Very sad to see the passing of Willie Howard Mays Jr., nicknamed “the Say Hey Kid”, Willie was an american professional baseball center fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball. He is considered one of the best to ever play the game.

His over-the-shoulder catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series is one of the most famous baseball plays of all time. 

Willie was slightly ahead of my time, and I barely remember when he was traded to the NY Mets in 1972 before he retired in 1973.

Besides his play on the field (He was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 1979, and his 24 appearances on an All-Star Game roster are tied with Musial for second all-time, behind only Hank Aaron’s 25), he was also considered on of the kindest, nicest and generous person to be around

Willie left is mark in the world, and will be missed

RIP Willie Mays

We also lost actor Donald Sutherland. One of this generations greatest actors, he appeared in more than 50 movies and TV Series I remember him from “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, “Animal House”, The Hunger Games” and one of my favorites “The Eagle Has Landed“

He was turley one of the best, and he will be missed

RIP Donald Sutherland

Was fun to see Survivor 45 contestant Drew Basile (@DrewBasile45) competing on Jeopardy this week. He beat Adriana Harmeyer — a 15-time winner who works as an archivist at Purdue University who accrued almost $350,000 on the show — and Tekla Sauter to take home $23,482 on his first Jeopardy night. He then won $9,800, in his next appearance leaving him with a two-day total of $33,282. Looking forward to see if he can make it 3 in a row tonight

The NY Mets are playing some good baseball and it started with Grimace threw out the 1st pitch against the Miami Marlins . Hopefully they can keep things rolling and get back to .500 and beyond

And finally, I really enjoyed my 35th Lehigh Reunion, and our family trip to France (Strasbourg and Paris). Will post pictures and write about it in my next post

#PEACE

#AverageAndy