Give It A Rest!
Joe DiMaggio demanded he be introduced as The Greatest Living Ballplayer at all public appearances, such as Yankee Old-Timers' Day. Billy Crystal claims that DiMaggio punched him when Crystal did…
The Treaty of Versailles and Germany
The Treaty of Versailles held Germany (a.k.a Germany Empire), and Germany alone, responsible for World War I: not Serbia who planned the assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand; not the Austrian-Hungarian Empire…
Cut-and-Paste Gone Awry
....because who the fuck is Ryan?!?
Profits Over Patriotism
Thomas J. Watson, president of IBM, made a bold claim in an editorial published before the United States entered World War II: We are either internationalists or isolationists, and I…
Unintentional Car Repair
This article reminded me of a story my grandmother told me. My grandmother's commute to New York City required a Metro-North train from the Green Farms Station in Westport, CT…
Rick Camp Game
The 1984 game where the Cubs' Ryne Sandberg hit two game-tying home runs off of Bruce Sutter before the Cubs won it in the 11th has been oft-mentioned since Sandberg's…
Meandering Thoughts #54
[Chorus 2]Oh, I love you more today than yesterdayBut not as much as tomorrowI love you more today than yesterdayBut only half as much as tomorrow At least to me,…
Cat Ownership
The phrase Dogs have owners; cats have staff most definitely applies to Lojo. Today he claimed the towel basket as his and proceeded to have a mid-morning to mid-afternoon slumber,…
Hawks in Wisconsin?
My wife and I spent a Sunday afternoon driving through western Wisconsin and ran across an ode to Hawkeyes in Barron. With the historical rivalry, animosity and even hatred between…
Random Learnings #59
From Wikipedia: [Ron] LeFlore also struck out frequently, finishing in the top ten in his league in strikeouts five times (and second in the American League in 1975 with 139).…