Money Ball - and leafy greens

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Clark saw American Utopia at the Orpheum? When was this? DJ was asking if they ever were in Madison -how did we miss this. That must have been amazing!!  Well done. 

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I've had two photos on Channel 27 in the last couple weeks. This was on Monday I think. 

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Elwood finally watched Money Ball and commented how great that movie was and I agree.  

I was looking at which teams got the best bang for buck in baseball this year and what team totally sucked.  (2021 WAR * 8) - 2021 salary = net value 

Worst team in the league was the LA Angels but the Chicago Cubs were a close worst team in MLB. The Phillies were 21st and the Brewers were 5th best topped by Corbin Burns, Woodruff, Peralta, Adames and Wong - HOWEVER - the other side of the equation is JBJ, Hiura, Lindblom (WAS on my SOM team) Curtiss (who was that?) and Topa (also WAS on my SOM team).

and no Yelich was not in the bottom five.  

Interesting thing about Yelich.  He hit the ball harder and made more contact.  basically a huge bad luck year for Yellie.  He hit as many grounders as normal but they went into gloves.  He hit line drives harder but they went into fielders gloves.  

The analytical article I read was basically saying that in his MVP years he had great luck and in the last 2 years he has had horrible luck. Yea - there are some small tweaks and differences but analytically he is really not far off.   On average he hit line drives 1 foot farther and he has always been a ground ball hitter and he hit grounders harder then average . . . into gloves.

another stat showed that pitchers were REALLY good at hitting the corners against Yelich.  

Crossing fingers. 

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Getting new neighbors soon. We just can't keep neighbors.  The new ones are retired cow farmers from Columbus who no longer want to live in a farm but still wanted "country".  Then on the other side . . . I'm not sure anybody lives there but cleaning people are always around.  

and don't get me started on across the street where an older couple wanted to build a deck but needed it 12 inches wider for a wheelchair.  NOPE - not allowed and they had some pretty strong words about the city government and how they were treated.   

They LOVE Columbus citizens - "friendliest people they have ever seen".  Not so happy with city hall though.    

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DUNE - yup - pretty freaking good!!  a 2.5 hour movie that seemed like it was an hour long!  can't wait for the second episode  LOL 

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I hate green veggies - YUCK!  But because I have assumed diabetes even though I've been only 6 pounds overweight for 10 years I need to get more veggies in my diet. 

THUS - I'm eating carrots raw (they lose a LOT of goodness soft and I hate soft carrots) and canned spinach.   WAIT WAIT - I know what you are thinking  YUCK.  

DJ said that also but she had some of mine and said WOW - not bad at all actually . . AND . . MUCH MUCH better for you then fresh spinach. You can eat a LOT more and there is actually more vitamins in canned.  WEIRD 

Spinach is an AMAZING food. It's a super food that helps muscle, bones, blood sugars and so many things - it's basically a steroid.  POPEYE was right!!  No really!  Science has proven that spinach is an amazing diet supplement. 

I've tried green veggie drinks and almost gagged.  Now all I can do is take what I have and take a shot and rinse my mouth out.  

Also I've worked out 3 times this since Nov 1, my knee which was misdiagnosed at UW who wanted to replace my knee is feeling good (THANK YOU Prairie Ridge for being honest with me).  I'm aware of it but pain is never an issue unless I REALLY over work it - more muscle less pain it seems. 

So the wake-up assumed diabetes call has me working out and eating more veggies - not really a change of lifestyle at all.  Also eating more fruit like raisins and bananas.  

Nuff said at the moment.