Europe flunked the quiz….

Europe flunked the quiz….:

Our European allies can still pass the class, but it’s time to study and get serious because the U.S. taxpayer is not happy about writing these checks to protect those who don’t want to defend themselves.

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Happy # 62 Bret Saberhagen

We remember Bret Saberhagen who was born in Chicago on this day in 1964.

Bret broke with the AL West champion Royals in 1984:   10-11 with a 3.48 ERA.    

In 1985, Bret won 20 with a 2.87 ERA.   He won the AL Cy Young and was the World Series MVP.

In 1989, Bret won another AL Cy Young:   23-6 with a 2.16 ERA.

Bret retired after 1999:   167-117 and a 3.34 ERA.    He pitched in 2 World Series with the Royals, 3 ALCS with Boston and a NLDS with the Rockies.

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1951: Truman and McArthur

By April 1951, President Truman was not very popular at all.  He barely won in 1948 and had to deal with the war in Korea and the post-war economic adjustments. 

Then he fired General MacArthur, an extremely popular military leader on this day in 1951.   

In the end, President Truman had no choice and acted correctly.  You can not have any kind of insubordination against the commander in chief.

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Let's meet Nilda Cepero, Cuban American author & poet

Guest: Nilda Cepero, artist, author & poet........we discussed her poetry, books and music.......Nilda was born in Cuba and came to the US with her parents......

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A chat with Frank Burke, businessman and author......

 A chat with Frank Burke, businessman and author.......We will discuss the Iran negotiations this weekend, the space program & protecting our heritage.  The Beatles 1960.

The Royal Navy is dead to begin with

The Royal Navy is dead to begin with:

You let defense budgets plummet, offer generous social benefits, and stop projecting maritime power, and suddenly, your once mighty naval fleet is a laughing stock.

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We remember Chuck Connors (1921-1992)

Chuck Connors was born on this day in 1921 and died in 1992.  

We remember Chuck Connors for that wonderful 
western, "The rifleman".   In fact, I try to watch it every Saturday morning.  The show was on from 1958 to 1963.

Before the rifle, he played baseball.   His career was brief or a just two major league seasons:  1949 Dodgers & 1951 Cubs.    

Connors also played winter ball in Cuba, as my dad always reminded us when we were watching his famous show.   

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Houston won their first game in 1962

On this day in 1962, the expansion Houston Colt-45, who later became the Astros, played their first game.  It was also the first major league game played in Texas.     (The Rangers moved to the Dallas Ft Worth area in 1972)

Houston beat Chicago, 8-1:   Veteran Bobby Shantz pitched a complete game and Cuban Roman Mejias was the batting hero:    

Shantz ended his Opening Day complete-game victory by getting Ron Santo to fly out to right field. The Colt .45s had won their first game! And Roman Mejias, with two three-run home runs, a single, and six runs batted in, was the day’s hitting star.

And so Colt-45 got off to a winning start in 1962.

Roman Mejias led Houston with 24 HR & 76 RBI.  He was out of baseball a couple of years later.   

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Remember the Sugar Kings (1954-60)

Once upon a time, there was a team in Cuba: The Havana Sugar Kings of the AAA International League. Back in April 1954, 25,000 fans showed up to watch the Sugar Kings battle the Toronto Maple Leafs in the opening game of the International League season.

Montreal, Toronto, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Havana were cities from 3 countries (US, Canada and Cuba) in that AAA league.  Future major-leaguers like Leo Cardenas, Mike Cuellar and Cookie Rojas played in those Havana teams.

In the late 1950s, as the owners were seriously looking at expansion, there was a lot of talk about putting a major league team in Havana.  It’s an important economic as well as baseball point. In other words, Havana was seen as a city with the potential of supporting a major league team in the future. It definitely proved it’s worth supporting a AAA franchise.

Instead, the Sugar Kings were moved to Jersey City in July 1960. The political situation changed and “beisbol se fue de Cuba”.

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We remember John Madden (1936-2021)

We remember John Madden who was born in Austin, Minnesota, on this day in 1936 and passed away December 2021.

 Many remember Madden as an NFL TV analyst.  Let's not forget that he was a great coach and won a Super Bowl with the Raiders!

Madden was a great coach and the best NFL analyst.

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