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Baseball Postseason Series Won, 1903-2020
Note: Includes pre-1969 Playoffs for the Pennant. Ties broken by most World Series won, then most Pennants, then by most recent postseason series won.1. New York Yankees: 562. St. Louis Cardinals: 303....
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All-Time Major League Sports Rankings, 1903-2020
Ties broken by one city vs. multi-city, then by most recent. Even a team cheated for a title, its league counts it, so I have to as well.1. New York Yankees, 27 World Series wins2. Montreal Canadiens,...
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October 30, 1960: Birth of a Cheater
October 30, 1960, 60 years ago: Diego Armando Maradona Franco is born Lanus, Buenos Aires state, Argentina. He is regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time. But if he really was, he...
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Trump, Go Home
Oh, the newsmen in America he calls our stories faked.Our bosses will not let ustell viewers he's half-baked!Oh, I don't want no more of Donald Trump!Gee, ma, I wish he'd go home!Oh, the doctors in...
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America's Long Halloween
There's a Batman story titled "The Long Halloween." Published over 13 issues in 1996 and 1997, it takes place early in Bruce Wayne's career as a costumed crimefighter. James Gordon is a Captain in the...
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Herb Adderley, 1939-2020
This Year of Death -- about the 5th in a row, it seems -- will not let up. It has taken so many, including several sports legends. Now, another.Herbert Anthony Adderley was born on June 8, 1939 in...
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Nobby Stiles, 1942-2020
The 2020 march of death rolls on. Today, before the Premier League game between Arsenal and Manchester United, at United's Old Trafford, which Arsenal won 1-0, a moment of silence was held. Not just...
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Happy 60th Birthday, Fernando Valenzuela!
November 1, 1960, 60 years ago: Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea is born in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico. In 1981, the chunky, screwballing lefthander for the Los Angeles Dodgers was the hottest thing in...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Jim Cox for Losing the 1920 Presidential Election
With tomorrow being Election Day, I'm going to take all these "Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame" entries for the various elections out of their usual sequence, and post them all today -- probably setting...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Alf Landon for Losing 46 States in the 1936...
November 3, 1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats his Republican opponent, Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, winning 46 out of 48 States, all but Vermont and Maine. He wins 523 Electoral...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame Franklin Roosevelt for Running for a 3rd Term...
November 5, 1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented 3rd term as President. The Democrat defeats the Republican nominee, Wall Street lawyer Wendell L. Willkie, 449 Electoral...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Thomas Dewey for Losing the 1948 Presidential...
November 2, 1948: The most famous newspaper headline of all time? It might be the New York Daily News of October 30, 1975: "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD." Or it might be the one the Chicago Tribune (a proud...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Barry Goldwater for Losing 44 States in the...
November 3, 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson wins a full term over Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. LBJ wins 44 States to Goldwater's 6, 486 Electoral Votes to Goldwater's 52, and 61.1 percent of...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Ross Perot for George H.W. Bush Losing the 1992...
November 3, 1992: Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent President George H.W. Bush and computer billionaire H. Ross Perot, who ran an...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Sarah Palin for John McCain Losing the 2008...
"My friends, what have I done?"November 4, 2008: History is made when America elects a black man as its President. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the Democratic nominee, wins 69.5 million votes. For...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Herbert Hoover for the Great Depression
November 8, 1932: Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York is elected President of the United States, defeating the incumbent Republican, President Herbert Hoover. Due to the Great Depression, in...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame Richard J. Daley for Richard Nixon Losing the...
November 8, 1960: Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts is elected the 35th President of the United States. At 43, he is the youngest man ever elected to the office, although Theodore Roosevelt was...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame George McGovern for Losing 49 States in the...
November 7, 1972: President Richard Nixon is re-elected in one of the biggest landslides ever. He wins 60.7 percent of the vote to the 37.5, a record low for Democratic nominees in 2-horse races, of...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Walter Mondale for Losing 49 States in the 1984...
November 6, 1984: President Ronald Reagan is overwhelmingly re-elected, defeating Walter Mondale, who had been Jimmy Carter's Vice President. Reagan nearly becomes the 1st candidate to pull off the...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Ralph Nader for Al Gore Losing the 2000...
November 7, 2000, 20 years ago: November 7 is a bad day for Presidential election winners:* 1848: Zachary Taylor wins, but dies in office.* 1876: Samuel Tilden wins, but the Electoral Votes of 3 States...
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