1974: Al Kaline got # 3,000

Al Kaline was one of the most consistent hitters of the 20th century.  He was also a superb right fielder.   

On this day in 1974, Al Kaline got # 3,000 in a game against the Orioles in Baltimore.   He retired at the end of the season   Overall, Kaline retired with 3,007 hits, a .297 career average, 399 home runs and 1,582 RBI.

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"Young Winston" is a must for anyone who wants to learn more about Winston Churchill

On Friday's show, Barry Jacobsen and I rememberd "Young Winston" with Simon Ward and Anne Bancroft playing his mother.    It is a great movie.   It will introduce to Churchill who was born in 1874.

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We remember Cynthia Lennon (1939-2015)

We remember Cynthia Powell who was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, on this day in 1939.  She eventually met John Lennon and became his wife in 1962.  They were divorced in 1969.

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Pres. Ford and those current historians

Pres. Ford's funeral was a big history lesson: Don't bet your farm on current historians because they usually get it wrong.

Pres. Ford is now the great leader who inherited a constitutional crisis, made the difficult but correct decision to pardon Pres. Nixon and had to deal with a tough recession in 1975-76.

Back in '76, cynical Democrats accused Pres. Ford of making a deal with Pres. Nixon on the pardon. In fact, the pardon was not about Pres. Nixon. It was about the US and putting the Watergate scandal behind us.

Maybe he wasn't a Lincoln but he was a very good Ford!

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