Daily Archives: 17May12

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I. LOVED. THIS. BLOGGIN’ING.
Period. This Is A Good One, Kiddies. For Fans Of Baseball, History, or Statistics… or Just For FUN!!! =)
-BRAD

The On Deck Circle

This is part 3 of my series, “Baseball’s Surprising Stats.”  The object of this series is to revisit players most of us already know something about, then to uncover one fact or statistic about that player that isn’t widely known.

Today, we’re going to take a look at the career of Shoeless Joe Jackson.  Specifically, we are going to research one particular question that I discovered I did not know the answer to when I started brainstorming ideas for this series.

The particular question that I discovered I didn’t know the answer to was, “How many batting titles did Shoeless Joe Jackson win during his career?”

When Joe Jackson was banned from baseball at the end of the 1920 baseball season, he finished his career with a lifetime batting average of .356, the third highest career batting average of all-time.

Jackson’ s career high batting average was .408 in 1911.   Unfortunately…

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I Soooooooooo Have This Card! And I Treasure Them ALL!!! hehehe
-BRAD

30-Year Old Cardboard

Kirby Puckett 1985 Donruss – ROOKIE CARD!!!!

Yessir, I have finally scored myself a 1985 Donruss rookie baseball card of Kirby Puckett.

And while this is probably my least favorite of his three rookie cards from the 1985 issues, I have to say that it is still a thrill to bring this one home.

On top of the card being Kirby’s first release by Donruss, it is also from 1985 – the year that I became a baseball card collector.

Have a look:

I have to say that of all of the vintage Black-bordered baseball cards, the 1985 Donruss ones hold up pretty well.  I always felt tha that cards were a little more flimsy than others, but the borders never took the beating that other Black-bordered cards did.

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The Song Stuck In My Head: “ZOMBIE” By THE CRANBERRIES (1994)

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“…But You See…

…It’s Not Me…

…It’s Not My Family…

…In Your Head…

…In Your Head…

…They Are Fighting. …”

… … …

“ZOMBIE“ Is Off The 1994 Album “NO NEED TO ARGUE” By THE CRANBERRIES

… … …

“…With Their Tanks…

…And Their Bombs…

…And Their Bombs…

…And Their Guns…

…In Your Head…

…In Your Head…

…They Are Crying. …”

… … …

… … …

“…In Your Head…

…In Your Head…

…Zombie…

…Zombie…

…Zombie…

…What’s In Your Head…

…In Your Head…

…Zombie…

…Zombie…

…Zombie. …”

…^^^…^^^…^^^…^^^…

This Song…

“ZOMBIE“

By

THE CRANBERRIES

…Was The Last Thing I Heard Before Going To Bed Last Night…

…And It Was The First Thing I Heard This Morning When I Awoke.

I Fell Asleep While Listening To Some Music…

…And Totally Forgot I’d Set My Player To Shuffle-Repeat.

I’m Unsure What The Odds Are Of Falling Asleep Listening To A Song…

…Only To Awaken 5-Hours Later And Be Listening To THE EXACT SAME SONG…

…But I’m SURE They’re Some Very Looooooong Odds.

Especially When You Consider I Have Like 800+ Jams On This Puppy.

ANYWAY…

…This Song Was THE JAM During My Freshman Year Of High School.

I Can Easily Say I’ve Been Addicted To It Since Then.

All The Cool Kids Liked This Song.

I Was NOT A Cool Kid…

…But I Still LOVED The Song.

( 😉 teehehehe 😀 )

The Only Bad Part About It Is Blatantly Obvious…

…Once You Hear It…

…You’ll Be Walking Around Saying…

“ZOMBIE! ZOMBIE! ZOMBIE! Eh Eh Eh OH OH OH!”

etc etc etc

Yes…

…The Chorus Part Is MADDENINGLY ADDICTIVE.

You’ll Start Humming It Very Soon, My Peeps, If You Haven’t Begun Already.

Those Of You Who Know The Song AND Enjoy It…

…Yeah…

…Y’all Can Vouch For Me.

A-DIC-TIVE Fo SHO!

BUT BUT BUT, My Peeps…

…It Is NOT A Bad Way To Begin Your Day.

In Fact, It May Even Make You Smile A Tad.

I’d Take A Tad Of A Smile ANY DAY, Ya Know?!?

SURE YOU DO!!!

😉

Have A Damned Decent Day, Kiddies.

Work Well.

Play Well.

Work Hard.

Player HARDER.

So It Is Written…

…And So It Shall Come To Pass.

😀