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Month: May 2026

14May

The night 2 pro baseball Mikes bought me a beer, with a priest’s blessing, when I was 14

A bronze statue of former Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt is outside Citizens Bank Park, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies MLB team.

Because Mike Schmidt struck out on an even-numbered minute in the Astrodome 50 years ago today, I got to drink a free beer.

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