Cleaning out the Inbox

Time for cleaning of the inbox!

First off,thanks to everyone that sent/gave birthday wishes on Facebook or email to me.
It never fails to amaze me when people tell me things in my life that they read here or on Facebook....

Sorry to hear of the passing of James Gammon at the age of 70.
Who was Gammon?
Well,he brought the crabby Lou Brown to life in the Major League film series and did such a fine job that to me,became the most quoted character from the set despite being a supporting character.


Battlin' Bob sends this article from the Pittsburgh Tribune/Review on a favorite of mine-Wiffleball.
What a great game and one that I still play some each summer as well as another variation that might feature a game in a few weeks and will be on a real field?!

Another great article on the whereabouts of N.C.State star and NBA bust Chris Washburn,who seems to be doing well in his battle against drug addiction.
Washburn was such a lost talent,very few big men had his type of athletic ability and you could see the potential during his days with the Wolfpack.

Nice to see Danny Rosenbaum get his long awaited promotion from Hagerstown to Potomac.
Rosenbaum has been the Suns best pitcher all season without the wins to show for it.

Just finished the Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst.
It was entertaining enough and a decent read,but I couldnt help but be a little disappointed.
The reviews had it pegged as being a better book than I thought it was and I didn't put it anywhere near Ball Four,Jim Bouton's classic.

Speaking of Bouton,I'll wrap this up with goodbye to his Yankee sparring partner,former manager and GM Ralph Houk,who died at the age of 90.
Houk had a few pages in the book as the foil to Bouton as Bouton looked back on his career with the Yankees.
Houk managed the Tigers and Red Sox after leaving the Yankees and deserves some credit in Detroit as being the manager that developed much of the talent that went on to win the 1984 World Series under Sparky Anderson.