This is the grave of Hilton Smith. Born in 1907 in Giddings, Texas, Smith was a successful pitcher and good enough to play some college ball at Prairie View A&M, an HBCU that still exists today. He was a real smart guy and made the...
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This is the grave of Dave Orr. Born in Brooklyn in 1859, Orr was Irish-American, the son of an immigrant father. Despite that, he had a decent life. He grew.
This is the grave of Dan Quisenberry. Born in 1953 in Santa Monica, California, Quisenberry grew up in a baseball family. His parents divorced when he was young his mother.
This is the grave of Carl Morton. Born in 1944 in Kansas City, Morton grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a great baseball player and went to the University of Oklahoma to play as an outfielder. He was pretty successful but not a truly...
An extremely rare television review from me, as I am horrible at sitting down and watching shows. Much of this comes from my deep contempt for the culture of binge.
This is the grave of J.L. Wilkinson. Born in 1878 in Algona, Iowa, J.L. Wilkinson grew up in a middle class home. His father was a school superintendent and then.
This is the grave of Chuck Hinton. Born in 1934 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Hinton was a star on the baseball field as a kid. The military briefly derailed the career but as soon as he got out of the Army, Hinton was on...
The 1970s was a strange time in the movies, in the sense that you could seemingly get any damn thing on the big screen. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and.
This is the grave of Kid Nichols. Born in 1869 in Madison, Wisconsin, Charles Nichols grew up as a working class kid, the son of a butcher. The family moved.
There was a very long time when I did not watch the NBA. The early 90s Pistons teams brought in a brutality to the game that was hard to watch. Then the Pat Riley-era Knicks perfected that style of basketball and it spread around the...
It seems that it is the end of the line for the second greatest first baseman in Major League history. If anything, I feel Pujols is underrated as to his.
This is the grave of Willie Stargell. Born in 1940 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma, Stargell spent much of his early years living with his grandmother in Florida after his parents split..