After a rough start, the NY Mets have turned things around and have been playing some solid baseball. I will take a 3 – 3 west coast road trip vs the Dodgers and SF Giants. Now back home for the next seven games against the Cardinals and Cubs — Hoping they can go 5 – 2.

With the 6th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the NY Giants selected Wide Receiver Malik Nabers from Louisiana State University. Glad the drama of the draft is over after weeks of worthless discussions on what the Giants should do. They need to move on from Daniel Jones and draft a QB; They need to draft an OL; They need to draft a WR; They should trade up; They should trade down. Yawnnnnnn. In the end, the teams make their decision and selection and we as fans, now get ready for the 2024 Season.

On to Survivor. Need to write down some of my thoughts on this season, and the new era of Survivor. Also what is the deal with people going home with an immunity idol in their possession.

I can’t really figure out anybody’s strategy in Survivor 46. One minute they want to vote off somebody that they are not aligned with, and then the next minute they try and switch the vote to somebody they are really tight with. Everybody seems to want to make a big move, for no real reason, than they think they can’t win without having a big move on their resume. This is very short sighted, as most of the moves have put people in worse position. You have Liz in tears because Q overshadowed her so called big move to get Tevin off. And you have multiple players like Tervin and Venus trying to take credit for getting Soda voted off. Just play the game to get to the final 3. Then you can tell the Jury about the big moves you made to get there.

Speaking of making it to the final 3, how can people be voted off in the final 10 with an hidden immunity idol in there pocket. Hunter threw away a guaranteed 1 in 8 shot at the $1,000,000.00 for a 1 in 7 chance (with the possibility of getting voted out with no chance). Especially since he had some inklings that he may be the target. Play the Idol, see how tribal plays out, and live for another day. You never know – The next day you could win individual immunity, Jeff could be some sort of twist, or maybe people need you as a number to get rid of someone else. Also once an idol is played, another one if usually put back into the game. Maybe you find the new one. The thing is, there are lots of better options than holding on to your idol.

I know there are plenty of contestants who have went home with idols in there pocket (including James from Survivor China) who went home with 2 idols. Would be interesting to see player get more creative with an idol. Though the rules were a bit different, when Yul Kwon found an Idol on Survivor Cook Islands, he let people know he had it, and used it to his advantage. Others have also used the idol as a kind of bargaining chip to get further into the game. It is a bit strange, that with all these advantages (idols, extra votes, steal a vote, …) that there are very few times that the advantages have made a difference. When Im a contestant, the others better watch out, because there is no way I would just hold onto my idol with hopes to squeak by until the final 5. I will be wheeling and dealing and making people guess what I am going to do.

And finally congratulations to all the acts that got elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last week. While I think the nomination and election process is biased towards the RRHOF Committee Members (They have an agenda, and continue pushing it regardless of what anybody outside of their small circle thinks – The MC5 missed getting voted in six times, so the committee just added them this year), the acts that got voted in all deserve to be acknowledged. With Journey a few years back, and Foreigner getting in this year, maybe the doors get opened for other so called “corporate rock” rock acts like Styx, Boston, Kansas, and Bad Company will eventually get the recognition they deserve.

That’s it for today. More to come

#PEACE

Average Andy