The Daily Dose/October 2, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – It’s a rare Friday off and Sparrow is lazy. Today’s Diary.
The plan today was to celebrate the extra day off and go to the Mexican joint in the next county for lunch but ol’ Sparrow couldn’t be bothered to drive 20 minutes to stuff his face…
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 2002 – What History refers to as the Beltway Sniper Attacks begin in the area around Washington D.C. One person was killed in two attacks and the following day four people were shot to death and overall the attacks would last three weeks and kill ten people. John Allen Muhammed and Boyd Lee Malvo were arrested on Oct 24, with both found guilty in Virginia. Muhammed was executed in 2009 and Malvo, a minor at the time, is serving numerous life sentences in Virginia.
In 1921 – A variety of sources credit Chicago White Sox catcher Ray Shalk with recording a putout at every base in a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Indians. Don’t believe it. A check of the box score and play-by-play account of the game shows Shalk only caught the first five innings and that were not any putouts by Shalk or any other member of the White Sox at second or third bases during that time. Research into how this legend started was inconclusive and not particularly interesting.
In 1982 – John Cougar – now John Mellencamp – is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of four consecutive weeks with Jack and Diane. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #25 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s 7th-biggest song of the year. It was the fifth of 22 Top 40 hits for Mellencamp, his second of ten Top 10 hits and remains his only #1 song. The song spent 22 weeks on the chart, including 17 weeks in the Top 40 and ten weeks in the Top 10.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
A ship does not sail with yesterday’s wind.
Louis L’Amour
The Walking Drum
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The most games Babe Ruth won in a season was 24, in 1917 with the Boston Red Sox.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many hits has John Mellencamp had on Billboard’s country chart? – Answer next time!
