The Second Half Awaits
This is the headline at ESPN right now:
I’m not going to read the article. But it’s nice to see the national scribes recognizing that the Giants are truly on top of the NL West.
And yet tonight we get the choice of watching Boston vs NY or NY vs Boston. Take your pick. Boring.
A great pic that came across my timeline. Munson about to get barreled by, I think, Boog Powell
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I recently did something I haven’t done in about a year and a half: I went to my local library.
One of the books I checked out was in the new book section. A baseball book about the Cleveland team in the late 1940s that helped integrate MLB.
I recently read an article in Time magazine about how computer chips are made. It’s mindboggling technology.
Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once said that super-advanced technology looks like magic to the average person.
But, of course, it’s not magic. It’s people in science working really hard to make advances in science and technology.
Like inventing vaccines, which is a different topic.
Back when chips were made in Silicon Valley (they’re still designed there), companies like Fairchild and Intel periodically, every five years or so iirc, gave long term employees money to have their automobiles repainted, to repair the acid mist damage they suffered by sitting in the parking lots every day. Chemicals seriously polluted the ground water, too. Now they pollute Asian ground water, I suppose.
ooh that looks great Zum!
I’m reading bio on Seaver , “A Terrific Life”. Also found “Golden Days” steph’s warriors/West’s Lakers with pic of both on cover by Jack McCallum. Libraries near me finally reopened back to normal times.
Great picture Flavor,
Yeah that’s big old Boog Powell trying to put a lick on Thurman Munson, but I can guarantee he’s out Munson like all the great catchers seldom dropped the ball when they have it ahead time..
So. by the look of it, Munson has the ball so I think his blocking of the plate / baseline doesn’t violate the current Posey rules? Boog looks like he’s initiated the slide way early and up the line, I don’t think he wants any part of a collision. If he did, he’d be upright, still running and have his shoulder lowered and ready for the crunch to pop the ball out. I read Boog’s entry in Wiki, apparently pre-’68 he was injured a lot, and wanted to finally get through ’68 and later seasons without getting injured.
Not a bad MLB career for Boog (17 years), from Baseball Reference:
.266/.361/.462/.823
339 HRs
1187 RBIs
2042 games
Belt is a better fielder than Powell was.
But, at 11 years in he is near the batting splits, but not quite, and unless he really picks it up seems unlikely to surpass Boog’s HRs and RBIs…
Not certain of the date (1994 or 1995), I gave a OSH presentation in Baltimore and was able to attend 2 games. Boog parlayed his baseball success into a lucrative eatery (Boog’s BBQ?). Anyway, it is located outside the stadium in the mall area adjacent to the Stadium. Good barbeque place! Also attended the National Aquarium (which they opened up at night specifically for our conference attendees). Great time, except United lost my baggage and I didn’t get it back until 3-4 days into the conference. Consequently, I had to explain to attendees why I was giving my spiel in blue jeans and a polo shirt. lqtm.
Back then, that Baltimore stadium was considered “state of the art” and more or less a template for all stadiums that followed.
Baltimore has one of my favorite libraries
https://www.360cities.net/image/george-peabody-library
that’s a beautiful library
There’s no way Belt with his long history of injuries would come close to Boog’s HR’s are RBI’s totals.
Belt maybe has 3 years left in his broken down body.Boog was done at 35 but still put up numbers that Belt can’t match cause he managed to stay on the field and that’s the difference..
more libraries…
https://www.bestmastersprograms.org/50-amazing-university-libraries/
James..That is one impressive library 📚
Wow is that 5 stories wrapped around on all sides with books?
Yep!
Holy smokes – that is one gorgeous library James.
Like Blade, was in Baltimore for a conference. I escaped the afternoon sessions, walking over to Johns Hopkins to spend some time in that space. A good decision.
Does Johns Hopkins have a racetrack?
It’s not too late, Loo
https://www.arizona.edu/degree-search/majors/animal-sciences-race-track-industry-emphasis
Amazing. Wonder how that came about.
NYC colleges were almost free back when I was eligible.
$52 to register and you had to buy the overpriced (used) books.
What a racket that was…
Ramos yesterday 1-3 double and 3 BBs. After awful June, July OPS is .948.
Baggs in that Athletic column mentioned Z/H might be more likely to trade someone already on 40 man as opposed to prospects. hmmnn
Wandy one of 3 Yanks with positive test that results in postponement of game tonight.
Oakland’s own Dame is 31 today.
My sons think he’s great. I think they’re biased by the Oakland connection.
I think he’s fabulous. Unlimited range, can attack rim and finish, and solid passer too. And love the no nonsense demeanor on court too, all biz.
NY radio guy points out that not one player has come out and supported Bauer.
Thinks he’s done for the year minimum…
Back in 1995 late summer, Mrs. snarkk and I lived in the Maryland suburbs of DC.
One night, we took the commuter train out of DC’s Union Station to Camden Yards.
Took maybe an hour; the train rolled to a stop basically at the stadium’s parking lot. Super convenient. We saw O’s v A’s. This was no more than a week before Ripken broke Gehrig’s record on Sept 6 ( I looked). There was a big sign in block numbers in RF with the streak’s game number — I think that night it was something like 2125, so we were there just a few games before he broke it. Can’t remember why we went then, maybe due to A’s local angle, or who won. That’s the only time I’ve been in that yard. Great ballpark, really liked it. Too bad the O’s have sucked for 20+ years. Angelos is a bad owner…
Seems like that was the first ballpark where they pushed the whole harbor (?) area as part of the experience.
Still can’t do that here…
But you do have the Cyclones right off of Coney Island!
That was about the last time the O’s were relevant.
Asimov has some great quotes.
– Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
– People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
But this really nails things:
– Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’
https://nypost.com/2021/07/15/richard-sherman-released-from-jail-facing-four-misdemeanors/
I’ve had to deal with people that wild when completely drunk. Bipolar manic episodes every time, except for one native guy in Alaska.
Wow- the Cubs are ready to make deals.
“The Atlanta Braves acquired outfielder Joc Pederson from the Chicago Cubs for minor league first baseman Bryce Ball, the teams announced on Thursday.”
Lose Acuna, gain a Joc…
Tank out of contention and anything can happen. The next two weeks before the deadline may be pivotal for the Giants. I bet they go .500 and hang tough, adding at least one good pen arm. But who knows.
Same time frame, I bet melancon nosedives and the pods grab someone, maybe Kimbrel.
Love that Munson pic. Reminds me of something I had completely forgotten about. Don’t know what company made them, but there was a series of baseball player figurines made in the early ’60s, not tiny, maybe 6 or 7 inches tall (in my foggy memory), very strong molded material, these things were indestructable. Got one for my birthday each year for 4 years (until I, ahem, outgrew getting baseball player figurines, I guess): As a youngster in NJ, of course I got Mantle, Maris, and one other hitter, don’t remember. They were all positioned pre- or post-swing. My favorite though was Yogi Berra. He was standing but crouched a bit defensively as if waiting for a play, mask off. Those things were very authentic as I remember them. Man, I loved those things. I even dusted them now and then as they stood in their own murderer’s row on the shelf.
Stan Musial. They also had Kofax.
I think they had Duke Snyder also.
Snider.
Yes! I remember the Musial one.
Lets go Giants!
MLB could have had more than one Thursday game scheduled after the All Star game instead of putting all their eggs in the Yankees/Red Sox basket. Just sayin.’