Race for the Pennant

 How bout those Braves? A sweep in San Diego, and a 7-3 road trip. Magic number is five. The lead is 2-1/2 games with 6 or 7 to play, including three against the second place Phillies. I doubt the Braves will sweep, but they do have Morton, Freid, and Ian Anderson lined up to pitch the series.

Perhaps GT has indeed improved. I was expecting a typical Tech letdown after their well-played game at Clemson. Instead they played well in all areas of the game: offense, defense, and special teams. Sadly fans are already boasting about how Tech is going to “get back” at Pitt for last year’s game, when losing coach Geoff Collins snubbed the traditional postgame handshake with Pitt’s head coach. 

The Panthers are 3-1, coming off a 77-7 beatdown of New Hampshire, and are averaging 53 points per game. Pitt beat an SEC school, Tennessee. Fans of a team with a record like Tech has had don’t need to be boasting and bragging. Bama they ain’t, but the Jackets are better.

Friday night: burgers (with grilled onions) and tossed salad. Matthew likes to watch cooking shows, so I was showing him Cooking with Lang.

Actually did find this ball on the road that runs along next to the golf course. It wasn't really next to my ball, though I did lose one nearby. After finishing nine holes Saturday morning I stopped by the nearby Northside Drive Goodwill. Called Claire’s favorite tire place. They said they’d pick up my size tires from the nearby distributer, so I had a little time to kill. I gassed up my car, stopped by the bank, picked up breakfast at Dollar Tree, and hit three more thrift stores. I’d run out of things to do, so I headed to the tire place. On the way they called, saying they’d be ready in 30 minutes. I was home shortly after noon.

Watched Vandy@UGA and Clemson@NCState. Cut the grass. Took longer than usual, because the grass was so high. It was a 17000 step day. As I was finishing I thought a bug had gotten inside my shirt, but I could see no bug bites. This morning I’m setting up a couple of doctor appointments.

Pasta for supper, and tossed salad. Watched GT beat NC. I’d thought NC was over-rated.

Left out late Sunday, Picked up Anna and drove to Macon for my mother’s funeral. Caught up with my best buddy from grade one through five, Glenn Howell. Also my neighbor Laurie Futch. Hadn’t seen either in over 50 years. Same with my first cousin Billy Brooks. Met his wife Windy for the first time. Everyone was there except my brother.

Ate at a Moe’s on the way home. Arrived back at 8 pm. I was exhausted. Was in bed before 9:30.

With Matthew and his cat back in the house we’ve been keeping our bedroom door closed.  Around 3:30 this morning Winnie was scratching at the door, trying to get out. We were slow to react. Winnie was sick. She got downstairs before making a mess. I took her outside and she wanted to stay. She was still sick this morning.

Small group tonight.

A review of some of my golf shots on Saturday morning.

1. Good approach

2. Good 8 iron

3. Good second shot, decent chip

4. Good 3 wood off tee, good chip, putted for par 5. Good 3 wood off tee. Good chip. Putted for par.

6. Good straight driver off tee. Good approach. Decent chip. Good putt.

7. Good 6 iron.

8. Good driver off tee. Good approach onto green. Good long lag putt. Bad putt for par.

9. Good approach. Good lag putt.

Seinfeld: Jerry, Julia Louise Dreyfus, and especially Jason Alexander couldn’t click with the actress playing George’s fiancé Susan – so they decided to kill her off. She died after licking cheap wedding invitation envelopes containing toxic glue.

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It took a bad replay call by SEC refs for Auburn to not get beat by Georgia State. 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/georgia-state-coach-calls-out-sec-officials-after-questionable-replay-decision-in-loss-at-auburn/ar-AAOPZ4t?ocid=entnewsntp

JOSH HAMILTON [B-R Bio] set a record of sorts in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby by drilling, at one point in the first round, thirteen home runs on thirteen straight swings. Hamilton belted 28 HR in the 2008 HRD opening round in Yankee Stadium, including 13 in 13 swings at one point. Seven traveled at least 500 feet, including a 518-foot blast off the back wall of the bleachers.  His record for the most in one round has been eclipsed, but not his amazing string. The year Hamilton won his league’s MVP, he did not lead in home runs, RBI, runs, hits double, triples, OPS+ or total bases. In 2010, he did majors in batting average (.359), slugging (.633), OPS (1.044) & WAR (8.7) and was an overwhelming MVP selection. Hamilton broke Ty Cobb’s record for most total bases in a single American League game. Cobb’s 16 TB on 05-May-1925 had been tied seven times, but on 08-May-2012 at Camden Yards, Hamilton hit 4 HR and a double, and racked up 18 TB. Shawn Green of LAD holds the MLB record with nineteen.

I guess Ohio State is goig to wear these monstrosities this week. Those throwbacks they used to wear looked good.

Matthew 7:1-5:

1. Judge not, that you not be judged.

2. For with the judgement you pronounce, you will be judged,

and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye,

but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

4. Or how can you say to your brother,

‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’

when there is a log in your own eye?

5. You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye,

and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.