Toronto Blue Jays Quiz (1977-1999): 1) Career leader in HR?
2) Career leader in RBI? 3) Career leader in wins? 4) Who
threw the only no-hitter in franchise history? Answers below.
One-Hit Wonders, Part II
Following are the artists who had only one Billboard Top 40 hit
in their career with that song also making the Top Ten. Debut
date and peak chart # are listed as well. [Covering only the
period 1961-75]
Johnny Bristol: “Hang On In There Baby” 7/74 #8
Brooklyn Bridge: “Worst That Could Happen” 1/69 #3
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: “Fire” 9/68 #2
Eric Burdon / War: “Spill The Wine” 7/70 #3
[This is technically Burdon”s only hit from his solo
career…War backed him up]
The Capitols: “Cool Jerk” 5/66 #7
The Capris: “There”s A Moon Out Tonight” 1/61 #3
The Cascades: “Rhythm Of The Rain” 1/63 #3
The Casinos: “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” 1/67 #6
The Chakachas: “Jungle Fever” 2/72 #8 [Belgian group]
Bruce Channel: “Hey! Baby!” 2/62 #1 [Delbert McClinton
on harmonica]
Chantay”s: “Pipeline” 4/63 #4
Claudine Clark: “Party Lights” 7/62 #5
Climax: “Precious And Few” 1/72 #3
Jessi Colter: “I”m Not Lisa” 4/75 #4
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen: “Hot Rod
Lincoln” 4/72 #9
Real Estate
I thought that those of you who don”t live in the New York area
may get a kick out of real estate costs in Manhattan. The
following three properties are all on the east side of town, a few
blocks from the UN.
1-bedroom, 1-bath co-op, $415,000
2-bedroom, 2-bath co-op with fireplace, $729,000
2-bedroom, 3-bath co-op, terrace, fireplace, $2.2 million.
These are just apartments, folks!
And I just loved this New Mexico property listed by Sotheby”s:
Bordered by the 100,000 acre Valle Vidal Wilderness Preserve
and the 1,000,000+ acre Carson National Forest that spans the
distance to the Colorado border, this one-of-a-kind 3,250 acre
ranch is enclosed by approximately 12 miles of fence line, has
year-round access, and is less than 1 hour from airports in Taos,
Angel Fire and Raton. The totally secluded 2 year-old 14,600 sq.
ft. main house has 270 degrees panoramic views out to 50 miles.
This high elevation ranch is a blend of lush meadows with spring
fed trout ponds, mountain tops and Spruce and Aspen forests
teeming with elk, turkey, deer and bear and fully modernized
barns, caretakers residence and guest houses. $16,900,000.
Now I recognize some of you will be interested. I could give
you the contact, directly, but I better just direct you to
Sothebys.com.
Fatima / Follow-up
I wrote about the Secrets of Fatima on 5/17 in this space. On
Monday, the Vatican revealed the text of the Third Secret in a
move designed by the church to end speculation about the
world”s fate. The Vatican says it refers to the failed 1981
assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, not world apocalypse
as many of the faithful believe.
In describing the third secret, in a 1944 letter, Sister Lucia de
Jesus dos Santos, now 93, wrote:
“We saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand;
flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set
the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendor
that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing
to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud
voice: ”Penance, Penance, Penance!”
“And we saw in an immense light that is God: ”something similar
to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it” a
Bishop dressed in White ”we had the impression that it was the
Holy Father.” Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious
going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big
Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark;
before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city
half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with
pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on
his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at
the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who
fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died
one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women
Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and
positions.”
Aside from the notion that the message is really apocalyptic,
there are others who believe the text refers to the 1980
assassination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was
killed by terrorists while celebrating Mass. [Source: AP]
John Daly
Sports Illustrated”s Michael Bamberger had the following
comment concerning golfer Daly”s latest screw-up, his
withdrawal after one round in the U.S. Open.
“What seems.likely is that he”ll wind up on the side of the road,
his limp body draped over a steering wheel.”
My buddy Johnny Mac and I would throw Mike Tyson into this
category, as well. Actually, we hope Tyson doesn”t take out 20
people with him.
New Jersey
Drat! The legislature just imposed a 5-year moratorium on bear
hunts. So you out-of-staters who I encouraged to get Jersey
hunting licenses are going to have to wait awhile, or until the
first child gets mauled and people wise up. [Or maybe we can
ship the bears to the above mentioned New Mexican ranch.]
Jayson Williams
One of the great people in the world of sports is being forced to
retire at the age of 32 due to the “displaced tibial plateau fracture
and torn meniscus” that he suffered in the spring of 1999.
Heroically, the New Jersey Nets star struggled to make it back
but to no avail. Williams will still earn $13.75 million next
season. [We love Jayson around these parts.]
Green Bay Six-Packers
Yes, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said in a
letter on Monday that the Green Bay Packers should change their
name because it promotes violence and bloodshed in referring to
meat packers and those who work in slaughterhouses. It was the
PETA rep who then, in turn, recommended a change to ”Six-
Packers,” in keeping with the state”s brewing heritage.
Top 3 songs for the week of 6/25/66: #1 “Paperback Writer”
(The Beatles) #2 “Strangers In The Night” (Frank Sinatra)
#3 “Paint It, Black” (The Rolling Stones.kind of interesting
sandwiching Francis Albert in the middle there).
Track Update: I forgot to mention in my last Bar Chat that there
is another high school athlete who is close to running the first
sub 4-minute mile since Marty Liquori in 1967, that being rising
senior Alan Webb of Reston, VA. Webb was “shut down” by his
coach and didn”t run in the Prefontaine meet last weekend. He
should be ready to assault the record book next spring.
Mike Tyson
So at the end of Saturday”s 38-second fight against Lou
Savarese, Tyson launched this tirade against champion Lennox
Lewis:
“I want your heart. I want to eat your children. Praise be to
Allah!” Ee-gads.
Captain Kangeroo
Bob Keeshan turned 73 on Tuesday. Geez, he looked 73 when I
was watching him 35 years ago! Sorry, Captain.
Quiz Answers: 1) HR: Joe Carter, 203; George Bell, 202
2) RBI: George Bell, 740; Joe Carter, 736
3) Wins: Dave Stieb, 175. I know, Canadians will say that was
too easy
4) Only No-Hitter: Stieb, 1990.
Next Bar Chat, Friday…1776, or thereabouts.
