Long time ago, when I was in college, I had a brief relationship with one of my classmates in the English Department. It didn't last long, and she went on to court fame in three different ways. She wrote a best-selling novel that became a Hollywood film starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman. She married the future writer/producer for the Simpsons and the Family Guy. And if that wasn't enough, she found out when she was 25 that her biological brother was none other than Steven Jobs, who was given up for adoption by their bio-parents after he was conceived and born when they were still in college themselves.
Good thing we didn't last. Think of how I would have held her back.
I bring this up because, having become a die-hard bandwagon fan of your Golden State Warriors, I can't help but be reminded of our own Ol' G every time I see an interview with Draymond Green. He's the "New G" to our old one. He plays solid D, and gets offense in the most clutch situations in whatever way they need it, be it a pass to someone standing next to the basket waiting for a layup, hitting a 3, or fighting for an offensive rebound, and is in the mix in everything the Warriors do, which this season seems to be winning a lot of games. And he likes to bark at everyone around him and being the vocal leader of the team. You don't mess with him.
Our G shares many of those qualities. He seems like a quiet leader until something needs to be said to an ump or to back up a teammate when the other team wants to start a ruckus. Then watch out. And I swear DG looks a lot like OG.
It is said that DG has a "high basketball IQ". Hmmm, but then, we realize that Ol' G is married to Deb, so that would explain where that came from.
So what I want to know is what secrets are there lurking in Deb and OG's past that we don't know about? Draymond would be a little older than their daughters...makes you think, what were they doing in college???
Which leads to a classic moment in our last JFT game. Ol' G has been known to go up the middle, in fact if I were to track his hits, I bet 90% of them go between the two center fielders. But he rarely hits it on the ground, mostly it's line drives in front of or between the outfielders. Well, G comes up in the top of the fifth after Randy put the game away with a two run blast to make it 10-3. The Slammers pitcher then throws four deliberately illegal high pitches to walk him intentionally, saying something like, "wouldn't you do that with a guy who hits it hard up the middle?" Didn't do them any good, by the way - we ended up putting up three more runs in the inning and eight in the sixth to win going away 23-3.
Of note was that after tossing a shutout in the first game we went another three innings holding the Slammers scoreless and even though they broke through for three in the fourth, we have allowed a total of three through two games. Not bad. Somewhere in there was an 4-11-1-2 double play - I can't even fathom that now in retrospect - but I wrote it in the book. Bruce made an all out dive in left field for the play of the game.
Besides Randy's bomb, Chopper also had a two run shot - no chance for a goose as I stood at second with a double when he hit it. Buddha made an impressive JFT debut - 4-4 with the game winner in the first inning. Bruce also had four hits including three for extra bases - just can't hold that boy to a single. Ol' G got mad after the walk - he sent the next one to the fence for a triple. Draymond would be proud.
Milestones:
Ol' G 10 3b (#6)
D 150 ab (#15)
Randy 150 ab (#16)
Randy 50 g (#17)
Good thing we didn't last. Think of how I would have held her back.
I bring this up because, having become a die-hard bandwagon fan of your Golden State Warriors, I can't help but be reminded of our own Ol' G every time I see an interview with Draymond Green. He's the "New G" to our old one. He plays solid D, and gets offense in the most clutch situations in whatever way they need it, be it a pass to someone standing next to the basket waiting for a layup, hitting a 3, or fighting for an offensive rebound, and is in the mix in everything the Warriors do, which this season seems to be winning a lot of games. And he likes to bark at everyone around him and being the vocal leader of the team. You don't mess with him.
Our G shares many of those qualities. He seems like a quiet leader until something needs to be said to an ump or to back up a teammate when the other team wants to start a ruckus. Then watch out. And I swear DG looks a lot like OG.
It is said that DG has a "high basketball IQ". Hmmm, but then, we realize that Ol' G is married to Deb, so that would explain where that came from.
So what I want to know is what secrets are there lurking in Deb and OG's past that we don't know about? Draymond would be a little older than their daughters...makes you think, what were they doing in college???
Which leads to a classic moment in our last JFT game. Ol' G has been known to go up the middle, in fact if I were to track his hits, I bet 90% of them go between the two center fielders. But he rarely hits it on the ground, mostly it's line drives in front of or between the outfielders. Well, G comes up in the top of the fifth after Randy put the game away with a two run blast to make it 10-3. The Slammers pitcher then throws four deliberately illegal high pitches to walk him intentionally, saying something like, "wouldn't you do that with a guy who hits it hard up the middle?" Didn't do them any good, by the way - we ended up putting up three more runs in the inning and eight in the sixth to win going away 23-3.
Of note was that after tossing a shutout in the first game we went another three innings holding the Slammers scoreless and even though they broke through for three in the fourth, we have allowed a total of three through two games. Not bad. Somewhere in there was an 4-11-1-2 double play - I can't even fathom that now in retrospect - but I wrote it in the book. Bruce made an all out dive in left field for the play of the game.
Besides Randy's bomb, Chopper also had a two run shot - no chance for a goose as I stood at second with a double when he hit it. Buddha made an impressive JFT debut - 4-4 with the game winner in the first inning. Bruce also had four hits including three for extra bases - just can't hold that boy to a single. Ol' G got mad after the walk - he sent the next one to the fence for a triple. Draymond would be proud.
Milestones:
Ol' G 10 3b (#6)
D 150 ab (#15)
Randy 150 ab (#16)
Randy 50 g (#17)
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