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by Janet Spencer In honor of spring training, come along with Tidbits as we remember some unforgettable moments brought to you by memorable pitchers. • In the1940s,BoboNewsomwasbat-ting for the Yankees against White Sox pitcher Joe Haynes. He swung and nicked the ball, which rolled back to the pitcher. Realizing it was useless toeventrytoruntofirstbase,Boboheadedbackto the dugout. But instead of throwing to first,HaynesjuststoodandwatchedBobowalkaway.When the crowd began to laugh, Bobo turnedand saw the pitcher still had the ball. So he began to stroll towards first base. So didHaynes.Hewalked a little faster. Haynes did too. Suddenly hebroke intoasprint.Haynesbegantorun,fi-nallylobbingtheballtofirstbasesecondsaheadofBobo. •In1934,DodgermanagerCaseyStengelhad pitcherWalter Beck replaced in the game.In a temper,Beck threw the ball and it hit therightfieldwall.TheDodgerrightfielderhadbeen“resting his eyes” while recovering from a hang-over. He heard the ball hit the wall, scooped it up, threw it to second, and then discovered that no one had hit it. •LukeApplingwenttobatfortheWhiteSoxinagameagainsttheTigersinthe1930s.Hehit14consecutivefoulballs.Onthe15thpitch,the disgusted pitcher threw his glove instead of the ball. Turn the page for more!

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PITCHINGSHENANIGANS(continued) • In 1961, Cleveland Indian pitcherHerb Score was hit in the eye by a line drive hitbyNewYorkYankeeGilMcDougald.TheballbouncedoffScore’sheadandrolledtofirstbase,wheretheClevelandfirstbasemannabbedit and put the batter out. Score was credited with an assist. • William Kennedy was pitching forBrooklynin1897whentheumpirecalledaclosedecisionagainsthim.Kennedy losthis temperand hurled the baseball at the umpire, intend-ing to smack him in the head. The ball narrowly missedtheump,whocalledtheballinplay.Arunner on base scored before the catcher could retrievetheball.Brooklynlostthegame2-1. •JoeEngel,pitchinginWashington,didnot do a very good job. The question was not whether his pitches would go over the plate but whether they would stay in the ballpark. Man-agerClarkGriffithcalledhimtohisofficeoneday and informed him he was being sent to Min-neapolis.“WhoamIbeing tradedfor?”Engelasked.“Noone,”repliedGriffith.“It’saneventrade!” • In 1918, Otis Crandall was pitchingforLosAngelesagainstSaltLakeCity.Hehada perfect no-hitter going. There were two out in the ninth inning and not a single man had reachedbase.ThenhisbrotherKarlcametobatforSaltLake.Hemadeabasehit—theonlyknown instance where a no-hitter was broken by the pitcher’s brother. • Bob Fothergill was a big man. Hewas a good hitter, but he was sensitive about hisweight.AsLeoDurochergotreadytopitchagainst him, he called out, “Stop the game!” and approached the umpire. When the ump asked whatwaswrong,Durocherreplied,“Don’tyouknowtherules?”heasked,pointingatFother-gill. “BOTH those guys can’t bat at the sametime!”Fothergillwassoangryhecouldn’tbatwell and struck out.

Page 3 Tidbits® of CDA www.tidbitscda.comwww.tidbitscda.comPITCHINGSHENANIGANS(continued) • Ty Cobb, playing for the Detroit Ti-gersin1912,wassuspendedfromplaywhenhejumped into the stands and beat up an abusive heckler. His sympathetic teammates went on strike. So the manager advertised for new players tofillinthenextdayatagameinPhiladelphia.This impromptu team went up against the world championOaklandA’s.Thepitcherallowed25hits and 7walks in 8 innings, but didmanagetogetonestrike-out.Aninfielderwashitinthemouthbyagroundball and lost two teeth.Anoutfielderwashitontheheadbyaflyball.Thispick-upteamgot4hitsandmade10errorsandthefinalscorewas24-2.Thenextday,theregu-lar team members ended their strike, paid their fines,andwentbacktowork,exceptforCobb,whowassuspendedfor10days. •CharlieGrimmwasmanagingthelos-ing Chicago Cubs. One day he got an excitedcall from his scout saying that he found a pitcher whostruckout27meninarow.Onlyonemanhad even managed to hit a foul. He asked if he shouldsignthepitcher.Grimmreplied,“Signupthe guy who hit the foul. We’re looking for hit-ters!” •In1939,BobFellerwasthebestknownpitcherinthecountry,playingforCleveland.OnMother’sDay,hebroughthismother fromherIowafarmtoChicagososhecouldseehimplay.AChicagoWhiteSoxbattersluggedafoulballinto the stands—where it hitFeller’smother,knocking her unconscious. •GermanySchaeferwasbattingagainstNickAltrock.Therewasamanonfirst.Schaeferswung and missed a fast ball. Then the pitcher, pretending he was getting ready to throw to the batter,letloosewithafastballtofirstbase,wherethe runner was leading off.

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PITCHERSHENANIGANS(continued) •Whenhegottheballback,Altrockletflyanotherscorcherofafastball.Schaefergotasec-ond strike. He threw down his bat and walked back to the dugout. “Hey,” called the ump, “You’ve onlygottwostrikes!”“No,”repliedSchaefer,“It’sthreestrikes—Iswungatthatpitchhethrewtofirstbase!” •Intheearly1900s,RubeWaddellwassuchagreatpitcherthatallbattersfearedhim.Oneday the pitcher on the opposing team got a great idea: if he could tire Waddell out before the game, his pitching would be off. So he challenged Waddell to a pitching contest. Whichever one of them couldthrowthefarthestwouldwin$5.Theybothshowedupbeforethegameandthrewtheballas far as they could. Waddell’s throw went farthest. The opposing pitcher challenged him to throw thatfaragain.Hedid.Infact,hethrewtheballthatfararound50times.ConvincedthatWaddell’sarmwouldbewornout,therivalpitcherhandedoverthe$5.Thatafternoon,Waddellstruckout14battersandhisteamwonhandily.Ashewaswalkingtotheclubhouse,hecalledouttotheotherpitcher, “Hey, thanks for the workout this morning. That was swell practice!” •TexasUniversitywasupagainst theYankees inanexhibitiongamewhenLouGehrigcameuptobat.ThereweretworunnersonbaseanditwasthreeandtwoforGehrig.Thecatchersignaledthepitcher,thepitchernodded—thenthrewastraightballrighttohomeplate.Gehrigsentit clear out of the park. The catcher marched up the pitcher, ranting at him for not paying attention to the signals. “Why did you throw him such a nice pitch?” he yelled. The pitcher was not sorry. “I gottothinking:I’llneverpitchaBigLeaguegameandmaybeI’llnevergettoseeagameattheYankeeStadium,andIsuredidwanttoseeGehrigbustjustone!”

AllergySufferers,TolerateitNoMore Seasonal allergies are trying, at best. While we look forward to spring and summer, with that comes the pollen, the grasses, the blooming trees and everything else. In late summer and fall wehavetheharvestingandburningthatplaguesmanyothers.Anallergyiswhenyourbodyover-reactstosomethingnormallyintheenvironment.Allergiesdon’tjustaffecttherespiratorysystem.It’s an immune system response, it results from and can cause digestive problems and involves the endocrine system. Conventionally,allergiesarehandledbysuppressingthesymptom.Prescriptionandover-the-counter antihistamines and decongestants and many other medications are given indiscrimi-natelywithoutfirstaddressingWHYtheallergiesarethereinthefirstplace.Afterall,atonetimethese things never bothered you. Why now? Allergiesandsensitivitiesalmostneveroccuralone.Ifoneweretoreviewallthesymptomsin the body together, a pattern would soon develop that would lead the skilled physician in identify-ingtheunderlyingcause.Buttheinvestigationtakestoolongandmostdoctorssimplydon’thavethe time. It’s much easier to just give a drug, or even a nutritional supplement to suppress the symp-tom.Butyoucanonlydothatforsolong.Withoutaddressingthecause,itjustgetsworseovertimeandthepillsjustgetstronger.Eventuallyimmunebreakdownoccursandnowyouhaveotherissuesto contend with. Findingthecause,althoughtimeconsuming,isverygratifyingfortheskilledpractitionerwhotakesthetimetoidentifyit.Includedinthequeryarefindingthosethingsthatarecontributingtoallergies(andIdon’tmeansimplyaskintesttoseewhichallergensaretriggeringsymptoms),andfindingthosethingsthatareinhibitingthebodyfromrespondingeffectivelytothe“invadingagent”.Anoverwhelmedliver,forinstance,doesnoteffectivelydismantlethehistamines,leavinganexcessinthesystem,triggeringahistaminereaction(sneezing,congestion,runnynose,etc). The adrenal glands produce a hormone called cortisol. The level of cortisol in the body ef-fectsallergies,asthma,skinconditions,arthritisandseveralimmunesystemdiseases.Aweakenedor “fatigued” adrenal gland can result in cortisol imbalances that contribute to the body’s negative reactiontonormalantigens.Elevatedcortisollevelssuppressimmunefunction. Manyfoodsareimportantinsupportingimmunehealth.Essentialfattyacidsareanimpor-tantfoodforhealingtheimbalancesinthebodythatcontributetoallergies.AteamofresearchersinFinlandfoundthatchildrenwhoatebutterhadfarlessallergiesthanthosewhoatemargarine.Thetrans-fatswerefoundtopromotetheformationofprostaglandinE2,asubstancethatpromotesinflammationandcauses the immunesystem to releaseproteinswhich triggerallergic reactions.Otherfoodsarepro-inflammatoryfoods,alsocausingaberrationsinimmunefunctionthatcontrib-ute not only to food allergies but airborne allergies as well. ThebottomlineisthereismuchthatcanbedonetohelpallergiesoncetheCAUSEhasbeendetermined. You no longer have to tolerate a life with allergies!

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STRANGEBUTTRUEby Samantha Weaver

ItwasPulitzerPrize-winningAmericannovelistPearlS.Buckwhomadethefollowingsageobservation:"Allthingsarepossibleuntilthey are proved impossible, and even the impos-sible may only be so as of now." Ifyoudread trying (and toooften fail-ing)topairupsocksonlaundryday,you'llbeglad to know that your anguish is not unrecog-nized:May9hasbeendesignatedNationalLostSockMemorialDay. Progress is not always universally em-braced.In1825,amagazinecalledTheQuarter-ly Review scoffed, "What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?" If in your studies of history you never ran acrosstheAnglo-ZanzibarWar,don'tfeeledu-cationally shortchanged; most people have nev-erheardoftheconflict.In1896,thepro-BritishsultanofZanzibar,HamadbinThuwaini,died,andhissuccessor,KhalidbinBarghash,didnotlookasfavorablyupontheBritishEmpire.Be-causeatreatysigned10yearsearlierstatedthatany candidate to attain the sultancy must receive theapprovalof theBritishConsul, theBritishviewed Kalid bin Barghash's accession as anact of war. The sultan barricaded himself in his palace,butthesuperiornumbersandfirepowerof the British quickly defeated the embattledsultan.Howquickly?Thebattlelastedallof40minutes, making it the shortest war in history. There are those who wonder if beloved actorTonyCurtis,withmorethan100filmstohis credit, would have been quite as successful ifhehadn'tchangedhisname.Hisgivenname,Bernard Schwartz, just doesn't quite have thesame ring to it.

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Itcamefromahotlinetip:TheDepartmentofVeteransAffairsinoneofthemedicalregionswastransmittingpersonallyidentifiableinfor-mationoverunsecurelines.TheVAOfficeoftheInspectorGeneral(VAOIG)investigated.TheallegationwasthatacertainVeteransIn-tegratedServiceNetwork,handlingmorethan400,000veterans,wassendinghealthrecordinformation around to the various outpatient clinics and medical centers over local, unen-crypted Internet networks. Information included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers andhealthdata(evenX-rayimages)fornotonly veterans but their dependents.Thosesendingoutthedata'fessedup:Itwasa"common practice," and they "typically" trans-ferred the data that way. The excuse given was thattheofficeofthetechieswasgettingasys-tem security waiver. Meaning that they accepted the risk that loss or theft of data was possible. Wronganswer,saidtheOIG.Notonlycouldthe information be grabbed as it went down the line, but mischief-doers could grab the router information and travel back up the line and get intothesystem.Fromthereit'snotmuchofareach that much damage could be done, in-cludingaDenialofServiceattackontheVA'scomputers.Further,thosesecuritywaiversareonly for exceptional circumstances and must be signed by the heads of federal agencies.ThebigproblemisthattherewerebothVAandfederal requirements in place to ensure the secu-rity of information that was sent, and transmit-ting the way they have is a violation.AswithallVAOIGinspections,thedepartmenthas the opportunity to respond to allegations and recommendations. The response was that they'renottransmittingoverunsecureInternetconnections,thatthey'reusingaprivatenet-work link. Butno,thatlinkisnotencrypted.WritetoFreddyGrovesincareofKingFeaturesWeeklyService,P.O.Box536475,Orlando,FL32853-6475,or

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