Thursday, March 07, 2024

Thursday's podcast: Super Tuesday the day after, Woke vs the kiss and other stories

 


Thursday's podcast:    

Super Tuesday the day after, Woke vs the kiss and other stories.....

Thursday's video: Super Tuesday the day after, Woke vs the kiss and other stories


Thursday's video: 
Super Tuesday the day after, Woke vs the kiss and other stories.. 


                              

Out with the kiss, in with the kiss




Out with the kiss, in with the kiss: We've all been treated to a parade of…..

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Happy # 73 Jeff Burroughs

We say happy birthday to Jeff Burroughs, the first Texas Rangers superstar.    

He was born in California on this day in 1951 and drafted by the old Washington Senators who moved to Texas in 1972. 

In Texas, he became an instant sensation:  30 HR & 85 RBI in 1973.

A year later, Jeff hit .301 with 25 HR & 119 RBI and was named the 1974 AL MVP beating out Reggie Jackson and Rod Carew.

In 1975, Jeff hit 29 HR & 94 RBI but his strikeouts jumped to 155 and batting average dropped to .226!

He was traded to Atlanta and did well, hitting 41 HR with 114 RBI in 1977.  

Overall, he retired with a .261 average, 240 HR & 831 RBI.   

My memory of Jeff is mammoth home runs!    

Last, but not least, he wrote a book for Little League coaches after retiring from baseball.

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Happy # 88 Galen Cisco



Once upon a time, my brother and I collected baseball cards.   In fact, we still have most of them in a box.


Let us say happy birthday to Galen Cisco, who was born in Ohio on this day in 1936.   I remember Cisco because of his name.   After all, how many ballplayers are named Galen Cisco?

Galen broke with Boston in 1961 and joined the expansion Mets for the 1963 season.    Cisco went 18-43 in 4 seasons but he pitched better than his record would indicate.   After all, how often does a pitcher go 6-19 with a 3.62 ERA?    Cisco retired after the 1969 season.   He pitched for two expansion teams, the Mets of the NL and the Royals of the AL.

Cisco turned out to be a pretty good pitching coach for Toronto and developed young arms like Jimmy Key, Dave Stieb, Todd Stottlemyre, and David Wells.

Happy birthday Galen Cisco!

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What Fidel Castro once said......

Love & romance along the ancient Nile with Leslie Eastman & Dr Eric Wells

Guests:  Leslie Eastman, editor of Temple of Mut, joins us for a review of love and romance along the ancient land of The Nile......she will introduce us to Dr. Eric Wells, editor of Eric's Guide to ancient Egypt....this is what Leslie wrote about it:
"As Valentine’s Day was just a couple of days ago, we will be reviewing love and romance in ancient Egypt.  I suspect many of you will be surprised by how seriously the Egyptian’s took their passion."
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