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May-Walsh
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Kerri
Walsh of Saratoga, California (above)
celebrates winning the women's semifinal match on Monday. Walsh and
May won the match 21-18 and 21-15. Full story at: Sports Briefs
Tuesday,
August 24, 2004
Headlines---
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Peter
Eaton in Madison, Wisconsin
Greene
on the Greene Agreement
ABS
market braces for Republican invasion
United
Leasing Expands Rev. Credit Facility
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Peter
Eaton in Madison , Wisconsin
“Everything is going
great here. We have settled in and are spending time getting to
know the area and I am getting to know the Madison business community.
“ Our neighbors have
been just wonderful and have made Patricia and I feel right at home.
Being this close to children and grandchildren has been a real treat
and blessing.
“I continue to travel
to meet with the broker community throughout the U.S. I'm spreading
the gospel as always. I plan on being back in CA in October and
look forward to seeing you. I hope you and your family are well.”
Peter Eaton
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Keeping his job at Pentech Financial as Vice-President
of Pentech's Intermediary
Market Group, the popular Peter Eaton, and his wife Patricia,
moved to Madison, Wisconsin the end of last March to be closer
with their children and grand-children.
“Conference Chairman Peter
Eaton, CLP,(l) and his wife Patricia visit with First National
easing Corporation executive Vice-President Casey Kolp and his
wife Linda during the Sports Reception.” October, 1990, Western
Association of Equipment Lessors Conference, Monterey, California “We've been here twenty years, “ he said. “ I travel
a lot now, plus 80% of what I do now comes in over the internet,
plus things now are also sent so easily in ‘pdf,” that it doesn't
matter where you are. You
couldn't say that ten years ago.” Here is our earliest “Pictures from the Past” on
Mr. Eaton, CLP. Pictures
from the Past ---1987--- Seven Receive CLP
Designation
The third set of Certified Lease Professionals was
granted final approval and received plaques commemorating the
designation at the Fall Conference in Hawaii. New CLPs recognized by Western Association of Equipment
Leasing President Joe Woodley(left) were from left: Michael Walsh,
Atlantic Financial Savings Bank; Ron Wagner, Heritage Leasing Capital; Brian
Pindell, Commercial Equipment Lease Corp.; Ben Millerbis, Pentech
Financial Services; Peter Eaton, First National Leasing Corp.;
Duane Russell, Atlantic Financial Savings Bank. It also pictures Ben Millerbis, now president/ceo
of Pentech Financial. The company specializes in $150,000 and above transactions;
providing lease lines of credit to venture capital backed
emerging growth companies as well as “story” credits with a thorough
old style bank “investigation,” often including meeting with the
applicant and their financial team. Eaton works with brokers throughout
the United States. “While we
will most certainly benefit from Peter being closer to the Mid-west
and Eastern broker community, we will dearly miss both Peter
and Patricia here in San Jose, “Millerbus said.” Peter is
not only a wonderful business associate but a great friend as
well. I guarantee they will miss our California wines in
cheese country." He came to Palo Alto, California, in 1991, where
he headed the First National Leasing Corp West Coast Office. He then went on his own with Sevilla Leasing
and Associates in Palo Alto, 1993;
joined Leasing Associates in Mountain View, California,
then joining Pentech Financial as Executive Vice President. His hobbies include golfing and riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle,
plus he is known for being quite a horseman. He and his wife are packed
up, and ready to go, the truck leaves Friday. Look for a motorcycle escort.
Maybe he and Patricia
are back on their horses that their daughter trains, or perhaps
he still has his Harley. Maybe
Peter will send us some current pictures on life in Wisconsin. |
Greene
on the Greene Agreement
“The tone of the
email condemning the so-called "Greene Agreement" concerns
me. It is not that I feel a need to defend myself or the pool of companies
that decided they wanted the agreement. It would just be nice if those
who believe it to be some type of nefarious legal machination understood
just how wrong they are. Then again, as some of the hate mail surely
came from angry victims, it is all too likely that such blind anger
will make it impossible for them to see things any other way.
“I have represented
both lessees and lessors in advance fee retention disputes, and I for
one believe that any company which engages in such a nefarious practice
is committing fraud.
“It is a sad irony.
Yes, the agreement is meant to be used by the lessor/broker who wishes
to be reimbursed for certain agreed upon costs. However, it was also
designed to protect the APPLICANT by (1) providing clear disclosure
before any money changes hands (2) giving the applicant the chance to
opt out or modify the agreement before signing it (3)delineating those
costs which are non-refundable IF the applicant agrees, and (4)eliminating
ugly battles arising from claims based on non-written agreements, or
less.
Some of these anonymous
critics are perhaps the same lessors and/or brokers who waged war against
us because they don't think they need any agreement at all to retain
advance fees. Whether or not such a practice is technically legal or
not, it was the collective opinion of the pool that this is wrong. They
believe that it is only fair and ethical to retain some or all of an
advance fee if both parties agree in writing.
“As for the email
from those who have been victimized, though it may be hard to believe,
this agreement is for them as well. It is a template, and a mere starting
point. It is meant to be modified to suit the needs of BOTH parties.
It is predicated upon good faith, clarity, and mutuality. It is NOT
intended to allow a lessor or broker to take your money, do nothing,
and keep it. If I thought the agreement was going to be used for that
purpose, I would never have drafted it. Moreover, in my opinion the
agreement would do nothing to protect a lessor or broker whose sole
purpose was to procure advance fees and nothing else.
“This should be a
welcome trend in a good industry plagued by a few bad players. As the
pool of companies who initiated this project did so with the specific
intent of helping restore faith in a beleaguered industry, they should
be applauded, not vilified.”
Kenneth C. Greene
Law Offices of Kenneth
C. Greene
980 Magnolia Avenue Suite 6C
Larkspur, CA 94939
Vox: 415 461 3777
Fax: 415 461 3733
E-Mail: keng@kengreenelaw.com
Website: www.kengreenelaw.com
Greene
Agreement
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ABS
market braces for Republican invasion
ABSnet
Some fleeing, while
others hunker down...
As the end-of-August
slump begins engulfing Wall Street, many asset-backed players go on
vacation — a seasonal flight that is even more pervasive this year.
New York-based investment
banks, particularly those in midtown, are bracing for the heavy security
and commuting headaches expected when the Republican National Convention
takes over Madison Square Garden from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.
Several firms are
temporarily relocating at least some employees to backup facilities,
including midtowners like Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and BNP Paribas.
But at most firms,
telecommuting and vacations are the more popular options for dealing
with the convention.
"A lot of people
are just choosing to take that week off, either arranging vacation or
business travel," said an ABS executive at a midtown investment
bank. "Something like 50 percent of the office is going to be out
that week."
All the bankers said
their biggest concern is transportation, rather than the threat of terrorism.
But at least one
ABS player who said he would be in the office scoffed at the vacation
excuse. "They’re telling you they’re taking vacation, but they’re
running away," he said. "People are afraid."
The three rating
agencies, all located in downtown Manhattan, say it will be business
as usual for them. Spokespeople for Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s
Investors Service also mentioned that late August is traditionally one
of the slower periods of the year for the asset-backed market, with
many people already taking vacation.
The McGraw-Hill Companies,
S&P’s midtown-headquartered parent, sent an internal memo encouraging
employees to telecommute or temporarily work from other offices away
from the convention site.
Its midtown office
is within the security perimeter for the convention.
As part of the city’s
safety plan, company ID cards will be required for any workers passing
through a perimeter checkpoint. City officials are still deciding whether
to require additional entry passes for area employees during the convention.
Despite the thinned
ranks and temporary relocations, investment banks are also expecting
business as usual. They said no disruption would be apparent to clients,
with all the same phone numbers remaining in effect.
"If a phone
call were to bounce over to another facility, it is not something a
client would necessarily notice," said Karina Byrne, a spokeswoman
for Barclays Capital.
Byrne said at least
some employees from all parts of the company — sales, trading and operations
— will be assigned to work from an undisclosed backup location.
In addition, those
who live closer to that facility will be given the option to avoid the
commute to the midtown office, she said.
She did not know
how many of the workers at the backup location might be from the securitization
group.
BNP Paribas set up
a similar plan. "We will be operating in a business- as-usual mode,
but we have also made arrangements to have a small number of key critical
business functions to operate from an alternate location," said
spokeswoman Edwina Frawley.
She said the temporarily
relocated positions span the front, middle and back offices.
"Many of our
front-office staff live in New York City so the commuting headaches
are not really a factor," Frawley added. "It’s more to ensure
business transparency in the event of a disruption."
Several sources also
said Morgan Stanley will have many employees working from its backup
location outside the city. One source reported that Morgan Stanley is
looking at the convention as an opportunity for a test run for the recently
opened facility. But the company’s designated spokesperson for the topic
did not return calls seeking comment. — Bonnie McGeer
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United
Leasing, Inc. Expands Revolving Credit Facility
Evansville, IN –
– United Leasing, Inc. has renewed and expanded its primary credit facility
with a syndicate of banks led by Harris Nesbitt Bank and Fifth Third
Bank as Co-Agent’s with Bank One, National City Bank and US Bank as
participants in the credit.
The $75 Million credit
facility is available to United on a revolving basis though June 30,
2006, with automatic annual two-year renewals.
The facility supports the company in financing its equipment
and vehicle lease portfolio.
"We are pleased
to renew our multi-year facility," said Richard J. Schulz, CFO.
"We have a very strong and long-term relationship with our Bank
Group."
About United Leasing,
Inc.
United Leasing, Inc.
was founded in 1965 and provides full-service lease and commercial financing
for Fortune 1000, mid-size and smaller companies throughout the Continental
United States. The Company specializes in the leasing and financing
of commercial vehicles and equipment of all types for vendors, commercial
businesses and syndications. United Leasing is interested in lease transactions
and portfolio acquisitions. Lease terms range from 2-7 years and the
average lease transactions range from $100,000 - $5,000,000.
Contact:
United Leasing, Inc.
Richard J. Schulz,
CFO
812-485-3585
rschulz@unitedevv.com
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News
Briefs---
Economists dial back
growth forecasts
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2004-08-22-econ-survey_x.htm
Bush Team Lacks Clear
Economic Plan, Critics Say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27055-2004Aug23.html
Kerry Team Lines
Up Vietnam Witnesses
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26519-2004Aug23.html
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Sports
Briefs---
Walsh-May wins battle
of American beach volleyball rivals
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/
special_packages/olympics/9475991.htm
Hamm Ruling Stands,
but Ire at Judges Rises
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/24/sports/olympics/24gymnastics.html
U.S. women strike
gold on diamond; soccer team reaches final
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/
sports/special_packages/olympics/9472749.htm
American women win
softball gold – then look human
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/olympics/other/
20040823-1705-cnsoly-softball.html
Walsh-May wins battle
of American beach volleyball rivals
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/
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California
Nuts Briefs---
Despite Election
Pledge, Governor Signs Deal for 5 Casinos
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/9476837
.htm?ERIGHTS=722215707356
4741532mercurynews::kitmenkin@leasingnews.org&KRD_
RM=8oppqqutwvrusqvxuqpooooooo|Kit|Y
Calif. Minimum Wage
Bill Heads to Governor
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27517-2004Aug24.html
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“Gimme
that Wine”
Women, Wine Menus
and Prices
http://wine.about.com/b/a/2004_08_23.htm
Major Changes at
Robert Mondavi Winery
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_
view&newsId=20040820005452&newsLang=en
http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/90/90413/presentations/
Fiscal2005RecapitalizationFAQ.pdf
2004 Washington State
Harvest Earliest on Record for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=
news_view&newsId=20040820005331&newsLang=en
The Chalone Wine
Group reports increased revenue during first six months
http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=
A3A5793F-A9E5-43FE-9E98-3856FA5CAD01
Rich grape harvest
worries Bordeaux wine makers
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_963158,00050003.htm
The many faces of
Sauvignon Blanc
'The other white
wine' has a crispness and verve that few Chardonnays can achieve
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/19/WIG2487MQO1.DTL
This
Day in American History
1675-Catholic
holy orders were conferred by Gabriel Diaz Vara Calderon, Bishop of
Santiago de Cuba, on a visit to St. Augustine, FL.
Minor orders were conferred on seven candidates.
http://www.tfn.net/~mpna/prehistory.htm
http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/spanishfrontier/cowdrey-document.html
http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/spanishfrontier/mcewan.html
http://www.xxicentury.org/HCA/Tutorial/Tutorial_3.html
(see age of missions: )
http://www.vernonjohns.org/nonracists/jxfoundr.html
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdiazv.html
http://drbronsontours.com/staugustinetimeline.htm
1676-The
first court-martial in a colony was held in Newport, RI, by Governor
Walter Clarke, Deputy Governor John Crayton and their assistants, Edmund
Calvary, who was the attorney general.
Quanpen, a Native American sachem, also known as Sowagonish,
was found guilty of participation in King Philip’s War against the colonists
and ordered shot on August 26. Others
who had participated in the war were sentenced to various penalties.
1682-
, the Duke of York awarded Englishman William
Penn the three "lower counties" in the American colonies which
later became the state of Delaware.
( lower
half of: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug24.html
)
1718-
New Orleans was founded by French settlers from Canada and France. The
Canadians, generally brought their wives and families with them.
French officers, however, usually younger sons of nobility, refused
to marry below their rank, inspiring the plea of one of the early governors
to France: “Send me wives for my Canadians, they are running in the
woods after Indian girls.” Thus Cajuns were born. By the way,
Creole meant “native”,
born in Louisiana and has nothing to do with race.
1814-British
forces invaded and raided Washington, DC, for two days, burning the
Capital, the president’s house and most other public buildings.
President James Madison and other high US government officials
fled to safety until British troops (not knowing the strength of their
position) departed the city two days later.
1853
-- First potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum, Saratoga Springs,
NY. Crum was a Native American/African American chef at the Moon Lake
Lodge resort in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. French fries were popular
at the restaurant and one day a diner complained that the fries were
too thick. Although Crum made a thinner batch, the customer was sill
unsatisfied. Crum finally made fries that were too thin to eat with
a fork, hoping to annoy the extremely fussy customer. The customer,
surprisingly enough, was happy - and potato chips were invented! Crum's
chips were originally called Saratoga Chips and potato crunches. They
were soon packaged and sold in New England - Crum later opened his own
restaurant. William Tappendon manufactured and marketed the chips in
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895. In the 1920s, the salesman Herman Lay sold
potato chips to the southern USA (selling the chips from the trunk of
his car). In 1926, Laura Scudder (who owned a potato chip factory in
Monterey Park, California) invented a wax paper potato chip bag to keep
the chips fresh and crunchy - this made potato chips even more popular.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/mystery/crum.htm
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question579.htm
1857—Major
economic panic hits the United States.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug24.html
1869-
Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, NY, was issued a patent for a “waffle iron.”
1893
- Fire in the south of Chicago left 5,000 people homeless.
1897,
birthday of Charles Dudley Warner, American newspaper editor for the
Hartford Courant, published this now-famous and oft-quoted sentence,
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
“ The quotation is often mistakenly attributed to his friend a colleague
Mark Twain. Warner and Twain were part of the most notable American
literary circle during the late 19th century. Warner was
a journalist, essayist, novelist, biographer and author who collaborated
with Mark Twain in writing “The Gilded Age” in 1873.
1908-
Sax player Paul Webster birthday.
1912-
parcel post service was authorized. Previously the weight limit of mail had been
four pounds. The rates of the
parcel post service depended upon the weight of the package and the
distance traveled. This was
a boon to mail order catalogues and
to people living
in the rural area.
1925-Birthday
of pianist Louis Teicher (Ferrante and Teicher,)
composer, born Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
1932-
Charles H. Calhoun, Sr. and Jr., at the third hole of the Washington
Golf Club, Washington, GA, while playing with a foursome, both shot
a hole in 1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across
the U.S. non-stop.
1939
- Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, leader of Murder, Incorporated,
turned himself in to New York City columnist Walter Winchell; who turned
the underworld leader in to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. n one.
1950-
Edith Spurlock Sampson, became the first African-American delegate to
the United Nations when she was appointed alternate delegate to the
fifth General Assembly. Her
first assignment, on September 28, 1950, was to the Social, Humanitarian
and Cultural Committee.
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/399/
Edith_Sampson_was_a_steel_city_judge
1951---Top
Hits
Too Young - Nat King
Cole
Because of You -
Tony Bennett
My Truly, Truly Fair
- Guy Mitchell
Hey, Good Lookin’
- Hank Williams
1951-
St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck, one of baseball’s greatest showmen,
allowed fans attending a game against the Philadelphia Athletics to
participate in the strategy decisions normally made by the team’s manager.
More than 1,000 fans were given cards reading ”YES” and “NO:
and were asked to vote on what the Browns should do at various point
sin the tame. It worked; St.
Louis won, 5-3. With the advent
of Palm Pilots, Blackberry, and the internet, guess what Bill Veeck could do
today.
1957-
The Dodgers use eight pitchers in one game tying a major league record.
Johnny Podres gives up three home runs in the third including Hank Aaron's
first grand slam.
1959-
A headline in Billboard reads, "Rock and Roll Ain't Ready For The
Ol' Rockin' Chair Yet." The story says rock & roll was losing
popularity a year ago, but the record buyers now like Elvis Presley,
Fats Domino and Lloyd Price along with newcomers, the Drifters, Everly
Brothers and Ricky Nelson.
1959-
Phil Phillips' "Sea Of Love" hits #2 on the pop charts.
1959---Top
Hits
The Three Bells -
The Browns
Sea of Love - Phil
Phillips
Lavender-Blue - Sammy
Turner
Waterloo - Stonewall
Jackson
1960-Birthday
of Calvin Edward “Cal” Ripken,Jr., former baseball player, born Havre
de Grace, MD.
1963-
Little Stevie Wonder is the first artist to make the Number One position
on the pop single chart, the pop albums chart and the R&B singles
chart all at one time. In fact, nobody had made the pop single and album
charts at the same time. The music from "Wonder World" is
the album, "The Twelve Year- Old-Genius" and the single, "Fingertips,
Part Two."
1963
-The Little League World Series is televised for the first time . With
ABC's Wide World of Sports providing coverage of the championship game,
Grenada Hills (CA) beats Stratford (CT), 2-1.
1967-
Patti Harrison convinces her husband George and the rest of the Beatles
to attend a lecture at the Park Lane Hilton given by Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi. They go and send a note to him requesting a private audience.
In the meeting, the Beatles offer themselves as disciples. He accepts
and invites them to an indoctrination course for spiritual regeneration
two days later. They attend along with Mick Jagger and his girlfriend
Marianne Faithfull. Brian Epstein is invited but declines. Afterwards,
John Lennon compares the experience as "going somewhere without
your trousers."
1967---Top
Hits
All You Need is Love
- The Beatles
Pleasant Valley Sunday
- The Monkees
Baby I Love You -
Aretha Franklin
I’ll Never Find Another
You - Sonny James
1968-
The Who's drummer, Keith Moon, drives a Lincoln into the pool of a Holiday
Inn in Flint, Michigan.
1968-Steppenwolf's
"Born To Be Wild" hits #2 on the pop chart.
1971-
Ernie Banks hits his final home run of his career as the Cubs beat the
Reds, 5-4. Mr. Cub's 512th home run comes in the first inning off Jim
McGlothin.1971 -- Illinois State Attorney Edward Hanrahan and 13 police
officers and police officials are indicted on charges of conspiring
to obstruct justice by attempting to thwart criminal prosecution of
8 Chicago patrolmen who raided the apartment of Fred Hampton. This follows
August 21 when Panther George Jackson is killed in San Quentin prison
during an abortive breakout attempt (three prisoners and three guards
are killed in the attempt. Six prisoners are subsequently put on trial
for the incident (Fleeta Drumgo, David Johnson, Hugo L.A. Pinell (Yogi),
Luis Talamantez, Johnny Spain, and Willie Sundiata Tate). Spain was
convicted of murder. The others were either acquitted or convicted of
assault. In a side to this story: white attorney Stephen M. Bingham
is officially charged with murder in deaths of 2 convicts and 3 guards
at San Quentin. Bingham is charged with smuggling guns to George Jackson
used in a August 21, 1971 San Quentin breakout attempt. Bingham subsequently
flees the country, returning in 1984 to face charges. He was acquitted
of murder and conspiracy in 1986.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/
archive/2001/08/19/CM145760.DTL
1974-
Santana's "Greatest Hits" LP enters the charts.
1975---Top
Hits
Fallin’ in Love -
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
One of These Nights
- Eagles
Get Down Tonight
- K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Rhinestone Cowboy
- Glen Campbell
1975
- Los Angeles Dodger Davey Lopes set a major league baseball record
when he stole his 38th consecutive base. It was in the 12th inning of
a game against the Montreal Expos that Lopes got his famous steal. The
Dodgers still lost in 14 innings, 5- 3.
1978-
Bruce Springsteen appears on the cover of "Rolling Stone."
1979-
The Cars perform at New York's Central Park for an audience of a half
million people
1981
- Mark David Chapman was sentenced from 20 years to life imprisonment
for his self-admitted murder of former Beatle John Lennon.
1985
- Huey Lewis and The News reached the top of the charts with "The
Power of Love". The song spent 2 weeks at #1 on the "Billboard
Hot 100".
1983---Top
Hits
Every Breath You
Take - The Police
Sweet Dreams (Are
Made of This) - Eurythmics
She Works Hard for
the Money - Donna Summer
Love Song - The Oak
Ridge Boys
1985-Dwight
Gooden of the New York Mets became the youngest pitcher to win 20 games
in a season. Gooden defeated
the san Diego Padres, 9-3. He was 20 years, nine months and nine days
old.
1987
- Autumn-like weather prevailed across the north central and northeastern
U.S. Seven cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including
Saint Cloud MN with a low of 37 degrees. Temperatures in Florida soared
to 98 degrees at Pensacola and 99 degrees at Jacksonville. Thunderstorms
produced heavy rain in the Southern High Plains Region, with 5.40 inches
at Union NM, and 7.25 inches reported west of Anthony NM
1989-Pete
Rose is banned from baseball for life by Commissioner Giamatti for gambling.
The Reds' manager signs a five-page agreement with Giamatti in which
he agrees to a lifetime penalty but does not admit to gambling on the
national pastime.
1991-
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Learning To Fly" hits #28
on the pop singles chart.
1991---Top
Hits
(Everything I Do)
I Do It for You - Bryan Adams
It Ain’t Over ’Til
It’s Over - Lanny Kravitz
Fading Like a Flower
(Every Time You Leave) - Roxette
You Know Me Better
Than That - George Strait
1996-The
New York Yankees dedicated a monument to the late Mickey Mantle at Monument
Park in Yankee Stadium. The new monument joined three others honoring
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Miller Huggins. Mantle died August 13,1995.
1999-
Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. joins Babe Ruth, Ralph Kiner, Duke Snider, Ernie
Banks, Harmon Killebrew and Mark McGwire as the only players to hit
40 homers in four consecutive seasons.
Baseball
Poems
Here are three “choice”
short poems from Tim Peeler, from his book
“Touching All the
Bases.” He has given us permission
to reproduce them.
Budweiser!
Budweiser!
he calls
between
innings, between pitches,
between
breaths
An Asterisk as Big as a Ball
the
ball talked to
three
hundred thirty feet of air,
rising
into the teeth
of
the bat's echo,
crashing
into right field bleachers
like
any other Yankee missile —
an
exiled hero
circled
the Ruthian diamond
to
footnote glory —
just
down the first base line
the magic bat lay,
like a gun that had killed
its owner.
whiskey moon
frank
says the full moon
is for whiskey,
spits
tobacco to punctuate
his
short sentences,
hours
sipping, replaying
his
career in slow motion,
oiling
the first baseman's mitt,
then spreading it carefully
to catch the milky light,
frank
says it softens the leather,
I
say it embalms the memory.
These come from a soft cover 128 pages
with index published
by www.mcfarlandpub.com
( they take two weeks
to send, but you are helping
this company stay alive, or you can buy from
Amazon, for the same price, but perhaps faster
delivery. While they are all mostly baseball,
some are not. He is a unique American poet.
He lives in Hickory,
North Carolina.
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