Triple Play Friday - March 13th

Let's "Play Ball" it's TRIPLE PLAY friday ~ check out this weeks entries for "this day in history facts" - "my Etsy finds" and "baseball fun facts"!!! TGIF ~

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March 13th - on this day in HISTORY

1. 1930 - Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory

2. 1965 - Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
3. 1991 - Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill

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March 13th - my Etsy finds ~ WIND CHIMES

i think these artists and their work are WONDERFUL!!!
i hope you think so too.
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1. windechoes 2. tksDesign 3. DinnerTimeChimes

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March 13th- Did You Know? ~ BASEBALL

1. In 1936, Tony Lazzeri of the New York Yankees hit 2 Grand Slams in one game for the first time ever in the Major Leagues. Since then, only eleven other players have achieved this feat, making this one of the most amazing and elite hitting feats in the game.
2. In 1912 National League player Casey Stengel played his first ever Major League game and went 4-for-4 at the plate.

3. In 1916 Sam Crawford of the Detroit Tigers set the record as the first and only player to hit more than three-hundred triples during his career.

Triple Play Friday ~ 2/27/09

Let's "Play Ball" it's TRIPLE PLAY friday ~ check out this weeks entries for "this day in history facts" - "my Etsy finds" and "baseball fun facts"!!! TGIF ~

February 27th - on this day in HISTORY

1. 1922: The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the Supreme Court
2. 1999: In Nigeria, a general election takes place, ending fifteen years of military rule.
3. 2003: Architect Daniel Libeskind wins the competition to design the former World Trade Centre site.

February 27th - my Etsy finds ~ JOURNALS

i think these Etsy artistisans and their work are AMAZING!!!
i hope you think so too.

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1. ArtisanGraham 2. AwakenJournaling 3. PaperFetish

February 27th - Baseball ~ Did You Know?



1. In 1940 Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitched the one and only Opening Day no hitter in major league history.
2. On Opening Day in 1950 President Harry S. Truman, showcased his talent when he threw out two ceremonial pitches - one with his right arm & one with his left.
3. The record for most consecutive Opening Day wins by a team is nine, shared by the St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets.

Triple Play Friday

baseball season is right around the corner and the anticipation of warm sunny days, a perfectly manicured field and the call of "batter up" is beginning to enter my thoughts daily. every friday i'll be a making a TRIPLE PLAY~ by posting "this day in history facts" - "my Etsy finds" and "baseball fun facts"!!! TGIF ~

February 20th - on this day in HISTORY

1. 1872: Incorporated in 1870, New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its doors to the public.

2. 1915: The World's Fair opens in San Francisco. The fair, called the Panama-Pacific Exhibition, celebrates the opening of the Panama Canal and the rebuilding of S.F. following the 1906 earthquake.

3. 1962: Astronaut John Glenn, in the Mercury capsule Friendship 7, orbited the Earth three times & became the first American to orbit the Earth.

February 20th - my Etsy finds ~ GLASS

i think these glass artists and their pieces are AMAZING!!!

i hope you think so too.

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1. bellebeads 2. spungallery 3. MichelleProsek

February 20th - Baseball ~ Did You Know?

1. Baseball originated before the American Civil War (1861-1865) as rounders, a humble game played on sandlots.

2. The very first professional baseball league was born in 1871.

3. Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. didn't miss a game in 16 years. He played in 2,632 consecutive games from April 30, 1982 to Sept. 19, 1998.