1975, Game 6 and that late night Fisk homerun!

We remember today another anniversary of Carlton Fisk’s 12th inning home run to win game 6 of the 1975 classic between Boston and Cincinnati.

I stayed up and watched the homer, the celebration, the post game interviews and then hit the pillow to wake up at at 6 am!

The Reds won game 7 the next night!

Game 6 had so much drama, from that 8th inning home run to tie the game, the bottom of the 9th double play to kill a Red Sox rally, the catch in right field, great pitching and that 12th inning homer.

It was great baseball, just great baseball! 

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August 21, 1975: Rick And Paul Reuschel combined for a shutout

We've seen brothers play together on major league teams.   The Ripkens played with the Orioles.   Paul & Dizzy Dean pitched with the Cardinals.

On this day in 1975, the Reuschel brothers pitched a shutout.    Rick pitched into the 7th and brother Paul came in to finish the shutout.

Brothers make history?  I guess there's always the potential for a little history when you go to the ball park.

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How a "bridge" inspired "Jive talkin'" by The Bee Gees

Back in the summer of 1975, I was driving between Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  I had my left hand on the steering wheel and the other searching for WLS Chicago, the big top 40 station of the Midwest.  

And then I heard "Jive talkin'" for the first time.

My first reaction was that they were saying "child talking".

Second, I knew that it was The Bee Gees because I instantly identified Barry's voice.

Third, I knew that this was a very different sound from the Gibb brothers.

A week later, I got my hands on the 45 and it is still one of my favorite tunes from the 1970's.

According to song facts, the very unique intro was inspired by the sound of crossing a bridge in Florida. 

Great song and one of their many #1 songs!

Click here for the digital version of the song and the "Main course" LP.

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May 20, 1902: Happy Cuba Independence Day

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It was 119 years ago today that the Cuban flag went up in the island after the four-year U.S. occupation and 400 years of Spanish rule.   By the way, both of my paternal grandparents were born in 1892, and their birth certificates showed that they were citizens of the Spanish Crown, or whatever was left of it by that time.  Let's just say that the late 19th century was not the highlight of Spain's history.  They lost most of Latin America to independence and hung on to Cuba by a bit.

This is also a good day to remember what my late parents told me about Cuba.  

They recalled the elegance of Havana and how nice the country was. 

They never said that it was perfect, but certainly not "the underdeveloped country" narrative that Castro & the left have been preaching for years.  

That was pre-Castro Cuba, as Mark Milke wrote:   

Of the many myths that some offer up about Fidel Castro's Cuba, one tale is that despite Mr. Castro's repression, he improved a few social programs.

Thus, in his statement on Mr. Castro's death, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asserted "significant improvements" in Cuban health care and education under the totalitarian tutelage of Fidel Castro.

An inconvenient fact: Pre-Castro, Cuba was already better off than most Latin American countries on such indicators. 

Also, Mr. Castro's rule knocked Cubans to the near-economic bottom of all Latin American countries, with subsequent negative effects on Cuba's much-vaunted social model.

In other words, pre-Castro Cuba was a much better place to live than post-1959.

On behalf of the many who have died in political prisons or were executed by the Castro regime, let me say that we are looking forward to another independence day.   

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March 2012: Robert Kent's amazing Cuba story

Guest: Robert Kent, NY City librarian. He told us the story of his trips to Cuba to support the independent library movement in the island. Robert was arrested in 1999 in Cuba.

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Nat King Cole died on this day in 1965

We remember Nat King Cole, who died on this day in 1965.

He started with a trio but became one of the most popular vocalists in the world.  His hits included "Unforgettable", "Mona Lisa" and "Nature boy".

He also recorded a Spanish album in Havana in 1957.  It is one of the nicest Spanish albums ever recorded.  

Cole died in 1965 from cancer but his music lives on.

Frankly, no one can sing a love song like Nat King Cole.    His music is now available in a digital format:  The Very Best Of Nat King Cole & Spanish album.

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1809: Abraham Lincoln born in modern day Kentucky

This is how Abraham Lincoln remembered his birthday:

"I was born Feb. 12. 1809 in then Hardin county Kentucky," wrote Lincoln in June 1860 for Thomas Hicks, "at a point within the now recently formed county of Larue, a mile, or a mile & a half from where Hodgin'sville now is. My parents being dead and my own memory not serving, I know no means of identifying the precise locality. It was on Nolin Creek." [Thomas Lincoln possessed 348½ acres of land when Abraham was born. Abraham's birthplace is approximately three miles south of present day Hodgenville, on Nolin River.] Memorandum Concerning His Birthplace, 14 June 1860, CW, 4:75-76."

The Lincoln Log is a wonderful website. It is a day by day log of the president's life.   

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Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809

Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.

We will have many celebrations across the land.   Lincoln was a great man.  The Lincoln monument was the highlight of my visit to DC many years ago.

It's hard to pick a favorite quote from Lincoln. I like this one from the 2nd inaugural speech, about a month before his assassination:

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan – to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."

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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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Remembering President Ford who was born on this day in 1913

President Ford was born on this day in 1913.  He died in 2006.

The 38th president spent much of his post presidency enjoying a well deserved retirement.  He made a few appearances but generally stayed home and enjoyed his wonderful wife and family. 

President Ford often smoked a pipe in public. He may have been the last president to smoke in public.   

Who remembers this from the day he became president:

"I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots.   So I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers."    

I remember Pres. Ford making that statement. I think that it went over very well with much of the country.

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