Earl Beacon
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Earl Beacon
@beacon_earl
Constitutional Conservative; Republic of Texas; #TEXIT Life Time NRA Member; "In Hoc Signo Vinces" Blues/Cards; 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; Pronoun=BMF
Republic of Texas Katılım Ağustos 2017
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@lippyent 10/10
I remember the phone numbers of my 2 girl friends from high school and 1 from college! (my wife is aware of this 😂)
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@Jimfrombaseball My favorite. Why I always tried to wear #23 on my baseball and hockey jerseys.
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"Ted Simmons used to drive me crazy when he was a young catcher.
One day he called time and came out to ask if I was giving him a hard time.
I said:
‘I’m trying to win the ballgame.
I don’t have the luxury of giving you a hard time.’
Simmons was a bright guy and he learned.
It took him a while, but he caught on.
As a 19 year old rookie, all he thought about was hitting line drives, which he did very well.
You can forgive a catcher for a lot of sins when he clears the bases with a double."
Bob Gibson.
"That was the greatest thrill of my life, catching a no-hitter.
Man, Bob Gibson was throwing fire."
Ted Simmons.
On Aug. 14, 1971 at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, Ted Simmons caught Bob Gibson's only career no-hitter, in an 11-0 rout of the Pirates, and became the only catcher in Cardinals history to collect four hits while catching a no-hitter.
Ted Simmons was behind the plate in 1,769 games — 1,578 were complete games!
He caught 122 shutouts, was an eight-time All-Star, batted above .300 seven times, hit
twenty-or-more home runs six times, and drove in 90+ RBI nine times.
Despite his incredible offensive numbers, only 5% of the "Baseball Writers' Association of America" voted for him on the 1994 Hall of Fame ballot, making him ineligible.
In 2019, the Modern Baseball Era Committee elected Ted Simmons to the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
"There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand, the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed."
Ted Simmons.
Retired with more RBI than Johnny Bench, more runs scored than Gary Carter, more hits than Carlton Fisk, higher batting average than Yogi Berra.
Drove in more RBI than all catchers except Yogi Berra.
Ted Simmons rebelled against baseball’s reserve clause, refused to sign a $25,000 contract, feeling he deserved bigger raise.
An anti-war activist, heavily criticized the Nixon administration, and wore his hair so long that he was nicknamed “Simba.”
Legend!!!

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@lippyent Highway Patrol
We watch it in the morning now on one of the retro channels just to laugh at how cheesy it was 😂
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He brought the Blues their first Stanley Cup. He’s the franchise leader in games played.
And now… he’s probably not the starter anymore.
Should the Blues be trying to trade Jordan Binnington, or keeping the tandem for next season? #stlblues

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@DavidJHarrisJr Handcuffs, a deportation order and an escort by federal marshals to the nearest port to board an ocean going barge to east Africa.
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@usmc_colonel The problem is mowing the grass. It's fine for my pistol range off the back porch. (4 acres) the rest of the property will handle just about anything out of a rifle (depending on the type of backstop) 😎
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@AugieNash I didn't realize Harry Connick Jr played for the Red Birds!! 😄
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I've said this over and over... But here goes...
I'd love to see the Cardinals use hats that looks like the one Don Gutteridge of the Columbus Redbirds is wearing.
#STLCards

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@hmcrem Start launching the aircraft off the cat and then I'm REALLY impressed!!! 😁
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