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@AMBS_Kernan NFL Drop is a satire site. Jeez.

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@tugboatmerchant @MLBNetwork @jonmorosi @CleGuardians Well, I know that...but Morosi is saying Ramírez has had a HOF career already. And if that's the case, Wright should have been on his HOF ballot.

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Nov. 18, 1939: Happy Birthday, Brenda Vaccaro...85 ever-gorgeous years old today!

Oops, sorry...photo is of Joe Pepitone going through his sultry Brenda Vaccaro-look phase.

My bad.

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America Today

Mr. Drysdale has realized that Jethro Bodine is an easier mark than Miss Hathaway.

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Nov. 11, 1986: Hero Roger C. Carmel...died on Veterans Day 37 muddy years ago.

Colonel Gumm, we thank you for your service.

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Murder Most Foul Smelling

Or the one where legendary Dylan garbologist A. J. Weberman dumpster dove headfirst into the Kennedy Assassination.

Yes, another wicked pull from my '70s Punk/Psychotronic/Crime crate...

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Sabermemory - 1952

Joe DiMaggio on the Yankees trying to get him to not retire and play the 1952 season:

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧!"

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1972: As "Lott as in Snot's" pro-McGovern rallying cry went:

"𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭!"

And it still rings true today (save the shitty Tull music, natch), so get out and vote!

Here: Lott and me, 1972 WNY.

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The GIGO Beach serial killing.

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One down, one to go.

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The Yankees were going to ask Derek Jeter to sing the National Anthem...but he has no range. https://t.co/3d9XVLOKe4

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Oct 25, 1988: 36 olfactory closing years ago...during the Dodgers World Series parade, lipoma league-leader Lasorda unleashed a rear-splitting, stromboli seismic ass-squeezer on live TV!

Which nearly rekindled the old Smell-O-Vision vs AromaRama wars!

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Oct. 21, 1948: Happy 76th Birthday, career Dodger...Bill Russell!

Here's the back of Russell's 1977 Topps baseball card where it sez "Bo Belinsky married a Playboy Bunny" where quondam Queen for a Day, Jo Collins is in her Playboy outfit and lugging around a Siffredi model bat!

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Johnny's First and Last Cigarette...

October 20, 1931 hero Mickey Mantle took his first breath.

October 20, 2019 hero Nick Tosches took his last breath.

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I'm convinced more than ever now...that even after the Sun engulfs Earth in about 7.59 billion years, the Elias Sports Bureau will still be churning out incredibly useless information.

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Columbus Day. BAH!

The only Columbus worth celebrating is Ray Columbus, because at least he had the guts to admit he was a part of a group of Invaders! https://t.co/rCscvh13X5

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Sabermemory - 2014

Cal Ripken Jr: "I don't believe ball park factors exist."

And the only reason baseball is played with outfield fences is to keep the baseballs from rolling off the edge of the flat earth.

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Hard to believe Daniel Vogelbach has turned his back on the Mets so quickly.

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Bob Costas, pumping up the Penguin mini series commercial:

"I had a tough enough time accepting Danny DeVito as the Penguin, cause to my generation, Burgess Meredith was the Penguin. Now I gotta adjust to Colin Farrell? That's asking too much!"

You don't Cey.