Braves Clinch

Glad I was able to watch almost every pitch of the Braves walk-off playoff clinching game last night. Medlin had another quality start, making two bad pitches in seven innings of work. Amazing that he tied the all time record for consecutive wins in games he started. Chipper tied Roberto Alomar for 57th place on the all time hit list. And I heard something about how Freeman’s first ever walk-off home run was the first time a team clinched for the playoffs on a come from behind walk-off home run.

I watched all the postgame interviews as well. Fred O was at the game, sitting in the stands in right-center, not far from where Freddie’s home run landed. Charles Q’s friend Johnny Pierce spoke to Otis Nixon before the game. Nixon asked if he could keep Johnny’s Sharpie. What could Johnny say but yes?

Fredi announced either Hudson or Medlin will pitch the wild card game. Since then the rotation was slightly juggled so that Medlin’s turn in the order would fall on the wild card game. And since playoff rosters can be set for that game, then changed for the Division Series, Fredi said he would drop several un-needed starting pitchers off the roster for that one wild card game, and carry several more position players.

I might try to make a Yankees list. UGA football will be next. A few years ago I did the Braves. Need to do the Falcons and Hawks.

Stopped by the library on the way home Tuesday. Helped Anna with some schoolwork, and did a mountain of laundry, cleaning up the extra bedroom in the process.

Checkup was ok…I’m getting old. Could take a daily pill that might make my life better, but the doc said it was optional. I’ll study the side effects. I’d had an painful infection the second half of August that an antibiotic cleared up.

Our small group spent the weekend at James Sloppy Floyd State park, west of Rome. Beautiful weather, five families, 21 people. Cooked and ate shared meals, took hikes, canoes and paddleboats, hung out around the campfire. Several adults took late afternoon naps…I found the Braves game on TV. Followed football games on my phone. Ceil and Anna left the campfire and watched the Clemson game on TV. With three other boys his age, Matthew stayed on the go the entire time. As we left, both A and M said they’d had a great time.

See where Will got painted up for the UGA game? He’s coming home this next weekend, because MC is flying in from Oklahoma. We won’t see much of him, though we’ll probably take him back Sunday night.

Same old Tech. I think Paul Johnson knows he screwed up, not kicking the field goal in OT. Every time I see a team not score in OT, the defense almost always gives up, allowing a quick TD when only a field goal would win.