Former Cubs pitcher Jim Brosnan shaped by humor and baseball life
Ex pitcher Jim Brosnan recalls a nine season major league career with the Cubs Reds and White Sox seen through a humorous lens. He notes a 41 31 record 67 saves and a 308 batting average in 1960 plus a lifelong habit of reading and collecting funny moments from teammates and games.
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Morton Grove
Jim Brosnan
Cincinnati
Brosnan
Jim Bolger
Chicago Cubs
Bolger
Dad
Harry Chili
Cubs
Alvin Dark
Dark
Ron Santo
Ted Simmons
Jim Bouton
Sparky Lyle
Bronx
New York Yankees
Shecter
Bouton
Too Tall Jones Aims at Heavyweight Title Fight
Ed Jones, a 6 foot 9 inch 270 pound former Dallas Cowboys defensive end, announced plans to pursue boxing as his first love. He believes he can be ready to challenge a world heavyweight contender within about two years, while Larry Holmes signals openness to a bout if Jones trains and improves quickly. Holmes, the WBC champion, notes Jones is not too tall or too old and cites Archie Moore as a model for late peak performance.
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Brosnan
Cubs
Chicago
John Holland
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Ed Short
New York
Jimmy Brown
Sonny Liston
Wilt Chamberlain
Muhammad Ali
Jones
Larry Holmes
Brown
Berlain
National Basketball Association
Dallas Cowboys
Holmes
Mike Weaver
Madison Square Garden
World Boxing Council
Ali
World Boxing Association
Archie Moore
Landry says Jones boxing move could be interesting
Dallas coach Tom Landry reacted to Ed Too Tall Jones announcing plans to pursue heavyweight boxing after his option year ends. Landry noted the decision is different and should be interesting to watch, stressing it reflects Jones’s long-term decision beyond football.
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Landry
Dallas Cowboys
National Football League
Beagle Pokey Escapes Pokeyly From Possum Road Yard
Gladys Simon of Possum Road near Carmi chased a beagle named Pokey across weeds during rabbit season. She tripped, fell and skinned herself, then recaptured the dog after a wild chase. A second beagle lay sleeping by the tree as Pokey escaped again.
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Art Reid
Southern Illinoisan
Gladys Simon
Pokey
Carmi
Possum Road
Simon
Thataway
Rare two pound bluegill beats bass in Illinois pond
Joe F Restivo, 53, of Freeman Spur, caught a two pound bluegill Sunday in a private pond east of West Frankfort. He mistook it for a five pound bass, watched a larger fish break water chasing a dragonfly, and planned to have the bluegill mounted. Weighed at Gateway Marina on Crab Orchard Lake, the fish falls just shy of the Illinois state record of 2 pounds 10 ounces.
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Joe F. Restivo
Freeman Spur
Restivo
West Frankfort
Gateway Marina
Crab Orchard Lake
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Flake
Tall’ Jones
Dallas
Tom Landry
Cowboys
Ilinois
Blue Bell
Blue Bell Meats
Minute Maid
Ted
Iowa
di Giorgio
Young America
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