After the almighty Mets took 4 of 5 from the Braves in New York, it’s all over. Call it on August 9th: the Mets are winning the NL East pennant. The world champion Braves are no more. Long live the Amazin' Mets. As if. Perhaps a rough weekend in New York was the best thing that could’ve happened. A wake up call. That’s what Dansby said. Sounds like the umps were siding with the Mets and DeGrom. What did Strider say after the game? I’ll have to look that up.
Every time a team makes a run in the postseason, they have various pitchers and players step up. Every year its different players. Last year it was Minter and Will Smith and Matzek and Rosario. The Mariano Rivera’s of the world are few and far between.
Whenever umps are giving pitchers a wide strike zone, or whenever the discussion of the Braves’ success back in the 1990’s (which was 30 years ago, people) the legend has become that the entirety of success had by Maddux Glavine and Smoltz was 100% due to the wide strike zones granted them by umpires. Many of the nay-sayers were mere children back then. The story has been passed down from generation to generation, every time getting more and more exaggerated.
A tiny thing completely blown out of proportion. When you hear the experts on TV talk about Maddux or Glavine or Smoltz, you never hear about the wide strike zone. Why not? Because it wasn’t a big deal. Get over it.
Former Brave TOM SEAVER [SABR Bio] won his 300th win on 04-Aug-1985 (He won his 283rd game on 04-Aug-1984). He said, “l learned more in one year at USC under Coach Rod Dedeaux than I would have in two or three seasons in the low minors.” The percent of Hall of Fame ballot that elected Seaver into the Hall of Fame in 1992, 98.8% stood as the highest until Griffey’s 99.3% in 2016. That total has been topped twice. After the Braves drafted Tom Terrific, MLB literally stole Seaver and awarded him to the Mets.
Back in 1911 New York City experienced a not atypical heat wave. And I thought all this extreme heat was a new thing. In 1889 the US experienced catastrophic flooding – far worse than what’s been going on in Kentucky recently. History you never get from the mainstream media.
My beef: if people are so concerned about “climate change” and sustainability, why do so many drive insanely fast on the roads and freeways, in gas-guzzling SUVs and pickups, and spend long chunks of time idling in fast food drive-thru lines? I’m the guy going the speed limit, coasting down hills and up to stop lights – and getting blown off the road by all these speed demons. Parking at the Taco Bell and going inside instead of burning gas in the long lines.
And if rising ocean levels threaten to sink the US coasts, why do elite politicians and celebrities continue to buy up houses on the waterfront? In a related note, our ugly duckling 2007 Corolla continues to get a combined 36 miles per gallon city/highway.
Sunday School, then home. Hated missing the senior pastor’s sermon: “Where is God when bad things happen?” I’ll have to listen on line. C had made me an eggy boy for breakfast, so I wasn’t too hungry. Caught up on Only Murders in the Building. Now W&MC have joined Anna and Matthew as viewers.
Drove down to W&MC’s house. W and M had worked all day, made were able to make it to the supper. The boys grilled smash burgers outside on the egg – just when a big thunderstorm had come up. Will seasoned the fries and burgers, making them delicious.
Seems like the discussions around the table are getting better, deeper. A good thing. As we were leaving Will ran out with the two pans of cobbler. But not the leftover burgers, fries, or ice cream. Hmmm.
M had worked 14 hours Saturday, baking over 250 pizzas. Then more on Sunday.
Lifted weights at the gym on Monday morning. Made it to work and had 70 emails in my in box, after checking emails every night last week. Down to 16 right now. Monday was a catch up day, though I have plenty of projects to do this week.
For lunch I cashed in birthday deals at Checkers (large fries) and Steak & Shake (milkshake). Missed out on my RaceTrac ice cream deal. Not an often occurrence.
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