Tag Archive: Baseball


Happy Mickey Mantle Day…

Play Ball!

Mickey Mantle a baseball great and record holder had a day named after him in the US. We wish more time was spent playing ball . Send good thoughts to all those in sports that include fans, players, broadcasters, parents, coach staff, and confectioners. More?

Record homeruns.

536 career homeruns in professional ball.

On this Day: September 18th 1997

The anti personal land mine ban treaty is accepted.

Better streaming

The Telus techs have two trucks and a flagging crew on Voght street in Merritt today. A sources says it is splicing fiber cable. The city paid 25 thousand dollars for a new website template that allows for direct updating at their office. A source said that the last time they were here it was to enhance streaming for that application. The source said they are not sure what the splicing is for today.

Today in history: March 21,1989

Sports illustrated ties Pete Rose to baseball gambling and game fixing

Country run

There are signs about town with a success banner draped over them. the signs once bore registration info  for the Merritt Country Run that was held on Sunday. Three hundred 25 runners participated in the event that ranged from  around the park to 5 K, 10 k, and a half marathon of 21 K.

Although the event stressed participation the first in , a fellow 7 feet tall and named Hans  said that he qualified  over 20 times for the Boston Marathon. This was in response to the question ” Did you know that you placed ahead of a Boston Marathon qualifier ” ;John Peachey 4rth in in the half Marathon said he qualified in Victoria for the Boston but never made the trip to the east coast.

The last three in were all women pushing baby carriages. We didn”t ask how far they had entered to run.

Today in history June 12,1939

The Baseball hall of fame opens in Coopers Town USA