Thanks for the memories, Chipper!

Friday night marked the end of Chipper Jones career. I'm not going to lie, after I watched his final press conference, I teared up and felt a piece of me die a little because his career was finally over.  Granted, the a few hours earlier I was all fired up and plotting ways to severely maim and injure Joe Torre, MLB and the Umpires after their horse shit "infield / outfield" fly rule. I don't care if the Braves weren't going to win, that call was absolutely horse shit.  Worst call ever.

Anywhoo ... Thanks, Chipper. I've enjoyed all the heroics and your leadership the last (almost) 20 years.  The late inning magic / home runs and the fight with Jamie Moyer are some of my favorite baseball memories. Hopefully, we will see you in the front office in a few years ... or join Glavine in the box making fun of Simmons. Regardless, you've left your mark, had an amazing career and the Braves will never be the same. Godspeed and enjoy the Hall of Fame.

End of an era

Well, here's to hoping the season lasts at least another month, but so long Chipper.  Sad I'm missing the retirement ceremony but thanks for the memories.  I bought a few playoff tickets so let's home the Braves make a nice run so I can see Chipper "swing for the downs" a few more times.

And today ... I'm in Wichita!

Normally, not much to say about Wichita, but today, I have lots to say.  And I'm actually not going to say too much because I don't have time but ... as we were setting up for a work event tomorrow, the US Air Force Thunderbirds flew over.  I was gutted that I didn't snap any photos but my disappointment didn't last as I was shocked to see that they came back ... and then continued to fly overhead for the next two hours.

Nothing beats working while an F-16 flies about 50 feet off the deck at around 300 MPH. At one point, one hit Mach 1 as we heard the sound barrier boom.  Really cool and can't believe I"m going to say it ... excited that I'm working on a weekend in Wichita.

The good news, I'll get to see a lot more of it tomorrow. The Wichita Air Show at McConnell Air Force Base is tomorrow so all day I'll get to see all types of military air craft scream by over head. Almost worth missing Chipper Jones retirement night and the UGA / UT game ... ok, actually not even close to missing that. Still crushed I'm missing Chipper's last home stand.  Yickety!