Thursday, February 12, 2015

Keith Hernandez timeline

Born: October 20, 1953

1971: Drafted by St Louis Cardinals

Debut: August 30, 1974 (Cardinals)

1979: NL MVP (.344, 11 HR, 105 RBI, 210 hits, 116 runs, 48 doubles, .930 OPS)

1979: NL Batting title

1982: Had key 2-run single in World Series

1982: Cardinals win World Series

1983: Traded to New York Mets

1985: Pittsburgh drug trials

1986: Had key 2-run single in World Series

1986: Mets win World Series

1987: Named first captain of Mets

1988: Mets win NL East

1989: Signed by Cleveland Indians

1990: Retired

1992: Appeared on Seinfeld

2004: Dropped off Hall of Fame ballot (4.3% of vote)

2006-present: Mets broadcaster


Accomplishments:
2x World Champion

5x All Star

1979 NL MVP

11x Gold Glove

2x Silver Slugger

1979 Batting Champion

2x Player of the Month

4x Player of the week

.296

162 HR

1,071 RBI

1124 Runs

2182 Hits

426 Doubles

1070 Walks-1012 Strikeouts

.384 OBP

.821 OPS

3214 TB

100+ Runs: 2x

210 Hits (1979)

30+ Doubles: 8x

40+ Doubles: 2x

11 Triples (1979)

105 RBI (1979)

100 Walks (1982)

.300+ Average: 7x

.400 OBP: 9x

.513 slugging (1979)

313 TB (1979)

Led league in runs: 2x

Led league in doubles (48): 1979

Led league in walks (94): 1986

Led league in OBP (.408): 1980

Postseason: .265, 2 HR, 21 RBI, .729 OPS (5 series)

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Frank Robinson: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1982

Born: August 31, 1935

1953: Signed by Cincinnati Reds

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Reds)

1956: NL Rookie of the Year

Late 1950s: Attended Xavier College

1958: Won Gold Glove

1961: Reds win Pennant

1961: NL MVP (.323, 37, 124, 117 runs, .404 OBP, .611 SLG, 1.015 OPS, 333 TB)

1965: Traded to Baltimore Orioles

1966: AL MVP (.316, 49, 122, 122 runs, .410 OBP, .637 SLG, 1.047 OPS, 367 TB)

1966: Won Triple Crown

1966: Only player to hit a ball out of Memorial Stadium

1966: Orioles win World Series

1966: World Series MVP

1969: Orioles win Pennant

1970: Hit back-to-back Grand Slams

1970: Orioles win World Series

1971: ASG MVP

1971: Orioles win Pennant

1971: Traded to Los Angeles Dodgers

1972: Traded to California Angels

1974: Traded to Cleveland Indians

1975: Became player-manager for Indians (186-189)

1975: First African-American manager (homered in first AB as manager)

1975-7: Indians Manager

1981-84: Giants Manager (264-277)

1982: Elected to Hall of Fame (89.2%)

1988-91: Orioles Manager (230-285)

1989: AL Manager of the Year

1999: Finalist for All Century Team

1999-2002: VP of On field Ops for Baseball

2002-2006: Managed Expos/Nationals (385-425)

2003: Statue in Cincinnati

2005: Presidential Medal of Freedom

2007-present: Various executive positions with MLB

2012: Statue in Baltimore


Accomplishments:
2x World Champion

2x MVP

14x All Star

1971 ASG MVP

1966 World Series MVP

1966 Triple Crown

1966 Batting title

1966 Babe Ruth award

1966: Player of the Year

1956 ROY

1958 Gold Glove

1989 Manager of the Year

2x Player of the Month

.294

586 HR

1,812 RBI

1,829 Runs

2,943 Hits

528 Doubles

204 SB

.389 OBP

.537 SLG

.926 OPS

5,373 TB

198 HBP

100+ Runs: 8x

208 Hits (1962)

30+ Doubles: 7x

51 Doubles (1962)-Led League

20+ HR: 17x

30+ HR: 11x

49 HR (1966)-Led League

100+ RBI: 6x

20+ SB: 3x

Hit .300: 9x

.400 OBP: 6x

.500 SLG: 14x

.600 SLG: 3x

1.000OPS: 4x

300 TB: 8x

Led league in Runs: 3x

Led league in OBP: 2x

Led league in SLG: 4x

Led league in OPS: 4x

Led league in TB (367): 1966

Led league in HBP: 7x

Led league in IBB: 4x

Led league in SF (10): 1961

Postseason: .238, 10 HR, 19 RBI, .887 OPS (8 Series)

Monday, February 9, 2015

Travis Jackson: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1982

Born: November 2, 1903

1921: Played college baseball (Ouachita Baptist University)

1921-2: Minor Leagues

1922: Purchased by New York Giants

Debut: September 27, 1922 (Giants)

1923: Giants win Pennant

1924: Giants win Pennant

1926: Knee injury

1927: Appendicitis

1930: Mumps

1930: .339, 13 HR, 82 RBI, .386 OBP, .529 SLG, .915 OPS

1932: Influenza

1932-3: Knee injury

1933: Giants win World Series

1934: Made only All Star Team

1936: Giants win Pennant

1936: Released

1936-8: Jersey City Giants (Player-Manager)

1938-9: Scout

1940-5: Tuberculosis kept him out of baseball

1946: Minor league manager

1947-8: Giants coach

1949-60: Minor league manager and coach

1982: Elected to Hall of Fame (Vets Committee)

Died: July 27, 1987 (Alzheimer's)


Accomplishments:
1933 World Champion

1934 All Star

.291

135 HR

929 RBI

833 Runs

1768 Hits

.770 OPS

2636 TB

35 Doubles (1928)

10+ Triples: 3x

21 HR (1929)

101 RBI (1934)

Hit .300: 6x

.529 Slugging (1930)

Postseason: .149, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .350 OPS (4 World Series)

Friday, February 6, 2015

Happy Chandler: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1982

Born: July 14, 1898

1901: Mother abandoned family

1918: WWI ended before he was called to service

1920: Played semi-pro ball

1921: Graduated from Transylvania University

1924: Graduated University of Kentucky

1925-30: Lawyer, coach, and scout

1928: Commissioner on circuit court

1929-31: Kentucky Senate

1931-35: Lt. Governor of Kentucky

1935-39: Governor of Kentucky

1939-45: U.S. Senator

1945-51: Baseball Commissioner

1946: Imposed 5 year ban on players jumping to Mexico

1946: Averted first player's strike

1947: Supported Jackie Robinson and end of the color barrier

1947: Negotiated baseball's first major media deal

1951: Wakefield dispute

1951-5: Writer, lawyer

1955-59: Governor of Kentucky

1957: Elected to Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame

1960: Ran for president

1962: Ran for governor again

1965-6: Commissioner of Continental Football League

1967: Ran for governor

1971: Ran for governor

1982: Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1989: Published autobiography

1991: Died


Accomplishments:
Supported desegregation

Stopped players jumping to Mexico

Averted players' strike

Negotiated baseball's first major media deal

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Hank Aaron: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1982

Born: February 5, 1934

1949: Tryout with Dodgers

1951-2: Negro Leagues

1952: Signed by Boston Braves

1952-3: Minor Leagues

Debut: April 13, 1954 (Milwaukee Braves)

1956: NL Batting Champ (.328)

1957: Hit pennant winning home run

1957: NL MVP (.322, 44, 132, 118 runs, 198 hits, .978, 369 TB)

1957: Braves win World Series

1958: Braves win Pennant

1959: Three Home Run game vs Giants

1959: NL Batting Champ (.355)

1959: .355, 39 HR, 123 RBI, 116 runs, 223 hits, 46 doubles, 1.037 OPS, 400 TB, .636 slugging

1963: 44 HR/31 Steals

1966: Braves move to Atlanta

1968: 500th Home Run

1969: Braves win NL West

1970: 3000th hit

1970: Lou Gehrig Award

1971: 600th Home Run

1972: 2,000th RBI

1972: Broke TB record

1973: 700th Home Run

1974: Broke home run record (715)

1974: Traded to Milwaukee Brewers

1976: Hit 755th and final Home Run of career

1976: Became Braves Exec

1980-present: Braves Senior VP

1982: Elected to Hall of Fame (97.8%)

1990: Published autobiography

1999: All Century Team

1999: Hank Aaron Award debuted

2002: Presidential Medal of Freedom

2007: Bonds passed Aaron on HR List (Aaron recorded his congratulations)


Accomplishments:
1957 World Champion

1957 NL MVP

2x Batting Champion

25x All Star

3x Gold Glove

3,000 Hit Club

700 Home Run Club

All Time leader in TB (6,856)

All Time leader in RBI (2,297)

All Time leader in XBH (1,477)

1970 Lou Gehrig Award

2x Player of the Month

Player of the Week (April 14, 1974)

.305

2,174 Runs

3,771 Hits

624 Doubles

755 HR

240 SB

1402 walks-1383 Strikeouts

.374 OBP

.555 Slugging

.928 OPS

100+ Runs: 15x

200+ hits: 3x

30+ Doubles: 10x

40+ Doubles: 2x

10+ Triples: 3x

20+ HR: 20x

30+ HR: 15x

40+ HR: 8x

100+ RBI: 11x

20+ SB: 6x

31 SB (1963)

.300+ Average: 14x

.355 (1959)

.400 OBP: 3x

.500 Slugging: 18x

.600 Slugging: 6x

1.000+ OPS: 5x

300+ TB: 15x

400 TB (1959)

Led league in games (155): 1961

Led league in runs: 3x

Led league in hits: 2x

Led league in doubles: 4x

Led league in HR: 4x

Led league in RBI: 4x

Led league in slugging: 4x

Led league in OPS: 3x

Led league in TB: 8x

Led league in SF (12): 1960

Postseason: .362, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 1.116 OPS (3 Series)

Monday, February 2, 2015

17th Century Timeline

1601: The Essex Coup fails

1601: Battle of Kinsale

1601-03: Great Russian Famine

1602: The Dutch East India Company forms

1603: Elizabeth I dies/James I becomes King of England

1603: Tokugawa Shogunate

1605: The Gunpowder Plot

1606: The Long War Ends

1607: Jamestown founded

1607: The Flight of the Earls

1613: House of Romanov assumes power in Russia

1618-48: 30 Years War

1622: Jamestown Massacre

1631: Battle of Magdeburg

1631: Battle of Breitenfeld

1632: Battle of Lutzen

1633: Galileo tried by the Inquisition

1636: Harvard founded

1637: Shimbora Rebellion

1639-40: Prayer Book Riots and Bishop's War

1641: Sokaku instituted in Japan

1641: Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy

1642-51: English Civil War

1643: Battle of Rocroy

1644: Manchu Dynasty founded

1644: Battle of Marston Moor

1645: Battle of Naseby

1648: Treaty of Westphalia

1649: Charles I beheaded

1649-53: Cromwell in Ireland

1660: The Restoration

1665: Great Plague in London

1666: Great Fire of London

1667-99: Great Turkish War

1680: Pueblo Revolt

1682: Peter the Great becomes Czar (r. 1682-1725)

1683: Battle of Vienna

1687: Newton's Philosphise Naturalis Principia Mathematica

1688-89: The Glorious Revolution

1689: John Locke's "Letter Concerning Toleration"

1690: Battle of the Boyne

1692: Salem Witch Trials

1692-94: French famine

1696-97: Finnish famine

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Quotes of the Month: January 2015

Quote of the Month: "Je suis Charlie"


Stupid Quote of the Month: "We were taught snipers were cowards. Will shoot u in the back. Snipers aren't heroes. "

-Michael Moore


And the Rest...
"As I write this, it is not clear that I will ever play guitar again."

-Bono

"Congratulations to the president for turning a two year recession into a six year one."

-Kimberly Gilfoyle

"You have to be careful about drinking around me."

-Bill Cosby

"I hear the sound of time roaring past me, and there is no time to lose. "

-Robert Plant

"Pussy Nation."

-Bill Maher on American Progressives

"What we've said all along, and have been called bigots for it, is when there's this many bad apples, there's something wrong with the orchard."


Bill Maher on Islam

 
"The Prophet is avenged."

-Charlie Hebdo terrorists

"Well, this is surreal. I am completely knocked out. Thank you to the Academy for this incredible honor. I am very proud and lucky to be a part of Birdman and can't believe it came to this. I am so fucking excited. Are you allowed to say fuck when you're making a statement for the Oscars? I'm just really fucking excited."

-Emma Stone

"Some think that, excuse me if I use that word, that in order to be good Catholics, we have to be like rabbits. No. Responsible parenthood."

-Pope Francis I

"I have no more campaigns to run. ... I know because I won both of them"

-Barack Obama being a dickhead

"I was in The Tea Party before there was a Tea Party."


-John Boehner

"To state the obvious, the past six years have been really, really hard for this country."


-Joe Biden

"Get out of here, you low-life scum."


-John McCain to Code Pink protesters trying to arrest Henry Kissinger