Free Events In & Around Fort Worth This Weekend

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A Day In Baseball History

How many teams does it take to play a baseball game? I know most readers would say two (and some would say, "what is baseball"), but would you believe there was once a game between 3 teams?

1944: Baseball supports the war effort with an unusual exhibition game at the Polo Grounds. Presented by the War Bond Sports committee in connection with the Fifth War Loan, the game among the Dodgers, Giants and Yankees swells New York’s quota in the current bond drive by $56.5 million.

The crowd of 50,000 contributes $5.5 million to attend, while the Bond Clothing Co. pays $1 million in bonds for an autographed program. The overwhelming majority of the money comes from the city of New York, with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia purchasing $50 million worth of bonds.

As for the game, each team bats six times, plays defense six times, and watches six times in the nine-inning game. It takes a professor of mathematics at Columbia to figure out how to accomplish this. The Dodgers win the three-cornered game with five runs, while the Yankees score one run and the Giants are shut out.

Read ESPN's June 26 Post Here

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Presidential Pardon For 10 Year Old

Okay, I am not a big fan of many of the things President Obama is doing. That being said, I do like how he is able to connect to people so well. Yesterday in Green Bay, WI he became aware that a 10-yr-old student was skipping school to attend a town hall meeting. Watch the video below to see what happened...

Link To Full CNN Article Here

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New York City has General Worth. Should we ask for him back?

We live in Fort Worth. We LOVE Fort Worth! If you have never visited Fort Worth you owe it to yourself to spend some time and money here. We think it is the best city in Texas. And, since Texas is the best state in the Union, Fort Worth is the best city in the United States.

Well, NPR did a story back in May that reminded me that our namesake is not buried in Texas. As a matter of fact, William J. Worth is buried in New York. And not just in New York, he is buried in General Worth Square located at the northern end of Madison Square, on an island bordered by Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 25th Street.

Think about it, Broadway & 5th Ave in New York are some of the most famous streets in the world. This is where they chose to bury General Worth. Not only did they bury him there, they also built an Obelisk and a park in his honor. Worth's monument was one of the first to be erected in a city park since the statue of George III was removed from Bowling Green in 1776, and is the only monument in the city except for Grants Tomb that doubles as a mausoleum. Even they realized what a great man he was.

Well, I propose we start a movement to bring him back back to Texas. Who is with me?

Listen To The 5 Minute Report Here

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Customer Service: Halls of Fame and Shame

MSN Money conducted a survey to identify the companies that offered great customer service...and those that did not. Click the links below to read the articles, but I will give you the top and bottom 10 her for quick reference.

2009 Hall Of Shame

1. AOL
2. Comcast
3. Sprint
4. Capital One
5. Time Warner Cable
6. HSBC
7. Qwest
8. Abercrombie and Fitch
9. Bank of America
10. Citigroup

2009 Hall Of Fame

1. USAA
2. Trader Joe's
   
3. Netflix
4. Amazon
5. Nordstrom
6. Publix
7. Whole Foods
   
8. Apple
9. Costco
10. Southwest Airlines
    

The 2009 Customer Service Hall Of Shame

The 2009 Customer Service Hall Of Fame


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100+ Portraits Of Iconic People Of All Time

Today we bring you a great collection of portraits of the most iconic people throughout history.

Portraits explore the relationship between the subject and the photographer or artist and usually continue to impress the viewer years after they have been created.

The common thread running through all of these portraits is superlative design. Each is a masterpiece in its own right, from the medieval painted portraits right up to the most current photographs.

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order and is by no means complete. We encourage you to post comments as to which portraits we’ve missed, that you feel should be part of this collection.

We hope that this collection inspires you, makes you gasp and even smile. We want you to come away with a sense of what made each portrait unique and memorable, and incorporate these concepts into your own portraits.

Click on the picture above to see the images.

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Nice Recovery

This doesn't look like a ride I want to go on...



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Should You Get A Credit Protection Plan?

Chuck Bentley at Crown Financial Ministries thinks they should be avoided. On his MoneyLife broadcast he gives three reasons they should be avoided.

Listen To The Broadcast Here

Read the Transcript Here