from the article:
Since 2015, right-wing extremists have been involved in 267 plots or attacks and 91 fatalities, the data shows. At the same time, attacks and plots ascribed to far-left views accounted for 66 incidents leading to 19 deaths.
Month: April 2021
The worst modern baseball team – the 1962 Mets
The 1962 Mets went 40-120. They lost more games than any team since 1889. They had two 20-game losers (Roger Craig 10-24) and Al Jackson (8-20). Jackson was tied for second in the league with four shutouts. Jay Hook was 6-19. Craig Anderson was 3-17.
I saw one of the wins at the Polo Grounds. Roger Craig, who went 10-24 that year, pitched for the Mets. Joey Jay, who went 21-14, pitched for the defending National League champion Reds. Here’s the box score.
Jimmy Breslin wrote an excellent book about the season called Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?
John Prine remembered one year after his death
John Prine died on April 7, 2020. I was fortunate enough to see him perform several times. I saw him at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in the early 1970s and remember that he sang “Please Don’t Bury Me” and “The Accident” before they were released on Sweet Revenge in 1973. I saw him at the Academy of Music around 1976 with Steve Goodman. They both performed solo with acoustic guitars and did the encore together. The last time I saw him was at Pier Six in Baltimore in 2011.
If you don’t know Prine, I would start with his first album John Prine from 1971. It has many of his best songs such as “Angel from Montgomery”, “Sam Stone” and Hello in There”. What a great singer and songwriter.
The first Orioles Opening Day in 1954
Opening day of the baseball season is great. I have been to about a dozen of them in Baltimore, all but one at Memorial Stadium.
Voter suppression update 4/8/21
The Tamagotchi Cemetery (article from Burials and Beyond)
Pigtown Climbs
I donated to this excellent cause.
John Tyler had a grandchild who lived until 2025
Update 5/28/25:
This is amazing. John Tyler was president from 1841-1845. He had eight children with his first wife and seven children with his second wife. His first child was born in 1815. His last child was born in 1860.
Republican vaccine hesitancy
I do give Mitch McConnell credit for encouraging Republican men to get vaccinated.
Republican hypocrisy on the vaccine passport idea
Republicans are opposed to a vaccine passport but they do this:
Sad! 