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Wildcard Wednesday: Happy Bastille Day Eve!
Welcome to another edition of Wildcard Wednesday. I’d give you a proper recap of yesterday’s MLB All Star game, only I didn’t get to watch it. I heard that Darlin’ Starlin stole 2 bases, got thrown out...
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Wildcard Wednesday: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for...
This day in history! -Sir Edmund Hillary was born this day in 1919. -The first admission to watch a baseball game was collected in New York (1858) -British Columbia became the 6th Canadian province...
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Wildcard Wednesday: “History does not belong to us, we belong to it.”
It feels like a while since we’ve looked at a little This Day In History. Let’s take a gander back at the noteworthy occurrences of August 31st… Births 1924 Buddy (Leonard) Hackett 1931 Dan Rather news...
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Wildcard Wednesday: “One cat just leads to another.”
As always seems to happen (at least more than one would think), a kitty made it’s way onto the field during a game between the Mets and Marlins last night (many thanks to Twitter’s ever-vigilant...
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Happy Birthday, Bill Murray!
Today’s birthdays: 1866- H.G. Wells 1947- Stephen King 1950- Bill Murray Happy Birthday, Bill. Today’s other stuff: 1893- Frank Duryea drove the firstst US made gas propelled vehicle. 1897- NY Sun ran...
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Wildcard Wednesday: Wahoo!
It’s Wednesday again already. How did that happen? I know things have been quiet here lately. Blame it on a combination of writer’s block and Cubs stinkiness. Let’s hope both issues are soon gone with...
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Wildcard Wednesday: 5/02/2012
It’s Wednesday again. Time for our weekly history lesson… Baseball Birthdays: Neftali Feliz, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Keith Moreland (Happy Birthday, guys!) May 2 Births: Catherine the Great (1729) Dr....
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Wildcard Wednesday: Here’s to web gems, boredom, Tony Gwynn, and lawnmowers.
Congratulations, World. You’ve made it through half of another week. As a prize, I bestow upon you this video. It depicts one of the more ridiculous catches you are likely to ever see, made by an...
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Wildcard Wednesday: The 1899 Cleveland Spiders
I know everyone has been bemoaning the ineptitude of the Cubs lately (although we have won 2 whole games in a row now… whoo!) Honestly, it isn’t unfair. The Cubs have been pretty bad. To make everyone...
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Wildcard Wednesday: From Starlin Castro to Queen Victoria
I haven’t put up a good old fashioned Wildcard Wednesday post in a few weeks, so I figured it was time… Skinna Marinky Linky Links: I don’t know how Starlin did this, but I think the evidence suggests...
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