This Day In History

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Originally Posted by The Poet

On July 9 not much happened that interests me. In 1918 a heartbroken William Faulkner, whose high school sweetheart had just married another man, left Oxford MS and joined the RAF in Canada, supposedly hoping the romance of a "Foreign Legion"-type existence would succor his pain. In 1948, after 21 years in the Negro League, Leroy "Satchel" Paige made his MLB debut with the Indians at age 42. And in 1962 Bob Dylan recorded his non-protest protest song, Blowin' In The Wind, though we would not hear it until nearly a year later when he released the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Yet we already knew the song itself, since Peter, Paul, and Mary had already made it a hit. Thus the question, if not the answer, was previously on the air.

If you ask me, the Cy Young Award should be called the Satchel Paige Award; 2500 starts and about 2000 wins! He used to write the word "Fastball" on the bottom of his shoe to let the batter know what kind of pitch he was gonna miss. Also, 30 years ago today, I was separated from the Navy.