American History timeline: 1810-1819

1810: Beethoven's Fur Elise
    Macon's Bill #2

1811: Battle of Tippecanoe

1812: New Madrid Earthquake
    U.S. declares war on Britain
    U.S. Invades Canada
    Detroit surrenders
    Constitution vs. Guerriere
    Battle of Borodino
    Napoleon invades Russia
    Battle of Queenston Heights
    James Madison re-elected President

1813: Battle of Lake Erie
    Battle of the Thames
    Battle of Leipzig
    Battle of Crysler's Farm

1814: Battle of Horseshoe Bend
    Bourbon Restoration/Napoleon's abdication
    Battle of Lundy's Lane
    British burn Washington D.C
    Battle of Lake Champlain
    Fort McHenry & The Star Spangled Banner
    Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812

1815: Battle of New Orleans
    Hartford Convention
    Napoleon's 100 Days
    Waterloo
    Mt. Tambura explodes leading to the Year without summer
    Congress of Vienna
    Napoleon exiled to St. Helena

1816: James Monroe elected President

1817: Rush-Bagot Treaty
    First Seminole War begins

1818: Frankenstein published
    Jackson invades Florida
    "Silent Night" written

1819: Panic of 1819
    Dartmouth College vs Woodward
    Adams-Onis Treaty
    McCullough vs Maryland
    Peterloo Massacre
    Missouri Crisis begins

Political Quotes of the Year: 2013

Quote of the Year: “Go fuck yourself.”

-John Boehner to Harry Reid

And

“I was all for Obamacare until I found out I was paying for it."

-Young Woman quoted in an LA Times story that saw her premiums increase 50%

Stupid Quote of the Year: “We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities.”

 -Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC

Lie of the Year: “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. Period.”

-Barack Obama

Slam of the Year: "Sadly, Harry Reid has again revealed himself to be an idiot, this time gravely insulting Gulf Coast residents."

-Senator David Vitter

 “What difference does it make?”

-Hillary Clinton on Benghazi

 “The people of New Orleans and that area, they were hurt, but nothing in comparison to what happened to the people in New York and New Jersey.”

-Senator Harry Reid

"Spread your legs, you’re gonna be frisked.”

-Joe Biden to Senator Heidi Heitkamp

 “I’m proud to be President of the United States.”

-Joe Biden

“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.”

-Barack Obama

"Death panels and sales taxes is how we do this."

-Paul Krugman

“I will speak until I can no longer speak.”

-Rand Paul beginning a marathon old school filibuster

"It's not Detroit versus Michigan. It's Detroit, Michigan."

 -GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER

"The biggest problem with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is that they are financial institutions with a social mission,"

-Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste.

"There was a time in my life when I wasn't likely to be found at a library, much less found one."

 -George W Bush

“I’m not the same Muslim Socialist I used to be.”

-Barack Obama

"The truth of the matter is, Barack knows it, I know, had the economy not collapsed around your ears, John, in the middle of literally--as things were moving--I think you probably would have won.”

-Joe Biden

"The law is irrelevant."

 -Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer

"I've heard more from Bush, asking for my advice, than I've heard from Obama," Klein stated from various sources close to the Obama administration. "I have no relationship with the president -- none whatsoever. Obama doesn't know how to be president. He doesn't know how the world works. He's incompetent. He's an amateur!"

-Bill Clinton

“The IRS has ruled Obama can write off the first half of his second term as a total loss.”

-Jay Leno

"Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago."

-Barack Obama (Martin was not raised by rich white parents)

“The only racism on that night was perpetrated by Trayvon Martin, and everybody knows it."

-Ted Nugent

“Enough was enough.”

-Governor Rick Snyder on Detroit

"Federal Election Commission can't do anything about it; they want the IRS to fix the problem. 'So everybody is screaming at us right now, 'Fix it now before the election. Can't you see how much these people are spending?'"

-Lois Lerner on Tea Party Groups

"The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity."

-John Kerry

"I'll tell you the difference with Green Eggs and Ham is when Americans tried it, they discovered they did not like green eggs and ham and they did not like Obamacare either. They did not like Obamacare in a box with a fox, in a house or with a mouse."

-Senator Ted Cruz

 “Why would we want to help one kid with cancer?”

-Harry Reid

 “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”

-Park Ranger on his orders from the White House

“How can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesn't work?”

-John Boehner

"You know Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery."

-Dr. Ben Carson

“This is not a historic agreement, it’s a historic mistake.”

-Benjamin Netanyahu

"It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who -- all of a sudden -- their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were, and that's pretty scary."

-Arne Duncan

"Probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago."

-Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on when he tried crack cocaine.

"Honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got."

-Bill Clinton to Barack Obama

“We thought he was going to be the next Messiah.”

-Barbara Walters on Barack Obama

“Embrace the suck.”

-Nancy Pelosi

"This isn't a wrinkle, it's a trainwreck."

-Charles Krauthammer on Obamacare

"I think I just became the first president to ever publicly mention Area 51."

-Barack Obama

"I think they're misleading their followers. I think they're pushing our members in places where they don't want to be. And frankly, I just think that they've lost all credibility by opposing legislation before the details are known."

-John Boehner

Quotes of the Month: July 2013

Quote of the Month: "He’s about as mean as a (expletive) kitten, I think he doesn’t realize he’s white and not black, that’s a huge problem."

-Sharon Osbourne on Justin Bieber

Bizarre Quote of the Month: “I was 'abducted by aliens' in the desert two weeks ago.”

-Baron Davis

Dumb Quote of the Month:

"Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago."

-Barack Obama (Martin was not raised by rich white parents)

"We killed people who are rats, and the two biggest rats were sitting right next to me."

-Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi referring to Whitey Bulger

"We hope everyone can exercise their First Amendment right to free speech, then get tired and go home."

-LAPD Spokesman Andrew Smith on the Trayvon Martin protests

"I think he has more reason now than ever to think that people are trying to kill him because they express they're trying to kill him, all the time, every day, on my Twitter feed, on the Internet."

- Robert Zimmerman Jr.

The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy.  Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America.  I know this case has elicited strong passions.  And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher.  But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken.  I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son.  And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities.  We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis.  We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this.  As citizens, that’s a job for all of us.  That’s the way to honor Trayvon Martin.

-Obama

“And so it was for a few weeks until the race-baiting industry saw an opportunity to further the racist careers of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, the Black Panthers. President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, et al, who then swept down on the Florida community refusing to admit that the 17-year-old dope smoking, racist gangsta wannabe Trayvon Martin was at all responsible for his bad decisions and standard modus operendi of always taking the violent route.”

“The only racism on that night was perpetrated by Trayvon Martin, and everybody knows it."

-Ted Nugent

"As a matter of fact, I think he’s a white racist god with a problem. More importantly, he is carrying a gun and stalking young black men.”

--University of Pennsylvania Professor Anthea Butler

 “Enough was enough.”

-Governor Rick Snyder on Detroit

"I have made some mistakes."

-Ryan Braun

“He said ‘I don’t give a fuck’ and meant it!”

-Lars Ulrich on Ritchie Blackmore

“...we discussed the fact that Ho Chi Minh was actually inspired by the U.S. Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and the words of Thomas Jefferson.”

-- President Obama talking to reporters alongside Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.

"If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?"

-Francis I

Political Quotes of the Year 2012

Quote of the Year:

"There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it."

-Mitt Romney

Dumb Quote of the Year:

“If you got a business-you didn’t build that.”

Barack Obama referring to things businesses built or helped build

And the rest…

"I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I'll fix it.”

-Mitt Romney

"What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex -- what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex."

-Rush Limbaugh on Sandra Fluke

"There seems to be something "liberating" about ignorance -- especially when you

don't even know enough to realize how little you know. Thus an administration

loaded with people who have never run any business is gung-ho to tell businesses

what to do, as well as gung-ho to tell the medical profession what to do,

lenders whom to lend to, and the military how to fight wars."

-Thomas Sowell

"We got a problem because we've got a president who's all foam and no beer."

-Tim Pawlenty

“College graduates should not live out their twenties in their childhood bedrooms staring at faded Obama posters.”

-Paul Ryan

“Unchain Wall Street. They’re gonna put y’all back in chains.”

-Joe Biden to African Americans

“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.

-Todd Akin

"A new survey out today shows how much time we waste every day in our lives. For example, we waste seven minutes in line every time we go to get coffee, 28 minutes getting through airport security, four years waiting for Obama to do something about the economy. Every year, we waste a lot. We wasted a lot of time."

-Jay Leno

 “But I was pretty certain and continue to be pretty certain that there are going to be bumps in the road, because you know in a lot of these places, the one organizing principle has been Islam.”

-Barack Obama on the assassination of the American ambassador to Libya

"President [Barack] Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people."

-Clint Eastwood

Do we see sometimes us going overboard in our campaign, are there mistakes that are made, areas where there is no doubt that somebody could dispute how we are presenting things? You know, that happens in politics."

-Barack Obama admitting to lying about Romney.　

"I don't think we would consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy.”

-Barack Obama on Egypt (Later corrected by the State Dept).

Do you want Barack Obama to be re-elected? Then don’t vote for Ron Paul.’

-Paul Ryan

“Thank God for Hurricane Sandy!”

-Chris Mathews

"There's never been a day in the last four years I've been proud to be his vice president."

-Joe Biden

"Our people in an overwhelming way supported the re-election of this president and there ought to be a quid pro quo and you ought to exercise leadership on that. Of course, not just that, but why not? After the election of Jimmy Carter, the honorable Coleman Alexander Young, he went to Washington, D.C. He came home with some bacon. That's what you do."

-JoAnn Watson embarrassing Detroit once more

"There will be blood."

-Democratic State Senator Douglas Geiss

Quotes of the Month: December 2012

Quote of the Month: "Jack, you are my best friend. We had fun together. I will miss you. I will talk to you in my prayers. I love you Jack. Love, John."

-One of Jack Pinto’s classmates

Stupid Quote of the Month: "Is he a brother or a cornball brother?  We all know he has a white fiancée. There was all this talk about he's a Republican, which, there's no information at all. I'm just trying to dig deeper as to why he has an issue. Because we did find out with Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods was like, I've got black skin, but don't call me black. So people got to wondering about Tiger Woods early on."

-Rob Parker on RGIII

And the rest:

"Our people in an overwhelming way supported the re-election of this president and there ought to be a quid pro quo and you ought to exercise leadership on that. Of course, not just that, but why not? After the election of Jimmy Carter, the honorable Coleman Alexander Young, he went to Washington, D.C. He came home with some bacon. That's what you do."

-JoAnn Watson embarrassing Detroit once more

"There will be blood."

-Democratic State Senator Douglas Geiss

“But I’ve got to say, if it rains in London, you’ve got to come and help us, OK?”

-Mick Jagger at the 121212 concert for Sandy Relief

“Get a ****in’ beer!”

-Pete Townshend at the 121212 concert for Sandy Relief

“He had no desire., If he could have found someone else to take his place ... he would have been ecstatic to step aside. He is a very private person who loves his family deeply and wants to be with them, but he has deep faith in God and he loves his country, but he doesn’t love the attention."

-Tagg Romney

 “Put the harps back in the closet.”

-George H.W. Bush following reports of his impending death

T'Pol timeline

Born: 2088

As a child: Betrothed to Koss. She would marry and later divorce him.

2135: By this point, working for Vulcan Intelligence. In 2135, one of her first assignments was to capture several rogue agents.

Sometime between 2135 and 2149: Served on the Seleya.

2149: Assigned to Earth as an aide to Ambassador Sovol

2150: Experienced an emotional response to Jazz

2151: Assigned to Enterprise as science officer and first officer

2151: Exposed to hallucinogenic on an uninhabited planet

2151: P’Jem Incident

2151: The Vulcan High Command later attempts to blame T’Pol for the discovery of the listening post at P’Jem

2151: Suffers Pa’nar Syndrome after forced mind meld

2152: Captured and tortured by Suliban

2152: Saved the ship when Enterprise went through a trinary star system

2153: Xindi Attack on Earth

2153-4: Enterprise spends year in Expanse

2153: Becomes addicted to Trellium-D

2153: Travels back to 2004 Detroit

2154: Enterprise defeats Sphere Builders

2154: Captured by Orion slavers; escapes

2154: Augment Crisis

2154: Participates in Vulcan Awakening

2154: Romulan drone crisis

2155: Terra Prime incident

2155-61: Romulan War

2161: Founding of Federation

2186: By this point, Ambassador and married to Charles Tucker III with children. She officially remarried Koss to cover her relationship.

Mid-23^rd century: In an alternate reality, T’Pol was alive and pushing 200. No reason to believe she wouldn’t be doing the same in the Prime Universe.

Mickey Lolich timeline

Born: September 12, 1940

1958: Signed by Tigers

1958-63: Minor Leagues

Debut: May 12, 1963 (Tigers)

1967: Lolich placed on National Guard duty during Detroit riots

1967: Tigers miss pennant by a game

1968: Tigers win World Series

1968: Lolich WS MVP (3 complete game wins)

1971: Won 25 games (Most for a pitcher to not win Cy Young Award)

1971: Struck out 308 batters

1972: Tigers win AL East (Lost LCS to A’s)

1975: Won 200^th game

1975: Traded to the Mets for Rusty Staub

1978: Signed with Padres

1979: Released by Padres and retired

Post retirement: Ran donut shop in Lake Orion, MI

1999: Dropped off HOF ballot

2003: On Vet Committee HOF ballot, but did not achieve enough votes for induction

Accomplishments:

1968 World Champion

1968 WS MVP

3x All Star

217-191 record

3.44 ERA

2832 strikeouts

Won 15+ games: 8x

Won 20+ games: 2x

Won 25 games (1971)

Led league in wins (1971)

Led league in losses: 2x

Sub 3 ERA: 2x

Led league in GS (25): 1971

10+ CG: 9x

15+ CG: 6x

20+ CG: 3x

Led league in CG (29): 1971

Led league in SHO (6): 1967

41 career SHO

3638.1 IP

200+ IP: 12x

250+ IP: 6x

300+ IP: 4x

Led league in IP (376): 1971

200+ Strikeouts: 7x

308 strikeouts (1971)

Led league in strikeouts (1971)

Most strikeouts by lefty in AL History

Postseason: 3-1, 1.57 ERA, 5 games, 3 CG, 0.978 WHIP, 46 IP , 31 Ks

Mickey Cochrane: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1947

Born: April 3, 1903

1920s: Attended Boston University

1924: Signed minor league contract

Debut: April 14, 1925 (A’s)

1928: AL MVP

1929: A’s win World Series

1930: A’s win World Series

1931: A’s win pennant (Lose World Series to Cardinals)

1931: Cochrane considered the goat of the 1931 World Series because he surrendered 8 stolen bases pacing the Cardinals victory.

1934: Sold to Detroit Tigers

1934: Became player/manager of the Tigers (348-250 record)

1934: Tigers win Pennant (Lose World Series to Cardinals)

1934: AL MVP

1935: Tigers win World Series

1936: Suffered nervous breakdown from stress

1937: Beaned in the head by Bump Hadley ending his playing career.

1938: Fired as Tiger manager; Detroit later changed National Avenue to Cochrane in his honor.

1941-45: Served in Navy

1947: Elected to Hall of Fame

1962: Died of cancer

1999: Nominated for All Century Team

2009: Joe Mauer broke Cochrane’s record for highest career average for a catcher. Mauer is still active, so Cochrane could still end up being the all time leader one day.

Accomplishments:
3x World Champion

2x All Star

2x MVP

As a manager: 348-250 (.582)-2 pennants and one World Series title

.320 hitter

.419 OBP

.478 Slugging

.897 OPS

119 home runs

832 RBI

1041 runs

1652 hits

333 doubles

857 walks-217 strikeouts

100 + runs: 4x

30+ doubles: 7x

42 doubles (1930)

12 triples (1928)

112 RBI (1932)

100+ walks: 2x

Hit .300: 9x

Hit .357 (1930)

.400+ OBP: 10x

Led league in OBP (.459): 1933

.500+ slugging: 4x

Postseason: .245, 2 HR, 7 RBI (5 World Series)

Quotes of the Year: 2011

Quote of the Year:

“Daniel Craig’s my Wookie bitch now!”

-Harrison Ford to Chewbacca

Stupid Quote of the Year:

“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history.”

-Barack Obama

Meltdown of the Year:

“It's no longer acceptable in mixed company -- meaning bipartisan company -- to use the goddamn word 'climate.' And some of the exact same people — I can go down a list of their names — are involved in this. And so what do they do? They pay pseudo-scientists to pretend to be scientists to put out the message: ‘This climate thing, it’s nonsense. Man-made CO2 doesn’t trap heat. It may be volcanoes.’ Bullshit! ‘It may be sun spots.’ Bullshit! ‘It’s not getting warmer.’ Bullshit!

-Al Gore

Twilight Zone Quote of the Year:

"Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today."

-Former Weezer Bassist Mikey Welsh one week before he suddenly died.
　

And the rest:

“Interesting though, as we evolve and realize our social prejudices are unacceptable, we are finding new groups to hate.”

-Simon Pegg

“You spend your life fighting the spread of evil. Then you learn a Kardashian is pregnant.”

-Batman

“Ironically, the best defense against a zombie uprising would be a robot army.”

-Grant Imahara

“If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I’m gonna be really pissed.”

-Chuck Lorre

"They picked a fight with a warlock."

-Charlie Sheen on his feud with CBS

“Winning.”

-Charlie Sheen

"There are not any plans to erect a statue to RoboCop. Thank you for your suggestion."

-Detroit Mayor Dave Bing

"God didn't create all men equal, Smith and Wesson did."

-Top Shot

“I for one welcome our new computer overlords.”

-Ken Jennings

"I never hugged him, I bombed him."

-Margaret Thatcher

“Who wants to go to Europe. It’s not Detroit.”

-Jalen Rose

"They say I have no hits and I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing."

-Tom Waits

“People like crap.”

-Getty Lee on popular music

“Will the universe end? many ask. Yes. Not with a bang but a whimper. Not in fire, but in ice. Not in light, but in darkness.”

-Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Why don't you just arrest me?"

-Nicholas Cage to police

"I'm now at the "happiest place on earth". And I'm not happy about it.”

-Brent Spiner

“Clarence doesn't leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when we die.”

-Bruce Springsteen

"As far as I'm concerned, Betty Ford saved my life."

-Stevie Nicks

"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band …”

-R.E.M.

“It’s hard to accept being liked.”

-Andy Rooney

“This is a tragedy. It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.”

-Joe Paterno

Quotes of the Month: February 2011

Quote of the Month: “If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I’m gonna be really pissed.”


-Chuck Lorre

Dumb Quote of the Month: “All my people love me.”

-Moamer Gadhafi

And the rest…

“Blame Nicki Minaj for females calling themselves Barbies knowin’ they look like a Build-a-bear. “

-?

"There are not any plans to erect a statue to RoboCop. Thank you for your suggestion."

-Detroit Mayor Dave Bing

"100 years after president Reagan's birth, it is worth remembering that the Cold War didn't just end. It was won."

-Donald Rumsfeld

"God didn't create all men equal, Smith and Wesson did."

-Top Shot

"'They may be talking about democracy but they don't know what they're talking about and the result will be extremism and radical Islam.'"

-Hosni Mubarak on Barack Obama

"We cannot deter it. We cannot negotiate with it any more than an iceburg or a great white. I refer to the debt - the new red menace, this time consisting of ink."

-Mitch Daniels

“The Obama agenda is over.”

-Mitch McConnell

“Death to the dictator.”

-Iranian Protestors

“I take my hat off to myself.”

-Carmelo Anthony

“I for one welcome our new computer overlords.”

-Ken Jennings

“My mother was a great Pirates fan. She knows we’re in trouble, so she went upstairs to get some help.”

-Chuck Tanner (1979)

“The problem is -- and dare I say this -- it doesn't look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary, dietary advice. And then we hear that she's out eating ribs at 1,500 calories a serving with 141 grams of fat per serving, yeah it does -- what do you mean, what do I mean? What is it - no, I'm trying to say that our First Lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, or of a woman [professional baseball player] Alex Rodriguez might date every six months or what have you. I mean, women are under constant pressure to look lithe, and Michelle My Belle is out there saying if you eat the roots and tree bark and the berries and all this cardboard stuff you will live longer, be healthier and you won't be obese. Okay, fine, show us.”

-Rush Limbaugh

"Duke was a fine man, a terrific hitter and a great friend - even though he was a Dodger.”

-Willie Mays on Duke Snider

"They picked a fight with a warlock."

-Charlie Sheen on his feud with CBS

Quotes of the Month: August 2010

Quote of the Month: “Please don't ask me if I'm going to die today.”

                                           -Joe Paterno

Political Quote of the Month: "He'll have plenty of time for vacations when his one term is up."

-David Letterman on Barack Obama’s 6th vacation in 18 months

Honorable Mention: “Surprised Obama had time to not pay attention to the (Beck) rally, what with all the not paying attention to economy, the war, oil spill.”

-Rory Cooper on the Beck Rally

And the Rest…

“This isn’t ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Al."

-Mitch McConnell to Al Franken

“He's my Justin Bieber.”

-Craig Ferguson on meeting Darth Vader

“And with most of the Democratic incumbents voting with Pelosi and Obama 95% of the time, one might as well elect a voting machine rather than a Congressman.”

-Dick Morris

“Hey, if I was you I may want me to go away too. I am not going away! I am here!”

-Charlie Rangel

"This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable."

-Barack Obama on the Ground Zero Mosque

“This will be the last time I put on my uniform.”

-Lou Piniella

“Miss Universe’ hits all-time ratings low -- ratings would go up if they had green-skinned Orion girls.”

-Anonymous

“Detroit gets a bad rap.”

-Johnny Damon

Greatest Detroit Sports Moment #13: Red Wings beat Maple Leafs (1987)

The Red Wings fell behind 3-1 in the Norris Conference Finals against Toronto. Maple Leaf coach John Brophy called Detroit a bunch of chokers. They rallied to tie the series and then won Game 7 behind Glen Hanlon's shutout. In the 3rd period, Wings fans taunted Toronto's coach with chants of "Bro-phy!" Here is WDIV's Sports Final Edition from that April.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzUuhi0GAkM

The Detroit Tigers: 1910-1919

http://tinyurl.com/372sufr

All-Time Detroit Pistons Squad

First Team

C- Bob Lanier (1970-1980)

F- Dave DeBusschere (1962-1969)

F- Grant Hill (1994-2000)

G- Dave Bing (1966-1975)

G- Isiah Thomas (1981-1994)

Second Team

C- Bill Laimbeer (1981-1994)

F- Kelly Tripucka (1981-1986)

F- Rick Mahorn (1985-1989)

G- Chauncey Billups (2002-2009)

G- Joe Dumars (1985-1999)

Third Team

C- Ben Wallace (2000-2006; 2009-Present)

F- Jerry Stackhouse (1997-2002)
F- Rasheed Wallace (2003-2009)

G- Richard Hamilton (2002-Present)

G- Vinnie Johnson (1981-1991)

Fourth Team

C- James Edwards (1987-1991)

F- Dennis Rodman (1986-1993)

F- John Salley (1986-1992)

G- Lindsey Hunter (1993-2000; 2003-2008)

G/F- George Yardley (1953-1959)

Coach- Chuck Daly (1983-1992)

Ernie Harwell

From his HOF induction speech:

Baseball is the President tossing out the first ball of the season and a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm. A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball. And so is the big, fat guy with a bulbous nose running home one of his (Babe Ruth's) 714 home runs.


There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh forty-six years ago. That's baseball. So is the scout reporting that a sixteen year old pitcher in Cheyenne is a coming Walter Johnson. Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.

In baseball democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rulebook. Color merely something to distinguish one team's uniform from another.

Baseball is a rookie. His experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream. It's a veteran too, a tired old man of thirty-five hoping that those aching muscles can pull him through another sweltering August and September. Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.

Baseball is the cool, clear eyes of Rogers Hornsby. The flashing spikes of Ty Cobb, an over aged pixie named Rabbit Maranville.

Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World's Series catch. And then dashing off to play stick ball in the street with his teenage pals. That's baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying., "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.”

Baseball is cigar smoke, hot roasted peanuts, The Sporting News, ladies day, "Down in Front", Take Me Out to the Ball Game, and the Star Spangled Banner.

Baseball is a tongue tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball!

All Time Red Wings Team

Starters:

C- Steve Yzerman (1983-2006)

RW- Gordie Howe (1945-1971)

LW- Ted Lindsay (1944-57; 1964-65)

D- Red Kelly (1947-1960)

D- Nick Lidstrom (1991-Present)

G- Terry Sawchuck (1949-1955; 1957-1964; 1968-1969)

Bench:

C: Alex Delvecchio (1950-1974), Igor Larionov (1995-2003), Sergei Federov (1990-2003)

RW- Mickey Redmond (1970-1976), John Ogrodnick (1979-1987; 1992-1993), RW- Bob Probert (1985-1994)

LW- Sid Abel (1938-1943; 1945-1952), Brendan Shanahan (1996-2006), Syd Howe (1934-1946)

D- Marcel Pronovost (1949-1965), Larry Murphy (1996-2001), Vladimir Konstantinov (1991-1997), Reed Larson (1976-1986), Chris Chelios (1998-2009), Viacheslav Fetisov (1994-1998)

G- Chris Osgood (1993-2001; 2005-Present)

Coach- Scotty Bowman (1993-2002)

Athletes of the Decade

Athlete of the Decade: Peyton Manning: NFL Player of the Decade, Four Time MVP (Record), Super Bowl MVP, Pro Bowl (2000, 2002-09), First team All-Pro (2003-05, 2008-09), Second team All-Pro (2000, 2006), Pro Bowl MVP (2005), 2000s All Decade Team, Most seasons with 4000 yards passing, third highest passer rating in history, and All-Time Colts leader in many categories.

Detroit Athlete of the Decade/NHL Player of the Decade: Nick Lidstrom: Lidstrom is a contender for greatest defenseman of all time. Red Wing Captain, Four Time Stanley Cup Champion (2002 and 2008 in this decade), six time Norris trophy winner (2001-03, 2006-08), Conn Smythe winner (2002),  eight time All-Star in the decade (11 overall), NHL First Team All Star (1998-03, 2006-08), Second Team All Star (2009), Olympic Gold Medal (2006), Viking Award (2000, 2006), several Red Wing and European NHL records and accomplishments.

MLB: Albert Pujols: Baseball's most feared hitter. 2006 World Champ, Three Time MVP (2005, 2008-09), 2001 ROY, 2004 NLCS MVP, 2008 Roberto Clemente winner, Eight time All Star (2001, 2003-09), five time silver slugger (2001, 2003-04, 2008-09), Gold Glove (2006), and is piling up stats that very few have ever approached.

NBA: Kobe Bryant: Some are beginning to claim that Kobe is the greatest of all time. He is no Jordan, but he is the NBA's best. Four Time NBA Champ (2000-02, 2009), Finals MVP (2009), NBA MVP (2008), 12 time All Star (1998, 2000-2010), Two-time scoring champ (2006-07), 7x First Team All Star (2002-04, 2006-09), Second Team All Star (2000-01), 7x All Defensive First Team (2000, 2003-04, 2006-09), Second Team All Defense (2000-01), 3x All Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009)

Individual Sports: Michael Phelps and Lance Armstrong (tie): Phelps: 16 Olympic Medals (14 gold), 6x Swimmer of the Year, 8x American Swimmer of the Year, several world records, etc etc.

Armstrong: Won seven straight Tour de France's (1999-2005) and several other major competitions. 2002 SI Sportsman of the Year and AP Male Athlete of the Year: 2002-05.

Detroit Lions All Time Team: Offense

C- Alex Wojciechowicz (1938-1945)
C- Ed Flanagan (1965-1974)
C- Kevin Glover (1985-1997)

OG- John Gordy (1957-1967)
OG- Harley Sewell (1953-1962)
OG- Dick Stanfel (1952-1955)

OT- Lomas Brown (1985-1995)
OT- Lou Creekmur (1950-1959)
OT/OG- Keith Dorney (1979-1987)

QB- Bobby Layne (1950-1958)
QB- Greg Landry (1968-1978)

RB- Dutch Clark (1934-1938)
RB- Barry Sanders (1989-1998)
RB- Billy Sims (1980-1984)
RB- Dexter Bussey (1974-1984)
RB- Mel Farr (1967-1973)
RB- Bob Hoernschemeyer (1950-1955)
FB- Doak Walker (1950-1955)
FB- Corey Schlesinger (1995-2006)

WR- Herman Moore (1991-2001)
WR- Gail Cogdil (1960-1968)
WR- Terry Barr (1957-1965)
WR- Cloyce Box (1949-1954)
WR- Brett Perriman (1991-1996)

TE- Charlie Sanders (1968-1977)
TE- David Hill (1976-1982)

Detroit Lions All Time Team: Defense and Special Teams

DE- Robert Porcher (1992-2003)
DE- Bubba Baker (1978-1982)
DE- William Gay (1978-1987)

DT- Alex Karras (1958-1970)
DT- Doug English (1975-1985)
DT- Jerry Ball (1987-1992)

NG- Les Bingaman (1948-1954)

LB- Joe Schmidt (1953-1965)
LB- Chris Spielman (1988-1995)
LB- Wayne Walker (1958-1972)
LB- Mike Lucci (1965-1973)
LB- Stephen Boyd (1995-2001)
LB- Mike Cofer (1983-1992)

DB- Night Train Lane (1960-1965)
DB- Dick Jauron (1973-1977)
CB- Lem Barney (1967-1977)
CB- Dick LeBeau (1959-1972)
CB- Dre Bly (2003-2006)
S- Bennie Blades (1988-1996)

K- Jason Hanson (1992-Present)
K- Eddie Murray (1980-1991)
KR- Mel Gray (1989-1994)
KR- Eddie Drummond (2002-2006)
P- Yale Lary (1952-1964)

Coach- Buddy Parker (1951-1956)

#19 The Supremes

The Supremes were Motown’s flagship band in the 1960's. The act is America’s most successful vocal group in history with twelve number one hits. At their height, The Supremes were nearly as popular as the Beatles. The Supremes laid the foundation and groundwork for subsequent all female groups. En Vogue, TLC, Destiny’s Child and others owe their success to the formula put forth by Motown’s Supremes. As the sixties wore on, Diana Ross began to receive the lion share of attention and soon became the headliner. This caused dissension within the group and within Motown as a whole. Ms. Ross left in 1970 and the Supremes continued on until 1977.


Rock n Roll Moment: Diana Ross and Barry Gordy dated for a time causing all sorts of problems. The Supremes were jealous of the relationship and it caused tensions. Other Motown acts, such as Martha Reeves (imagine that), also felt Gordy paid too much attention to The Supremes and not enough on them.

Essential Supremes:

Where Did Our Love Go? (1964)
More Hits by the Supremes (1965)
I Hear a Symphony (1966)

Supremes’ Top 10:

Where Did Our Love Go?
Come See About Me
Stop! In the Name of Love
I Hear a Symphony
My World is Empty Without You
You Can’t Hurry Love
You Keep Me Hangin’ On
Reflections
Love Child
Love is Here and Now Your Gone