The Daily Dose/June 17, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off remains MIA while we work on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest MPG figure for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
Regular readers of this crap know this is a full MPG better than last week, tho based on a casual glance at the odometer and the gas gauge, we thought it would be higher.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1972 – What would become the Watergate scandal begins when five men, who would turn out to be White House operatives, are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. The scandal stemmed not from the break-in but from the Nixon Administration’s attempts to cover up White House involvement. The scandal culminated with President Richard Nixon’s resignation in August 1974 and the five burglars either pled guilty or were convicted at trial.
In 1943 – Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox becomes the first major league player to hit pinch-hit home runs in both games of a doubleheader in a 5-4 win and an 8-7 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics. Cronin, the Boston manager, had a three-run, two-out home run in the seventh inning of the opener and a three-run home run in the eighth inning of the second game. The feat was matched by Hal Breeden of the Montreal Expos in 1973.
In 1972 – Sammy Davis, Jr is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of three consecutive weeks with The Candy Man. It was the eighth Top 40 hit for Davis, his second and final Top 10 hit, and remains his only #1 song. The song spent 21 weeks on the chart, including 16 weeks in the Top 40 and seven weeks in the Top Ten, and was Billboard’s fifth-biggest song of the year. The song earned Davis a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, in 1973.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
A man’s life is interesting primarily when he has failed — I well know. For it’s a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
Georges Clemenceau
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Besides Jay Clarke in 1902, who hit eight, there have been three instances of minor leaguers hitting five home runs in a game. Lou Frierson, 1934, Jacksonville Jax, West Dixie League, Ceil Dunn, 1936, Alexandria Aces, Evangeline League, and Dick Lane, Muskegon Clippers, Central League.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Male in 1973? – Answer next time!
