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We remember Tommie Agee (1942-2001)

We remember Tommie Agee who was born in Alabama on this day in 1942.    He died in 2001.

Like many others, Tommie had a decent career:  .255 average, 130 hr & 433 RBI.   He broke with the Indians in 1962 and retired with the Cardinals in 1973.

We remember Agee for game 3 of the 1969 World Series against the Orioles:    2 super catches on shots hit by Paul Blair & Ellie Hendricks.  They were game changing catches that may have turned the series momentum to the Mets who won the series in 5 games.

Agee was something else that day, as any Oriole fan will reluctantly agree.

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Nixon to Ford 1974: Was it really so many years ago?

It was the first week of August 1974 when the unthinkable happened: President Richard M. Nixon announced that he had resigned the presidency.   We say unthinkable because it was the first and only time that a US president had resigned.  He made his announcement on TV the night before and formally resigned at noon on this day in 1974.

As I recall, I rushed home to watch President Nixon’s departure from the White House and President Gerald Ford’s inauguration.  I kept telling myself that I was a witness to history — a resignation and a new president who was never directly elected by voters.

Later my dad came home with a business friend visiting from Venezuela.  We sat down for dinner and the friend commented that it was impressive to watch a transfer of power without tanks or shots.

After the speech and his departure from Washington, President Nixon went into political exile but made a comeback in the 1980's with some great books, one of  them his memoirs, RN.  He became one of the premier foreign-policy statesmen in the world.  

President Nixon died in 1994 and was given a full presidential funeral.    

This is a great book.

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