Little known facts of American History…
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010*
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Image: (John Brown) via pbs.org; (hat) inhausdatabase.com
Archive for the 'Baseball' Category
It may affect his slider.
Sunday, March 14th, 2010*
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Jim Bunning Gets Cheers At Home In Kentucky
ROGER ALFORD | 03/13/10 10:40 PM | AP
HEBRON, Ky. — Irascible Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has been a pariah among his congressional colleagues. Back in the conservative swath of northern Kentucky he calls home, though, he’s being heralded as a hero.
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Images: (Bunning) democralypsenow.com via huffingtonpost.com; […]
Who writes the headlines? Anderson Cooper?
Friday, November 6th, 2009CNN.com 1:50 pm EST 11/06/2009
U.S.
Cleveland killings: Answers sought
Family of teen on fire gets apology
Violent message outside N.Y. mosque
‘Innocence project’ questioned
Yankees coach helps accident victim
Two-legged puppy defies odds
Ball players recalled for smiles, skills
The correct usage is M-A-N-A-G-E-R!
The NEW YORK POST’s Joel Sherman wrote that Yankee Stadium is a monument to greed. He may have been too kind.
Monday, April 6th, 2009Photographs and column are here.
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Did you know that the largest attendance to see a Major League team
was not at a venue in the United States?
On October 18, 1936 Nuremberg Stadium recorded an attendance of 322,463 to watch the St. Louis Browns take on the Cologne Atomizers of the Hanseatic League. Baseball Commissioner Keenesaw Mountain […]
Pope Benedict XVI Tells Cameroonians: “Condoms Not The Answer To Aids”–Huffington Post headline
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009*
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According to Benedict, these won’t cut the mustard.
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But…these Condo-Sized Body Rubbers Will Do The Trick.
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Images: (Main photo of Pope) Associated Press via Huffingtonpost.com; (Trojans) via peoplejam.com; (Body Rubber) via realityme.net; (Pinkie ring) via newsimg.bbc.co.uk; (umpire) nynpa.com; (Mitre) newliturgicalmovement.org via img254.imageshack.com;
Without a Pastor of His Own, Obama Turns to Five–New York Times headline, March 15, 2009
Sunday, March 15th, 2009It’s the IDES of MARCH,
and you’d have thought President Obama would have
hung back from the need for any pastor
after his roller coaster ride with
Good Time Jerry Wright.
Now, Obama goes for the Quinella
of having five times the chance of embarrassment.
He has allowed hubris to leave the mistaken impression
that the press will not take a look at
past […]
Michigan helped Jim Bunning become famous enough to slide his stellar intellect into the Senate. Nice payback, Jim!!
Friday, December 12th, 2008December 12, 2008: 03:45 PM ET
CNN
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Ky. Sen. Bunning, ex-Tigers pitching great, gets booted from Detroit-area fair for autos vote
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Jim Bunning was the toast of Detroit when […]
He may have once held an ownership stake in the Texas Rangers, but he has turned the US of A into a Sally League country.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008*
30-mile debris pile becomes symbol of FEMA delays (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
By MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press Writer Michael Graczyk,
Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 1, 3:55 pm ET
Workers watch as a back hoe drop a scoop of hurricane debris, Tuesday, Nov. 25, AP – Workers watch as a back hoe drop a scoop of hurricane debris, […]
Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes–FIVE THIRTY-EIGHT headline
Monday, November 24th, 2008Nate Silver’s ability to crunch numbers had sparkled during his years with BASEBALL PROSPECTUS and his inventions of research styles:
Pecota Qera and Secret Sauce.
If Franken doesn’t win by 27 votes, will it mean that
Reno Bertoia was the best third baseman in the history of baseball?
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
Projection: Franken to Win Recount […]
Petraeus prohibits phrase ‘We’re winning’ in connection with Iraq.
Thursday, July 10th, 2008I have investigated and found that the following are allowable.
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Bottom sixth, tied.
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Bases loaded, one out. Lavagetto at bat.
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Pitching change, we’ll be right back.
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Any re-broadcast, re-transmission or other use
of the pictures, descriptions and accounts of this war
without the express written consent of
Major League Baseball is prohibited
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In the third; No runs, 1 hit, 1 error and one […]