I was still on summer break after my first year in college and working at a power plant during the 1972 Olympics. My sophomore year would not start until well into September, but an event of 40 years ago is etched into my memory with pride. Many recall the Summer Olympics in Munich regarding an [...]
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On the All-Time Girly Girls
Posted in All-Time Teams, Sports, tagged All-time MLB, All-time players, All-Time Teams, Baseball, Baseball history, Girls names, Guys with girls name, MLB on October 18, 2011 | 10 Comments »
The start of the World Series is a good time for a baseball post. As many of us know the song A Boy Named Sue, and some of us actually remember when it was a Johnny Cash hit. Although nobody named Sue has played in a major league baseball game, the lineup below features players [...]
On the All-Time Willies
Posted in All-Time Teams, Baseball, Sports, tagged All-time MLB, All-time players, All-Time Team, All-Time Willies, Baseball, MLB, Willie, Willy, Wily on July 12, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Music has brought forth legends as Willie Nelson and Boxcar Willie, but the song Little Willy (by Sweet) was never a favorite of mine. Free Wily made it to the big screen while Groundskeeper Willie appears on The Simpsons – but the most famous may be Steamboat Willie who became famous with a different name. [...]
All-Time Rons
Posted in All-Time Teams, Baseball, Sports, tagged All-time baseball, All-time players, All-Time Team, Baseball, Famous Rons, MLB, MLB All-Stars, Ron, Ron Santo, Ronald, Ronnie on June 21, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Some Rons go by any of the variations of the name. Although we are most familiar with President Ronald Reagan – yet Mrs. Reagan commonly referred to him as Ronnie – while others used Ron. To the contrary, I cannot recall hearing Ronnie or Ronald for Representative Ron Paul – who oddly enough has a [...]
On the All-Time MLB Foodies
Posted in All-Time Teams, Baseball, Sports, tagged All-time baseball, All-time players, All-Time Team, Baseball, Food and People names, Foods, MLB on June 11, 2011 | 17 Comments »
A few years ago a guy named Mo asked, “What about a food team?” Sure, anyone can whip together names as Ice-T, John Candy, Coco Chanel, Eve Plumb, Jerry Rice, Jack Lemmon, Soupy Sales, Halle Berry, Carrot Top, Meatloaf, Kevin Bacon, Cookie Gilchrist, Warren Burger, Fiona Apple, Brutus Beefcake, Anthony Weiner, and a few Playmates [...]
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