What’s my beef? I’ll tell you. People who ask a question, but don’t use a question mark. Like they’re demanding you to give them the answer. No wonder our country is falling apart. Another pet peeve: those who ask for suggestions, then type “…go!” as if by saying “go” you will immediately answer them as soon as you can. Hey, I’ll answer you in my own good time!
Another beef: people who work for small companies that give themselves the title of “director”. The only people that have that title should be on a company’s board of directors, the group of people who actually meet and decide things. No self-respecting company has a hundred “directors” running around. Somebody actually has to do the work. People can see through your ruse. By the way, my new title is “Director: Textron Team Stamped Parts Supply Chain”. So there.
Next I need to dream up a more important sounding name for “Textron Team”.
Last night Matthew went down to meet his niece Shivonne for the first time.
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Left work shortly after 5 pm to get to my 6 pm appointment near Perimeter Mall. Westbound traffic has been heavier this week, perhaps due to the setting sun. But southbound traffic on Peachtree Industrial in Peachtree Corners was gridlocked. Made a U turn and backtracked over to Peachtree Parkway, and fought heavier than usual traffic on 285 to make it on time. Got paid $100 to review the features on five different stoves. That took 30 minutes.
Then I headed north on 400 for 34 miles to the Hot Stove meeting north of Cumming. Nine in attendance, including the director of Team Elite, a travel baseball conglomerate. He is also a feeder scout for Cleveland Indians. Another new guy Aaron had flown to last year’s Field of Dreams game in Iowa. Aaron umpires at Buckhead Baseball, where the sons of GM AA and former Hawk Tom Gugliotta play. Lots of talk but not much about the World Series, though they might’ve done that before I’d arrived. Johnny received a replay to a request he had sent out over 20 years ago - with a 34 cent SASE.
We used to not get the NFL Network but now we do. I scan scroll down all the networks in alphabetical order from ABC to Turner, check recently watched channels, or search what sports are currently on my TV, or search movies or TV shows or search everything by name. I have not been able to watch several recent GT football games. I think because they were shown on the Bally network, which I don’t get.
Perhaps I’ll go try out for the open Mississippi State field goal kicker position. But if I made it I would demand to be called the “Director of Field Goals”.
PEE WEE REESE [SABR Bio] played in seven World Series, only once on the winning side. The Brooklyn Dodgers won pennants in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955 & 1956, but won the World Series only in 1955. He was an above average fielder and scored more than 800 runs in one eight-year span. His career Rfield value (almost all at SS) was +117, and he scored 818 runs in the 1948-1955 period. He got into shape in high school by climbing telephone poles. About his experience as an apprentice cable splicer for the telephone company, he said, “Climbing up and down those poles really built me up.”
ORLANDO CEPEDA [SABR Bio] played in three World Series with two different teams, once with the winning team. He was in the World Series with the Giants in 1962 and with the Cardinals in 1967-68, winning in 1967. Orlando had over 700 RBIs in his first seven seasons, and had 100+ RBI seasons with three different teams. He had 747 RBIs in the 1958-1964 span. He had 100+ RBI seasons with the Giants, Cardinals, and Braves. Cepeda was traded for one other player on three different occasions: for Ray Sadecki in 1966, for Joe Torre in 1969, and for Denny McLain in 1972. Cepeda is the first Giant mentioned in “The Dodger Song”. Listen here: “The Dodger Song”.
A good (but long) Veteran’s Day article by Jim Denison:
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