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    OT: Denny McLain turns 80

    The two time Cy Young Award winner-and the last 30 game winner-by the age of 25,has become an octogenarian. Since he was suspended from MLB in 1970 for attempting to become a bookmaker,you wonder what odds he would have given himself at the time of his prospect of reaching today,given his poor...
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    OT: I-695 Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses

    When the Sunshine Skyway bridge collapsed in 1980,the 1950 Phillies' Whiz Kids shortstop,Granny Hamner,was three cars away from going into Tampa Bay.He later said:"That makes up for all of the line drives that were caught."
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    OT: Stock and Investment Talk

    In his morning video,Greg Mannarino said that expects gold and the DOW to meet around 6000.
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    OT: Uh Oh Ohtani

    Wait until some little kid yells at him:"Say it ain't so,Sho."
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    OT: The April 8th Eclipse - Put in Zip Code to See How Much You'll (not) See

    I'm going to shoot for Watertown. So far,the forecast isn't so hot. I was hoping to end my eclipse drought of 54 years,having seen the one at Norfolk in 1970.
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    Reel Analytics

    I tend to agree with you. He's better off walking on,possibly becoming an all purpose back up kicker.Plus,I'll think that he'll keep growing. He wants to become an engineer if this football thing doesn't work out. If the NFL had a true minor league system-and with gambling and TV,it could be...
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    Reel Analytics

    I had never heard of them until this past weekend when my nephew in Florida called to tell me that this site ranked our nephew,Middletown South's QB,safety and place kicker,Jake Czwakiel, as the 22nd best graduating senior in the country. The site claims that their ranking is derived from in...
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    OT: Official 2024 NY Yankees Season Thread

    60 years ago,Whitey Ford went 11 innings on Opening Day. Starters are no longer as important as they were in Whitey's day. Middle relievers and set up men are vastly underrated.
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    OT: Storm of the Century - 31 years ago this week

    The problem with that storm was that cars on the street became encased in ice for days. On that Monday night,Ray Lucas and I were pushing cars to clear a path for the traffic on a main street in Harrison.(I was only 42 at the time.) I was thinking what Doug Graber would say were he to see this.
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    OT: Remember Shirley Bassey? Listen to her at age 85.

    If Menendez gets through the primary,the GOP candidate should play this incessantly.
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    OT: Stock and Investment Talk

    The top will be in when Taylor Swift records "Blue Skies."
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    OT: Sopranos booth at Holsten's sells for 82k

    There are people now living in apartments along the Passaic River site where Tony and Vin exchanged information.
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    OT: Official 2024 Philadelphia Phillies Season Thread

    The only two titles won by the Phillies were won in Presidential election years in which the out party won. Plus,the economies of those two years were nothing to write home about either.So far.2024's ecomomy is doing better than it did in those two years,but a late in the year 2008 panic may be...
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    Dartmouth Delivers Potential Serious Blow To NCAA

    Live Free Throws or Die? Will "Look For the Union Label" replace the National Anthem before tipoff?
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    OT: Zap & his dad

    I have a copy of SPORT Magazine from 1955 that shows a picture Yogi at home with Tim and Larry. Zap had yet to come into the picture.
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    OT: Odysseus Moon Landing 6:24 pm Today... Watch Here

    On the day that we're back on the Moon,116 year old Edie Ceccarelli died in California. She was born in 1908,only 5 years after Orville and Wilbur. France's Jeanne Calment remains the GOAT,hitting 123.
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    OT: Tom Qualters dead at 88

    Who?Said by most everyone today. The right handed pitcher was signed by the Phillies by the then near staggering sum of $40,000 in 1953 and subsequently being named Money Bags. He had to remain with the team for 2 years before being allowed to be sent down. The Phillies gave up on him in...
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    OT: Minor to Moderate (2-4?) Snowfall Likely Sat morning (2/17); will be <32F, so expect slick roads

    The Rangers-Islanders game at Met Life is being delayed 45 minutes because nobody calculated the Sun's angle.
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