Who's Spiderman Now?

Everyone talks about how great it was when Bo Jackson ran up on the leftfield wall after making a catch. He didn’t really need to do it, he just did. Few talk about Andruw Jones’ Spiderman catch, when he jumped up, planted his feet on the deepest wall in centerfield, and made an over the shoulder catch in midair – then kept his balance to make the throw in to hold the baserunners.

Plus Jones struck out at a rate over 50% fewer than Bo (20% to 32%). They homered at the same rate. If Andruw can’t make the Hall of Fame, neither could Bo.

Former Phillies centerfielder Doug Glanville, an Ivy Leaguer, on why he’s okay with Barry Bonds not being elected to the hall of fame. Makes several good, non emotional points.

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Here’s a video they just made at my plant. Can you spot me, leaning up against my stand up desk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl-i1auVvmk

This morning I looked outside and thought how glad I was to not have to go out at lunch. Then of course the day started out rough. So much going on that it’s hard to think about – and take action on – everything that needs to be done. Like spinning plates, you give the attention to whatever plates is wobbling the most right now. Well this morning I thought of several things that needed immediate attention, so we will be covered in April and May. No cooperation from other departments. Looks like its gonna take all day. Then another big project for tomorrow.

Then my boss took me to Duluth Diner for lunch. The place with everything on the menu: breakfast, burgers, Philly cheese, patty melts, chicken parms, French dips, huge desserts. I got a cobb salad with grilled chicken. Good.

Worked past six last night. Ceil had been running errands all afternoon, down to Brookhaven. C cooked Mexican chicken with onions and rice. Corn. I pulled a Reid and piled everything on top of a salad, skipping the soft taco shell.

FERNANDO VALENZUELA  [B-R Bio] set a rookie shutout record in his first full major league season. Threw eight in 1981 to lead the majors. In his first season, he surrendered zero earned runs in ten appearances. All his pitching assignments in 1980 were in relief, at total of 17-2/3 innings. He threw his first no-hitter on the same day that a former teammate threw his first no-hitter. On 29-Jun-1991 Valenzuela and Dave Stewart threw no-hitters, finishing within 20 minutes of each other. Each walked three that day. Neither ever pitched another one.

The WWII book I’m reading details Hitler’s hatred of the Jews, his desire for Germany and all of Europe to be “cleansed” of these people. The gunning down and gassing of hundreds and thousands of Jews every day. The mountains of shoes, suitcases, coats, eyeglasses, and human teeth left behind. Large bags filled with tons of human hair (made into pillows for the German elite). Roomfulls piled with hundreds of thousands of tiny baby shoes. Train after train crammed full of Jewish people, thinking they were headed to a work camp, only to be led directly off the train to gas chambers disguised as bathhouses – where as many as four thousand were killed every hour.

Six million Jews were murdered because of their race and religion – 6,000,000 souls. Made light of by a woman who took on a Jewish name to stand out from the crowd. Sharon Osbourn was fired from her TV gig for comments she made, that were far less offensive than any Holocaust remarks.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/01/drop-the-goldberg-name-you-co-opted-whoopi-you-dont-deserve-it/?fbclid=IwAR08XWxnasub5p6o_5OceCuZGRiuGXX08nF44f3Cnzbu3gXv33S812mpn0A