1970-OTD Tom “Terrific” Seaver of the #NewYorkMets struck out 19 San Diego Padres in a day game at Shea Stadium, then an NL record. His catcher, Jerry Grote, set a new record for 20 putouts in a game. Seaver struck out the last 10 Padres in a row. Simply Amazin’.
That’s situational hitting- NOT
1989- the iconic Baseball movie, Field of Dreams, premiered OTD. Many argue it is the best Baseball movie of all time (I lean towards the Natural), but that last scene of a boy and his Dad playing catch gets me every single time. Bravo!👏🏻🎥⚾️⚾️🇺🇸
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1862-OTD the iconic microbiologist Louis Pasteur beta tested his “Pasteurization” process on raw cows milk to sterilize it. The process worked and has subsequently saved many lives from TB and other diseases. Would that our current HHS director celebrate instead of denigrate the discovery.🙏🏻😞🇫🇷
They need a change beyond what they can do with the lineup. Is Soto returning anytime soon?
Is Mendoza taking the fall for this? I think it goes higher
I am writing you from a rehab hospital after fracturing my pelvis last Saturday. There is plenty of pain to go around. But the Mets keep my
Mind of therapy and worries about will I get back to normal. Hope we both do.
Everyone in the community knows we were made to suffer as Mets Fans. It has still been a good distraction form what’s going in everywhere else. Hope you are feeling better
1943-OTD,Jews dwelling in the Warsaw Ghetto, upon learning of the SS plan to level the ghetto and kill or deport all residents to concentration camp, rose nearly a month under the leadership of Mordechai Anielewicz. The uprising failed but showed the world the Jews could fight back.😞🙏🏻✡️
“There’s a kind of Hush, all over the world tonight “- Herman’s Hermits
1942-OTD Col Jimmy Doolittle launched carrier based bombers on a long range mission to bomb Tokyo. Occurring just 4 mos after the Pearl Harbor disaster, the raid was a psychological message to Japan that the USA was going to defeat their Empire. Japan had “awakened the sleeping giant.” 🇺🇸👏🏻🙏🏻
The NY Mets are not a playoff team. Thanks Mr. Stearns
I can’t see anything positive on the horizon for the Mets except McLean starts
The Pitt is beyond brilliant
What are we gonna do. McLean and Peralta are the only pitchers we can trust. The lineup stinks. Not a formula for success
Today was the 1884 bday of tragic Jewish businessman Leo Frank.He had established a factory in Atlanta but was falsely accused of the murder of a young factory worker. Subsequently evidence seemed 2 show a janitor did the deed.But Frank was lynched by an antisemitic mob.The oldest hatred won again.
But we can’t expect him to do it all. And we need him to go to #3 or 4 in the lineup.
One of the best film noirs- though it is in color.
(2) ..He said that’s a great goal,but whatever I did I should cherish my time in school. & that I should be active in sports if opportunities arose. I never forget how generous with his time he was. I saw him play in 1957 in his last year but his performance off the field was more impactful for me.
(1)I was a nerdy junior high school reporter 4 the school newspaper when I got the chance 2 interview Jackie when he visited our school (1967-PS52 in NYC.He was so gracious & patient.I was super nervous.He asked me what I wanted 2 be when I was done with school.I told him I wanted 2 be an MD…
Why?
Remembering the tragic sinking of the “Unsinkable” #Titanic OTD in 1912. The ice berg that carved an opening in the ships hull spawned many books and movies trying to describe the horror of that night and the many design mistakes and human errors that worsened the tragedy.😞
That
Bullet changed
the course of reconstruction and probably set us back 150 years.😞
(1)The beginning of the American Revolution featured the battle of Lexington and Concord, where the shot heard around the world was consummated. But the real shot heard around the world was the one OTD IN 1865 from the Derringer that John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate President Lincoln. .
The Mets are gonna get swept. Peterson is a zero. Bring up Christian Scott.
Thanks for your kind words. And thanks to the Canadian Army for liberating them.
Remembering what would’ve been 100th bday of comedian Don Adams.With the creative team of Mel Brooks & Buck Henry behind him,he created the character of Maxwell Smart agent 86 of the fictitious spy organization CONTROL. Along with Barbara Feldon & Ed Platt, #GETSMART was a terrific TV comedy. BRAVO!
1945-OTD the Canadian Army liberated Kamp
Westerbork in the Netherlands where my parents had been imprisoned 4 over 5 years.The 800 prisoners left in Kamp knew that another ~150k had perished who had passed thru on the way 2 Auschwitz.Survivors Guilt was rampant. I am so lucky. 🇨🇦🙏🏻😞
(2)..He refused 2 back down despite his own advisors suggesting this would ravage the world & start WWIII.Truman relieved him & saved us all from a nuclear conflagration.Truman was the 1st 2 use an A-bomb but in the end he had seen enough.Whew!!🙏🏻
