Today we add the 1928 Negro leagues to the DB. This was the year the Eastern Colored League fell apart, putting an end to the first edition of the Black World Series. Meanwhile the Negro National League continued with a split-season format. The St. Louis Stars won the first half going away; in the second half, the American Giants just edged the Stars and the Kansas City Monarchs, setting up an NNL championship series with St. Louis that would take the place of the World Series that year. ...Read More...
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1. RMc and His Roster of Rubbish posted on May 03, 2011 at 11:30 PM # hit 0 | hit 0On this date, the Cubs were in the middle of a run of 17 wins in 20 games.
Now, that was a long time ago!
On this date, the Cubs were in the middle of a run of 17 wins in 20 games.
Now, that was a long time ago!
He's older than Aristotle Onassis, Joel McCrea, Howard Hughes, Bugsy Siegel, Louise Brooks, Curtis LeMay, JOhn Huston, and Josephine Baker.
When he was born, Marshall Field was still alive. So were Susan B. Anthony, Henrik Ibsen, and Stanford White.
He was born the same week that Einstein's E=MC2 paper came out
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