 2,322................ 60.4
Current vitamin intake:
1. Low dose aspirin.
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. Elderberry
6. Multivitamin
7. Omega
8. D-Mannose + Cranberry
9. Butchers Broom / Chestnut / Grape Seed / Cayenne / Ginkgo Biloba for blood circulation
10. Glucosamine Chondroitin for healthy joints & cartilage production
11. Tribulus, for prostate health.
12. Probiotic
13. Calcium
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