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A Redbird who made good

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June 16, 2012 A. Ray Smith Aurelio Lopez Detroit Tigers Mexican League New Orleans Pelicans Senor Smoke Springfield Redbirds St. Louis Cardinals Tecamachalco 1 Comment

Walking through the park and reminiscing

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June 15, 2012 Birthday Cape Cod Cleveland Heights delivering papers driving hurry don't be late I can hardly wait iTunes Little River Band New York Thruway owning a record records Reminiscing road equity walking through the park and reminiscing We'll go dancing in the dark Leave a Comment

It was a big year for me

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June 12, 2012 dance recital end of school found penny school friends summer vacation Leave a Comment

Another year older

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June 4, 2012 Birthday birthday wishes brother Leave a Comment

The movie that changed everything

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May 25, 2012 astronaut applications 1978 Betamax Darth Vader Death Star Disney movies DVDs Han Solo Hardware Wars Luke Skywalker Mad magazine NASA Star wars VCRs 1 Comment

Game ready

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May 21, 2012 baseball gloves game ready gloves hotbox left-handed gloves microwave ovens Rawlings Target Wal-Mart 2 Comments

For the love of the game

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May 15, 2012 1978 baseball Khoury League kids playing soccer instead of baseball 4 Comments

Welcome to college

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May 9, 2012 Bobb-McCulloch Maurice Sendak Northwestern Springfield IL typewriter Where the Wild Things Are Leave a Comment

A Monday to remember

April 25, 2012 1976 all-stars All-Star game bicentennial Big Red Machine Chicago Cubs Dodger Stadium Great Eight LA Dodgers Monday saves the flag Nick Swisher Rick Monday Spark Anderson Steve Swisher Leave a Comment

His place in history

April 10, 2012 1975 22-0 shutout 7-for-7 Bill Plummer Bruce Sutter cardboardgods Chicago Cubs Game of the Week Hall of Fame Paul Reuschel Pittsburgh pirates Rennie Stennett Rick Reuschel Wrigley Field Leave a Comment

An experiment you can eat

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February 22, 2012 Abraham Lincoln Ash wednesday apologies Chilli Chilli capital of the civilized universe corndog invention Cozy Dog experimentation with food horseshoe sandwich Springfield Springfield Illinois Leave a Comment

With thanks and love to my father

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February 10, 2012 65th birthday birthday wishes father Leave a Comment

A journey back to 1985

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February 8, 2012 1985 Chicago Cubs 7-up Chicago Cubs promotional baseball cards Ryne Sandberg Leave a Comment

Then and now

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January 7, 2012 1986 1986 Boston Celtics Boston debut album Facebook high school yearbooks Jerome IL Larry Bird Northwestern freshman facebook Springfield IL the Loop Twitter Van Halen tour Leave a Comment

Hanu-Cubs, Night 1

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December 20, 2011 1977 Chicago Cubs 1978 Chicago Cubs 1978 Topps 1979 Topps Bill Buckner boilermaker Bruce Sutter Dave Giusti Dave Kingman Dave Roberts Hanukkah Herman Franks Ivan DeJesus Jewish baseball players lighting hanukkah candles lung cancer Manny Trillo menorah Mick Kelleher Rick Reuschel 1 Comment

The day my life changed

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December 10, 2011 ACT baseball jersey blood Car crashes fatalism Madonna Rolling Stone seat belt laws Spanish competition Western Illinois University young drivers Leave a Comment

Chewing the whole stick

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November 13, 2011 Bubble Yum Bubblicious chewing gum consumerism consumption Depression DoubleMint Hubba Bubba Juicy Fruit trident Wrigley's gum Leave a Comment

Throwing a punch

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November 10, 2011 fisticuffs Frazier-Ali gladiators high school football games Muhammad Ali Smokin Joe Frazier Thrilla in Manila Leave a Comment

Going behind enemy lines

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November 8, 2011 Albert Pujols Busch Stadium Cardinals Cubs rivalry Chicago Cubs Chris Carpenter Matt Holliday Piladelphia Phillies Red Sox St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis heat Tony LaRussa Wrigley Field Yankees Leave a Comment

He was more important than I realized

November 5, 2011 Al Hrabosky baseball cards trade Dave Kingman Del Unser doubleheaders Jack Brickhouse Lou Brock Mike Garman New York Mets St. Louis Cardinals the Mad Hungarian Tom Seaver 2 Comments

Get ready for a huge number

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October 23, 2011 A-Rod money Albert Pujols Chris Carpenter contract season Lance Berkman Matt Holliday Prince Fielder St. Louis Cardinals World Series Yadier Molina Leave a Comment

The curse of Terry Kennedy

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October 22, 2011 1984 NL playoffs 1989 NLCs Bob Kennedy Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs General Manager San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants Springfield Redbirds Steve Garvey Ted Simmons Terry Kennedy Theo Epstein Triple A baseball Leave a Comment

If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding!

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October 19, 2011 Another Brick in the Wall high school Pink Floyd Pudding senioritis Leave a Comment

There’s magic in the ivy and the old scoreboard

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October 18, 2011 baseball games with my dad Wrigley Field Leave a Comment

“No-hit” vs. the No-hit king

October 7, 2011 1965 World Series A Lefty's Legacy Chicago Cubs Day of Atonement Dick Schofield Don Drysdale four no-hitters Glenn Beckert Jane Leavy Jason Marquis Jewish big leaguers Jewish pitchers Ken holtzman Los Angeles Dodgers no-hit Holtzman perfect game Sandy Koufax Willie Davis Wrigley Field Yom Kippur Leave a Comment

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