The Daily Dose/Monday, July 3, 2023

The Daily Dose/July 3, 2023
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 – Sparrow deals with a snot. Today’s Diary. 

Sparrow ProTip (SPT) just for you: do NOT herald your Super Elite Rolex Rolls Royce Kryptonite Platinum elite rewards club status…We don’t care, because everyone’s entitled to our very best…

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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it. 

In 1884 – The Dow Jones Company publishes its first stock index in its Customer Afternoon Newsletter, a forerunner of the Wall Street Journal. The index consisted of nine railroads, a shipping company, and Western Union and its closing that first day was 69.93. Today it is known as the Dow Jones Transportation Average and closed Friday at 15,529.77. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published in 1896. 

In 1974 – Mike Marshall of the Los Angeles Dodgers establishes the modern major league record for most consecutive games by a pitcher in a 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds. It was the 13th consecutive game for Marshall, who pitched two-thirds of an inning and earned his 11th save of the year. Research into whose record Marshall broke was inconclusive and the mark was tied in 1986 by Dale Mahorcic of the Texas Rangers and still stands. Marshall would go 1-0 with two saves during the streak and he would appear in 106 games that season, still the major league record. 

In 1961 – Gary US Bonds is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week Quarter to Three. It was the second of nine Top 40 hits for Bonds, his second of five Top 10s and remains his only #1 song. The song also peaked at #3 on Billboard’s soul chart and went to #7 in Great Britain. Stories that producer Frank Guida picked Bonds off the street and that no one knew the tape recorder was running appear to be legends. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

…honor is important only when dealing with honorable men.
Louis L’Amour
The Walking Drum

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The current men’s mile world record holder is Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco with a time of 3 minutes, 43.13 seconds in 1999.

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

Who holds the American League record for most games pitched in a season? – Answer next time!

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