Glad I attended Bill Dukes funeral. Stephanie hasn’t changed. The quarterback princess. Has four beautiful daughters who doted on her. Billy looks the same, with a few distinctive grey hairs. Looks like his mother. He gave a moving, Godly memorial. Well spoken. My teaching him in 5th grade Sunday School must’ve had an impact, huh? He’s a stay at home dad. His wife is CFO at Truist Bank. She negotiated the merger between SunTrust and that other big bank, I'm told. Billy gave me a big hug. He remembered his dad’s favorite story about me: the time I wore a bathrobe to an early AM mighty mite game. Tracy had forgotten, but I remembered that Billy had sung at Stephanie’s wedding. Stephanie spoke as well. Kathryn looked good, considering. As expected the sanctuary was packed. Reid said the last time there were so many people at a funeral was for Bill’s first wife.
Others in attendance: Reid and Edie. Kelly Curran let me hang with her, mingling with folk we hadn’t seen in years. Marnie flew down for the service. Sister Audra and mother Pam. Sarah Reed. I missed Ginny Greene. Got to speak with Tracy for a long while. We talked about the old mighty mite days as well, how her mom had lobbied David Downing to let girls play – then the girls quickly became the leading scorers. Ron Watts and wife Julianne. Deborah Light. Her brother Jimmy drove down from Dalton. Frank Gudger and wife Babs. Craig MacKenzie and wife, and lookalike son Peter. Daughter Kate is in London, performing for a Christian group for kids. Craig is 73 and evidently not yet retired. We talked heart health. Randy Scoggins was showing off pictures of grandkids. The Mitchells and Ramseys. Jeff Bunch and wife. Scotland and Peggy Wright. Jerome. Peggy Lentz. John Roma and his pal Dave Randolph. I didn’t get to speak to Dock. Saw George from Taqueria but missed speaking to him. Whitney Anderson. John Condra. Drew Kelly. Barbara Brown. Betsy Anderson. Pam Mullen said she missed me on Facebook. Kelly Clark Lewis has retired from teaching. Evidently she’d moved from East Cobb. Didn’t get to ask where.
The Browns are making fun of the Bears new all-orange alternate helmet.
See where the PGA golfer played without one shoe?
This weekend Kelly Curran Johnson competed in a swim bike run triathlon.
Players with game-winning RBI in All-Star Games in the years (1980-88) when GWRBI was an official stat. Thanks to Cooperstown’s Bill Deane for this list.
Player ASG WAR
Carter*..............10-Jul-1984......70.2
Concepcion*...13-Jul-1982.......40.2
Garvey.............16-Jul-1985.......38.0
Raines*............14-Jul-1987...... 69.4
Schmidt...........09-Aug-1981...106.8
Steinbach*.......12-Jul-1988...... 28.0
Winfield............08-Jul-1980...... 64.2
Whitaker...........15-Jul-1986...... 75.1
Yount................06Jul-1983....... 77.4
* MVP of that All-Star Game
I don’t know how to set up a Zoom call, much less on a laptop. I can JOIN a Zoom call if someone sends me an invitation. Our Christmas card year before last, where each family member was in their own box, was supposed to be like a Zoom call.
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