Bracket Challenges

Braves are having a fan vote tournament on best uniform. Different results on Twitter than Facebook. Current home jersey beat 1969 pinstripe. Royal 1974 road beat current road and current home. 1982 powder blue road beat 1978 red pinstripe home and current home ivory alternate, who’s beat 2015 red with the starred Braves logo. Current navy jersey beat the 2018 players weekend jersey, and is currently leading the 1978 grey feather road jersey, who beat the 1982 red white and blue striped home jersey. 2019 home red jersey beat 1966 home ivory jersey, but lost to Hank Aaron’s 1974 home white feather jersey, which also beat the 1970 grey road jersey. Got that? Wonder if the Braves will do anything with these results. They already wear the Aaron jersey one weekend a year.

For Braves Bingo I've done everything except (1) rented a glove (I will), (2) purchased an item of the game, (3) had an ice cream at the game, and (4) watched Friday night fireworks (too late).

 

Now UGA just started a similar bracket to pick the greatest play in history. Today’s first pick is easy: Sony Michel’s Rose Bowl-winning TD run in OT trumps a recent pick six against Auburn. Also Herschel running over Tennessee's Bill Bates as a freshman, over an old Alec Ogletree sack - how could anyone not vote for Herschel's iconic run? Voted for Kevin Butler's 60 yard field goal to beat Clemson, but the more recent SEC East clinching TD pass to beat Auburn is winning out.

Another bracket from 680AM: who’s you want to be quarantined with? My picks…

 

1. Chris Dimino, Chipper, and Glavine. I like all three.

2. Buck Belue, Herschel Walker, Jake Fromm. Three greats.

3. Chuck Oliver, Kirby Smart, Alex Anthopoulos. All interesting.

4. Steak Shapiro, Tom Brady, Freddie Freeman. Not Steak.

5. John Kincade, Shaq, Nick Foles. Not Kincade.

6. Brian Finneran, Matt Ryan, Grady Jarrett. Fin & Matt are OK.

7. Sandra Golden, Dansby, Todd Gurley. Just Swanson.

8. Matt Chernoff, Julio Jones, Trae Young. Only Mattlanta.

9. Nick Cellini, Calvin Ridley, John Collins. Only Cellini.

   

Not much else to report. A holiday so I slept late. All sleep graphs in the green last night: exactly eight hours of sleep (6:13 quality, 3:28 deep, with an average heartbeat of 62). Spent the morning working on a timeline since my mom’s surgery last month. Not anyone’s fault, except maybe the Chinese. One bad thing after another. Now she’s in the hospital with pneumonia, and of course no one can visit. Wrote over a thousand words.

JOE JACKSON  [SABR Bio] died shortly before he was scheduled to appear on the nationally broadcast television show “The Toast of the Town”, re-named “The Ed Sullivan Show” - died 05-Dec-1951. His appearance would have been a fortnight hence. He once had a season with more than 500 at-bats, a mere ten strikeouts and a batting average over .350. In 1919 Jackson had 516 AB, 10 K & hit .351. No MVP or similar award was given in 1919.