Sunday Nap

Winnie making herself at home on a table. That's her head in front.

Baseball: not sure of the rule, but it seems like the visiting team shouldn’t have to set it’s batting order in stone until the players take the field in the bottom of the first. That way if the visiting team bats around, the starting player batting ninth can be a better-hitting bench player. Then after three outs the pitcher can take over the nine hole in the batting order. Probably a rule that doesn’t allow it.

Left work Wednesday at four. Made it to the park in decent time, and walked around to the First Base Gate to enter. The line to the team store wasn’t as long as previous nights. Scored a red Columbia PFG Braves shirt. Not sure if they’re still in style, but I guess it’s my style. The game had started by the time I made it to my seat. Hot, bright sun. By the top of the third it had started to rain.

Pederson continues to hit to the opposite field, though the Padres quite shifting on him as much. Bryce Wilson finally cut his long hair and trimmed his shaggy beard. That might’ve effected his pitching. When third base coach Ron Washington fielded a foul ball, my friend Howard Evans made it on TV.

When the rain started falling, I took refuge in Chipper’s Sugarland Lounge, where of course I ate too much ice cream. Was going to stick around for the whole game, but the rain changed my plans. Good thing, as the game was called – at 10:30 pm.

Thursday: Dreamland BBQ for lunch. Renee saved me leftovers for today. Let work yesterday at 4 pm and drove out to the Gwinnett stadium. Saw Hugh for the first time. You had met him at the Gwinnett game we had went to. Met up with his friend Johnny as well as Kevin, who’s just moved to Birmingham. Johnny had rented a luxury box, so Kevin and I spent time up there. The Stripers won. Was late getting home.

Chipper Jones told Dale Earnhardt Jr. which was 'the grossest human being I've ever met in my life'.

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With rumors that Herschel is merely considering a Senate run, liberals are already tossing mud, using information Walker himself had shared years ago about his struggles to overcome the disorder that had plagued him his entire life.

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JOE MEDWICK  [SABR Bio] his record for the most hits in his first 5 full years in the majors was broken by Ichiro. Medwick had 1,064 hits between 1933-37; Ichiro had 1,130 from 2001-05. Ichiro played in 40 more games (770 for Joe; 810 for Suzuki), but still beat Medwick over his first 770 games with 1,093 hits. In his MVP year, he led the majors in hits and doubles, but led his league in an additional ten offensive categories.  In 1937, Medwick led MLB in hits (237) and doubles (56). He led or tied the NL in games (156), At Bats (633), Runs (111), HR (31), average (.374), SLG% (.641), OPS (1.056), OPS+ (182) & Total Bases (406). Medwick was an all-state football player in high school. Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne had made arrangements for Medwick to play football for the Irish. Medwick chose baseball over football when he signed with the Cards at age 17.

ERNIE BANKS [SABR Bio] won back-to-back MVPs for a team that finished in the second division each year. Won MVP in 1958 & 1959, finishing ahead of eight eventual Hall of Famers each time. The NL had 8 teams before 1962 and Banks’s CHC finished 5th, that is in the second half of the teams, or “second division” in the baseball parlance of the day. Curt Simmons of the Cardinals allowed the 400^th career home run to both Willie Mays (on 27-Aug-1963) and Banks (on 02-Sep-1965). His high school, Booker T. Washington HS in Dallas, didn’t have a baseball team when he attended.

Tomorrow: recap of my three day shopping blitz.

Bought three pairs of shoes (and a bunch more).

New Balance Fresh Foam ROAVs and a pair of Nike Blazer high top golf sneakers (for Matthew, or to resell).

Cheap joke of the day: next time the Olympics comes to Atlanta, the sport they’ll add is stock car racin’.

Born in the USA

As an employee of a decent-sized corporation, I must follow certain rules and behaviors while representing my company, lest I risk being fired. Just heard of a high-level employee at a major media company who was asked to leave because of comments she’d made in a meeting. Now I’m trying to wrap my mind around the anti-American protests we’re already seeing from athletes representing the United States. While Americans certainly have the right to protest, why would an athlete who’s worked their entire life to make it to the Olympics disparage the country that is paying their way to Tokyo?

Perhaps it’s time the Olympics drops the parade of nations and have athletes compete in uniforms without country designations. Drop the playing of the national anthem of the country of the gold medal winner. Sure, a big part of why so many million viewers from all around the world tune is to see athletes from their own country compete and win. Sorry, but the last thing I want to see and hear are protests while watching the Olympics. I just won’t watch. I’m surprised some yahoo politician in Washington hasn’t already apologized for American Olympic dominance in past years. Perhaps the USA should give some of their gold medals to other countries.

I realize a lot of older folk like me are voicing similar sentiments. I'm uncomfortable being the get off my lawn type, but i consider this opinion as valid.  

Last weekend Anna went to the Atlanta United game with two friends. Supposedly it’s fun, but I’m not in any hurry to go to a soccer game.

We’ll be going on a new computer system by 2024, so next year I may travel to learn more about it. I’ll try to spend a week in Memphis and / or Dallas or Houston.

Man losing weight is tough. I’ve done okay, but need to buckle down. Both on the eating and exercising part.

According to a study published in the journal of Nature Human Behaviour conducted by Princeton University,  people take in subtle cues to determine a subject’s degree of competence. These “impressions of competence predict important real-world outcomes, including political success and CEO selection. The same face when seen with ‘richer’ clothes was judged significantly more competent than with ‘poorer’ clothes.”

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ALBERT PUJOLS  [B-R Bio] has hit the most home runs of anyone born in the Dominican Republic. Has 675 career HR as of 20-Jul-2021. Pujols had 620 HR when he stroked his 3,000th hit on 4-May-2018. He became the fourth member of a very elite group, joining Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Alex Rodriguez, with at least 600 career HR and 3,000 hits. Aaron was the first. Pujols was MVP in the Class A Midwest League playing for the 2000 Peoria Chiefs.

AL SIMMONS  [SABR Bio] was elected to the Hall of Fame by the thinnest possible margin. Was included on 75.38% of the ballots in 1953, the lowest of all players voted in by the BBWAA. The next lowest percentages belonged to Ferguson Jenkins (75.4%), Ralph Kiner (75.41) and Willie Keeler (75.55). In the 1934 All-Star game, “King” Carl Hubbell struck out 5 batters in a row, all of whom would be elected to the Hall of Fame. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Simmons & Joe Cronin.

In the 7th inning of game four of the 1929 World Series, Simmons homered off Cubs’ ace Charlie Root to open the onslaught. Foxx singled and scored when two successive teammates singled.  After two pitching changes and only one out, Simmons & Foxx singled in succession and each scored when Jimmy Dykes doubles.  Two strikeouts closed out the inning, but not before the A’s had racked up a Series-record ten runs in the inning, wiping out an 8-run Cubs lead.    In Simmons’ second full season, he was edged out for league MVP by a player who had barely a third of his WAR. Simmons’ hefty WAR of 6.6 plus a major-league-leading 253 hits and 392 TB still left him four voting points behind WSH’s SS Roger Peckinpaugh (124 H, 160 TB, 2.7 WAR) in the AL in 1925. 

For league media days, GT, UGA, and Clemson posted similar "getting on the plane" photos. Which coach looks least like a coach? 

I'm digging UGA QB JT Daniel's tie clasp (above right).

Buck Belue said Daniels was uncomfortable in a coat and tie,

that he hated leaving his trademark turtleneck in Athens.

Grand Champion

I was able to do some catching up this past Friday. Even snuck in a little time updating my scrapbook calendar. For it being July I've been able to do a decent amount of work on it. The goal is to have all the extra pages pasted with photos and other mementos.

Left at five. Stopped by Kroger for BBQ sauce. Had BBQ chicken breasts and tossed salad.

Watched three above average movies last weekend, one Friday and two Saturday night. Grand Champion was the story of a boy and his prize winning steer. The steer sold at auction (to Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis), but when the boy discovered the steer was to be eaten, he kidnapped the bovine.

Also Front of the Class, the true story of a kid from St Louis with Turret's Syndrome who grew up to be a teacher (and Braves mascot). He moved to Atlanta to apply for jobs, finally landing one in Cobb County, where he still works. Tritt Elementary, quite close to our house. His mom was played by Patricia Heaton, from The Middle and Everyone Loves Raymond.

And Candles on Bay Street,

about a mom with cancer (Alicia "Clueless" Silverstone).

Saturday: cleaned upstairs. Grits for breakfast. Laundry. Later cut the grass. It rained a little while I was out there, but then then sun came out. The dog we were sitting was picked up. Supper was chicken tenders in a spicy sauce, lima beans, rice, green beans cooked with potatoes.

Sunday School and worship in the sanctuary. We were discussing how God will sometimes send us reminders of how we need to completely rely on Him. If everything was hunky dory all the time we'd soon forget to reply on God. Supposedly Julie Adair was at JFBC with her dad John. Leftovers for lunch and supper.

Watched the end of the British Open. Why do people fall for the marketing and just call it The Open? For 50 years it was the British Open. The winner's secret?

Later W&MC stopped by. Gave Will my Stance Dominique Wilkins socks, since I have so many pairs of Stance socks that I don't wear.

Left work Monday shortly after five. Gassed up at RaceTrac. Arrived at my 6:15 focus group early, tasting cream of chicken soup. Left there around 6:45 and headed to the ballpark. Saw a couple of friends were there, so I invited them down to my seat. No ice cream until first pitch. Then they put the tarp back on the field. I went to the team store, but since the game was postponed I couldn't use the money on the tickets. Got home around 9:15.

ROD CAREW [SABR Bio] is the only batter in either league to have a qualifying season's batting average above .385 between 1958 and 1979. Ted Williams hit 388 in 1958 and George Brett hit .390 in 1980, but the highest average chronologically between those 2 was Carew's .388 in 1977. Carew won AL ROY in 1967. Tom Seaver won NL ROY in 1967. Seaver got his 300th win 04-Aug-1985 in Yankee Stadium. Carew's 3,000th hit was the same day, Anaheim against his former team MIN. Played for MIN 1967-1978; & CAL 1979-1985. Although he was productive with the Angels, regularly finishing in the team's top 5 in WAR, he put up no league-leading numbers during those seven seasons.

Florida head coach Dan Mullen rockin the black Nikes.

They look good.

Xolos de Gwinnett

Johnny and Kevin goaded me into heading out to Gwinnett for Thursday night's game. Weeknight games are more fun than crowded Saturday night games. On Thursdays the Stripers rebrand themselves as the Xolos de Gwinnett. 

Johnny landed a luxury suite in an auction and brought daughters, kids, and friends. Had my first nice long chat with my old pal Hugh (bottom left), whose wife passed away last year. 

Also befriended another of Johnny's friends, a 65 year old retiree who'd spent time at Clairemont Baptist and Doraville's Sequoia High before moving north. We had a good long chat while waiting for the gates to open. Tonight's Mike Soroka bobblehead was the first in a Stripers uniform.

It was my first game back at CoolRay Field since they'd built the apartments in left field, providing a more intimate setting.

I used to love to stay to the end of games. If it's a special game, a playoff, or a Tech game, Falcons or Hawks, I'll stay to the end. I just go to so many regular season Braves and Stripers games – and get there when the gates open. Yesterday I arrived at The Battery before 5 pm, entered the ballpark at 5:38 – an hour and 40 minutes before first pitch. So I was there for 4-1/2 hours. Plus I'm going to four games this week. Those are my excuses!

Another excuse – that terrible Braves bullpen. Throwing all those balls out of the strike zone, and the walks makes the end of the game take longer. But you are right – especially for the Braves regular season games, I'm there for the experience more than the game. Any other team though, and I'm in it until the end. I used to like to hang around a bit after the game even. Ceil wasn't happy this morning when she saw me leaving with another Braves outfit for today's game. She's headed out of town tomorrow, and I've been gone every night this week.

Exception: I do make every effort to stay until both teams at least collect one base hit. I don't want to miss a no-hitter or perfect game. Back on Labor Day a few years ago at Turner Field I hadn't planned on staying long, then Cole Hamels threw a no-hitter for the Phillies. I stayed to the end of that one!

Last weekend Anna went to the Atlanta United game with two friends. Supposedly it's fun, but I'm not in any hurry to go to a soccer game.

Last night I was reminded – I need to join the Johnson Ferry adult choir so I can sing the national anthem at the Braves game. Seems like either the JFBC adults or teens or kids are singing the anthem every year. Last night the anthem was sung by the Delta Airlines men's chorus. Monday night the anthem was sung by a soloist.

Monday: left work shortly after five. Gassed up at RaceTrac. Arrived at my 6:15 focus group early, tasting cream of chicken soup. Left there around 6:45 and headed to the ballpark. Saw a couple of friends were there, so I invited them down to my seat. No ice cream until first pitch. Then they put the tarp back on the field. I went to the team store, but since the game was postponed I couldn't use the money on the tickets. Got home around 9:15.

Tuesday: sat in a meeting until about 4 pm. We had Chickfila for lunch, with three folks from Chicago. Found out I had the Braves tickets, and snuck out shortly thereafter. Made it to the ballpark over 30 minutes before the parking lot opened, so I did something bad – went through the Steak & Shake drive-thru. Parked at 5:38 and made it inside shortly thereafter. Got in the long line for the team store again, and bought a long sleeve t-shirt (Wednesday I traded it for something else).

Saw Norman and Darrell and Newman, then Kevin and Michael came and sat with me. Sampled the ice cream. Stayed through seven innings, then headed home. Attended Wednesday's 5:40 game, and probably tomorrow's Stripers game. Let me know if you want to go to either.

Pederson's bunt was great. Did he do it again Wednesday? Tuesday we were talking about how the pitch he bunted was high and inside, and he still placed it perfectly down the third base line. Pretty sure Freddie has gone oppo against the shift a time or two. Last night's home run went opposite field, into the opposing bullpen. True story: right before he hit it I had told my friend "Freddie's due." Freddie hit the home run and the dad in front of us credited me.

Between innings Tuesday I saw where someone had won the 2022 Masters ticket lottery. I hadn't received an email saying I'd won, so I mentioned how I'd lost out again. The dad in front of me started checking to see if he'd received a notification. He hadn't.

There were a few Dominican ballplayers sitting behind us in red team shirts. When I mentioned how I liked their red team turf shoes, they said they liked my sneakers as well.

Saw my buddy Howard Evans on Monday and Wednesday. His front row seat gets him in the background of shots of third base coach Ron Washington.

Pujols is good. Probably too much money owed for the Braves to make a run. Since then Panda Sandoval has slumped.

Denison: Giannis Antetokounmpo and his Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns to win the NBA Championship. Giannis was named the Finals MVP; he has been named regular-season MVP twice before as well as Defensive Player of the Year. The son of impoverished Nigerian immigrants to Greece, his life changed dramatically as a youth under the influence of a Greek Orthodox priest. When he was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player in 2019, he began his acceptance speech by thanking God and stating, "Everything I do, I do through him." His life motto is biblical: "'Walk by faith, not by sight.' I believe this is the right attitude to life for everyone."

An interesting test determines how creative a person is. Once I figured out the test I scored as more creative than 90% of others. I scored 86.54. Average score is 78. Most people score between 74 and 82. you can take the test right here. The Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern developed a multiple-choice test that measures personality traits, attitudes, values, motivations, and interests that can also show creativity. You can find it here.

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Wednesday at Truist

 Left work at four and headed west for the third straight day.

Entered through the First Base Gate,

nearest the team store, where I paid a visit.

Bright sun gave way to dark clouds and rain.

We didn't get rain at the house, ten miles to the northeast.

Interesting that Padres third-baseman Ha-seong Kim, from South Korea, wears cleats from an American company. 

Due to the heat I broke down and wore shorts. That meant my green Gwinnett cap and #82 Acuna St. Patricks jersey didn't match my royal feather socks, which didn't match my black adidas Properes.

The secret of the free ice cream inside Chipper's Sugarlands Lounge: it's simply frozen Mayfield milk (and chocolate milk). 

Padres third base coach Dick Erson.

Brick of the day.

Anna must've played golf with a friend. 

Tuesday at Truist

After being in meetings all day, at 4 pm I learned I'd scored the Braves tickets again. Snuck out of the office and made it through traffic to the game. Rain was still in the forecast, and i wasn't planning on staying long, so I didn't try to find any partners in crime. Below: the fans were clammering to see young Padre Tatis. I do like the way he wears his pants and socks.

Snapped the Padre releivers headed to the bullpen,

passing San Diego starter Darvish.

My first stop inside the park was the team store.

Cashed in for a long sleeve t-shirt.

Wore my red Murphy BP jersey, the same 2014 spring training cap (since I forgot to grab another one), and my Puma RS-X sneakers.

Ran into two old bobblehead pals: Kevin and Michael.

While snapping this photo, a Padre tossed a ball over the netting in our direction. We didn't snag that one, but while I was off getting ice cream Michael grabbed a ball. 

The free ice cream was flowing tonight.

Padres third base coach Dick Eason.

I forwarded this photo to Uni Watch.

For the most part the rain held off.

I hadn't planned on staying long, then watched seven innings. 

Tonight's giveaway happened to be the Ronald Acuna chain.

Just what I needed. Sold mine for sixty bucks - enough to pay for my August 8 Braves ticket and satchel, plus Thursday night's Stripers game and Soroka bobblehead.

I stayed for seven innings before making my exit.

The Braves held on to win.

In my rush to get inside to claim my Acuna chain, I forgot to snap a photo of a player brick. Had to use the flash to get Greg Olson. 

As the Braves Turn

Scored Braves tickets this afternoon at 5 pm. With rain in the forecast I didn't bother asking anyone, besides my kids. While there I chatted with buddy Howard Evans (red bill, next to the guy in the Freeman jersey). Figured the team store would be crowded before the game, so I went for the ice cream...which isn't served until the game starts. Below: Walter Banks is honored for 50 years of service.

Stayed at my seat until the tarp was pulled back on the field. Had asked Johnny and Marshall to come sit with me. By the time I made it to the long line for the team store, the game had been canceled. 

Took 25 minutes to weave through the line inside the store, but I was on a mission. Only then did I learn to tickets were no longer good. By then the crowd had cleared, and they were closing the Third Base Gate.  

Had a Braves t-shirt and cap in the car to wear. The cap seems huge, but with my big noggin it doesn't look too bad.

Last night I heard where some other pitcher was going to be eligible to be promoted to the Braves today, and Minter was a like candidate for demotion. Minter’s performance had gotten even worse in recent weeks. Sometimes when a player goes to Gwinnett, they never come back. Expect the Braves GM to trade for a reliever or three before the end of the month.

Seems to be a lack of good pitching throughout major league baseball. Relief pitchers want to throw as hard as possible, since they’re almost always only pitching one inning at a time. Starters are only going five or six innings. You’d think a pitcher wouldn’t want to walk a batter. I don’t have high expectations for the Braves to trade for an All Star reliever (or starter). There just aren’t that many out there, that teams want to trade.

While it’s been bad not being able to get Braves games on my TV package, at least I haven’t been able to see all the late inning collapses. The last two years the Braves have led baseball in come from behind wins and holding late inning leads. Not this year. Ian Anderson, Tucker Davidson, Mike Soroka on the DL. Also lost Acuna, d’Arnaud, and Ozuna. It’s hard to replace one or two key players. Almost impossible to replace six.

Braves just four games out of first place. Hard to give up on the season, and right now they’re not. These next two weeks will determine whether they can make a run. But if they’re still only four games back on Labor Day, they still can make a late surge. Freddie could be player of the month, he’s been playing so well.

I expect the Braves to re-sign Freddie Freeman early in the off-season – not during this season. Interesting that the Braves just traded two minor league first basemen. Sounds like newcomer Joc Peterson had been negotiating with the Braves before Marcel Ozuna had been signed, so Peterson signed with the Cubs. A good chance Peterson re-signs with the Braves during the off-season, sez me.

The Braves will have several options at catcher this off-season. If needed d-Arnauld can be re-signed. Contreras has a huge upside, and there’s another young catcher in the Braves system who’s supposed to be even better, the guy with the long name. Several players are lighting it up in Gwinnett, including catcher Contreras and young Drew Waters.

Counting my eggs before they’re hatched: bought a ticket to the August 8 game with hopes of securing a season ticket special dual bobblehead, of Hank Aaron and Chipper Jones. The ticket always secures me a Braves satchel. Just what I need, considering how much I like my current backpack.

Forbes notes how the bobblehead craze is stronger than ever, citing the Braves as a prime example. Teams like bobbleheads days because fans arrive early, and eat inside the park.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rayglier/2021/07/02/the-atlanta-braves-and-the-still-vibrant-bobblehead-craze/

REGGIE JACKSON  [SABR Bio] posted a sparkling 1.018 OPS and 189 OPS+ in only his second full season in the majors. He also led in strikeouts in 1969. Born in the Philadelphia suburb of Abington, he went to Arizona State University to play football. In the 1982 AL MVP vote, One year he received a single first-place vote to prevent another player from being a unanimous MVP choice. While Robin Yount was the clear winner of the 1982 AL MVP vote, Jackson’s performance with CAL earned him exactly one first-place vote from Jim Golla of the Toronto Globe & Mail. He said he felt, “Jackson deserved the honor because of his ability to carry a team the entire season and to lift himself up to the occasion in the stretch, making the other players around him that much better as well.” and Yount didn’t?!].

Denison: Australian officials would like us to rebrand shark attacks as "negative encounters." The swimmer bitten by a great white shark near San Francisco last month may not agree. American Christians are under unprecedented pressure by our secularized culture to compromise biblical truth and morality. But the inescapable realities of death and eternity beyond the grave demonstrate conclusively that every person needs to know.

Death is the greatest unknown. Nonbelievers do not believe anyone has ever come back from the other side, so they have no empirical way to know what happens when we die. Do we simply cease to exist? Are we reincarnated? Do we spend eternity in heaven? In hell? Our post-Christian society has devised a solution. Postmodernism has taught us that our reality is the reality. Truth is "our truth." Therefore, if we don't believe there is an afterlife, we don't need to be concerned with an afterlife. The man who declared to me "I don't believe in hell" was convinced that his opinion settled the matter. This is illogical in the extreme, of course. Denying that cancer exists doesn't keep me from getting cancer. Even more, this is a satanic deception.

One more satanic deception: sharing the gospel is "imposing" our beliefs on others. Postmodern secularists have convinced many Christians that tolerance is the highest value, that telling people they risk eternity separated from God in hell is intolerant and bigoted. In fact, it is just the opposite.

When you go alone you can go fast. When you go together you can go far - African proverb