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Obituaries
Paul Vance was a prolific songwriter and producer who wrote over a thousand songs that made it to vinyl. He is best-known as half of...
If I set out to compile a list of the best musical families, several obvious names would come first (and then the Interweb would flood...
I feel like she was too famous for one of my usual obits ... it would take me weeks to write a proper obituary for...
Doug’s Biography in 1,000 Players
The Cleveland baseball franchise hasn’t appeared in too many World Series compared with the other teams and only won two in their history. One of them was due to Stan Coveleski winning 3 games in the 1920 World Series. A...
Robin Ventura ran up to Nolan Ryan after being hit by a pitch. Ventura went low on Ryan, but Ryan quickly grabbed Ventura’s head, put Ventura in a headlock and started punching Ventura on top of the head. Ventura really...
Joe Sewell was known for not striking out much, if at all. He stuck out 114 times in 8,333 plate appearances or once every out of every 73 plate appearances. Not only that, but his first four full seasons he...
Bob Johnson was consistent as a batter. Sometimes he would do better or worse in a category for a year but go back to normal in the category the next year. In his first 9 years in the National League...
In the sixth grade it was my first year back from being overseas and I could watch baseball games on TV without a 2-month delay. Our teacher bought a TV into the classroom so we could watch part of the...
There is a saying right now you are the average of the 5 friends you hang around with the most. Well the shortstop just above him (Phil Rizzuto) and the three right below him (Joe Sewell, Rabbit Maranville and Joe...
Adrian Gonzalez had 11 seasons in a row where he played 156 or more games and had at least 80 RBIs. In the ninth year of that streak, he led the league RBIs with 116, three short of his career...
Terry’s Latest
I just downloaded a vulgarity governor app on my phone - it's really cool; it changes all my profane words to gosh. For example, if I say "gosh" it changes it to "gosh." I mean when I say gosh it......
Rick Ankiel, 0.1. Players with at least 40 home runs and 40 games pitched: Babe Ruth (714, 163) Rick Ankiel (76, 51) Johnny Lindell (72, 55) George Van Haltren (69, 93) Cy Seymour (52, 141) Ruth (93), Seymour (61) and Van...
Terry, July 8, 2021 A few new rules, for a better game: Let the pitchers have the spider tack. Let ‘em all have the ‘roids. Shrink the strike zone two inches and lower it to the bottom of the knees....
Is death itself disturbing? Or is it the realization that death is coming despite you putting every human molecule of your will into surviving? Three disturbing scenes I've seen in movies: A 13-year-old girl who just had her first kiss...
April 7, 2022 AL EAST Winner: Tampa BayWild Card: TorontoWild Card: Boston Toronto has a loaded lineup, what could be a pretty good infield defense and an imported rotation full of veterans who they hope will stay healthy surrounding top prospect...
Obituaries
Paul Vance was a prolific songwriter and producer who wrote over a thousand songs that made it to vinyl. He is best-known as half of the Vance/Pockriss writing team that wrote “Leader of the Laundromat,” “Catch a Falling Star, “Tracy,”...
If I set out to compile a list of the best musical families, several obvious names would come first (and then the Interweb would flood me with dozens of others): the Jacksons, the Carter/Cash family, the Osmonds (stop laughing), the...
I feel like she was too famous for one of my usual obits ... it would take me weeks to write a proper obituary for Loretta Lynn, and a book publisher to get it distributed. So how about ten things...
When I think about Bob Lanier, I think three things: Great player on a team with no directionHuge feet (size 22 shoes)Airplane! Lanier was the prototypical 20-10 player; he averaged 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds over his 14-year career. He...
Gino Cappelletti was the Paul Hornung of the AFL, a hybrid player who could beat you from any direction. Primarily a kicker, defensive back and wide receiver, he scored 42 career touchdowns and an AFL record 1,130 points in the...
Book Reports
A group of us were having our men’s group and talking about men displaying their emotions and it being Ok for men to cry. While this is more acceptable in society now, I think some people are judgmental about it....
Chuck Cunningham was a character on a show that started in January 1974 and lasted 11 seasons. He was the older brother of the Cunningham family the main family of the show. The star of the show was Ron Howard...
This book was written by Emily M. Danforth. I bought it at a major book chain based on the writeup on the back. Earlier on this site, I reviewed a book called “The Ten Thousand Doors of January” with my...
This book was written by Alix E. Harrow who is a good writer, but I thought there was somethings missing from her book “The Ten Thousand Doors of January”. First of all, my wife bought the book on Kindle, and...
Terry July 3, 2021 “If This Goes On — " is the story of a revolution to wrest control of the United States back from a fundamentalist totalitarian regime, founded by Reverend Nehemiah Scudder, that sprouted up after WWIII destroyed Europe...
Gary Fletcher’s Latest
A group of us were having our men’s group and talking about men displaying their emotions and it being Ok for men to cry. While this is more acceptable in society now, I think some people are judgmental about it....
This book was written by Emily M. Danforth. I bought it at a major book chain based on the writeup on the back. Earlier on this site, I reviewed a book called “The Ten Thousand Doors of January” with my...
This book was written by Alix E. Harrow who is a good writer, but I thought there was somethings missing from her book “The Ten Thousand Doors of January”. First of all, my wife bought the book on Kindle, and...
Gary, July 8, 2021 I probably engage in more communications online than I do in person. Talking past each other is a common phenomenon even in (or more likely even more than) face to face situations. It consists of me...
Halfway home, just above Emerald Bay, I overtook the worst driver in the world. Ross MacDonald / Gone Girl I’ve always considered Ross MacDonald, known for his series of Lew Archer detective novels, a great writer with a unique,...
