Selig

Tuesday night baseball commissioner Bud Selig gave a terrible speech during the Hank Aaron ceremony. You could tell the crowd was tuned out. Earlier the crowd was on the edge of their seats, in tears and excitement. No wonder baseball is in such terrible shape. I do have to give Selig credit for staying active. Like Aaron, he is about to turn 80. Last night Bud was in Atlanta for the game. Today he is teaching a class in Milwaukee. After he retires he will continue to teach, and he says he will write a book as well.

The Braves will be adding at least FOUR good pitchers over the next few weeks. But even Sandy Koufax can’t win if they don’t score runs. They need contact hitters like the Cardinals have. The only contact hitters the Braves have are Freeman, Simmons, Johnson, Gattis, and Laird – maybe Heyward. The others just swing from the heels and hope they connect.

Anna was at art most of the afternoon, then went to see the new Captain America movie. I watched most of the pregame and most of the game on TV. Matthew went to the game with a family of rabid Braves fans. The parents wore Braves T shirts and they sat on the first base side. M got a souvenir Braves bear similar to C’s Yunel Escobar bear…probably for his girlfriend. They stayed until the end of the game, and it was after midnight by the time we met in Sandy Springs. I let M drive home, and he did ok.

Thursday night I was planning on wearing my cream colored jersey to match Rob, but after last night I might just wear my feather jersey. Those 44 jerseys they had the fans wear looked nice. Not sure if they were just cheap shirts like the Murphy jerseys they gave out a few years ago. I was surprised my friend Johnny wasn’t down there on the field. The big guy who sits behind the visitors’ dugout had been on the field, as was his wife. Will be interesting to get details on that. This morning Uni Watch covered the Braves uniforms.

  

Will may go on Wednesday or Thursday. Just found out that Will has a 12 week paid internship this summer at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Ceil is thrilled that he will be home. This fall Will is rooming with the son of one of my buddies from high school. Ceil says the place is a dump, but it’s in a nice neighborhood. His summer job in NYC fell through.

Glad UConn beat Kentucky. Also that the women beat Notre Dame.

Last FRIDAY: When the NOLA tourney results arrived Ceil did open the envelope to get her prize. Later I saw the stamps over in her pile of stuff. Drove to Cumberland Mall after work – traffic city. Anna had spent the night at her friend’s house, so she dropped by the office with some paperwork she needed delivered. She came upstairs so all my co-workers could see her.

Last Thursday night I picked up Matthew and Sarah at the movies and drove Sarah home to Canton. Traffic wasn’t bad, so we made good time. Didn’t get back until eleven. I did see the SMU/Minnesota game.

A few weeks ago Ceil sat next to Maya Moore at Passion City Church.