Pluto is not a planet...

...'tis a platter.

Major minutiae

The Science of Hitting

Ted Williams, a kid from North Park raised on the streets of San Diego. 

Played for the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres in '36 and '37.

In '39 (the year Simmons started surfing) he debuted in the majors for the Boston Red Sox.

Babe Ruth declared him Rookie of the Year.

Since then, he has been known as

"The Greatest Hitter of All Time"

Williams looked at the status quo and took nothing for granted.

He scoffed at ignorance and superstition and "rule of thumb".

He conducted a scientific study on bats.

He found that lightness and speed were the key.

The last man to hit 400 in a season.

406 in 1941.

Simmons was surfing San O with Gard Chapin.

What a time.

and now a few words from Eleanor Roosevelt...

'GREAT MINDS DISCUSS IDEAS

AVERAGE MINDS DISCUSS EVENTS

SMALL MINDS DISCUSS PEOPLE"

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Bob Simmons (left) discussing ideas, January 9th, 1954, Marine Street, La Jolla.

Photo by John Elwell

"To stir shit means to address some issue which will metaphorically smell less if you leave it alone."

-Urban Dictionary definition for stirring shit

"When you stir shit, what you end up with is a lot of stirred up shit."

- Ernest Hemingway

Top: 5'6" x 18.5"

Bottom: 5'8" x 20"

Modern Planing Hulls by TOMO

pics by Michael Sangiolo

Dan the Man with fresh V4 for Stu Kennedy.