National League Multiple winners: Max Carey (10); Lou Brock (8); Vince Coleman and Maury Wills (6); HonusWagner (5); Bob Bescher, Kiki Cuyler, Willie Mays and Tim Raines (4); Bill Bruton,…
American League
Multiple winners: Lefty Grove (9); Roger Clemens (6);Walter Johnson (5); Pedro Martinez (4); Spud Chandler, Stan Coveleski, Red Faber, Whitey Ford, Lefty Gomez, Ron Guidry, Addie…
(To). To fee the porter. The expression is from Racine, “On n'entre point chez lui sans graisser le marteau” (“No one enters his house without oiling the knocker”). (Les Plaideurs.)…
To swear black is white. To persist in an obvious untruth. The French locution, Si vous lui dites blanc, il répondra noir, means, He will contradict what you say point blank. Source:…
Big Apple Bliss
Is there really anything left to say about the Yankees of the late nineties that hasn't already been said. Quite simply, they're good. Very good.
The best ever? Well that's just…
Sources: www.house.gov and www.senate.gov
Blacks in the 109th Congress
(42 in House: 42 Democrats; 1 Democrat in Senate)
State
House
Senate
Alabama
Artur Davis (D…
Check out the lists of minorities and women in the 110th Congress, along with which state and political party they represented. The 110th Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the…
