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.
Nov. 11, 1986: Hero Roger C. Carmel...died on Veterans Day 37 muddy years ago.
Colonel Gumm, we thank you for your service.
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...
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!"
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.
The Yankees were going to ask Derek Jeter to sing the National Anthem...but he has no range. si.com/mlb/yankees-derek-jet…
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!
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!
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.
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.
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! youtube.com/watch?v=jEfxbzyZ…
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.
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.
