Left work at 4:30 yesterday. Took an hour to make it over to Cumberland, where I met W&MC and Shivonne. Made it inside with plenty of time to secure the Austin Riley bobblehead. Walked around the park looking at eating options, then to our seats well before game time. I checked out the Team Store, and the starting lineup.
Good game if you were a Braves fan. Plenty of offense. Rookie starter was activated at the last minute, and pitched well until he ran out of gas. Then they brought in a reliever I’d never heard of, who’d also activated right before the game. Ozuna had a big night, with a double and two home runs – one in the RaceTrac jackpot inning.
Poor rundown mechanics by the Nationals, who allowed one runner to score and another to third by interfering with the baserunner – after making way too many throws in the rundowns. Then hilarity when catcher d’Arnauld fell down after getting hit by a 55 MPH “pitch”.
Shivonne was an angel the entire evening, looking around in wonder at all the lights and colors and noises. Someone gave her a big “My First Game” button.
She even appeared on the big matrix board, dancing with her parents between innings. Both she and her father were wearing new outfits they’d bought at the Masters.
Saw several people I knew at the game: Kevin, Haley Hurt, Chris, Richard, Norman, Darrell, and others.
Was still too sore this morning to go to the gym. Maybe tomorrow, to walk. On the way to work I stopped by RaceTrac for a free apple fritter and soft drink. Lunch with customer at The Medlock Tavern. Broke down and got a burger and fries.
JOE SEWELL [SABR Bio] a teammate of Lou Gehrig, he moved into third place on the consecutive-games-played list while Gehrig was setting the all-time record. Sewell’s streak was 1,103 games, but he never passed Everett Scott, another Gehrig teammate whose 1,307 game streak stood as the standard until surpassed by The Iron Horse. No one in the history struck out less than Sewell, who only struck out 114 times in his 14-year MLB career (8,333 at bats). In nine seasons playing in 100+ games, his strikeout total was in single digits. He led the majors in doubles in 1924 with 24 for Cleveland, tying Harry Heilmann of Detroit.
The first triple hit at various stadiums, when hit by a Hall of Famer in the modern era...
League Park IV...........Crawford...............22-Apr-1910
Fenway Park...............Johnson................24-Apr-1912
Federal League Park...Joe Tinker............06-May-1914
Seals Stadium.............Pee Wee Reese...17-Apr-1958
Candlestick Park.........Cepeda.................12-Apr-1960
Shea Stadium.............Clemente...............18-Apr-1964
Three River Stadium...Clemente...............17-Jul-1970
Kingdome....................Carew....................11-Apr-1977
Camden Yards............Ripken...................17-Apr-1992
Jacobs Field................Griffey...................07-Apr-1994
DENISON just read John Mark Comer's book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry telling his story of learning to imitate Jesus' approach to time and the challenges of life. He quotes philosopher Dallas Willard: "Hurry is the enemy of spiritual life in our day." Comer notes Jesus lived by the spiritual disciplines of silence and solitude, Sabbath, simplicity, and "slowing," which John Ortberg defines as "cultivating patience by deliberately choosing to place ourselves in positions where we simply have to wait." Comer has organized his life around three goals: (1) slow down, (2) simplify life around the practices of Jesus, and (3) live from a center of abiding in Christ. His personal manifesto is: "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life" (1 Thes 4:11). Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, offered similar advice: "Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet."
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