Monday, August 27, 2007

August 2007: Bonds passed Aaron but did the fans accept it?



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Back in August 2007, baseball fans saw a lot of history.

Barry Bonds tied hank Aaron.  He passed Aaron the next night. 

Will the fans accept the new record?   Probably not. 

Yet, you can not dispute what Bonds has done:
"The Giants slugger has won 7 MVP awards, a major league record. He has the 5th highest career slugging percentage in baseball history, and the 6th highest career on base percentage. For the combination of the two, the SLOB or OPS, Bonds rank 4th for his career. Bonds has the 3rd lowest number of at bats per home run in baseball history." (Is Barry Bonds Baseball's Greatest Slugger? by Richard Baehr)
It's a shame about the steroids controversy. 

It's a bigger shame that Hank Aaron's record was broken by someone with such a controversial story.   

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Friday, August 17, 2007

2007: "The lost city" a love story about Cuba circa 1960


"The lost city" is the best movie about Cuba circa 1960.   It tells the story of a family caught up in the events shaking up the island during that time:


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Thursday, August 09, 2007

Looking back at President Nixon




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We remember President Nixon who was born on this day in 1913 and died in 1994.

We will always remember the events of August 8, 1974 or President Nixon delivered his resignation speech.   He left office the next day at noon when VP Ford became President Ford.  

By any measurement, it was historic to see a president resign and to watch a man never elected assume the presidency.  Gerald Ford became Vice President when VP Spiro Agnew resigned in October 1973 over corruption accusations.

President Nixon's legacy will always be marked by Watergate.  However, his presidency was actually quite consequential:

1) He ended the Vietnam War.  I would argue that he won the war and then a Democrat majority Congress let the North Vietnamese & Viet Cong overrun a smaller South Vietnamese army.  The post-Vietnam period was not one of our better moments when we left South Vietnam and the region fall under communist rule.  Read Nixon's book:  "No more Vietnams".

2) President Nixon's domestic record was actually quite liberal, from expanding Great Society programs, to creating the EPA, using executive orders for Affirmative Action and Title 9 for college students.  Speaking of his liberal record, Tom Wicker wrote a great book about this called "One of us".   It focused on Nixon's career, very centrist presidency and turned out to be a good book to read.

3) Nixon's memoirs ("RN") and post presidency books were excellent.  

4) President Nixon's foreign policy was also very significant.  He opened up China but the jury is still out on that.  

We remember President Nixon and there was a lot more to his presidency than Watergate.
 
This is a partial of President Nixon's books:





 


Sunday, August 05, 2007

August 2007: What a crazy night in Baltimore!


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Back in the summer of 2007, The Texas Rangers were a major disappointment again.  To be fair, the Rangers had just made some great trades that would set up the rosters that won the AL pennants in 2010 and 2011.  Nevertheless, it was not fun to watch a team losing every night!

What do we remember about that summer of frustration? The Rangers won 30-3 in Baltimore.

You have to read it to believe it!  It was the most runs scored in 100 years! (Most runs in a game)   Last, but not least, it was fun listening to Eric Nadel and Victor Rojas call the last 3 runs!

2007 was not fun but one night in Baltimore was fun to watch.

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