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About Me
- SteveQ
- Steve says hi. Like in the last line of a letter (remember when people wrote letters?) between two people who both know him. Like that. Hi. Oh, and I write about running. 35 years and nearly 600 races thus far.
Yes... I caved.
Girls Allowed to Beat Me In Ultras
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Gougeres1 year ago
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Day 19 & 20: Trout Lake2 years ago
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Winter Long Trail End to End3 years ago
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1st week of January 2014 v 20213 years ago
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Spine Race 20204 years ago
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Mushroom Mystery4 years ago
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Running On A Budget4 years ago
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4 comments:
That's the classic right handed swing. So sweet they turned it in to the logo for MLB.
RIP Killer.
I remember Harm And Kill A Ball from when I was a kid, which is saying something because I didn't give a flip about American League teams, what with me being a Philadelphia boy and all, but Killebrew was such a presence that even I knew about him. Just a great player. Only 74! That just seems so young to me.
He and Charlie Manuel, the Phils' manager, were evidently great friends, and Manuel say he took HK for granted because he was always disappointed when Killebrew didn't homer. That's saying a lot - a guy's so good you expect him to homer every at-bat!
Can't watch the derby - I'm at work.
I have fond memories of meeting him as a kid standing outside the Met stadium when the players would come in to practice.
This was back in the day when the stadium officials would let us "sneak" in after the 5th inning.
G: Harmon frequently talked about Charlie Manuel and always had nice things to say.
What impresses me most about him is that those who played with him said things like, "If we were behind, we knew if we just did our jobs, Harmon would win it for us... and if we lost, the other team just got lucky and we'd get 'em next time."
In the derby, Harmon wins 9-8.
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