The great Albert Pujoles became the 4th player in Major League history to reach the 700 career home-run mark. The others are Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), and Babe Ruth (714). See list of top 300 long-ball sluggers here. Watch a fan’s view from above the third base line here. Return to [...]
Archive for September, 2022
September 23rd, 2022 - 9:50 pm § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Aleutka 25 sailboat
This looks like a fiberglass production model of John Letcher’s Aleutka 25 (specs here), the original being built of wood and used to explore Alaska’s fjords. The twin-keeled boat had a very shallow draft, could be trailered, and rowed with oars. Interior accommodations were spartan but [...]
September 23rd, 2022 - 9:35 pm § in Misc.
From California to Hawaii by kayak
“After three months at sea, rationed meals and a brush with a tropical storm, a San Francisco Bay Area man became the second person to successfully kayak from California to Hawaii.” Cyril Derreumaux, 46, made the 2,400-mile ocean crossing in 91 days. (Read story here.) Return to The-Ave.[...]
Arizona secretary of state debate (video)
This office supervises elections in Arizona. It is being vacated by Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, who’s running for governor. The candidates are Mark Finchem (R), a Capitol rioter and election denier (see profile here), and Adrian Fontes (D), a former Maricopa County recorder (see profile here). Th[...]
Shouldn’t this prosecutor be fired, too?
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, a state judge has reinstated Arizona’s pre-statehood abortion law, which reads: “Arizona Revised Statutes 13-3603 “A person who provides, supplies or administers to a pregnant woman, or procures such woman to take a[...]
Crime blotter: I don’t care what his excuse is
Isabella Thallas (photo, left) didn’t see her 22nd birthday, because Michael Close (photo, below right), 38, killed her over dog poop. Thallas and her boyfriend, Darian Simon, were walking a dog on June 10, 2020, outside Close’s apartment building in Denver. They stopped and encouraged t[...]
September 22nd, 2022 - 10:43 pm § in Misc.
Fly fishing for trout (video)
Need a break? Here’s 2½ minutes of Wyoming fly fishing, to help you wish you were there. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
September 22nd, 2022 - 10:33 pm § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: It’s not fun, if it’s not steep
A climber on Grand Teton’s Exum Ridge; the route is shown in the second photo below. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
September 22nd, 2022 - 9:38 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Was the Martha’s Vineyard stunt part of a GOP kickback scheme?
“The air charter company Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration hired for his migrant-moving program has contributed big money to some top allies of the governor and was once legally represented by Rep. Matt Gaetz and his former partner, who is now Florida’s “public safety czar” in cha[...]
Election denial is a strange disease
Matthew DePerno, a far-right Michigan lawyer, is running for state attorney general. He won the GOP primary with the tailwind of Trump’s endorsement; and as you know, Trump doesn’t endorse anyone unless they endorse his election lies. Of course DePerno (photo below) shouldn’t be el[...]