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.