Happy Birthday–June 7

Bones Ely (1863)
Ed Wells (1900)
Dusty Boggess (1904)
Rosey Gilhousen (1913)
Herb Score (1933)
Roger Nelson (1944)
George Mitterwald (1945)
Don Money (1947)
Thurman Munson (1947)
Bobby Marcano (1951)
Bill Hohn (1955)
Tim Laudner (1958)
Heathcliff Slocumb (1966)
Donaldo Mendez (1978)
Virgil Vasquez (1982)

Dusty Boggess was a National League umpire from 1944-62.

Rosey Gilhousen was a long-time scout who is credit for signing George Brett and Dan Quisenberry.

Bobby Marcano was an all-star in Japan.

Bill Hohn has been a major league umpire since 1989.

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Cup of Coffee, 6 June 2014: Milestones

As I mentioned yesterday, it's been ten years (today!) since I graduated from law school. You know what that means. Shortly thereafter, I started to study for the bar and the stress/boredom of that compelled me to start a blog. Yep, the ten year anniversary of the various incarnations of this site/community is coming up. (The actual ten year anniversary is July 17th.)

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.