The Daily Dose/May 13, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow can’t tell of the new key packets are a win for the environment or not. Today’s Diary.
In fact, the paper on the new cards is thick enuff so there might be either no net paper loss or – horror of horrors – a net paper gain…which would be a big Boo for the environment…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1981 – Pope John Paul II is shot in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City by Turk Mehmet Ali Ağca. John Paul was shot twice, in the torso and on his left index finger, and two bystanders were shot and wounded as well. Ağca was captured at the scene and later sentenced by an Italian court to life in prison. In 2000, at John Paul’s request, Ağca was pardoned and deported back to Turkey, where he was imprisoned for murder. He was paroled in 2006 and is still alive.
In 1952 – Ron Necciai of the Bristol Twins (Class D Appalachian League) establishes a professional baseball record for most strikeouts in a game in a 7-0 victory over the Welch Miners. Necciai struck out 27 batters in the game, breaking the record of 25 established by Tommy Lasorda in a 15-inning game in 1948, and the record still stands. An out was recorded on a groundout, obliging Necciai to strike out four batters in the ninth. Necciai was promoted to the Pittsburgh Pirates later in the season, going 1-6 with an ERA of 7.08, in his only major league season.
In 1967 – Martha & the Vandellas are at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart for the only week with Jimmy Mack. It was the ninth of ten Top 10 soul hits for the group and their second and final #1, and the song also peaked at #10 on the Hot 100 and at #21 in Great Britain. The group had recorded the song in 1964, though Motown Records chose not to release it because they felt it sounded too much like Supremes record.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…history teaches how slight civilization is…poised on the apex of a never-extinct volcano of ignorance.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. I: Our Oriental Heritage
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Walter Hagen did not win the Masters during is career. His best finish was eleventh in 1936.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which pitcher holds the major league record for most strikeouts in a game? – Answer next time!
