Syd Polk (he/his)
@sydpolk
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Software Engineer. Jazz Musician. Baseball Analyst. Coin Collector. Argentine Tango Dancer. Liberal. Atheist/Humanist. #IUnderstandTheAssignment #BigDadEnergy #BLM #FuckICE #ADHD #SlavaUkraini
He looked right at me, and I could tell he wanted to make an obscene gesture, but he shook it off.
My dad just laughed!
https://apnews.com/article/phil-garner-astros-pirates-brewers-4a02705cb28ddf2ce85e0d3504c70d3a (3/3)
Former major league infielder and manager Phil Garner dies at 76
Phil Garner, a three-time All-Star infielder who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, has died. He was 76. Garner’s family issued a statement Sunday saying Garner had died Saturday after a two-plus-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Nicknamed “Scrap Iron” for his blue-collar approach to the game, Garner had a 16-year playing career with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.
He was traded from the Houston Astros to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1987 while the Dodgers were in Houston. I went to his first game as a Dodger with my Dad, and I we scored field level seats. In the second inning, he threw a ground ball into the stands past first base. After the play stopped and the pitcher got the ball back, and the crowd quieted down a little bit, I yelled out big and loud, "Nice throw, Phil!". (2/3)
RIP Phil Garner… (1/3)
I will be eligible for social security in a couple of weeks. Despite being nowhere near retirement, I am considering starting it because there is a non-zero chance I will outlive the program.
@atpfm Austin got 3 inches of sleet Saturday night. Woke up to ice everywhere. Nobody owns any snow shovels or ice scrapers. After I fell down trying to go down my front stairs, I used a garden hoe to hack a path down. There is still random ice pockets on the ground today (Thursday) but the roads are clear.
Due to winter weather, the Elephant Room will be closed 1/26, and the Austin Jazz Band's performance has been cancelled.
@atpfm my biggest Tahoe interface complaint is moving the playback controls in Music.app from the top (where there is still space for it) to floating above the list where I can’t do anything with the last track displayed.