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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1977

Page

7

Flying Peanut Man dazzles Seattle crowds with quirky antics

Rick Kaminski, the Flying Peanut Man, sells peanuts and adds witty commentary at Seattle Mariners and Seahawks games. He boasts about 95 percent accuracy and earns mainly from beer sales, noting a typical night nets about $25 from beer and $12 from peanuts. Kaminski plans to continue selling peanuts but acknowledges beer is more lucrative. he hopes to keep working concession jobs beyond 30s age, stressing it fits his time and rent needs.

Seattle Rick Kaminski Kingdome Kaminski Halcyon Seattle Mariner, Seahawk and Saunders Games Rick Mariners Kawalski

Dirt on dirt in baseballs from Lena Blackburne mud

A Cincinnati Enquirer feature traces the secret supply of baseball rubbing mud used by major leagues since the 1950s. Lena Blackburne created the mud, distributed to parks, with Haases and family in Willingboro handling processing and sales, earning about 15 dollars per can with shipping.

Willingboro Kenesaw Mountain Landis Bowie Kuhn Fred Fleig National League Ohio Fleig Lena Blackburne Cincinnati Reds Chicago White Sox Blackburne John Haas Blackburner Haas Betty Bintliff

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