Three Trips in Three Days

Left work Friday about 11:45. Stopped by Taco Bell then drove to Macon. Plenty of bumper to bumper traffic. Hung out at my parents house then drove downtown to the old baseball stadium. Plenty of cars already there but one last handicapped space for us to park. A short line already 15 minutes before the gates had opened. Said hello to the team general manager, who had personally replied to my email from earlier in the afternoon. 

 

Our tickets included team caps and dinner. Glad to see they had the big bacon M logo caps. My dad’s church had reserved the right field picnic section. All you can eat burgers, dogs, and chicken sandwiches. We were right next to the pitchers warming up in the bullpen. Picked up a baseball but later gave it to a kid. By eight my dad was ready to go: he had seen everyone there was to see and eaten what he wanted. Stuck around to almost 8:30, and by 9:15 I was on the way back to Atlanta.

 

Up early Saturday. Drove down to borrow MC’s big SUV before 8 am. Then over to Bellwood Coffee on Bolton Road. Had a nice chat with Joel Norman. Then around 285 and up 85 and 316 to Athens. Stopped by Taco Bell for breakfast, then two thrift stores. Loaded up the three SUVs with Anna’s stuff. Later lunch at Taqueria del Sol. Drove home and unloaded the cars. Ceil cooked for supper. Watched the Braves. Loved those uniforms on Saturday night, just like the uni worn by Ted Turner when he managed one game in 1978.

 

Sunday School at JFBC. Watched the Braves. Drove down to swap the cars back. Was going to grab a snack at Cookout but the lines were too long. Anna and Christian arrived home. M cooked chicken parmesan.

After doing the dishes and posting to my blog it was past time for bed. In all I drove just under 500 miles this weekend. With all the driving around this weekend I finished Patterson’s Miracle at St. Andrews. Also almost halfway through Patterson/Clinton’s “The President is Missing” read by Dennis Quaid.

 

Got to work at 730 and got two straight calls right off the bat. Been busy ever since.         

 

019 019 home to work

097 116 work to Macon

005 121 Macon to parents

018 139 parents to game & back

104 243 parents to home

021 264 home to W&MC’s

006 270 W&MC to Bellwood

071 341 Bellwood to Athens

006 347 Athens to Anna’s

005 352 Anna’s to Taqueria & back

074 426 Anna’s to home

007 433 home to JFBC & back

021 454 home to W&MC’s

014 468 W&MCs to Marietta

010 478 Marietta to home

006 484 home to Whole Foods & back

 

Players who led the league in on-base-percentage four consecutive seasons in the modern era.

 

Player          Year   to   Year

Boggs.......... 1985......... 1989        5X

Bonds.......... 2001......... 2004        4X

Gehrig......... 1934......... 1937        4X

Hornsby....... 1920......... 1925        6X

Trout............ 2016......... 2019*      4X

Votto............ 2010......... 2013        4X

Williams...... 1946......... 1949        4X or 7X**

*Assuming he finishes this season as AL leader.

**Had also led the AL in OBP 1940-1942 before spending 1943-45 in the service.