Davidson College, Davidson baseball, baseball draft, kudos: Kudos to Davidson’s Chris Lamb! It amazes me when someone can participate in sports at a rigorous academic college and get drafted professionally.
The A’s signed eighth-round pick Colin O’Connell and 11th-rounder Christopher Lamb just before the deadline passed at 9:01 p.m. PT on Monday night.
The right-handed O’Connell was 7-3 with a 2.44 ERA as a junior at Cal State Fullerton, Kurt Suzuki’s alma mater.
Lamb, a Berkeley native, was 1-7 with a 3.75 ERA for Davidson College but struck out 85 in 81 2/3 innings.
via A’s sign two more picks before deadline | oaklandathletics.com: News.
Sherman Sculpture, NYC, follow-up: I was puzzled by this statue near Central Park … allegorical figure of peace??
As with many of the sculptor’s works, the allegorical figure of peace leading Sherman is modeled after Saint-Gaudens’s mistress, Davida Johnson. The pine branch at the horse’s feet represents Sherman’s march through Georgia. Disliking statues looking like “smoke stacks,” Saint-Gaudens had the piece gilded with two layers of gold leaf. A frail Saint-Gaudens attended the unveiling on Memorial Day, 1903, eleven years after the monument was first proposed. “Saint-Gaudens is one of those artists for whom it is worthwhile to wait,” the Saturday Evening Post explained, however, as the successful piece was widely praised.
via Grand Army Plaza Highlights – Sherman Monument : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.
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