It was 84 years ago exactly, on the afternoon of May 17, 1939, when 2 college baseball teams were squaring off in Andy Coakley Field on 218th Street & Broadway in Manhattan, the Columbia Lions hosting the Princeton Tigers. It was a baseball game like any other, except for that guy perched on a wooden …
Dude, I thought this was supposed to be about dandelions? But is says weed, man, weed! No dude, not that kinda weed, this ain’t 4/20. You know… weeds! Exactly, man… weed! Ever since NORML got busy with its Legalize Marijuana campaign and reefer-as-medicine schtick, misunderstanding has been the order of the day on NATIONAL WEED APPRECIATION DAY! While …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 3/28/23 – WEED APPRECIATION DAY! Read More »
It was the best of trades. It was the worst of trades. December 26, 1919. For the New York Yankees, it was the best thing that ever happened, the very first step in forging their brand name as the winningest team in professional sports. For the Red Sox? Not so much, making this a day of …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 12/26/22 – RED SOX SELL BABE RUTH DAY! Read More »
So, George Steinbrenner, the volatile and famous owner of Major League Baseball’s premier team, The New York Yankees, died the way he lived, upstaging the game he loved. On the morning before baseball’s annual All Star Game, George Steinbrenner reminded the world that he has done more to transform and promote the game of baseball …
It’s Opening Day! Baseball is back, and the world is suddenly in harmony again after a challenging Winter filled with bad weather and worse news. The weather is perfect, as Springy a Spring day as ever there was, and the defending World Campion New York Yankees are opening the 2010 season against the Boston Red …
