Mary, your James needs help

Mary, your James needs help:

The swamp rat loses it. 

So Mary may need to hide the keys and disconnect the internet, because James is the one crossing lines, the lines of common sense and decency.

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Happy # 75 Bert Blyleven

We say happy birthday to Bert Blyleven who was born on this day in 1951.  We also remember one of the best curve balls in baseball history.  

Blyleven was born in Zeist, Netherlands and raised in Southern California.  
Bert was 19 when he broke into the majors with the Twins in 1970.   Overall, he won 287 games with a 3.31 career ERA & 3,701 strikeouts.     Blyleven was also a workhorse with 4,970 innings pitched and 242 complete games.

Blyleven went into the Hall of Fame in 2011.   A great pitcher!   He remains a fan favorite in the Twin Cities.

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We remember Marty Pattin (1943-2018)

Marty Pattin was born on this day in 1943.    He broke with the Angels in 1968 and ended up with the Seattle Pilots that became the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970.

Pattin was a tough pitcher: 35-38 record over 3 seasons as a starter with the expansion Brewers.    He started 92 and completed 22 during that time.  I recall that he always kept Milwaukee in the game.   As we say today, he pitched a lot of innings and had that "bulldog" personality that you value in a starter.

In 1972, Pattin was traded to the Red Sox and eventually the Royals.  He was an important part of KC' s post season run in the late 1970's:  43-39 with a 3.48 ERA.

Overall, Marty Pattin was 114-109 with a 3.64 ERA & 64 complete games.   Naturally, he would have gotten a lot more headlines had he pitched with some better teams in his career.

Pattin died in 2018.

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"2001 the movie" released this week in 1968

Stanley’s Kubrick’s science-fiction classic 2001: A Space Odyssey made its debut in the US in 1968.   
To be honest, I did not see the movie until many years later.   It was on TV the other night and it looks a lot better 50-something years later.   

Last, but not least, the musical introduction was fantastic!

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Easter Sunday and freedom of religion. Pilot rescue. Iran War.

 Easter Sunday and freedom of religion. Pilot rescue. Iran War.

CANTO TALK podcasts from last week

This is a summary of our podcasts from last week...........

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Thinking of Christians under siege around the world

Thinking of Christians under siege around the world:

Remember how lucky we are to practice our faith.

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Happy Easter Sunday

(My new American Thinker)

Many years ago, our family came to the U.S. and learned a few things about how Easter was celebrated here.

First, we called it "Holy Week" or "Semana Santa."  It was Holy Monday to Holy Thursday, and then it got really holy on Friday and Saturday.  I remember one time my mother in utter shock that we play baseball on Good Friday.  We grew up listening to religious music and meditating on "Viernes Santo" or Good Friday.  Everything was so solemn as I recall.

Second, we were completely surprised to see women wear all of those hats on Easter Sunday.  Add to that bunnies and chocolates, and we were caught off guard.  We were sitting at church, looking at the spring dresses and hats and wondering where all of that came from.

Over time, I came to love watching all of those pretty girls and ladies wearing those fancy Easter hats.  I was especially fond of the girls from our school wearing their attire.

On Easter Sunday, I am going to dedicate this Perry Como song to all of our faithful lady readers who will make the world great again by being "the grandest lady" on Easter:

In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it,
you'll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade!
I'll be all in clover, and when they look you over
I'll be the proudest fella in the Easter Parade!

On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us
and you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.
Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet
and of the girl I'm taking to the Easter Parade!

Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet
and of the girl I'm taking to the Easter Parade!

Second, let's hope the woke companies keep their hands off this tradition.  In other words, Easter hats for girls, or females, as we have to call them.

Happy Easter Sunday.

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Happy # 76 Agnetha Fältskog

We love ABBA's music. We love their sound and those wonderful harmonies.

So we send a very happy birthday the the very beautiful Agnetha of ABBA.  She was born in Sweden on this day in 1950.

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1614: John Rolfe and Pocahantas got married

It happened on this day in 1614:  Pocahontas married John Rolfe in Virginia.   

She was the daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy and he was a tobacco planter.   The marriage gave us their son Thomas Rolfe and peace between the settlers and the Powhatans for years.

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