'in a year that has been sooo improbable,...the impossible has happened'

nobody like vinnie -- in a class by himself

i was directed to this video, in an e-mail list, in which the quiz question was...how many seconds does vinnie stay quiet, after gibbie's homer

and look at all those old-timers -- and former indians, too -- davey,...in his usual spot -- hassey, behind the plate -- i didn't know that -- and joe garagiola keeps putting his name, first -- scioscia,...in the dugout, next to orel -- another manager-to-be,...in the oakland dugout -- don baylor -- i think that's steve henderson, in the home-plate celebration -- and, for sure, that's bill buckner, there, too

and, oh my god -- i forgot eck

cardinals baseball: a legacy of greatness

at the mechanic's shop the other day, i picked up a new sports illustrated, with the cover story on the st. louis cardinals organization, including old friend jake westbrook (at the end of the row...of their rotation)

the picture on the right...is on the contents page -- a cover from 1968...of that year's cardinals

the surprising thing for me, is the hair on roger maris (the first guy) -- i thought he lost it all, chasing the babe

i only got to read...the first...paragraph or two, but...here's the punch line

“Their 11 championships have been well distributed. No son or daughter of St Louis born since 1902 has reached the age of 25 without having lived through at least one victory parade.”

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