When you talk about great NFL QB’s, don’t leave out the Bears Sid Luckman. Won four NFL championships over the course of 7 seasons. Luckman’s Monsters of the Midway usually bested Sammy Baugh’s Redskins. Other big winners: Otto Graham, Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, Tom Brady.
Braves win again. Record now 21-21, having won 21 of their last 35…a 97 win pace. Acuna began his rehab down in Florida. Homered and made a nice catch in RF. Tomorrow he will play in AAA Gwinnett. Strider should be back soon. That Drake Baldwin dude can hit. Ozzie Albies busted out of his slump.
Met a friend last night for dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse. The chicken sandwich was breaded and the salad options didn’t look that great, so I went with (surprise) the burger. Man was it good. Really thick angus beef, cooked perfectly. A good bun. Too many onions and pickles. Instead of fries I ordered the steamed broccoli, which was well seasoned….probably not super healthy.
A good time to talk to Lee. Usually we’re together in group settings, where neither of us can get in a word edgewise.
Tuesday morning I skipped the gym to get to work early, since I didn’t work late yesterday and can’t today. My former boss Rodney brought in an apple fritter for me. Dylan brought in donuts, and we also have breakfast wraps from Jason’s Deli.
A young man who’d gone to the school where C teaches had gotten into trouble, so all the teachers were writing letters affirming the young man. Today C was delivering the letter to the family when a bunch of big black SUVs drove up, and a bunch of men with guns jumped ou to search the house. C was outside talking to the mother – they were shaken up pretty bad. C cried all the way home.
Left work Tuesday at 530, after an emergency popped up at 430. Then traffic was bad. People not paying attention to the road. Still made it straight to Longhorn early, without having to speed (I wouldn’t know how to do that).
Got home at 845 and took out the trash. Watched a couple of episodes of Shifting Gears, the new Tim Allen show. Jay Leno guest starred, one of the first times I’d seen him after he burned his face and fell down the steep hill in Pittsburgh. Ceil had read where he’s taking care of his wife Mavis, who has Alzheimer’s.
Skipped the gym again today to get to work early.
What do you think about the lifetime bans being lifted for Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose? Should they be inducted into the Hall of Fame?
YOGI BERRA [SABR Bio] his 295 plate appearances are the most in World Series history. Mickey Mantle is second with 273. As a manager Yogi lost his only two World Series appearances. Berra was the Yankees manager in 1964 and won 99 games, but fell to the Cardinals in the year’s final series, 4-3. He managed the Mets in 1973, but Oakland won that WS. He appeared in the movie “That Touch of Mink”, playing himself. Take a look. Monday was the 100th anniversary of Yogi Berra’s birth.
Wise adages from old people that are good advice for all ages.
Denison: according to a Free Press profile, “zoomers” (adults under 30) are “quitting the rat race, skipping the $8 lattes, and buying homes in small towns” - choosing family over career, leaving cities for smaller communities and rural living. Silicon Valley, long a bastion of millennial secularism, is witnessing a spiritual revival. Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens assured us that we don’t need God to live with meaning and purpose, but the consequences of their influence are proving them wrong. From the nihilism of abortion to the hopelessness of euthanasia, a society that commodifies and commercializes life is finding death in its place.
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