Sad to learn of the passing of Carl Erskine, the last of the Boys of Summer.

Kevin Kernan wrote this great piece on him a few years back with some fantastic input from Oisk himself. RIP Carl Erskine, a true baseball legend.

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Today in 1970, after several trying and difficult days, the Apollo 13 mission splashed down on Earth. It was a time of great relief, not only for us in the astronaut corps, but for all Americans, and indeed, our friends watching around the world. The steadiness of 13’s crew, and…

I’d run through a brick wall for her.

Jackie Robinson’s widow Rachel attending a game tonight to celebrate the 77th anniversary today in 1947 of Jackie’s first MLB game that broke the color barrier. She will be 102 (!) years old in 3 months. ❤️ Jackie died in 1972.

TR Sputh 9, TR North 0 - Jr RHP Aiden Lynch complete game shutout.

During the night, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton assumed control of the investigation and manhunt. Several witnesses confirmed that the assassin was the famous actor John Wilkes Booth. Detectives, police, and the military mobilized to find the conspirators.

The US flag was raised over Ft. Sumter for the first time in 4 years on April 14, 1865. Among those present were freed people from Charleston who’d been shuttled by Robert Smalls across the same waters, and on the same vessel, that led him and his family to freedom 3 years prior.

This week is the 54th anniversary of the #Apollo13 launch (April 11, 1970).
Many coined their rescue operation as NASA
's finest hour. Without the hard work and ingenuity of the Mission Control teams, the 'successful failure' would not have been achieved.
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The world’s most famous carbon dioxide absorber!

'Okay. You guys just tell me what sort of material you had in mind to build this mailbox out of and Jack and I will go to work on trying to construct that thing.'
#Apollo13 April 14, 1970

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On this day in 1865, actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln during a performance of Our American Cousin at @fordstheatre in Washington D.C.

My left fielder. I love how much he loves baseball.

Happy birthday #MightyMax Weinberg!

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'Houston, we've had a problem.' ( #Apollo13 CDR, Jim Lovell, April 13, 1970) Thanks to the courage and inventiveness of the astronauts, Mission Control, and engineers, the crew was brought safely home.
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78-year-old Robert T. Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, helped up the steps at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C,

In 1865 he was with his father, before Abe died after being shot.

In 1881 he was 40 feet away when Charles Guiteau shot President Garfield at…

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Today in New Jersey history:

April 12, 1782: Loyalists took Patriot Captain Joshua Huddy, a prisoner in New York since his capture at Toms River, to Highlands, where they hanged him in retribution for the death of Loyalist Philip White, killed allegedly attempting to escape on…

On this day in 1861, America's Civil War begins as Confederate guns open fire on Fort Sumter. No one dies in the two-day bombardment, but hundreds of thousands will perish in the resulting four-year conflict.

Ely Parker, Sachem of the Six Nations and Union Lieutenant Colonel, drafted the official copy of the terms of surrender onto which the signatures of generals Grant and Lee were affixed at Appomattox Court House #OnThisDay April 9, 1865. battlefields.org/learn/biograph…