Saturday's podcast: We will discuss the Trump indictment...with Richard Baehr, American Thinker

Saturday's podcast:    

We will discuss the Trump indictment...with Richard Baehr, American Thinker......click to listen:

Saturday's video: We will discuss the Trump indictment...with Richard Baehr, American Thinker

Saturday's video: 

We will discuss the Trump indictment...with Richard Baehr, American Thinker.....

                                   

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Secretariat, DiMaggio, and the teenager

 

(My new American Thinker post)

Once in a while, the crazy present makes you long for the past.  I'm sure that people back then had their problems, but at least you didn't have a political party indicting the other party's likely nominee in the upcoming election.  No banana republic back then!

So we remember this weekend in happier times.

Let's start with Joe DiMaggio who took his hitting streak to 25.  Joe went 1 for 5 against Washington and the streak kept going.  Wonder how many suspected on June 10, 1941 that it would go to 56?  The record back then was 44.

Second, a few days after the D-Day invasion this week in 1944, a young man named Joe Nuxall made baseball history.  Here it goes:

On the afternoon of June 10, 1944, just 3,510 individuals came out to Crosley Field for a contest between the Cincinnati Reds and the league-leading St. Louis Cardinals, who were working toward a third straight pennant. 

Most of the fans probably showed up to see Stan Musial, the future Hall of Famer.  What they saw was a little bit of history when Joe Nuxall came out of the bullpen to pitch for the Reds.  He was a big young man, 6-3, 195 lbs.  It went okay for the teenager that day as we remember:   

Nuxhall joined the Reds roster, staying with them until school ended in June, reporting when night or weekend games were being played. He expected to just take things in and did so until the bottom of the eighth inning on Saturday, June 10. Nuxhall recalled, “…the Cardinals are just killing us; it’s thirteen to nothing. Finally Mr. McKechnie told me to go warm up. Really he yelled twice. The first time he said ‘Joe,’ I didn’t pay any attention, figuring he was talking to someone else. The second time it was a little louder, and I went down and warmed up.” But not before he tripped over the last step out of the dugout and fell flat on his face. Nuxhall continued, “Jeez God, I was scared to death. … I was throwing the ball all over the damned place.”  Nervous or not, Nuxhall got the first batter he faced, George Fallon, to ground out to shortstop after going to a full count. Mort Cooper then received a walk. Augie Bergamo popped up to shortstop Eddie Miller. Then the realization of where he was hit him full force. The next batter was Debs Garms, the 1940 National League batting champion. Nuxhall threw a wild pitch, allowing Cooper to move to second, then walked Garms. Stan Musial came to bat and singled to load the bases. Nuxhall’s meltdown came in full earnest. He walked the next three batters, forcing in three runs, before second baseman Emil Verban singled in two runs.

With that, McKechnie came out to end Nuxhall’s agony, saying, “Well, son, I think you’ve had enough.” Jake Eisenhardt came in and walked Fallon before inducing Cooper to pop out to first.

Nuxhall faced nine batters, walking five, allowing two singles, throwing a wild pitch, and giving up five earned runs. Cincinnati went down in order in the bottom of the ninth.

Well, he could have done better but he was 15 and facing the mighty Cardinals.  Joe was sent back to the minors and came back in 1952 and enjoyed a 16-year major-league career: a 135-117 pitching record, a 3,90 ERA and 83 complete games, or about what the entire league throws these days.  After baseball, he called the Reds' game on the radio for 38 seasons, retired in 2004 and died in 2007.  I should add that I remember him on the radio, especially in 1978 when I followed Pete Rose and his 44-game hitting streak.

Last, but not least, there is a horse, and I don't mean Mr. Ed.  

Fifty years ago this week, everybody was watching a horse race and we were not disappointed.  This is the story:    

With a spectacular victory at the Belmont Stakes, Secretariat becomes the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win America’s coveted Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. In one of the finest performances in racing history, Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, completed the 1.5-mile race in 2 minutes and 24 seconds, a dirt-track record for that distance.

You need to watch the video, because it is unbelievable.    

Too much politicization of the DoJ?  Take a break and enjoy yourself with a little history this weekend.

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Happy # 76 Ken Singleton

We say happy birthday to Ken Singleton who was born in New York on this day in 1947.  He is one of my all my time favorite Orioles.

Ken came to Baltimore in 1975 in one of the biggest trades in the team's history:  Dave McNally and Richie Coggins to Montreal for Ken Singleton and Mike Torrez.  

Singleton was one of the key players in the teams that won the AL pennant in 1979 and World Series in 1983.

His best season was probably 1979:  .295 average, 35 HR & 111 RBI.    

Overall, Ken hit .282 with 246 HR & 1,065 RBI.   He was also a three-time All-Star (1977, 1979, 1981). 

After baseball, Ken went into the TV and radio booth.   

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A word about June 10

We remember June 10:

"Somewhere over the rainbow":    On this day in 1922, Frances Ethel Gumm was born in Minnesota.....we know her as Judy Garland........She died in 1969...

June 10, 1959:    Rocky Colavito hit 4 consecutive HR......

June 10, 1941:      Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-5 to keep the streak going......# 25 on the way to 56.....

The great Chuck Thompson was born in Massachusetts on this day in 1921.    Thompson was the Orioles radio 
announcer for a generation.   He also did the Colts!    

"Orioles magic":    Happy # 74 to one of all my time favorite Orioles, Ken Singleton.    His best season was probably 1979:  .295 average, 35 HR & 111 RBI.     Overall, Ken hit .282 with 246 HR & 1,065 RBI.   He was also a three time All-Star (1977, 1979, 1981). 

On June 10, 1944, the Cincinnati Reds gave the ball to Joe Nuxall, 15 years old, and history was made.

June 10, 1895:    Hattie McDaniel was born in KS....first African American to win an Academy for "Gone with the wind".....he died in 1952.

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