On This Day

April 20th
1920- Gavvy Cravath the Phillies manager put himself in as a pinch hitter and beat the NY Giants with a 3-run homerun 3-0. It was his last in the majors.

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come on you painter,you piper,you prisoner,and shine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'pinch hitter'....'majors'? Being a heathen from over the pond, I need a 'baseball' dictionary to understand some....erm....most...erm...all of this. I'm intrigued Mark, tell us all!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj7f3B1VCYM

April 21th
It's celebrated the Grounation Day, the most important Rastafari festival, in honor of Haile Selassie's 1966 visit to Jamaica.

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"The sound of music in my ears"

“The great error of earlier ethics is that it conceived itself as concerned only with the relations of man to man." - Albert Schweitzer

God man, that is obscure. I'd like to have you as my call-a friend if I ever make it to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire--Philly edition"

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stchrissie is not me.

In Baseball, a Pinch hitter is a common term for a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted for at any time the ball is dead; the manager may use any player not yet in the game as a substitute. Pinch hitters are often used to replace a starting player when a substitute is thought to have a better chance of reaching base or helping other runners to score.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinch_hitter

"Majors": major league: the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
Source: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

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Count me in on the journey, don't expect me to stay.

Thanks for clearing that up for Eddy. Bull is absolutely right with that except he left out the manager part which today you never see player/ manager but back in a day were common site. I think Pete Rose was the last manager to actually play in a game. in the 1980's.

April 21st 1918
Baron Von (The Red Baron)Rictofen is shot down behind enemy lines an the mystery of who shot him down is debated.

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come on you painter,you piper,you prisoner,and shine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say it was Billy Bishop! Go Canada!

On this day, Romulus founded Rome on seven hills in 753 BC. Also, the man who would become Iggy Pop was born in 1947.

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what do you teach your children about me?
what do you teach your little children about me?
pimp, thug, bling drug lord of the undergrounded kings
how can you be so sure i won't call down the rain?
what do you teach your little children about me?
you point your gun, wait, hide and run. i see it plain

Its a Girl Mrs Walker
Its a Girl
Well we found out "On This Day"
MonkeyLover and Me are having a little Girl on Aug. 13th

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come on you painter,you piper,you prisoner,and shine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe you owe someone an apology, Mark.

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It's a crime that the swift should be held back by the slow, and it's criminal that nothing is going to rectify it.

As a related point of interest, 7 Kansas high school students were arrested yesterday who had planned to copycat the Columbine shootings in their own high school. Scary.


Actually, it was some anonymous grunt in the trenches who made a lucky one-in-a-million shot with his .303 SMLE as Von Richhofen flew overhead.

A very un-romantic way for the greatest WWI ace to die.

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Taking away from you for the greater good. (The Audacity of Socialism).

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery".-- Winston Churchill

"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmad (founder, C.A.I.R.)

Awwwww Gratz!!!!

Any names?

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Not Now John might not be me, but he wishes he was.

Annabelle

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come on you painter,you piper,you prisoner,and shine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know that eventually people will just call her Anna... but that is still a great name

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ég gaf ykkur von sem varð að vonbrigðum.. þetta er ágætis byrjun

Today is the birthday of Rome. 4/21

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and what's it mean when suddently you're spent? ambition came and reared its head, and went, away from you.


This is what I'm listening to right now!