'one of these days,...pow! -- to the moon!'

i'm listening to my favorite broadcast team -- bob brenly and steve berthiaume, of the arizona diamondbacks

brenly does this thing, each game -- 'on this date'

today, he had a little...connect-the-dots

on this day, in 1969, neil armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon -- 'one small step for man,' chimed in berthiaume

five years before, continued brenly, alvin dark was the manager of the san francisco giants

dark said they'll put a man on the moon before gaylord perry will hit a home run

guess what happened, moments after armstrong stepped on the moon

can't go without noting the cleveland...and...ohio...connection -- the three principals -- and the storyteller

addendums: from marc: the story is called 'dark side of the moon'; from nancy: the mets won the world series in '69

indeed, a year of miracles

'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