He was born in a Baltimore neighborhood called Pigtown 128 years ago today, February 6, 1895, son of a barkeep who sent him to live in a boys reformatory where he learned shirt making, carpentry and how to play baseball better than any else one ever played baseball. Today is NATIONAL BABE RUTH DAY! By …
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 »
Okay, George M. Cohan wasn’t born on the 4th of July, but close enough, and he didn’t singlehandedly invent the Broadway Musical, but close enough to call today NATIONAL YANKEE DOODLE DANDY DAY! Born a showman to a family of show people in Providence, Rhode Island on July 3, 1878, George M. Cohan was performing …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/3/22 – YANKEE DOODLE DANDY DAY! Read More »
