Top 5 right fielders in Braves history, by beat writer Mark Bowman.
(1) Hank Aaron 1954-1974 136.3 fWAR ranks only behind outfielders Ruth, Bonds, Mays, and Cobb.
(2) David Justice 1989-1996 his 19.1 fWAR ranked only behind Larry Walker for NL RF. Hit 40 HR in 1993. ROY
(3) Jason Heyward 2010-2014 his 19.5 fWAR ranked only behind Giancarlo Stanton for NL RF. Won two Gold Gloves. Went downhill after pit in face by pitch in 2013.
(4) Gary Sheffield 2002-2003 led all MLB RF with 12.1 fWAR and 64 HR.
(5) Tommy Holmes 1942-1951 his 23.1 fWAR ranked 2nd behind Stan Musial for all MLB RF. Holds modern franchise record with 224 hits in 1945.
HM Nick Markakis 6.1 fWAR in 752 games.
HM Jeff Francoeur 5.2 fWAR in 730 games.
HM JD Drew 8.3 fWAR in his one year. Only Aaron did better.
HM Claudell Washington ranks 7th in RF HR and 2nd in RF SB.
Michael Jordan vs LeBron: ESPN’s documentary has convinced another generation that Jordan is better than LeBron. The power of the media.
Air Jordans: I almost commented that of the first twelve, I really like my top six or seven but not a huge fan of the others. 3’s are great, almost ranked them fifth. Loved Matthew’s low-cut 2’s. He wore them one of the years he played basketball, and looked great.
Will has really gotten into The Last Dance, so last Friday when we went to Macon I was telling him all these old stories about MJ and the Bulls. He and MC go to a church in West End, and when they had a housewarming several friends from their church attended. One young guy was wearing some 1’s so I talked sneakers with him. Tried to not be that old weird sneaker guy.
Speaking of aledged GOATS: people talk about what a great baseball player Bo Jackson was. He did have great power, and made several highlight reel plays in the outfield. But how good was he? Bo had about the same number plate appearances as Deion Sanders, but Bo struck out well over twice as many times as the hall of fame cornerback. I’m back with more proof. Just need to quit sharing this with every Auburn fan on social media. Do need to share with the Hurts. Perhaps an Instagram post.
..G….PA..AVG.OBP.SO%.SB
694 2626 250 309 351 082 Bo
641 2325 268 319 160 186 Deion
PA = plate appearances
AVG = batting average
OBP = on base percentage
SO% = times striking out / at bats
SB = stolen bases
Cut the grass yesterday after work. Also downloaded updates to my laptop, with the help from IT in Chicago. Of course one of the updates messed up posting blog photos.
Beef stew for supper. Also broccoli. Forgetting what was on TV. Rerun of The Neighborhood. The Voice finale. Went to bed around 10:30. Slept well. Was tired from all the activity – almost seven miles and over 14000 steps. After several nights of crummy sleep stats, last night I logged 6:41 total, 5:08 quality, and 2:08 deep sleep.
Yesterday and today Ceil has been going back to school to pack up things for the summer.
Last night at 7 pm I thought about the NBA 2K league being on ESPN2, so I checked to make sure Grizz Gaming wasn’t playing.
Post-truth was voted the “Word of the Year” by Oxford Dictionaries.
Future project: the 10 best uniforms in sports history.
AARON JUDGE holds the record for hitting the most home run in Yankee Stadium in a single season - 33 HR in Yankee Stadium in 2017. Lou Gehrig (1934) and Roger Maris (1961) previously co-held the record with 30. He was born the same day the last time the Rangers swept a double header from the Red Sox in Boston - born 26-Apr-1992. Texas over Boston 3-1 in game 1 and 4-2 in game 2. He was adopted the very next day. He received MVP votes in his first two seasons in the majors - 2nd in MVP voting in 2017 and 12th in 2018. In 2018, he finished one place ahead of the player who was #1 in ’17.
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