A Cup of Joe

Name a famous athlete named Joe. The first one that comes to my mind is Joltin' Joe DiMaggio.  Do people still remember him as Mr. Coffee?  I do.  

Here are another handful of Hall of Fame Joe's.

Torre and McCarthy rank #5 and #8 on the list of winningest managers in baseball history.  They led their teams to 4,451 wins.  They went to 15 World Series and won 11.  Of yeah, Joe Torre was a 9 time all-star as a player.

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Another Joe-ish Hall of Famer, Morgan was a 10 time All-Star and 2 time World Series Champion.

I have a couple of football Joe's.   The first Joe that comes to mind is no average Joe by any stretch of the imagination.  Another New York icon, "Broadway Joe" led his AFL Jets to the shocking Super Bowl III win in 1969.

While not as charismatic as Namath, Joe Montana had the more spectacular career, winning 4 Super Bowls in San Francisco.

Who are your top Joe's?

Diamond Kings and More from The Diamond King

I recently won one of seven prize packages from Kevin, The Diamond King.  The rules stated that you could only enter to win three of them.  As luck would have it not only did I win but I won the package I most wanted.  Kevin labelled them, "modern retired players", which sounds a lot less exciting than the cards themselves.  I picked my favorite 13 cards to show here which is only 10% of the total.  Thanks Kevin!

Not a bad baker's dozen, eh!

Blow Out the Candles -- November 25

The Yankee Clipper, Joe Dimaggio was born in Martinez, California on this date in 1914.

 Joe in Japan

Joe and Mickey (not exactly buddies)

"Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio, a nation turns it's lonely eyes to you, woo woo woo. What's that you say Mrs. Robinson, Joltin'Joe has left and gone away, hey hey hey...hey, hey, hey."

The ubiquitous Ben Stein is celebrating his 65th birthday today. I like his humor better than his politics.