We remember Tony Conigliaro (1945-1990)

Tony Conigliaro was born in Revere, Massachusetts, on this day in 1945.

"Tony C" broke with Boston in 1964 and hit 24 HR in 111 games.  He followed that with 32 & 28 HR the next two seasons. 

Without a doubt, Tony C was destined for super stardom.   

Unfortunately, Tony Conigliaro was hit by a pitch in August 1967 and his career would never be the same.  Tony C, as he was known at the time, was hitting .267 with 20 HR & 67 RBI in 95 games. He was out for the rest of the year, missed the 1967 World Series and the 1968 season!

Tony came back in 1969 and did very well in 1970 with 36 HR & 116 RBI. Unfortunately, he was out of the game by 1971.

A sad story. He had the personality and power to be one of the all time Red Sox players but never recovered from that eye injury.

Tony C was the only teenager in MLB history to hit 25 home runs in a season, as well as the youngest player in American League history to reach 100 career home runs.

He died in 1990.

 

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1789: The first US election........

  

On this day in 1789, the US had its first presidential election under the new Constitution.   The electors met and cast their votes.  On February 4, they counted the votes and George Washington was elected president.  He took office on April 30th.

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January 7, 1959: US recognized new Cuban government

On this day in 1959, the Eisenhower administration recognized provisional president Manuel Urrutia of Cuba. Secretary of State Dulles persuaded President Eisenhower and so it happened.   A month later, Fidel Castro was named Prime Minister and we know the rest of the story.

A few years ago, I asked my late father:  Did anyone think that Castro would turn Cuba into a communist state 90 miles from the US? 

He said no but many were concerned with the “cult of personality” around Castro.

By the way, my friend Dr. Carlos Eire wrote this book about his youth in Cuba.

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