New Pig Flu Pandemic Tracking Map

On Wednesday, April 29th I posted a Google Map that show data on the Pig Flu Pandemic. That site was overwhelmed with data so they have quit updating. So, for the latest in Pig Flu Pandemic data click on the link below.

Track The Pig Flu Pandemic

Remembering Greatness

It was one of those achy, bluesy days early summer days when Nolan Ryan simply wanted to relax in his recliner at home, sip a glass of iced tea and maybe watch a ballgame on TV, like any other weary 44-year-old man.

Only one problem with that plan, Stan.

Ryan was scheduled to pitch that night for the Texas Rangers.

It was May 1, 1991, and Ryan didn’t know it when he hauled his aching bones out to his car for the drive to The Ballpark in Arlington, but he was about to make baseball history yet one more time.

At the ballpark, he popped a couple of Advil — what else? — did a little extra stretching trying to get the kinks out, and warned pitching coach Tom House that he’d better keep a close eye on him.

“I wasn’t really feeling too good about my chances of getting very deep into the game that night,” Ryan said.

He had no idea that, incredibly, he was about to throw the seventh and final no-hitter of his career. All these years later, Sandy Koufax remains second on the list with four.

Read the full article by Jim Reeves of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram