The 2021 Garden - Phase 10

Some tomatoes have already reached six inches and the peppers are right behind.

Baseball Trivia - 10

Q: This Phillie first baseman was stalked by Ruth Ann Steinhagen and shot in a Chicago hotel room in 1949.  He nearly died several times on the operating table but recovered and played in the 1950 World Series as one of the Whiz Kids.  Who was he?

     

A: Eddie Waitkus

Baseball Trivia - 9

Q: What Red Sox player retired from baseball due to an intense fear of flying?

     

A: Jackie Jensen

The 2021 Garden - Phase 9

The last two types of Peppers (Thunderbolt and Emerald Giant) have been transplanted.  Of the original 100 seed cells, 70 have now been transplanted to peat pots.  Next step will be temporary moves to the outdoors once the weather warms up considerably.

Baseball Trivia - 8

Q: Death In Vegas is an English electronic music group formed in 1994 and still active today.  The video for their song "Dirge" contains a reference to an obscure Cincinnati Red shortstop.  Who was he?

     

A: Virgil Stallcup

The 2021 Garden - Phase 8

Next up for transplanting are the California Wonder Peppers.  Again fourteen made the cut, the rest headed to the showers (do baseball announcers still say that when a pitcher is removed from a game?).

"Fill It Up, Mack"

Today I filled up my gas tank for the first time in 2021.  The last time I was at a gas station was December 27.  That's 72 days.  Price of gas in December was $ 2.099.  Today it cost me $ 2.629.  Quite the difference.

This was not a record however.  On March 12, 2020, I filled up my tank as usual not knowing that the next day most of New Jersey would be locking down.  The next time I gassed up was June 2.  82 days.

The 2021 Garden - Phase 7

The "Big Daddy" Peppers were the next to go to the peat pots.  Fourteen moved on, six went to the compost bin.

The 2021 Garden - Phase 6

Although the tomato seeds were planted a week after the peppers, they shot right past them in terms of height.  Therefore, they earned the right to be transplanted to the peat pots first.  For the 20 cells of each vegetable, 14 will be transplanted to a peat pot.  The rest will unfortunately be euthanized.

Baseball Trivia - 7

Q: Three players have been the last hitter of two World Series.  One was Boss Schmidt (1907 & 1908).  Another was Edgar Renteria (1997 & 2004).  The third is a Hall of Famer.  He struck out to end the 1925 World Series and then won the 1935 World Series with a walk-off RBI single.  He did this on two different teams.  Who was he?

     

A: Goose Goslin

Teddy Boy

 

Were the people at CPAC even familiar with Star Wars, Star Trek, or William Wallace?  Perhaps Teddy Boy should have used Cousin Eddie, Carl Spackler, Navin R. Johnson, and Doug Kinney #4 instead.