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August 19, 2023: Whole

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Pete came back home after spending a few weeks with grandpa and grandma. While it was nice to have a break from the screaming brothers act they normally put up, it's also nice to have him home.

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      1. According to the MLBTR obit, Cole stole 148 bases and connected for 493 hits in his career, making the swipe total 30.02% of his career hit total. He successfully stole in 20.64% his 717 career TOB. Total junk stats, but I still wonder how those two rates sit for players with more than 100SB and fewer than 750 hits or 1000 TOB.

        I hope “recently passed away” doesn’t mean he died on his birthday. B-ref has not yet amended his player card and lists him as 58-002d old.

        1. Cole (reportedly) died the 19th, two days after his 58th birthday. Way too young.

          More Alex Cole

          Apparently he had some hard times and bad decisions after his career.

          If my math is right, Rickey! reached 5,343 times (not counting RoEs) and stole 1,406 times (26.3 pct of ToB).

          But he hit 297 HRs. No chance of stealing on those. So more like 27.87 pct.

          2. The Jamesian observation that Rickey! was two HoF players in one somehow reliably understates how incredible he was.

            We’re pretty lucky to have seen him and Ohtani in the same lifetime.

    1. We are heading in that direction, probably next year (assuming bonus targets are met). I would like to keep carpet in the bedroom, though, since that's the one room where I tend to go barefoot.

        1. I hear that. We've had pets since we moved in here so there was Killz applied to the sub floor.

      1. All hardwood downstairs (except for tile in bathroom). Poorly stretched W2W upstairs except bathrooms).

        The Mrs would get rid of it. But I want at least some carpet, for the reason Twayn mentioned. Plus, I do a lot of my stretches and core exercises on the floor. Hardwood sucks for that, even with a yoga mat.

  3. I saw my first live drone show after the game last night. Some very cool effects, although I'm pretty sure a few of those things fell from the sky, it was pretty darn windy.

    2. I think it was in "Ball Four" that Jim Bouton wrote about the 1965 Yankees. They didn't look very good in spring training, but they weren't worried. They knew they were going to win the pennant. They got off to a slow start at the beginning of the season, but they weren't worried. They knew they were going to win the pennant. They continued to not play very well, but they still weren't worried. They knew they were going to win the pennant. Then, somewhere along the line, it became obvious that they weren't going to win the pennant, but instead of playing hard and trying to finish second or third they threw in the towel and finished sixth. Perhaps history is repeating itself.

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