Ericb336

Here for sports fandom w/ some movie stuff & good vibes sprinkled in. Love learning baseball history via Twitter. Dodgers, Lakers, Rams... & Ohio State Fencing!

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Mom & me.
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@themoomabides @td_nash He was!

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

On June 6, 1944, a 56-year-old general with a secret walked onto Utah Beach under fire, armed with a cane and a pistol.

The secret: his heart was failing. He had hidden it from the army doctors so they wouldn't pull him from the mission.

His name was Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Son of the President. He had begged three separate times to lead the first wave ashore at Normandy before his commanders finally said yes.

When his landing craft drifted 2,000 yards off course, every instinct said redirect the following waves to the correct zone. Instead, Roosevelt walked the beach himself, alone, under artillery fire, cane in hand, reading the terrain.

His verdict: "We'll start the war from right here."

He then stood on that beach and personally greeted every regiment that landed after him, pointing them inland, cracking jokes under shellfire, steadying 18-year-olds who had never seen combat. He did this for hours.

Years later, Omar Bradley was asked to name the single most heroic act he had ever witnessed in combat.

His answer, without hesitation: "Ted Roosevelt on Utah Beach."

Roosevelt's son, Captain Quentin Roosevelt II, also landed at Normandy that same morning. He was named after his uncle, Quentin Roosevelt, who had been shot down as a fighter pilot over France in World War I.

Three generations. Three wars. One family.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. died in his sleep 36 days later. Heart attack. The thing he had been hiding finally won. He never learned he had been awarded the Medal of Honor.

He was buried at the Normandy American Cemetery.

In 1955, his family had his brother Quentin, killed in WWI, exhumed from where he fell in France and reinterred right beside him. Quentin is the only World War I soldier buried there.

Two brothers. Two world wars. The same French soil.

Their father had once said: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Both of his sons did exactly that.

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Grounder hits off the pitcher’s glove and Miguel Rojas makes one of the best plays you’ll see this year in baseball

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@themoomabides @td_nash Larry Brown?
Won titles with Detroit & Denver (ABA) and made NCAA Final with UCLA. Was the underdog with all of them.

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@td_nash Riles was a successful coach for 3 franchises: LA, NY & Miami. He got the Lakers over the hump against Boston.
No coach does it without great players, though, and Riles was no different.
Hon mention: Larry Brown

[RushmoreLists @RushmoreLists]

What’s on the Mt Rushmore of the Most Hauntingly Beautiful Songs Ever? 🏔️🎶
Our picks:

• Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

• Hurt - Johnny Cash

• Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues

•The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Drop your picks below—I’m curious! 🔥

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@nbalinksbrasil Z=Zelmo Beaty
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@DCSuperNova @js9inningsmedia https://t.co/c4ZoROtWNc
Didn't really play out that way. FF to 6:00.
He's the only pitcher that can receive direct retribution when he throws up and in.

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@ChuckSportsApp Career walks leaders.

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@RushmoreLists

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@Hot_Pepper76 Everyone will say Stevie, but I got Pat Benatar.

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@Miles_712 @nut_history I couldn't remember his name.

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@VegasDavein @nut_history I would love to be on the other side of that bar fight and mash Laimbeer's face repeatedly.
(I mostly jest; I gather he's a pretty good dude away from the court.)

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@nut_history Ty Domi & Marvin Barnes.

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@nut_history This is hard to comprehend. I actually attended the Old Timers Game at Dodger Stadium in 1973, but we arrived too late to see the old timers. But why would AL stars be there when each was likely coaching/managing for AL teams at the time? Martin was Tigers mgr '71-'73.

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@Hot_Pepper76 Kinison & Murphy.
Shandling sneaky funny.

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@nut_history Reggie Jackson. And in Reggie's case, it was probably what elevated him on the big stage. (And I hated Reggie Jackson.)

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@CLE_RichSports Shohei & Shawn Green?

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@MikeCapitol @OnyxOdds Played G6 on a badly sprained ankle after Jalen Rose stepped under him in G5. An absolute Zaza move.

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@ESPNCleveland @RapSheet Maybe they come up with something big Draft Day II!