Mike

Constant care, meticulous thought, preparation, insistence on high standards, reward/punishment, projecting calm/confidence..ensures optimal process and victory

[Mike @brickline]

@BobKillman1 To you as well, Bob. Have a great New Year.

[Mike @brickline]

@SHUNCK Good memories. Thanks Steve. Let me add my favorite front row from 1965: comprised of two Indy winners and the guy who was a teammate to both winners and helped Indy to evolve in a successful rear-engine revolution. Remember listening to that race on a scratchy transistor radio.

[Jim @jim_knipe]

Who remembers Gordy’s custom Bell helmet. He was ahead of the curve on driver debris protection 😉👍🏻@jlcooke99 @ndcar @mjbyers333 @Cosito1Horacio @Chad__15 @marshallpruett @Hilts_the_Husky @brickline

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

The F4U-1 Corsair "Ole 122" of VMF-111 Devil Dogs was the only individual U.S. warplane to be cited officially for "performance above and beyond the call of duty" during WWII. Over a 6 month period in 1944, "Ole 122" flew 80,000 miles in 100 combat missions and spent 400 hours in the air with never once having to turn back because of mechanical trouble. The citation also stated: "Were there blood in her fuel lines instead of one hundred octane, she would be wearing the Purple Heart."
#WarplaneWednesday

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

"Frank Robinson slid into third base hard, like he always does no matter what the score may be & into Eddie Matthews. Matthews jumped on top of Frank & punched him in the eye. It swelled out to here & nobody thought Frank could possibly play the second game of a double header that day. But when the game started, there was Frank in the lineup. Not only did he hit a home run to win the game, but he also made a catch and fell into the left field stands, on a ball that Matthews hit, incidentally, that saved the game. Frank got a standing ovation & I guess that's one of the biggest thrills I've ever felt in baseball"
Vada Pinson

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

There’s never a bad time to post the flag raising on Iwo Jima. 🇺🇸

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

Story by Mark Grace....
"Rick Sutcliffe gave up back-to-back HR`s in Cincinnati. And in Cincinnati, they shoot off fireworks after a Red hits a HR. Sutcliffe was pretty intense on the day he pitched. So Eric Davis takes him deep & Paul O'Neill takes him deep right after that. So Sutcliffe is all mad, & pitching coach Billy Connors comes out to the mound & Sutcliffe yells at him "I know I gave up back-to-back home runs, but get your ass back in the dugout and tell Zimmer to settle down too!"
Billy looks at him & says, "I know you have everything under control, Rick. I just wanted to give that guy running the fireworks a little more time to reload."
Legend

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15 years". To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the HOF. I really thought that. You feel so strong, so powerful walking down the street. You know you can throw a ball harder than any man in the world, or certainly the top five. Sandy Koufax knocked all of us out of the box on that one, so we would think, "I'm the second or third hardest thrower in the game."
Jim Bouton

[Mike @brickline]

@Jimfrombaseball I know there are and have been alot of great pitchers. Sandy is and will always be my GOAT. He flumixed a 'golden era' of hitters like no one else could. Thanks for the great picture.

[Mike @brickline]

@SeanParnellUSA 👍👍

[Remember The Fallen @44MagnumBlue1]

If you read only one thing on this platform today, make it this.🇺🇸

[Paul-Henri Cahier @F1Photo]

June 20th, Happy Birthday to my sorely missed, and unforgettable Papa, Bernard Cahier.
Here in Rouen 1962 with his dear buddies, Dan Gurney (who just won his first Grand Prix) and Phil Hill.

[Mike @brickline]

@F1Photo Great photo. Thanks for sharing it on his birthday. 🏁🏁🏁

[Mike @brickline]

@ren_119 @RaghavedraPR @3c3p3d @Cosito1Horacio @FastestSurgeon @jermann_kurt @ferrari24H @ScuderiaFerrari @paulpunter @orsoladelzenero @Marco_Coello @LampoNero @Rinoire @bourdyot_ @Josemivn @alvpe @pjlm2 @LamboJohnny @_Power_Cars_ @Auto_Porn @Bizz_jet @JF_L4C0MB3 @KazBiker @ladouille21 @warjudo3 👍👍

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

God speed!

[DB @ sb:mktg @sbmktg]

Get a grip… nearly #FillUpFriday @Rinoire @GordonMercedes9 @EightMike @vividcloudofwat @jim_knipe @jlcooke99 @MauroBeltramo @bourdyot_ @orsoladelzenero @ferrari24H @gmracingblue @pjlm2 @juanjoabsolut @ItaliAuto @mjbyers333 @juanjoabsolut @zdravkost @Valmy212 🏁

[Mike @brickline]

@Rinoire @sbmktg @GordonMercedes9 @EightMike @vividcloudofwat @jim_knipe @jlcooke99 @MauroBeltramo @HannahDPhotos @bourdyot_ @orsoladelzenero @ferrari24H @gmracingblue @pjlm2 @juanjoabsolut @ItaliAuto @mjbyers333 @zdravkost @Bultosherpa158 Love this pit action photo. Thanks Rinoire.

[Mike @brickline]

@BobKillman1 @jim_knipe @jlcooke99 @junjokerando @doug112 @Cosito1Horacio @gmracingblue @GordonMercedes9 @HappyPete55 @FastestSurgeon @munimula51 @tgvanhorne @JerryBonkowski @Rinoire @mjbyers333 Nice selection of racers and exhibits. Again thanks for sharing.