We remember Warren Spahn (1921-2003)

We remember one of the great left handed pitchers in major league history.  

Warren Spahn was born on this day in 1921 in Buffalo, New York.  He joined the Boston Braves in 1942 and moved to Milwaukee with the team for the 1953 season.   

It was in Milwaukee that he got to play with Lew Burdette, Eddie Matthews and Henry Aaron.   They won the 1957 World Series and the 1958 NL pennant.

His numbers were awesome:  363 wins, 3.09 ERA, 382 complete games, 5,243 innings pitched and 63 shutouts.   He pitched no-hitters in 1960, 1961 and was selected to The Hall of Fame in 1973.

Spahn's greatest pitching performance may have been a 1-0 loss to Juan Marichal in 1963.  He pitched 16 innings before giving up a HR to Willie Mays.

Spahn died in 2003!

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We remember Roy Orbison (1936-88)

Roy Orbison was born on this day in 1936 in Vernon, Texas.

He was one of the great voices of rock.  In fact, John Lennon was a huge fan of his vocal style.  He died in 1988.   

Most people remember him for "Pretty woman", a great # 1 song from 1964.    It also came back big with the soundtrack of the movie by the same name.  My favorite song was "Blue angel".

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April 23, 1564: We believe that William Shakespeare was born on this day

We say happy birthday to the great British author.  

We believe that he was born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564.  No one knows for sure because birth records were not always reliable.   

We do know that he died on April 23, 1616 when he was only 52.  Well, let’s wish him a happy birthday anyway!   

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April 1967: Remembering "New York Mining Disaster 1941"

We remember the first US release by The Bee Gees.....the song reached # 14 in Billboard......the B-side was "I can't see nobody", a rather good song and lead vocal by Robin Gibb......both songs were released in the band's first LP.

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The last player from the Negro League hit his first major league homer in 1954

(My new American Thinker post)

There are many angles to the Hank Aaron story.  He retired with 755 home runs and passed Babe Ruth in 1974.  He was an amazing player who was always around the top of the league in HRs, hits and batting average.  And he could play defense too.  

I finally got to see him play in 1971 when the Braves came to Milwaukee for an exhibition game.

We remember that Aaron hit his first home run off of Vic Raschi on April 23rd  in 1954. 

However, his greatest accomplishment is something that few people talk about.  Aaron was the last player from The Negro Leagues to play in the major leagues.   

I think that it's fitting that the man who broke the cherished home run record was the last player from the old Negro Leagues.  It was the perfect way to close a sad chapter and begin one where all Americans could play ball.

It was also landmark moment in the progress that we've made on civil rights.

Sadly, too many self appointed civil rights leaders promote victim-hood or don't want us to see the progress we've made.  Yet, the progress is all around us.   We see successful African Americans, from my sons' outstanding high school principal to the wonderful athletes who dominate sports to the growing number of entrepreneurs.

It's not perfect and indeed a work in progress.   But a lot of progress has been made.   

After all, the man who beat Babe Ruth's record was the last man who played in the Negro Leagues.

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April 1973: "Saw a new morning" by The Bee Gees

APRIL 1973.....yes that was many years ago.....and I was listening to this song.....maybe I'm giving away my age........it was THE BEE GEES and "Saw a new morning".

It was released as a single and included in "LIFE IN A TIN CAN" album, a very underrated album from 1973.

The single "Saw a new morning" was a clue to "sounds to come".  I hear "Nights on Broadway", specially the way that Barry & Robin share the lead vocals.  I also hear "Edge of the universe" also from "MAIN COURSE" released in 1975.

Great song!

Democrats going crazy with TDS. Mexico and CIA operatives. Virginia maps. President Nixon 1994.

 Democrats going crazy with TDS.  Mexico and CIA operatives.  Virginia maps.  President Nixon 1994.

When do we call them crazy?

When do we call them crazy?:

All we see is a Democrat party screaming wolf every day, and less people paying attention to it.

Click to read: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/04/when_do_we_call_them_crazy.html

We remember Glen Campbell (1936-2017)

We remember Glen Campbell, who was born in Arkansas on this day in 1936.      He died in 2017.

Campbell had a ton of country and pop hits

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Happy # 76 Peter Frampton

We say happy birthday Peter Frampton who was born in the UK on this day in 1950

In the summer of 1976, Peter Frampton was on top of the musical world.   His double LP "Frampton comes alive" was # 1 on Billboard USA.    It sold 6 million copies in the US and a lot more elsewhere.

Rolling Stone Magazine ranks this LP # 41 in the top 50 "live" albums.      Frankly, I'm surprised that it ranks that low considering the album's influence on radio.

It featured 3 Top 10 hits:  "Baby, I Love Your Way," "Show Me the Way" and "Do You Feel Like We Do".    The last one was 14 minutes long on the LP version!

Great LP and one of those that you should get on CD for your rock collection.

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