I told DJ that if she see's me getting carried away she should tell me to go to my "happy place" which at the moment is my painting. Who can guess what it is.
It's a pretty interesting thing this "PaintByNumbers". I did #1 and #2 yesterday (this is only #1). It's not only painting but a puzzle looking for all the tiny numbers. I had dreams last night that I had missed a real obvious #2 area and this morning had to go downstairs to see if I actually DID miss some (I didn't). It's like a Where's Waldo puzzle with paint.
I have 24 colors and each little container has like 100 times more paint they you actually need along with 6 paint brushes. I think I have found what my life will be like when I grow MORE senile.
SADLY - DJ ordered one at the same time I did. It's been in Chicago since May 7th.
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The Brewers had a GREAT road trip. Remember in late April everybody was saying "We shall see what May holds to REALLY get a grip on how the team is". Well 11-6 so far and NOW people are saying "We shall see how good the Brewers are after the first few weeks of June"!
I think even being in the conversation of having a good team is outstanding with the injuries to the most unstable part of the team, starting pitching, so I'm very comfortable at the moment.
But the big news and because he is in the AL and so far away "we" are missing what could be the best player in MLB history, Shohei Ohtani. OMG! Hailed as the Japanese Babe Ruth this guy is an AMAZING starting pitcher but also an amazing hitter.
.325 average with a .963 OPS as an every day player AND every 5th day he pitches and has a 3.58 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 32 innings but that does not tell the whole story.
He hits the ball HARD, REALLY hard. Aaron Judge hits the hardest with an average exit velocity (speed of the ball off the bat) of 94.9 but right behind him is Ohtani at 94.1. Third place is Nelson Cruz way back at 93.2 mph.
BUT WAIT - pitching, Ohtani has a fast ball to die for. His average fast ball is 97.1 mph with only two starting pitchers faster, Luis Severino at 97.6 and Noah Syndergaard at 97.5.
BUT WAIT - the dude is demon fast. He was thrown a 97 mph fast ball, hit it back at 106 mph and sprinted to 3rd base in 11.49 seconds Ohtani's average sprint speed is 28.1 feet per second WELL above the league average of 27 feet per second.
BUT WAIT. Then there is his splitter. An off speed pitch between a curve ball and a fast ball. Looks like a slower fast ball and drops off the table a few feet before the catcher catches it.A month ago Ohtani had a perfect game going into the 7th inning. he threw the splitter 33 times and batters swung and missed 16 times.
The BEST splitter for a starting pitcher in MLB belongs to Masahiro Tanaka who has a swing and miss rate of 23% last year. This year Ohtani has a swing and miss rate of 29.4% on his splitter.
The guy is crazy talented.
Of course then we have the Brewers Hader doing his thing in Milwaukee who is getting All-Star buzz along with CY Young buzz.
Hader has faced 95 batters and struck out 56 of them. The 59% strike out rate CRUSHES the record by Aroldis Chapman in 2014.
At this rate Hader will also crush the Ks per inning record 18.44 ks per 9 innings.
According to STATS the MLB record for lowest WHIP for a pitcher with 25 innings belongs to Ed Cushman who in 1884 playing for the Milwaukee Cream City's (Columbus uses a lot of Cream City brick in their older buildings) had a 0.36 WHIP. Second all time place place? Hader with 0.51
Hader is 11th in the NL for more strikeouts, the only bull pen pitcher. The other 10 are starters. Of the top 25 pitchers for Ks only Hader comes out of the pen.
There is a new strategy for trying to hit Hader. The last 10 games hitter are being more aggressive and swinging earlier in the count . FAIL 27 of his last 38 outs are strikeouts.
Paul Molitor the manager of the Twins commented that he does not think a relief pitcher has ever struck out 200 hitters in a season. (Hader is on pace for 197 ks).
Of course Hader is a Lefty to kills Lefty's (1 for 28)
One last thing - Hader has a 57.1% swing and miss rate on all of his pitches, the lowest in MLB. In fact nobody has touched his last 21 pitches. SWING and a miss.
It's a long season so we shall see but it's certainly fun to watch.
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The FDA approved OxyContin for children as young as 11 yet mention Medical cannabis for children and people go NUTS!!
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Mein Kampf (1925), by Adolf Hitler. If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself."
Right out of Trumps playbook!
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Dog Selfie!
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balderdash commented that he was surprised I was not betting on sports at the moment. So unlike me. Especially with the Supreme Court saying sports betting was NOT a federal issue but a State issue.
My response was that if there is nothing to bet on you don't bet (or something like that). Baseball, my favorite sport, is REALLY tough. HOWEVER - Something happened in the Brewer game vs. Arizona that made me perk up.
When the clean-up hitter for a team is injured or does not play. Bet against that team. Reason is that the entire line-up needs adjusted and unlike strat-o-matic where you do not deal with players emotions and comfort, this is meaningful. TRUST ME - I managed a team for 15 years in Madison and where you bat in a line-up and comfort level makes a big difference.
Well, since that date Arizona is 1-4. Play against Zona until they win 2 games in a row or the clean-up comes back.
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Notice how blue jeans are more stretchy? OH - I LOVE blue jean technology! Seriously. The 511 I'm wearing now are 99% Cotton, 1% Elastane. Some blue jeans are in the 35% range.
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There are 34 new scripted shows coming out this fall. 42% of the key roles are woman compared to 20% last year.
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Weather - Today is the butt hole weather day for the foreseeable future. I'm starting to watch the Winter Park and Denver weather. Weekend is looking good. Scattered summer-like T-storms and highs in the low 80s.
As for today - this is it. We are basically at our high temp with rain- 71 tomorrow and sun, 78 Wednesday, 83 Thursday. . . . it's all good!
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Freshen up those flaps ladies LOL !
Have a great day.
