The first baseball team to wear numbers was the New York Yankees, in 1929. The numbers represented their batting order.4 Roger Bannister ran a 3:59:4-minute mile, the first under four minutes, in…
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Randy (Randall David Johnson), 1963–, American baseball player, b. Walnut Creek, Calif. After pitching for the Univ. of Southern California, Johnson signed with the Montreal…
The Question: Nolan Ryan and Bob Gibson supposedly struck out the same guy six years apart for both of their 3,000th strikeouts. Who was this guy? The Answer…
The Question:
Can you tell me which pitcher won a World Series game in three different decades?
The Answer:
Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles won a World Series game in 1966, 1970, 1971 and…
GARRETT, Clyde Leonard, a Representative from Texas; born on a farm near Gorman, Eastland County, Tex., December 16, 1885; attended the public schools and Hankinsâ Normal College in his…
(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Artie, 1910–2004, American clarinetist and bandleader, b. New York City as Arthur Jacob Arshawsky. He began playing professionally as a teenager, becoming a studio musician in…
For the best fiction book, the best nonfiction book, the best picture book (since 1982), and the best picture book text (since 1996); given by the Society for Children's Book Writers.…
