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Scores On This Historic Day May 1, 2011, Osama bin Laden Is Killed
May 1, 2011, 10 years ago today: U.S. Navy SEALs conduct a raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of terrorist organization al-Qaeda.It had been 9 years, 7...
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What Matters Is That the Job Is Getting Done
Let's be honest: These last 2 games have been against the Detroit Tigers, who have given the Yankees fits for the majority of the 21st Century thus far, but currently have the worst record in Major...
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May 3, 1971: The 1st Arsenal Double, Part I
Top row, left to right: Pat Rice, Peter Storey, John Roberts,Frank McLintock, Bob Wilson, Geoff Barnett, Charlie George, John Radford, Bob McNab and George Graham.Bottom row: Alan Ball, Peter...
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After Awful Start, Yanks Back In Decent Shape
Cliché Alert: Early in the season, the pitchers are ahead of the hitters.Cliché Alert: A saying doesn't become a cliché unless it contains some truth. But the Yankee hitters finally seem to have caught...
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Scores On This Historic Day: May 4, 1970, The Kent State Massacre
May 4, 1970: A surreal day. On the campus of Kent State University, about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland in Kent, Ohio, a demonstration was held, protesting President Richard Nixon's decision to...
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Yankees & Their Fans Mess With Texas, Give Houston a Problem
Last night, for the 1st time since stealing the 2019 American League Pennant from the Yankees, the Houston Astros came to Yankee Stadium to face Yankee Fans.They knew it would be rough. They may not...
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Notable Last Survivors -- 2021 History Division
May 6, 1937, 84 years ago today: The German zeppelin Hindenburg, with Nazi swastikas on it, catches fire and burns while attempting to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester, Ocean County,...
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Del Crandall, 1930-2021
Baseball card photos have frequently been takenon teams' visits to New York, because Toppsis headquartered in New York.This one was taken at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.I had decided to update my "Last...
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Notable Last Survivors -- 2021 Show Business Division
Notable last survivors of show business occurrences:* I can find no record of who was the last surviving performer in an original run of a play by William Shakespeare. They were staged between 1589 and...
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Yanks Overcome Rain, Sinko de Astros
Yesterday was May 5, the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla in 1862, a victory in Mexico's struggle against occupation by France, celebrated as Cinco de Mayo (the 5th of May).Actually, the Battle was...
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Notable Last Survivors -- 2021 Baseball Division
In most public appearances these days, he wears a capwith a Giants'"G" on it, because he knows he is stillbeloved in both New York and San Francisco.May 6, 1931, 90 years ago: Willie Howard Mays Jr. is...
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Scores On This Historic Day: May 6, 1937, The Hindenburg Disaster
May 6, 1937: LZ 129 Hindenburg, a large German airship of the Zeppelin class, catches fire while trying to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester, Ocean County, New Jersey. Hindenburg was...
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Difficult to Process
When you get to a certain point in life, you realize certain things. Yesterday, I had beautiful weather, a good day the supermarket, I got to see one of my nieces, and I got talk to the other 2 on the...
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Notable Last Survivors -- 2021 Sports Other Than Baseball Division
Charley Trippi of the 1947 NFL Champion Chicago CardinalsNotable last survivors of occurrences in sports other than baseball:* June 4, 1939: Reginald Welch, 87, the last survivor of the winners of the...
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Scores On This Historic Day: May 7, 1915, The Lusitania Is Sunk
May 7, 1915: The RMS Lusitania, a cruise ship of the Cunard Line, is sunk by SM U-20, a U-boat of the Imperial Germany Navy off the southern coast of Ireland. This resulted in the deaths of 1,198...
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Scores On This Historic Day: May 8, 1945, V-E Day
May 8, 1945: Nazi Germany surrenders to the Allies.P resident Harry S Truman makes the announcement: It is Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day.World War II would continue for another 3 months, until the...
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Loaisiga's Implosion Beats Yankees for Nationals
Last night, the Yankees began a 3-game weekend series with the Washington Nationals at the new Yankee Stadium. It should have been a rematch of the 2019 World Series, but, what can I say, the Nationals...
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May 8, 1971: The 1st Arsenal Double, Part II
May 8, 1971, 50 years ago: Having won the Football League 5 days earlier, Arsenal Football Club of North London now prepared to take on Liverpool Football Club, at England's national stadium, the...
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Yanks Beat Nats Thanks to Torres & the Aristophanes Rule
Just because something is good for your team on a given occasion doesn't mean its good for the sport.I still hate the Ghost Runner Rule. Or, as I prefer to call it, invoking an episode of The Odd...
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Stanton Has Enough, Wins Series for Yanks Over Nats
After the way the middle game of their 3-game home series with the Washington Nationals ended, the Yankees needed to do better in yesterday's finale.That's got nothing to do with the Nats. I like...
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