Head's Up

Little Miller is holding her head up.

She doesn't want her food source out of her sight.

Cool photo of Atlanta: the city in the forest.

That's the Candler Park golf course in the foreground, with Mary Lin Elementary School across the street.

The Braves players seem to understand that Weiss expects performance. Sounds like he is up front with them about playing time, etc. Weiss is a black belt in taekwondo. After both Harris and Olson got picked off first base on Tuesday night, bringing the season total to ten - equalling their 2025 total - Weiss admitted their strategy and approach was going to change. This past offseason Weiss had hired the Mets first base coach, who had helped the Mets lead the league in stolen bases. The aggressiveness has yet to transfer over to Atlanta yet. 

Rome has some cool dude alternate uniforms.

Best MLB player by uniform number. They got 96 right. Shouldn't 45 be Michael Jordan?

Been driving past this East Cobb liquor store for 30 years. Never saw a sign like this. Might need to start paying closer attention. Ducks Burger Bar is right behind this store, at Roswell and Providence.

MICKEY MANTLE  [SABR Bio] passed Babe Ruth for the most career postseason home runs. The Babe had 15, but Mantle ended up with 18 - all in the World Series, of course. Mantle won the only American Triple Crown, batting or pitching, in the 1950s. In 1956, Mantle had .353, 52 HR, 130 RBI. All three led the majors that season. It was the only year he ever led in RBI or average. He led in HR two additional times. Full list. Mantle once said, “It’s unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life." He also said  “All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon.” And: “After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down.  I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.”

STAN MUSIAL  [SABR Bio] hit .357 and  was voted MVP at age 22 in 1943, then led the Cards over the Browns in the 1944 WS. He led the majors in triples each of the three times he won the MVP. MVP in 1943 with 20 triples; MVP in 1946 with 20 triples; MVP in 1948 with 18 triples. Stan was #2 in MVP voting in 1949, 1950 & 1951. He was also runner-up in 1957.