The Legend of Lou

There is a legend going around that the practice of skipping the first baseman when a team throws the ball around the infield after a strikeout is due to the Yankees skipping Lou Gehrig when he was weak from ALS. Then other teams did the same thing, in honor of Gehrig. True? Probably not.

This week’s ESPN Total QB Rating. Stetson now qualifies for the list. We’re guessing that Kirby was waiting until these last two games against much weaker opponents to rest his defense and play QB JT Daniels, to get him ready for the postseason. Still Stetson has a lock on the starting job.

1. 89.4 CJ Stroud Oklahoma State

3. 87.0 Stetson Bennett UGA

4. 86.9 Bryce Young Alabama

6. 84.0 Kenny Pickett Pitt

9. 81.2 Matt Corral Ole Miss

38 70.9 Bo Nix Auburn

50 66.6 Taulia Taguvailoa

81 54.0 Jeff Sims GT

94 44.7 Darren Grainger Georgia State

99 41.3 DJ Uiagalelei Clemson

With Ukulele floundering so at Clemson, has Dabo just been lucky that Trevor Lawrence and Deshaun Watson turned out as good as they did? At this point even turncoat Kelly Bryant outperformed DJ. The Tigers have five QB’s on the roster, including the Taison Pomegranate who hasn’t exactly exploded onto the scene. No sure if any of the other three QB’s were highly recruited. Only Billy Wiles is from out of state. Might have a true freshman starting next season.

Interesting story (aren’t they all?): Monday night I left work and headed to small group. Got there early and checked my phone. Replied to a tweet about Cubs catcher Randy Hundley, saying the stern taskmaster surrounded himself with jovial types at fantasy camp – and listed some of the ex-ballplayers at the camp: Pepitone, Piersall, Santo, Glenn Beckert, Moe Drabowsky, and Jose Cardinal. Then I went into small group.

When I got home I checked Twitter, and was surprised to see almost 8000 had seen my post. Turned out ex-pitcher / ESPN analyst Rick Sutcliffe had replied to my post, asking why he’d been left off my list. I replied that we sure would’ve liked to have had him at our camp in 1995.

China’s successful test of a hypersonic missile that can circumnavigate the planet at supersonic speeds is being hailed as the most important technological achievement by a rival superpower since Sputnik was launched. The missile travels down close to the ground, making it almost impossible for radar to detect. So far the US has not reacted with alarm. The US is still years away from developing this technology.

Top military official discloses new details about China's hypersonic test (msn.com) 

Tuesday: worked until almost six. Watched several YouTube videos of Leno and Letterman.

Denison: if Christians seek to share their faith in public, a rising tide of opposition brands us as intolerant, discriminatory, and dangerous. It is conventional wisdom to say that all truth is personal and subjective. As a result, sharing Christ in public is viewed as the imposition of our beliefs on others. I have no right to tell you that you should like classical music, any more than you have the right to impose your love for ballet on me. This view of truth extends to the claim that non-Christians need to trust Christ to escape hell for heaven (Acts 4:12). Such a claim is increasingly seen as intolerant, Remember that eternity is in the balance here. Every person you meet will live forever in God's presence in heaven, or separated from Him in hell.

LUIS APARICIO [SABR Bio] is the only player native to South America to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Born: 29-Apr-1934 in Maracaibo, Venezuela.  Inducted to the Hall of Fame as player in 1984. In 1959, Little Louie finished second in AL MVP. Double-play partner Nellie Fox took home the award and Cy-Young-Award-winning teammate Early Wynn was third. Three additional White Sox players also received votes that pennant-winning season. Aparicio’s first manager in 1956 was Marty Marion who had been the NL MVP in 1944 for STL.