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On This Day In History: First Triple Crown

By Kurt | Published: June 11, 2009
On This Day In History: June 11, 1919 on 12seconds.tv Ross placed Sir Barton in the hands of trainer H. Guy Bedwell and jockey Johnny Loftus. At three, he made his season debut as a maiden in the Kentucky Derby. He was supposed to be the rabbit for his highly regarded stablemate, a horse named Billy [...]
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On This Day In History: Baseball’s Iron Horse

By Kurt | Published: June 1, 2009
On this day in history: June 1, 1925 on 12seconds.tv Set a record by playing in a consecutive streak of 2,130 professional baseball games throughout his career, despite 17 fractures in his hands, being beaned several times, having severe back pain and suffering various other illnesses and minor injuries. Gehrig’s record stood until Cal Ripken, Jr. [...]
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San Diego’s Baseball Hero

By Kurt | Published: May 25, 2009
My long-time buddy Joshua caught a foul ball with one hand, while spilling a full beer on his neighbor with the other, at the San Diego Padres vs. Chicago Cubs game this past Friday night.  He says he predicted he would catch a ball, but I haven’t been able to verify this claim. Immediately after the [...]
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Daily Quippages 05.24.2009

By Kurt | Published: May 24, 2009
• Today’s “On This Day In History 365,” Video 39. • The New York Times offers a nice primer on Artificial Intelligence and The Singularity – “The Coming Superbrain.” • Facebook’s app directory is now live with user ratings and “Verified Apps” section – full story at TechCrunch. • Happy Birthday Bob Dylan.  Here’s “The Times They Are [...]
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