Perhaps the most timeless and memorable name in baseball is Babe Ruth. George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. was a professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball lasted for 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. He was nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", but while he is best known as one of the greatest hitters in the game, ( Read more... )

Although he never openly admitted to it, there is strong evidence to believe that Dwight Eisenhower played semi-professional minor league baseball for Junction City, Kansas in the Central Kansas Baseball League in the year before he attended West Point. Ordinarily, that might not be anything to hide, but for Eisenhower, if true, and if it had been ( Read more... )

Today George W. Bush celebrates his 78th birthday. The 43rd President of the United States was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut, the oldest child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush, who both passed away in 2018.


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Jack Roosevelt Robinson, better known as Jackie, was an professional baseball player who became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball when the Brooklyn Dodgers put him in the lineup at first base on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, it was the ( Read more... )

In August of 2012 I spent a week at Galveston Beach, Texas, a beautiful spot east of Houston on the Gulf Coast. One day I gave in to my potus_geeks side and drove to College Station, Texas to see the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. This is a terrific Presidential Library dedicated to one of my favorite presidents.


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Today George W. Bush celebrates his 77th birthday. The 43rd President of the United States was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut, the oldest child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush, who both passed away in 2018.


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Jack Roosevelt Robinson, better known as Jackie, was an professional baseball player who became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball when the Brooklyn Dodgers put him in the lineup at first base on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, it was the ( Read more... )

Perhaps the most timeless and memorable name in baseball is Babe Ruth. George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. was a professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball lasted for 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. He was nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", but while he is best known as one of the greatest hitters in the game, ( Read more... )

It was probably Ronald Reagan who began the ongoing tradition of inviting the World Series championship teams to visit the White House, but the Gipper was not the first President to do so. The 1924 Washington Senators were the first title-winning professional team to visit the White House. Their host was a man not generally known as a trend-setter ( Read more... )

When George H. W. Bush died in the fall of 2018, he was eulogized both for his many accomplishments, and for his gentlemanly disposition. There was much to admire about the man's life. He served his country honorably, joining the Navy at age 18 during the second world war, and surviving the downing of his aircraft. The man seemed to be gracious ( Read more... )