Movie Time

Was able to watch a few movies this weekend. Having read the Fred Rogers biography, I was interested in seeing Tom Hanks play Rogers. Excellent movie. Guilt Trip was also good.

Had to pay close attention to Sliding Doors, as the characters switch back and forth between two different plot lines. 

If you can get past the excessive foul language, Funny People was a decent movie.

Played another nine holes with Robert this morning. Here he is teeing off on four.

On four I hit my tee shot onto the green, and two putted for par.

The sun had come out by the time we got to seven. I hit a low tee shot that rolled almost to the top of the hill, one of my better efforts. Robert hits an iron off every tee, no matter how long the hole. 

Robert on the ninth tee.

We finished our nine holes this morning right at 8 am. Then I played a second nine by myself. Finished at 9:20, and made it to Sunday School early, already having gotten in almost 10000 steps. Twelve hours later I'm almost at 13000.

Two attractions we’ll probably miss next month on our road trip: world’s largest Frying Pan is in southeastern North Carolina.

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The world’s largest Ten Commandments is on a hill in western North Carolina, near Murphy. It supposedly contains a typographical error.

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Can't wait to see the Ghostbusters commercial with (R-L) Peyton, Eli, and Jerome Bettis. The baseball version is good too, with ARod, Junior, Big Papi, and The Big Unit. 

Audacy Sports 2022 MLB overall uniform rankings. Braves were like 9th. They loved them some Athletics. Some people are even more desperate for content than I am.

https://www.audacy.com/sports/mlb/gallery/best-mlb-uniforms-2022-rankings?json?utm_campaign=sharebutton&utm_medium=email&utm_source=www.audacy.com&utm_term=NATL-RC

A similar listing of “alternate” uniforms. Oakland’s green topped the list. The Braves feather unis ranked 8 or 9, though there were some ahead of the Braves that didn’t belong.

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CARLOS BELTRAN  [B-R Bio] won Sports Illustrated's inaugural Hope Award, for his work in assisting his fellow residents of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. A former Rookie of the Year, he was name Player of the Week ten times in his career. AL ROY with KC in 1999. He asked teammates, coaches, the media and fans not to touch his head. His teammates mostly complied. Adrian Beltre is also not crazy about his noggin being fingered, maybe even more than Beltran.

JUAN MARICHAL  [SABR Bio] took the loss in Crosley Field’s last MLB game, on 24-Jun-1970. He claimed to have mastered the curve by age ten and the screwball by fifteen. From 1996 to 2000, Marichal served in the cabinet of Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández as his country’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education, and is still one of its most respected citizens. He had more career complete games that wins: 244 complete games and 243 wins. He took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in his major league debut, on 19-Jul-1960. The Phillies’ Clay Dalrymple pinch hit for catcher Cal Neeman in the 8th, and singled for their only hit of the game.

Pitchers who debuted during the expansion era and reached 50 career complete-game shutouts.

Name Shutouts WAR

Blyleven...60........94.5

Carlton.....55........90.2

Marichal...52........62.9

Palmer.....53........68.5

Perry........53........90.0

Ryan........61........81.3

Seaver.....61......109.9

Sutton......58........66.7