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2 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

...RIP Joe...the memorable days of the "Big Red Machine".......

 

..."The starting lineup of Bench, Rose, Morgan, Pérez, Concepción, Foster, Griffey, and Gerónimo (collectively referred to as the "Great Eight") played 88 games together during the 1975 and 1976 seasons, losing only 19..."....

I didn't realize just how dominant that lineup was -- 69-19? You gotta be kidding me. That's a .784 winning percentage. 

There was no rest for the opposing pitcher 1-8 in that lineup. And everyone except Perez and Bench could run.

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FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC REP. ALCEE HASTINGS DIES AT 84.

 

Hastings was a 15-term congressman, civil rights lawyer and Florida’s first black federal judge, though he was ultimately impeached after ten years of service over allegations of bribery and perjury.”

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/florida-democratic-rep-alcee-hastings-dies-at-84/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=breaking&utm_campaign=newstrack&utm_term=23444054

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RIP: Charles Coolidge, Oldest Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 99.

 

A harrowing World War II firefight in France brought him the nation’s highest decoration for valor.

A park, a highway and a museum are named in his honor.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/charles-coolidge-oldest-medal-of-honor-recipient-dies-at-99.html?action=click&module=In Other News&pgtype=Homepage

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8 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

RIP: Charles Coolidge, Oldest Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 99.

 

A harrowing World War II firefight in France brought him the nation’s highest decoration for valor.

A park, a highway and a museum are named in his honor.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/charles-coolidge-oldest-medal-of-honor-recipient-dies-at-99.html?action=click&module=In Other News&pgtype=Homepage


Not many of them left. I can’t imagine what they went through.  Interesting however. I asked my 95 year old mom what it was like during WWII. We look at it through the comfy lens of history. I asked was she ever afraid of an invasion. She said “no, the only thing that scared me was polio.”  

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