This is the grave of Dave Orr. Born in Brooklyn in 1859, Orr was Irish-American, the son of an immigrant father. Despite that, he had a decent life. He grew up in Brooklyn and was good at baseball. So
This is the grave of Dan Quisenberry. Born in 1953 in Santa Monica, California, Quisenberry grew up in a baseball family. His parents divorced when he was young his mother remarried an engineer who lo
An extremely rare television review from me, as I am horrible at sitting down and watching shows. Much of this comes from my deep contempt for the culture of binge watching and other parts of it come
This is the grave of J.L. Wilkinson. Born in 1878 in Algona, Iowa, J.L. Wilkinson grew up in a middle class home. His father was a school superintendent and then an insurance executive. But his son ha
The 1970s was a strange time in the movies, in the sense that you could seemingly get any damn thing on the big screen. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings is a 1976 comedy about Negro
This is the grave of Kid Nichols. Born in 1869 in Madison, Wisconsin, Charles Nichols grew up as a working class kid, the son of a butcher. The family moved to Kansas City when he was young. He became
It seems that it is the end of the line for the second greatest first baseman in Major League history. If anything, I feel Pujols is underrated as to his career impact. He came up in the time of the m
This is the grave of Willie Stargell. Born in 1940 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma, Stargell spent much of his early years living with his grandmother in Florida after his parents split. His mother then moved