Scottie Wins Again

A pretty busy weekend. Ate Mexican at the Rice’s house, with the Hongs and the Halls. We were there until after 10 pm.

Then up early Saturday to play golf. Back home I did a bunch of housework and laundry. Also picked up two free take out desserts from Cheesecake Factory and Hooters. The $6.99 chocolate cake from Hooters was better than the $11,95 cookie dough cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory. I think the secret is to order the plain cheesecake, it is probably fresher.

Mowed the grass just before supper. We ate the leftover Mexican food, which was good. Watched a Christian movie, that seemed to dwell more on the main character’s sins than his eventual repentance.

Sunday School with 34 in attendance. Went home to frantically clean before the kids came over. Lunch at home with Anna, Caleb, Will, and Millie. A&C were returning from a wedding in Raleigh. MC and Shivonne were at a 4H event at Rock Eagle. Will cooked the smash burgers, which were delicious. Also onion rings, French fries, and grilled vegetables. Afterward we crashed on the couch. I slept for almost 3 hours. Yesterday’s 13000 steps / 6 miles had gotten my allergies activated.

Missed Scottie winning the golf tournament. I slept through Scottie’s long chip on 17. On Saturday people were talking about how great it was that the leader MacIntyre responded with a clutch putt, then turned to some vocal razzers in the crowd as if to say “Take that!”. But then no one mentioned how on the next hole MacIntyre hit his tee shot into the rough, and then hit his next shot into a bunker. Perhaps he shouldn’t have gotten so cocky.

This year Scottie has won the PGA and the British Open, the Memorial and now this tournament. Back in March Phil Mickleson predicted that Scottie wouldn’t win before the Ryder Cup.

NEWS: on Friday Matthew will be in the clubhouse at the Tour Championship, cooking for 400 well connected folks with the other Kimball House chefs.

Up early to get back to the gym this morning.

FERGIE JENKINS [SABR Bio] is the most recent pitcher to win 25 games in a season and not win the Cy Young Award. In 1974, Jenkins & Catfish Hunter had 25 pitching victories in the AL. Jenkins had a better WAR, 7.7 to 6.9, but Hunter’s wins were for a first-place team, the WS champion Oakland A’s (plus WAR had yet to be invented as a statistic). He was the last American League pitcher to be included in a game’s batting order and get a hit. On 02-Oct-1974, Texas played the game without a DH, starting Jenkins in the 9th spot in the batting order. He was 1 for 3 with a single in the 6th. He also pitched 7 innings and was the winning pitcher. He is the only pitcher in the 20th century to retire with 3000+ strikeouts and fewer than 1000 walks. He pitched from 1965 to 1983 and ended with a record of 3,192 K & 997 BB. Since then six other pitchers achieved those numbers, finishing in the 21st century – including Greg Maddux.

Pitchers who are the statical leaders among their native countrymen in a modified pitching career Triple Crown: pitching wins, innings pitched, & strikeouts.

Pitcher                  Native of… MLB yrs OPSC

Bert Blyleven The Netherlands...22.............. 4

Moe Drabowski........... Poland....17............. 2

Eric Erickson............. Sweden..... 7............. 3

Liam Hendriks.......... Australia....14........... 23

Felix Hernandez.....Venezuela....15......... 255

Fergie Jenkins........... Canada....19......... 139

Charlie Lea................... France.... 7............. 1

Dennis Martinez...... Nicaragua...23........... 11

Justin Masterson....... Jamaica.... 8............. 2

Al McBean...U.S. Virgin Islands..10............. 3

Jim McCormick.................. UK...10........... 21

Tony Mullane............... Ireland....13........... 15

Chan Ho Park................ Korea....17........... 15

Marino Pieretti................. Italy..... 6.............. 5

Sidney Ponson............. Aruba.....12............. 2

Javier Vazquez.... Puerto Rico ....14........... 99

Frank Ulrich................. Austria...... 3............. 2

Wenty Ford.............. Bahamas.......1............. 0

Oelkers.......................... Spain...... 2............. 1

Andre Rienzo................. Brazil.......3............. 2

Jose Quintana.......... Colombia....14........... 14

Fernando Valenzuela.. Mexico.....17........... 95

Rube Schuer............... Ukraine..... 5............. 2