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Jackie Jensen, "The Golden Boy", was a superstar athlete in the 1940s who seemed destined for greatness as the heir to Joe DiMaggio... only to be supplanted by a different golden boy, the great Mickey Mantle.
Jensen would eventually live up to the hype, but with the Red Sox -- but his career ended prematurely because, as baseball expanded to the west coast, his fear of flying made road games unbearable!
The Yankees between 1947 and 1964 were utterly dominant, winning 15 pennants and 10 World Series. And it wasn't just the major league team that was successful. The Yankees of this era were loaded up and down the system, from Rookie ball to their two Triple-A teams!
With such a loaded major league roster, the Yankees had many talented players stuck either on the end of the bench or in the minors who would eventually find an opportunity with other teams, including Bob Cerv, Vic Power, Gus Triandos, Lew Burdette, Jerry Lumpe, Bob Porterfield, and Bob Keegan, all named All-Stars with other teams after leaving the Yankees. Clint Courtney would be the 1952 A.L. Rookie of the Year runner-up after the Yankees traded him to the Browns, and Bill Virdon was the 1955 N.L. Rookie of the Year with the Cardinals (and then Yankee manager from 1974 to 1975!).
But the most talented player who just couldn't find the playing time in New York was Jack Eugene Jensen, born March 9, 1927, in San Francisco. His parents divorced when he was 5, and he grew up poor, his mother working six days a week, 12 hours a day. Jensen said the family moved 16 times between kindergarten and eighth grade -- "every time the rent came due."
After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Jensen went to the University of California in 1946 on the G.I. Bill. There he became one of the most famous college players in the country, leading Cal to the Rose Bowl. In 1947, he was the starting fullback as well as the team's top defensive back, and in 1948, he rushed for 1,000 yards and was an All-American.
He also was a tremendous two-way baseball player, pitching and hitting for the Golden Bears in 1947 as the won the very first College World Series, beating a Yale team that had George H.W. Bush playing first base. In 1949, he was an All-American in baseball, too.
His blond hair, good looks, and athletic accomplishments earned him the nickname "The Golden Boy."
Halfway through his junior year, Jensen left Berkeley to turn pro. Jensen would later say he couldn't risk playing a career-ending injury playing for free while teams -- baseball and football -- were trying to sign him to big-money contracts.

"There was a money tree growing in my backyard. Why shouldn't I pluck off the dollars when I wanted to?"

Jensen considered a number of offers, including from the Yankees, before signing a three-year, $75,000 contract with the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. Jensen said he thought he'd face better competition in the Pacific Coast League, the top minor league of the era, than he would at the bottom of the Yankee farm system. He was right about it being more of a challenge -- he hit an unimpressive .261/.317/.394 in 510 plate appearances with the Oaks.
At the end of the year, the Oaks sold his contract (and that of Billy Martin, another Northern California kid) to the Yankees.
That same year, Jensen married his high school sweetheart, Zoe Ann Olsen, an Olympic diver. (By age 18, she had won 14 national diving championships and a silver medal in the 1948 Olympics.) "Together they looked like a Nordic god and goddess," Sports Illustrated reported. Nicknamed "the sweethearts of sports," they were the Dansby Swanson and Mallory Pugh of their era. More than 1,000 people attended their wedding.
Jensen would start the 1950 season not in the minors but in the Bronx. He joined the Yankees in a time of flux. They though they'd won the 1949 World Series, the Yankees knew they had to make some changes, with 35-year-old Joe DiMaggio nearing the end of his career. And their heir apparent was not Mickey Mantle -- at the time an 18-year-old shortstop playing in the Class C league, the equivalent of A-ball today -- but the 23-year-old Jensen.
But Jensen disappointed, hitting just .171/.247/.300 in 70 at-bats, and only starting in 13 games. Watching from the bench most of the season, Jensen would later lament the lost year of development, saying he'd have been better off playing every day in the Pacific Coast League.
The Yankees won the pennant for a second straight year, and in the World Series he once again was left on the bench. His only action was as a pinch runner in Game 3 as the Yankees swept the Phillies. That "Moonlight Graham" appearance would be his only taste of the post-season in an 11-year career.
The following year would be DiMaggio's last, and Mantle's first. Jensen began the year as the Yankees' starting left fielder and proved he belonged, hitting .296/.371/.509 through the end of July... and then, shockingly, was demoted to Triple-A and replaced with previously forgotten Yankee Bob Cerv.
I can see why they called up Cerv -- the University of Nebraska stand-out was tearing up Triple-A, leading the American Association in batting average (.349), home runs (26), triples (21), RBIs (101), and total bases (261) -- but why demote Jensen, who had a 140 OPS+ in the majors? Maybe the Yankees felt the brash 23-year-old needed to be taken down a peg. In any event, Cerv hit just .214/.333/.250 in August and was sent back to Triple-A, but Jensen also was left down there. He hit .263/.344/.469 and was recalled after the Triple-A season ended, only getting into three games (he went 3-for-9).
Mantle, too, had started the season with the Yankees, and after hitting .260/.341/.423 through the middle of July, was sent down to Triple-A. But he hit .361/.445/.651 in 166 at-bats, and unlike Jensen was back in the bigs by August 24. He would play pretty much every game the rest of the season, hitting .284/.370/.495 in 95 at-bats.
The torch had clearly been passed -- Jensen was no longer the heir apparent to DiMaggio. In the World Series that year, Mantle was the starting right fielder, and Jensen wasn't even on the post-season roster.
Jensen was so disappointed with how the Yankees had treated him in 1951 that he talked to the San Francisco 49ers about switching to pro football, but ultimately decided to stick with baseball.
Never shy about what he said to reporters, Jensen told The Sporting News on October 24, 1951:

"I felt so badly about the treatment that I received from the Yankees that, although I was in New York at the end of the season, I didn't feel like sticking around to even watch the club play in any of the World's Series games."
"I do not feel the Yankees were justified in sending me to the minor leagues. When I was shipped to Kansas City, I was doing as good a job as any Yankee outfielder and better than some of them. I was hitting .296, which was ten points better than Hank Bauer and 30 points better than Joe DiMaggio, Gene Woodling and Mickey Mantle. Yet Casey Stengel didn't give me the chance I felt I deserved."

Despite blasting his manager in the press, Jensen was still the property of the Yankees. That off-season, teams were circling, hoping to pry away the talented but disgruntled outfielder. There were newspaper reports of offers from the St. Louis Browns, the Detroit Tigers, the Philadelphia Athletics, the Washington Senators, the Cleveland Indians, and the Boston Red Sox -- with one rumor being Ted Williams to the Bronx in exchange for Jensen and several other players. (A Red Sox scout called the rumored deal "a lot of hogwash.")
Sportswriters spent the off-season speculating whether DiMaggio would retire, and if he did, whether Jensen or Mantle would take over as the center fielder, as there were still concerns that Mantle, who had hurt his knee in the 1951 World Series, wouldn't be fully recovered by the start of the season.
On Opening Day, April 16, 1952, it was Jackie Jensen in center and Mickey Mantle in right. Jensen went 0-for-5 with a GIDP; Mantle, 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, and a stolen base! Seven games into the season, Jensen was 2-for-17 (.118) and found himself on the bench. He'd never play for the Yankees again. On May 3, the Golden Boy was traded to the Washington Senators along with Spec Shea, Jerry Snyder, and Archie Wilson in exchange for Irv Noren and Tom Upton.
In two years with the Senators, Jensen hit an impressive .276/.359/.407 (112 OPS+), but the team was terrible, and Jensen wasn't happy. Still just 26 years old, he later said he had almost quit after the 1953 season... particularly after a harrowing flight to Japan for a series of exhibition games with a squad of All-Stars that included Yankees Yogi Berra, Eddie Lopat, and Billy Martin. That experience gave Jensen a lifelong fear of flying, a phobia that became so intense eventually he could only fly with the help of sleeping pills... and a hypnotist!
He might have quit if not for the trade on December 9, 1953, that sent him to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Mickey McDermott and outfielder Tom Umphlett. He was homesick, he hated flying, and he now had two little kids at home. Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin convinced Jensen to come to the Red Sox, telling him that Fenway Park was tailor made for his swing. Cronin was right: Jensen was a career .279/.369/.460 hitter, but .298/.400/.514 at Fenway.
It was in Boston that Jensen finally lived up to the hype, becoming a two-time All-Star and winning the A.L. MVP Award in 1958 and a Gold Glove in 1959. During his seven seasons in Boston, he hit .282/.374/.478 in 4,519 plate appearances. In his MVP season, Jensen hit .286/.396/.535 (148 OPS+) with 31 doubles, 35 home runs, and a league-leading 122 RBIs. During his peak with the Red Sox, 1954 to 1959, Jensen's average season was .285/.378/.490 (127 OPS+) with 28 doubles, 26 home runs, 111 RBIs, 14 stolen bases, and 3.6 bWAR. During those six seasons, no one in the American League -- not Mickey Mantle, not Ted Williams, not Al Kaline -- had more runs batted in than Jackie Jensen.
Of course, Mantle was the far better player -- even in Jensen's MVP season, Mantle had more runs, hits, home runs, walks, and a 188 OPS+ -- but Jensen's 127 OPS+ between 1954 and 1959 would have been an upgrade over the aging Hank Bauer's 110 OPS+ in right or the left field merry-go-round of Norm Siebern (113 OPS+), Irv Noren (107 OPS+), Enos Slaughter (103 OPS+), and previously forgotten Yankee Hector Lopez (101 OPS+). Casey Stengel would later say the Jensen trade was the worst one the Yankees had made while he was manager.
Despite his success, Jensen was sometimes booed by the Boston fans, just as they sometimes booed Ted Williams. There even was an article in Sport magazine, "What Do They Want From Jackie Jensen?", taking Red Sox fans to task for their unreasonably high demands from the Golden Boy. In 1956, in a game at Fenway Park against the Yankees, the hometown fans were razzing Jensen so much that teammates had to restrain him from going into the stands after a fan. Later that same game, Williams misplayed a wind-blown fly ball from Mantle, and the fans booed lustily. The very next play, Williams made a leaping catch at the scoreboard to rob Yogi Berra of a double. But Williams, still furious, spit into the crowd. He was later fined $5,000.
And Jackie was unhappy to be away from home. He and Zoe Ann had bought a house near Lake Tahoe, where they could both ski and golf year-round, as well as hit the casinos. They also had a home in Oakland, and a restaurant there, and each year Jensen hosted a pro-am golf tournament. But the marriage was struggling. Zoe Ann, once nationally known for her Olympic exploits, was frustrated to be a stay-at-home mom in the shadow of her famous husband, and Jackie became angry if she engaged in her favorite outdoor hobbies, suspecting there were men around.
Jensen's fear of flying also had become even more intense. Sometimes he was so drugged up that he had to be carried on and off the plane, fueling rumors that he was a drunk. Other times he took trains or even drove while his teammates flew.
Once again Jensen was talking about retirement, and in Spring Training 1957, the Red Sox allowed him to train with the San Francisco Seals, Boston's Triple-A team, rather than having to go to Florida. But he was still miserable. That year, he told Sports Illustrated:

“In baseball you get to the point where you don’t think you have a family. It just looks like I’m not built for this life like some ballplayers. You are always away from home and you’re lonesome, and as soon as I can, I intend to get out.”

The 32-year-old Jensen announced his retirement after the 1959 season, and he spent 1960 home with Zoe Ann and their children and running his restaurant. But he returned in 1961. After hitting just .130 in April, Jensen took a train from Detroit home to Reno, determined to quit once again. After a week away, he rejoined the team and had six hits in his next 10 at-bats. By the end of the season he was at .263/.350/.392, and he quit again. This time for good.
After leaving baseball, Jensen invested in real estate and a golf course, but lost most of his money. He then got a job working for a Lake Tahoe casino, was a national spokesman for Camel cigarettes, Wonder Bread, and Gillette, and even tried selling cars. Ironically, Jackie found himself on the road almost as much as he had been as a ballplayer. In 1963, he and Zoe Ann divorced, remarried, and then divorced again.
In 1967, Jensen became a TV sportscaster, married his producer Katharine Cortesi, and eventually teamed up with Keith Jackson calling college football games for ABC, and was a college baseball coach, first at the University of Nevada-Reno and then at the University of California. He managed the Red Sox team in the New York Penn League in 1970. In 1977, Jackie and Katharine moved to Virginia and started a Christmas tree farm while he coached baseball at a military academy. About five years later, on July 14, 1982, he died of a heart attack at age 55.
You Don't Know Jack(ie):

• How good would Jackie Jensen have been as a Yankee? Maybe not great. He was a career .279/.369/.460 hitter, but just .238/.326/.398 at Yankee Stadium, which -- especially in that era -- was famously death on right-handed batters. Fenway Park was much more to his liking!
  
• Born in San Francisco in 1927, it's no surprise Jensen's favorite player as a kid was Joe DiMaggio, who made his debut with the San Francisco Seals when Jensen was a 5 years old. When Jensen made his major league debut, on April 18, 1950, DiMaggio went 3-for-6 with a triple in a 15-10 win over the Red Sox. Two weeks later, on May 3, Jensen made his first start, playing left field and batting second, and DiMaggio was in center and batting fourth.
  
• Jensen wore #36 at Cal. When he came up with the Yankees, he was first issued #40, then switched to #27, and finally to #25. (With the Senators, he wore #8, then #4; in Boston, he first wore #30 but primarily wore #4.) Currently, #40 is worn by Luis Severino. Other famous 40's include Chien-Ming Wang (2005-2009), Andy Hawkins (1989-1991), and Lindy McDaniel (1968-1973). #27 has been worn by Giancarlo Stanton since 2018; prior to him, it was worn by Austin Romine (2016-2017). It also was the number worn by Bob Wickman (1993-1996), Butch Wynegar (1982-1986), and Woodie Held (1954-1957). Gleyber Torres has worn #25 since 2018; it also was worn by Mark Teixeira (2009-2016), Jason Giambi (2002-2008), Joe Girardi (1996-1999), Jim Abbott (1993-1994), Tommy John (1979-1989), and Joe Pepitone (1962-1969).
  
• Jensen is one of six major leaguers to graduate from Oakland High School, but the only Yankee. Cal has sent 83 players to the majors, including twenty Yankees -- most notably, early 1990s pitcher Chuck Cary, 1930s infielder Lyn Lary, and 1990 A.L. ROY runner-up Kevin Maas.
  
• The Yankees during spring training in 1951 tinkered with the idea of using Jensen into a pitcher. Jensen had been a star pitcher at Cal, including pitching in the 1947 College World Series, and had pitched in a winter league that off-season. But he was bombed in a handful of spring training innings -- while crushing as a hitter -- and the Yankees decided to leave him in the outfield.
  
• College teammates said Jensen wasn't afraid of flying at Cal. His second wife Katharine said the phobia came from a near-miss experience on a flight early in his baseball career -- he looked out the window and saw another plane coming straight at him! The two planes managed to avoid each other, but he was never comfortable on a plane again.
  
• Billy Martin, who also had grown up in Northern California and was Jensen's teammate on both the Oakland Oaks and the Yankees, was merciless when it came to teasing Jensen about his fear of flying. In 1953, on a flight from Okinawa to Honshu to play a series of exhibition games in Japan, the plane ran into a bad storm and was bouncing pretty hard. Jensen, who wouldn't get on a plane without the help of tranquilizers, was blissfully sleeping through the turbulence. Martin found a lifejacket and put it on, then stood over Jensen and shouted "We're going down!"
  
• Arthur Ellen, a hypnotist that Jensen had used to try to cure his fear of flying, believed Jackie wasn't aerophobic at all. It was really a fear of losing his family. "Subconsciously, it developed as a good reason to leave the Red Sox and go home," the hypnotist said.
  
• Jensen is featured prominently in Norman Rockwell's famous 1957 painting, The Rookie. Jensen is the one seated on the bench tying his shoe in the middle of the painting. Standing behind him is Ted Williams, and sitting on the bench next to him is pitcher Frank Sullivan (#18). Wearing the catcher's mitt in the foreground is Sammy White, and the player with his hand over his mouth to the far right is Billy Goodman. Jensen, Sullivan, and White had gone to Rockwell's studio in Massachusetts to pose for the painting; the images of Williams and Goodman were based on photos. The shirtless player was one of Rockwell's assistants, and "the rookie" holding the suitcase was a local high school student!
  
• Boston sportswriters named Jensen the team's MVP in 1954, when he hit .276/.359/.472 with 25 home runs and 117 RBIs. I guess they were tired of giving the award to Ted Williams, who hit .345/.513/.635 that year, albeit in just 117 games as he had broken his collarbone in spring training. Williams didn't qualify for the batting title that year because he had only 386 at-bats... mostly due to his league-leading 136 walks. The rule was subsequently changed from at-bats to plate appearances.
  
• After Jensen was acquired by the Washington Senators, manager Bucky Harris -- who managed the Yankees when they won the 1947 World Series -- pulled him aside and told him he was the right fielder and he'd hit third. "No pep talk, no nothing, but he made it sound like I was the right fielder and third place hitter for a long time to come," Jensen later recalled. "It made me feel good." The 1950s Senators had a number of ex-Yankees and several of them told reporters that Harris was a much more low-key, hands-off manager than Casey Stengel, and Jensen agreed. "With Stengel it was always 'watch for that curve ball' or 'watch for that change up'," Jensen said. "Bucky leaves you on your own up there." But Jensen would later say Stengel was the smartest manager he'd ever had.
  
• Stengel obliquely mentioned Jensen in his famously long, rambling testimony before the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly Subcommittee on July 8, 1958. Asked about legislation that would exempt baseball from federal anti-trust laws, Stengel said about 7,000 words without really saying anything. The hearing was held the day after the All-Star Game -- the Stengel-managed A.L. All-Stars won, 4-3 -- and in the American League starting lineup were Jensen and two other ex-Yankees, Bob Cerv and Gus Triandos. Stengel was asked if the Yankees were going to continue to "monopolize" the World Series, and his confusing answer: "Well, I will tell you. I got a little concerned yesterday in the first three innings when I saw the three players I had gotten rid of [Jensen, Cerv, and Triandos] and I said when I lost nine what am I going to do? And when I had a couple of my players I thought so great of that did not do so good up to the sixth inning I was more confused but I finally had to go and call on a young man in Baltimore that we don't own and the Yankees don't own him and he is doing pretty well and I would actually have to to tell you that we are more the Greta Garbo-type now from success. We are being hated. I mean from the ownership and all we are being hated. Every sport that gets too great or one individual -- but if we made twenty-seven cents and it pays to have a winner at home why would you have a good winner in your park if you were an owner? That is the result of baseball. An owner gets most of the money at home, and it is up to him and his staff to do better or they ought to be discharged." After befuddling the committee with answers like that for 45 minutes, Stengel was excused and Mickey Mantle called upon. His opening statement: "My views are just about the same as Casey's."
  
• Casey Stengel later said Jensen plus Spec Shea, Jerry Snyder, and Archie Wilson to the Senators for Irv Noren and Tom Upton was the worst trade the Yankees made during his tenure. But in reality it was pretty much a wash for the Yankees. Jensen, in two seasons, would be worth 4.9 bWAR for the Senators before being traded. Shea, a right-handed pitcher who had been an All-Star with the Yankees as a rookie, pitched four years in Washington and was worth 2.9 bWAR. Snyder was a good-glove, no-hit infielder worth -0.1 bWAR in seven seasons with the Senators. (You must have a really good glove to last seven seasons with a 55 OPS+!) Wilson, at one point seen as a good prospect but now a 28-year-old minor league journeyman, only played 26 games in Washington before being traded. In exchange, the Yankees received the 27-year-old Irv Noren, an outfieldefirst baseman who played five years in New York and was an All-Star in 1954; he was worth 7.9 bWAR, making the trade essentially even by bWAR. (The other player the Yankees received, minor league infielder Tom Upton, never made it back to the bigs.) Prior to the 1957 season, Noren was traded to the Kansas City Athletics as part of a monster 13-player trade that included Clete Boyer, third baseman of the early 1960s dynasty!
  
• The two players Washington got from Boston for Jensen, Mickey McDermott and Tom Umphlett, were both future Yankees. McDermott was a left-handed pitcher whose father, Maurice McDermott, had played in the minors with Lou Gehrig. Mickey was just 25 years old at the time of the trade but had been in the majors for six seasons, going 48-34 with a 3.80 ERA (114 ERA+). In two years with the Senators, McDermott went 17-25 (but with a 3.58 ERA), then prior to the 1957 season was traded to the Yankees as part of a seven-player deal; he went 2-6 with a 4.24 ERA as a swingman, and closed out the Game 2 win in the 1956 World Series. After that one season in New York, he was part of the trade with the A's that brought back Clete Boyer.
  
• Umphlett, a 22-year-old infielder, was traded back to the Red Sox in 1955, and then the Red Sox traded him to the Yankees in 1962 for infielder Billy Gardner. He would spend 1962 and 1963 in Triple-A for the Yankees, then ended his career in the minors with the Minnesota Twins -- the team that had been the Senators until 1961.
  
• In 1956, the anthology television show Cavalcade of America had an episode called The Jackie Jensen Story. Jackie had a cameo as the adult version of himself, but the 30-minute episode was focused on Jackie's teenage years and the influence of his middle high school coach, a man named Ralph Kerchum who became a father figure. The coach was played by Ross Elliott, a Bronx native whose most memorable role might have been as the director in the Vitameatavegamin episode of I Love Lucy.
  
• Jensen's MVP in 1958 broke a string of four straight MVP awards for Yankees -- Yogi Berra in 1954 and 1955 followed by Mickey Mantle in 1956 and 1957. Nellie Fox of the White Sox won it in 1959, and then the Yankees won it four years in a row again -- Roger Maris in 1960 and 1961, Mantle in 1962, and Elston Howard in 1963. Then a long drought -- the next Yankee to win it would be Thurman Munson in 1976.
  
• Going by bWAR, Mantle should have won it a third straight year in 1958 -- his 8.7 bWAR led the league, followed by Frank Lary at 6.7 and Al Kaline at 6.5. Jensen's 4.9 was 10th that year. Of course, they didn't have bWAR back then!
  
• Jackie won a Gold Glove in 1959; it was just the third year of the award's existence, or he might have won more. "Right field in Boston is a bitch, the sun field, and few play it well," Ted Williams said. "Jackie Jensen was the best I saw at it." Jensen was renowned for his throwing arm -- he twice led the league in assists, and twice led the league in double plays as an outfielder. One Yankee scout said he had the best arm he'd seen since previously forgotten Yankee Bob Meusel, usually said to have the best cannon in baseball history until Roberto Clemente came along.
  
• Jensen was well known for his brashness, especially compared to Mantle's aw shucks attitude. Mantle, asked if he thought he could beat out Jensen to replace DiMaggio in center field, humbly replied that there were three positions in the outfield and he hoped to win any one of them. Jensen, on the other hand, vowed he'd "out-run, out-hit, and out-throw" Mantle, an arrogant answer that didn't go over well with teammates. Joe DiMaggio, asked what he thought of the duel for his old job, quipped that Mantle was "out-quoting" Jensen.
  
• When Mantle was asked what he thought about Jensen's quote, he replied: "I don't know what to make of that guy." Jensen would later say he was misquoted, but reports of his cockiness would follow him throughout his Yankee years. Later in life, Jensen said people mistook his shyness and anxiety for arrogance and rudeness.
  
• According to Sports Illustrated, Jensen is the only player to have played in the East-West football game, the Rose Bowl, the World Series, and the Major League All-Star Game. I'll take their word for it!
  
• As a freshman at Cal, the first time Jensen touched the ball -- on a punt return -- he ran it back for a 56-yard touchdown. Cal quarterback Charles Erb said they'd never seen anything like it. "He was all over the field, dodging and leaping over guys. The rest of us just stood there on the sidelines with our mouths open. Finally somebody said, 'Who in the hell is that guy?' "
  
• Jensen is one of two "forgotten" Yankees in the College Football Hall of Fame -- the other is 1960s catcher Jake Gibbs. (Other Yankees in the College Football Hall of Fame include John Elway, who was in the Yankee minor league system before joining the Denver Broncos, and Deion Sanders, who was on the Yankees in 1989 and 1990.) Jensen also is a member of the Cal Hall of Fame, the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, and... ugh... the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.
  
• Despite his speed -- Jensen led the league in triples in 1956 and in stolen bases in 1954, and was in the top five in stolen bases in six seasons -- Jackie also was prone to grounding into double plays, leading the league in 1954, 1956, and 1957. His 32 GIDPs in 1954 was the major league record until Boston's Jim Rice hit into 36 in 1984, which is still the single-season record. Rice also had 35 in 1985. Jensen's 32 is tied for third with four others. The most by a Yankee? Dave Winfield with 30 in 1983, which is tied for 14th.
  
• Jensen lost most of his baseball earnings through a series of bad investments. His ex-wife, former Olympian Zoe Ann, later became a blackjack dealer in Reno to pay the bills.
  
• Jensen had four appearances on the popular show Home Run Derby, and set a record for most home runs in one match when he defeated Ernie Banks, 14-11, in Episode 24. The 25 combined home runs also was a record. He took on Mickey Mantle in Episode 3, with Mantle winning, 9-2, then defeated Rocky Colavito, 3-2, in Episode 25. He rematched against Mantle in Episode 26, with Mantle winning again, 13-10. Jensen set another record in that contest when he became the only player to hit four home runs in a row, and then a fifth home run in a row. That episode was supposed to be the season one finale, but it turned out to be the last episode of the series: The show's host and producer, Mark Scott, died of a heart attack at age 45, shortly after the last episode aired, and two months later the show's 64-year-old director Benjamin Stoloff also died. Rather than replacing them, the show was cancelled.
  
• Jensen's last game came against the Yankees, on October 1st, 1961, at Yankee Stadium. He appeared as a pinch hitter and popped out to shortstop Tony Kubek. In the 4th inning of that game, Roger Maris hit his 61st home run, breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record!
  
• Jackie and Zoe Ann had two sons, Jon and Jay, and a daughter, Jan. Jay's son, Tucker Jensen, was a pitcher in the Blue Jays farm system in 2011 and 2012.
  

In 1958, Jensen told Sports Illustrated that the biggest thrill of his career wasn't being an All-American or an All-Star, it wasn't winning an MVP or a World Series. "The biggest is having played in the same outfield with both DiMaggio and Williams."

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40.05% , Rank 14 

43.27% , Rank 10 

43.68% , Rank 9 

50.40% , Rank 4 

40.32% , Rank 13 

Health is our greatest treasure and with incredible specialists. We all know that there is a better chance for a healthier population.
The government has established a massive number of health institutes or health caring centers in their countries so that people should not compromise when it comes to health.
Also Read: Top 10 Countries That Produce the Most Doctors
List Of Top 10 Doctors Around The World
Here is a list of the 10 best doctors in the world:

1. Dr. William A. Abdu, M.D, M.S.

Dr. Abdu is an Associate Professor of Orthopedics and of The Dartmouth Institute Medical Director at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dr. Abdu got his accreditation in 1985 from Tufts University. He is a pioneer in the study and treatment of spine-related conditions. He hones surgery of the Spine, including Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Disorders, Disk Herniation, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Spondylotic Myelopathy, Spinal Cord Injury, and Spine Trauma. Also, he had discovered many new techniques for spine treatment.

1. Dr. Myles. B. Abbott, M.D.

Dr. Myles is also one of the best-known doctors of Pediatricians in the world. He graduated from the University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine in 1972. He treats the problems of growth and child development.
Dr. Myles currently practices at East Bay Pediatric & Medical Group and is affiliated with Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Alta Bates Campus and Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland.

1. Dr. Fouad. M. Abbas, M.D.

Dr. Abbas is a well-known Gynecologist/Oncologist. His specialization field is Oncologist of Obstetrician and Gynecology. He is also considered to be one of the best doctors of Oncology in the world. The term Oncology is the study of cancer.
Dr. Abbas graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1986. Currently, he is affiliated with Medstar Harbor Hospital and Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore.

1. Dr. Khalid Abbed, M.D.

Dr. Khalid is a famous doctor of Neuro. He is an Associate Professor and Chief of the Spine Section in the Department of Neurosurgery. His area of clinical interest is in the treatment of spinal disorders.
Dr. Khalid obtained his bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana in 1993. He continued his education in the same University and received his Doctor of Medicine degree with Honors in 1999. Currently, he is working at Yale as a Director of the Spine Surgery Department. Many consider him the best doctor in the world.

1. Dr. Naresh Trehan

Dr. Naresh is a famous Indian cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon. He was born on August 12, 1946, in Delhi, India. He obtained a medical degree from King George’s Medical College in Lucknow.
Dr. Naresh was also the founder, executive director, and chief cardiovascular surgeon of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center (EHIRC), New Delhi, India. At present, he is serving as a Chairman and Managing Director and Chief Cardiac Surgeon of MedantaTM-The Medicity, one of the largest multi-specialty hospitals at Gurgaon, Haryana.

1. Dr. Arthur Reese Abright, M.D.

Dr. Reese is also one of the best doctors of Psychiatry. She treats the problems of depressions and mind-related problems.
Dr. Reese got her accreditation from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She is also an expert on mood disorders and anxiety. Currently, she is working as a Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is also affiliated with Mount Sinai Services Elmhurst Hospital Center and New York Medical College at present.

1. Dr. Corrie T.M Anderson, M.D.

Dr. Anderson is also one of the best doctors in Pediatric Anesthesiologist around the world. He received his A.B. with Honors in Biochemistry from Harvard University and Doctor of Medicine (M.D) from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1982. He can be truly crowned as “world best doctor”.
In 2001, Dr. Anderson became the director of the program for Pediatric Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is also a professor of anesthesiology and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

1. Dr. Mark. F. Aaron, M.D.

Dr. Aaron is also one of the best doctors in cardiologists. His specialization is Cardiovascular Disease. The term Cardiology is related to the heart and its problems.
Dr. Aaron got his accreditation from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1992. Currently, he is affiliated with River Park Hospital, Saint Thomas West Hospital, and Henry County Medical Center.

1. Dr. Sudhansu Bhattacharyya, MBBS, MS, MCH

Dr. Sudhansu is also one of the best Indian Cardiovascular Surgeons. He obtained MBBS and M.S. General Surgery from Ahmedabad. He had invented, designed, and patented a few surgical instruments, the most important ones being Atrial Retractor for Mitral Valve Replacement and Internal Mammary Artery Retractor for taking down bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries.
Before entering into the practice world, Dr. Sudhansu served as a full-time Professor for Cardiothoracic surgery at Sheth G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital. At present, he is affiliated with Bombay Hospital And Medical Research Center, Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, and Lilavati Hospital & Research Center, Mumbai.
10. Dr.Mona.M.Abaza, M.D.
Dr. Abaza is a specialized doctor in ENT Otolaryngologist, Adenoidectomy, esophagoscopy, Nasal airway surgery, and tracheostomy. She is a world-famous ENT Doctor and treats problems of the ear, head, nose, throat, and neck.
Dr. Abaza graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1991. She is affiliated with Children’s Hospital Colorado At Memorial Hospital Central and the University Of Colorado Hospital.
Conclusion
Since the dawn of time, the profession of a doctor is one of the most appreciated jobs in the world. Being a doctor implies a great responsibility, as almost every day the nature of somebody’s life (or the life itself) is in their hands. Since the medical field is a vast and ever-expanding field, there is no direct answer to who is the best doctor in the world. Doctors are specialized and trained in different field

Yankees @ Mariners - 09:40 PM EDT

Game Status: Pre-Game

Links & Info

• Current conditions at T-Mobile Park: 63°F - Partly Cloudy - Wind 8 mph, In From LF
• TV: Yankees: YES, Mariners: ROOTNW
• Radio: Yankees: WADO 1280 (es), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, Mariners: KIRO 710
• MLB Gameday
• Statcast Game Preview

	Probable Pitcher (Season Stats)	Report
Yankees	Clarke Schmidt (2-5, 5.58 ERA, 50.0 IP)	No report posted.
Mariners	George Kirby (5-4, 3.43 ERA, 63.0 IP)	No report posted.

Yankees Lineup vs. Kirby	AVG	OPS	AB	HR	RBI	K
1 Torres - 2B	-	-	-	-	-	-
2 Judge - DH	-	-	-	-	-	-
3 Calhoun, W - LF	-	-	-	-	-	-
4 LeMahieu - 3B	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 Kiner-Falefa - CF	-	-	-	-	-	-
6 Bauers - 1B	-	-	-	-	-	-
7 Volpe - SS	-	-	-	-	-	-
8 Higashioka - C	-	-	-	-	-	-
9 Allen, G - RF	-	-	-	-	-	-
10 Schmidt - P	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mariners Lineup vs. Schmidt	AVG	OPS	AB	HR	RBI	K
1 Crawford, J - SS	-	-	-	-	-	-
2 France, T - 1B	-	-	-	-	-	-
3 Rodríguez, Ju - CF	-	-	-	-	-	-
4 Kelenic - LF	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 Suárez, E - 3B	-	-	-	-	-	-
6 Raleigh - C	-	-	-	-	-	-
7 Hernández, T - RF	.000	.000	1	0	0	1
8 Trammell - DH	-	-	-	-	-	-
9 Wong, Ko - 2B	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1
10 Kirby - P	-	-	-	-	-	-

ALE Rank	Team	W	L	GB (E#)	WC Rank	WC GB (E#)
1	Tampa Bay Rays	40	18	- (-)	-	- (-)
2	Baltimore Orioles	35	21	4.0 (102)	1	+2.0 (-)
3	New York Yankees	34	23	5.5 (100)	2	+0.5 (-)
4	Toronto Blue Jays	29	26	9.5 (97)	4	3.5 (105)
5	Boston Red Sox	28	26	10.0 (97)	6	4.0 (105)

Division Scoreboard

TB 4 @ CHC 3 - Final
CLE 12 @ BAL 8 - Final
MIL 2 @ TOR 0 - Top 2, 1 Out
CIN 0 @ BOS 0 - Top 2, 2 Outs
^{Last Updated: 05/31/2023 07:34:11 PM EDT, Update Interval: 5 Minutes}

This is not a comprehensive list, but it's as close as I could get to one from research and memory, and it includes quite a bit of Bay Area shenanigans. The Superdome appears fairly often as well:
1941 - The St. Louis Browns attempt to move to Los Angeles, but the winter meetings where the move's approval is set for a vote are scrapped by the attack on Pearl Harbor two days prior
1947 - NL President Ford Frick suggests to good friend and St. Louis Cardinals owner Sam Breadon that the team, currently renting Sportsmans Park from the Browns, should move to Chicago so it can finally have a successful NL franchise, but the White Sox and another area team stridently object so the team is instead sold to Fred Saigh
1953 - Facing federal tax evasion charges and bedeviled by Browns owner Bill Veeck loading the payroll with old Cardinals favorites and starting some wild promotions to shove his stadium's NL tenants out of town, Redbirds owner Fred Saigh nearly sells the team to a group in Houston before Gussie Busch floats in on a river of beer to save Stan Musial from a move to Texas
1953 - Saigh also nearly sold the Cardinals to a different beer baron - Fred Miller of Milwaukee - but as mentioned previously, the Budweiser guys saved the day instead
1953 - Unable to compete with the new Anheuser Busch money, the St. Louis Browns nearly move to Milwaukee instead, but Bill Veeck is blocked by the other owners. Milwaukee consoles itself by watching the ex-Boston Braves, who have just relocated there and will stay for a little over a decade. The Browns, who had started out as the original Milwaukee Brewers, move to Maryland and take on the Yankees franchise's original name as the Baltimore Orioles
1956 - The Washington Senators are courted by Los Angeles before the Brooklyn Dodgers enter the fray, then ultimately move to Minnesota five years later instead
1956 - New York Giants consider a move to Minneapolis before settling on San Francisco once the Brooklyn Dodgers' move west is solidified
1956 - The Kansas City Athletics owner, having just moved the team from Philadelphia, immediately regrets his decision and explores Los Angeles before being usurped by the Brooklyn Dodgers. He sells the team to Charles Finley a few years later
1958 - Incensed at having lost the Dodgers and Giants, New York mayor Robert Wagner enlists William Shea to try to poach the Phillies, Reds, or Pirates, before switching tactics and instead attacking MLB's antitrust status until they agree to allow the Mets as an expansion franchise.
1962 - Charles Finley tries to move the Athletics to Dallas but gets blocked by other owners
1963 - Charles Finley tries to move the Athletics to Louisville but gets blocked by other owners
1964-1966 - Charles Finley tries unsuccessfully to move the Athletics to Atlanta
1964-1966 - Charles Finley tries unsuccessfully to move the Athletics to San Diego
1964-1966 - Charles Finley tries unsuccessfully to move the Athletics to Indianapolis
1964-1966 - Charles Finley tries unsuccessfully to move the Athletics to Seattle, before ultimately moving them to Oakland in 1968
1965 - The Cincinnati Reds are nearly sold to San Diego by Bill DeWitt (father of current Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt) before local investors step in
1966 - "Singing Cowboy" Gene Autrey tries to move the Los Angeles Angels, formerly of Wrigley Field and Dodger Stadium, to Long Beach, but when the city refuses to pay for a new stadium unless they are called the Long Beach Angels, he moves the team to Anaheim instead so he can use a name that will appeal to a larger southern California base. (Arte Moreno eventually makes a mockery of this entire naming debacle by restoring the Los Angeles name despite the team still being in Anaheim, which the city objects to, leading to the team briefly being called, at least in Spanish, Los Angeles de Los Angeles de Anaheim)
1968 - Bud Selig lures the White Sox to play some home games in Milwaukee and tries to buy the team and move it there, but the sale is blocked by other owners. Two years later he takes the Pilots from Seattle instead
1970s to 1990s - George Steinbrenner threatens to move the Yankees to New Jersey, also halfheartedly flirting with the New Orleans Superdome on a few brief occasions, particularly during a two-year stretch when the Yankees played at Shea Stadium (along with the Jets, Giants and Mets)
1973 - The Padres ink a deal to become the Washington (DC) Stars to replace the Texas Rangers version of the Senators, but after uniforms are designed and baseball cards printed, Ray Kroc of McDonalds fame steps in and keeps the team in San Diego
1975 - Charles Finley tries unsuccessfully to move the Athletics to Chicago's Comiskey Park...
1975 - ...because the White Sox' planned move to Seattle falls apart. Instead, baseball settled the debacle from the Pilots' quick exit via the Mariners expansion.
1976 - The San Francisco Giants try to leave Candestick Park for the warmer environs of Toronto, but a sale to the Labatts beer folks is blocked. Toronto gets the new Blue Jays franchise instead
1978 - Charles Finley tries unsuccessfully to move the Athletics to Denver
1979 - Charles Finley tries unsuccessfully to move the Athletics to New Orleans to play in the Superdome
1980s - Charles Finley tries unsuccessfully to sell the Athletics to Phoenix and/or to Denver again but is blocked by the city of Oakland after they lose the Raiders
1981 - The Pittsburgh Pirates entertain an offer to move to the Superdome in New Orleans, before the mayor threatens legal action
1981 - The Pirates entertain an offer from Tampa, which does not yet have a dome to offer and is ultimately rejected
1981-1985 - The Pittsburgh Pirates spend several years flirting with Denver, with talk dying down around the time of the (probably unrelated) MLB drug trial in the city, which implicates several players and the team's literally cocaine-addled parrot mascot
1985 - The Pittsburgh Pirates owner also flirts with a sale to Indianapolis, who has just stolen the Baltimore Colts from the NFL, but the mayor threatens to sue and scares both sides out of the deal
1987 - The Chicago White Sox flirt with the idea of moving to a new state-of-the-art dome being built in Tampa but ultimately settle for another Comiskey Park instead, thus narrowly helping the Windy City keep a professional baseball team
1990 - The San Francisco Giants attempt to secure funding for a new stadium in Santa Clara but it is voted down
1992 - The San Francisco Giants attempt to build a stadium in San Jose but the proposal is voted down
1993 - The San Francisco Giants again try to escape the bay area entirely with a move to Tampa's still-vacant state-of-the-art dome, but the other owners block the deal. The dome is eventually occupied by the Rays, who will eventually threaten to half-move to Montreal in part because they hate that dome
1995 - The Pittsburgh Pirates are nearly sold to a DC owner before being saved by Kevin McClatchey, who would eventually taint his legacy by making way for Bob Nutting to supplant him as owner in 2007
1997 - The Minnesota Twins try to move to Charlotte or Piedmont, but both this and Bud Selig's attempt to kill the team outright ultimately fail
2003 - With MLB taking ownership of the Montreal Expos the prior year, various moves are considered. The team plays some games in San Juan, Puerto Rico and kicks the tires on Portland OR, Monterrey Mexico, East Rutherford NJ, Norfolk VA, and Charlotte NC before finally convincing Orioles (neé St. Louis Browns, who started this whole list) owner Peter Angelos to give DC a third bite at the MLB apple.
Lately there has been talk of the Rays and A's moving, as well as Manfred threatening to kick the Brewers out of Milwaukee. It's fascinating to me how many of these prior relocations have involved Milwaukee, the A's, and Tampa... anyway feel free to call me an idiot for any of these you think may be incorrect or for any big ones I missed. Keep the faith, A's fans...

Welcome back to another Pick'Em thread!
This post can be used to discuss your picks for 05/31/2023. If you have any feedback or suggestions on improving the thread further, drop a comment below or message the moderators.
Don't forget: picks must be submitted during the twelve-hour window before Noon EDT on game day, you can only make one selection per day, and missed days count as losses, so choose wisely and don't delay!
Games for Wednesday, 05/31/2023:

Matchup and Team Records	Probable Pitchers (Season ERA)	Estimated Win Probability
Texas Rangers (35-19) @ Detroit Tigers (25-28)	Dane Dunning (1.67) / TBD (-)	57% / 43%
Los Angeles Angels (29-26) @ Chicago White Sox (22-34)	Jaime Barria (1.55) / Lance Lynn (5.83)	51% / 49%
Tampa Bay Rays (39-17) @ Chicago Cubs (23-30)	Zach Eflin (3.17) / Justin Steele (2.77)	57% / 43%
Cleveland Guardians (24-29) @ Baltimore Orioles (34-20)	Shane Bieber (3.04) / TBD (-)	47% / 53%
Atlanta Braves (32-22) @ Oakland Athletics (11-45)	Jared Shuster (5.33) / James Kaprielian (8.45)	68% / 32%
Pittsburgh Pirates (26-27) @ San Francisco Giants (28-26)	Mitch Keller (3.01) / Alex Wood (3.51)	40% / 60%
Washington Nationals (23-31) @ Los Angeles Dodgers (33-22)	Patrick Corbin (4.88) / Noah Syndergaard (6.27)	30% / 70%
San Diego Padres (24-29) @ Miami Marlins (28-26)	Blake Snell (5.04) / Braxton Garrett (4.50)	53% / 47%
Milwaukee Brewers (28-25) @ Toronto Blue Jays (28-26)	Julio Teheran (1.80) / Alek Manoah (5.53)	43% / 57%
Cincinnati Reds (24-29) @ Boston Red Sox (28-25)	Luke Weaver (5.45) / James Paxton (5.14)	38% / 62%
Philadelphia Phillies (25-29) @ New York Mets (28-27)	Aaron Nola (4.59) / Carlos Carrasco (6.75)	44% / 56%
Minnesota Twins (28-26) @ Houston Astros (31-22)	Louie Varland (4.24) / Hunter Brown (3.12)	43% / 57%
Colorado Rockies (24-31) @ Arizona Diamondbacks (31-23)	Dinelson Lamet (12.66) / Tommy Henry (4.50)	39% / 61%
New York Yankees (33-23) @ Seattle Mariners (28-26)	Clarke Schmidt (5.58) / George Kirby (3.43)	53% / 47%

1. All columns are Away / Home. Records are typically current as-of the time of posting, and do not always contain the matchup results from the day of posting.
2. A bolded matchup means that there is a "Probability of Precipitation" greater than 50% in a non-domed stadium at the time of this post.
3. An italicized matchup means that it is Game 2 of a doubleheader, which for Pick'Em purposes will not be applicable (only Game 1 is counted, but Game 2 is still included above so that you can be aware that pitching management may be different than a non-doubleheader game day).
4. Probable pitchers and stats sourced from mlb.com (via the MLB-StatsAPI); weather data soured from the OpenWeather One Call API.
5. Estimated chance of winning percentages sourced from FiveThirtyEight’s 2023 MLB Game Predictions, an ELO-based, easy to understand ratings system.

Details such as probable pitchers, winning odds, and match certainty are subject to change. Note that a pick for a team in a cancelled game (weather or otherwise) is automatically counted as a correct guess.
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Credit goes to u/TheGeorgeKelly for the original post. I absolutely loved the alternate history concept, but I found the methodology for the winners and lack of scores a bit unsatisfying. To resolve this for my stat junkie brain, I booted up WhatIfSports simulation and spent the morning simulating every Super Bowl since 1970s with the runner's-up to find out who really comes out on top in Bizarro World. The results and game MVPs are below:
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Season	Winner	Loser	Score	MVP
1970-71	Oakland Raiders	San Francisco 49ers	34-17	OAK WR Fred Biletnikoff: 4 rec, 140 yds, TD
1971-72	Baltimore Colts	San Francisco 49ers (2)	26-15	BAL RB Norm Bulaich: 15 att, 72 yds, TD, 2 rec, 26 yds, TD
1972-73	Dallas Cowboys	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-6	PIT CB Mel Blount: 2 tck, 2 INT
1973-74	Dallas Cowboys (2)	Oakland Raiders	21-20	DAL QB Roger Staubach: 14/22, 165 yds, 2 TD, INT, 5 att, 14 yds
1974-75	Oakland Raiders (2)	Los Angeles Rams	24-23	OAK QB Ken Stabler: 14/22, 247 yds, 2 TD
1975-76	Los Angeles Rams	Oakland Raiders (2)	23-10	LAR RB Lawrence McCutcheon: 20 att, 89 yds, 3 rec, 11 yds
1976-77	Los Angeles Rams (2)	Pittsburgh Steelers (2)	17-7	LAR QB James Harris: 17/28, 297 yds, TD, 4 att, 6 yds
1977-78	Minnesota Vikings	Oakland Raiders (3)	20-17 OT	MIN RB Chuck Foreman: 26 att, 109 yds, 4 rec, 59 yds, TD
1978-79	Los Angeles Rams (3)	Houston Oilers	23-10	LAR QB Pat Haden: 13/24, 182 yds, 2 TD, 3 att, 25 yds
1979-80	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Houston Oilers	15-13	TAM RB Ricky Bell: 20 att, 64 yds, 3 rec, 19 yds, TD
1980-81	San Diego Chargers	Dallas Cowboys	21-17	SD QB Dan Fouts: 21/32, 307 yds, 2 TD
1981-82	San Diego Chargers (2)	Dallas Cowboys (2)	43-21	SD QB Dan Fouts: 22/24, 250 yds, 3 TD
1982-83	New York Jets	Dallas Cowboys (3)	39-17	NYJ RB Freeman McNeil: 22 att, 135 yds, 2 TD, 3 rec, 77 yds, TD
1983-84	San Francisco 49ers	Seattle Seahawks	21-16	SF DE Fred Dean: 5 tck, 4 sk
1984-85	Pittsburgh Steelers	Chicago Bears	30-17	PIT QB Mark Malone: 15/20, 170 yds, 2 TD
1985-86	Los Angeles Rams (4)	Miami Dolphins	13-10	LAR CB LeRoy Irvin: 2 tck, 2 INT
1986-87	Washington Redskins	Cleveland Browns	21-17	WAS QB Jay Schroeder: 13/21, 200 yds, 2 TD, INT
1987-88	Minnesota Vikings (2)	Cleveland Browns (2)	24-14	MIN QB Wade Wilson: 12/20, 207 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT, 5 att, -3 yds
1988-89	Chicago Bears	Buffalo Bills	17-10	CHI RB Neal Anderson: 21 att, 67 yds, TD, 2 rec, 21 yds
1989-90	Los Angeles Rams (5)	Cleveland Browns (3)	27-21	LAR QB Jim Everett: 16/23, 228 yds, 2 TD, 2 att, 5 yds
1990-91	San Francisco 49ers (2)	Los Angeles Raiders (4)	23-13	SF QB Joe Montana: 17/23, 254 yds, 2 TD, 7 att, 14 yds
1991-92	Detroit Lions	Denver Broncos	38-12	DET RB Barry Sanders: 21 att, 129 yds, 2 TD, 3 rec, 21 yds
1992-93	Miami Dolphins	San Francisco 49ers (3)	27-6	MIA WR Mark Clayton: 4 rec, 126 yds, 2 TD
1993-94	Kansas City Chiefs	San Francisco 49ers (4)	35-21	SF RB Ricky Watters: 19 att, 215 yds, TD
1994-95	Dallas Cowboys (3)	Pittsburgh Steelers (3)	40-10	DAL RB Emmitt Smith: 28 att, 127 yds, TD, 3 rec, 30 yds, TD
1995-96	Green Bay Packers	Indianapolis Colts	14-7	GB WR Robert Brooks: 6 rec, 90 yds, TD
1996-97	Jacksonville Jaguars	Carolina Panthers	22-21	JAX QB Mark Brunell: 18/24, 230 yds, TD, 5 att, 8 yds
1997-98	San Francisco 49ers (3)	Pittsburgh Steelers (4)	24-9	SF QB Steve Young: 13/17, 235 yds, 2 TD, 1 att, 2 yds
1998-99	New York Jets (2)	Minnesota Vikings	16-13	NYJ RB Curtis Martin: 23 att, 117 yds, 2 rec, 25 yds
1999-00	Jacksonville Jaguars (2)	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10-9	JAX RB Fred Taylor: 10 att, 67 yds, TD, 2 rec, 15 yds
2000-01	Oakland Raiders (3)	Minnesota Vikings (2)	41-21	OAK QB Rich Gannon: 18/28, 252 yds, 4 TD, 8 att, 21 yds, TD
2001-02	Pittsburgh Steelers (2)	Philadelphia Eagles	22-16	PIT RB Jerome Bettis: 25 att, 119 yds, 1 rec, 8 yds
2002-03	Philadelphia Eagles	Tennessee Titans	20-6	PHI RB Duce Staley: 16 att, 48 yds, TD, 3 rec, 42 yds, TD
2003-04	Indianapolis Colts (2)	Philadelphia Eagles (2)	31-24	IND QB Peyton Manning: 19/23, 200 yds, 3 TD
2004-05	Pittsburgh Steelers (3)	Atlanta Falcons	22-13	PIT RB Jerome Bettis: 15 att, 70 yds, TD
2005-06	Denver Broncos	Carolina Panthers (2)	20-10	DEN WR Rod Smith: 7 rec, 119 yds
2006-07	New Orleans Saints	New England Patriots	27-24	NO RB Deuce McAllister: 16 att, 122 yds, TD, 3 rec, 49 yds
2007-08	Green Bay Packers (2)	San Diego Chargers	27-24 OT	GB WR Greg Jennings: 5 rec, 111 yds, 3 TD
2008-09	Baltimore Ravens	Philadelphia Eagles (3)	17-3	BAL RB Le'Ron McClain: 14 att, 73 yds, TD, 2 rec, 35 yds, TD
2009-10	New York Jets (3)	Minnesota Vikings (3)	28-21	NYJ QB Mark Sanchez: 11/18, 140 yds, 2 TD, 3 att, 15 yds
2010-11	New York Jets (4)	Chicago Bears (2)	30-3	NYJ RB Shonn Greene: 15 att, 106 yds, TD, 1 rec, 12 yds
2011-12	Baltimore Ravens (2)	San Francisco 49ers (5)	23-10	BAL WR Torrey Smith: 2 att, 50 yds, 3 rec, 77 yds
2012-13	New England Patriots	Atlanta Falcons (2)	24-17	NE RB Stevan Ridley: 16 att, 112 yds, TD
2013-14	New England Patriots (2)	San Francisco 49ers (6)	20-17	NE QB Tom Brady: 18/23, 168 yds, TD, 2 att, 4 yds, TD
2014-15	Indianapolis Colts (3)	Green Bay Packers	20-3	IND QB Andrew Luck: 9/15, 139 yds, TD, 2 att, 7 yds
2015-16	New England Patriots (3)	Arizona Cardinals	38-31	NE QB Tom Brady: 19/26, 302 yds, 2 TD
2016-17	Pttsburgh Steelers (4)	Green Bay Packers (2)	30-24 OT	PIT RB Le'Veon Bell: 21 att, 177 yds, TD, 4 rec, 18 yds
2017-18	Minnesota Vikings (3)	Jacksonville Jaguars	20-6	MIN RB Jerick McKinnon: 11 att, 52 yds, 2 TD, 2 rec, 12 yds
2018-19	Kansas City Chiefs (2)	New Orleans Saints	30-21	KC DE Chris Jones: 7 tck, 4 sk
2019-20	Tennessee Titans	Green Bay Packers (3)	35-23	TEN QB Ryan Tennehill: 15/17, 263 yds, 3 TD, 3 att, 11 yds
2020-21	Buffalo Bills	Green Bay Packers (4)	40-34	BUF QB Josh Allen: 14/22, 226 yds, TD, INT, 9 att, 14 yds, 2 TD
2021-22	San Francisco 49ers (4)	Kansas City Chiefs	42-30	SF RB Elijah Mitchell: 16 att, 178 yds, 3 TD, 1 rec, 11 yds
2022-23	San Francisco 49ers (5)	Cincinnati Bengals	19-13	SF RB Christian McCaffrey: 15 att, 144 yds, 2 rec, 10 yds

Some notes:
- Most rings: 49ers, Rams (5)
- Most losses: 49ers (6)
- Most appearances without a win: Browns (3)
- Most appearances without a loss: Jets (4)
- Most appearances: 49ers (11)
- No appearances: Giants, Texans
- In real life, the Giants have not lost a post-merger conference championship game, while the Jets have not won a post-merger championship game. The opposite is true here, with the Jets also having 4 post-merger rings like the Giants IRL. Funny how that worked out
- The Vikings' 1978 Super Bowl win came from their kicker making a 36 yarder as time expired in regulation and then a 46 yarder as time expired in OT. Yep, this is the Bizarro world alright.
- 2 MVPs in losing efforts (Mel Blount and Ricky Watters)
- 4 defensive MVPs (Mel Blount, Fred Dean, LeRoy Irvin, Chris Jones)
- Mark Sanchez has as many rings as Ben Roethlisberger and Brett Favre and more than Aaron Rodgers, John Elway, and Peyton Manning combined. The same goes for Jimmy G, but that's less funny.
- Most wins by a QB: Joe Montana (1983-84, 1990-91, 1993-94), Tom Brady (2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16)
- The state of California won 8 Super Bowls in 12 years from 1973-74 to 1985-86. This includes the Rams dynasty you never knew existed. Go look up Lawrence McCutcheon. Right now.
- The Lions won a Super Bowl. That is their most recent playoff win.
- The Bucs got a ring in year 4, the Jags got 2 by year 5. Wild performances from expansion teams.
- The Cowboys still haven't made a Super Bowl since the 90s.
- I think I prefer reality to losing 4 Super Bowls in 7 years as a zoomer Packers fan.

Hello everyone. My wife, 18-month-old son, our 12lb dog, and I are planning a nine-day road trip in a 24-foot Class C RV we are renting. I would like the highlight of the trip to be Acadia National Forest and whale watching, but it is a considerable distance away from our starting point of central NC. With the current route, we would only be staying in each campground for one night before travelling to the next (with the exception of Acadia National Park being two nights). While I was initially against the idea of driving more than four hours each day, that seems largely unavoidable and now I am wondering if it is not better to have a day here and there throughout that is spent primarily driving to a destination, thus reducing the number of stops and to give us a longer time at some of them. Ideally, the stops would have electrical hookups (I know my current route contains a couple that do not), but the RV does have a generator, so it is not a deal breaker if they do not. Any suggestions and recommendations would be greatly appreciated as I am not familiar with the NE. This will also be my first time driving a RV if that helps in determining best stops.
Currently Planned Route
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To celebrate the "Return" of the "Big Gold Belt" on Raw, I thought I'd make a history combining all title runs from the first world heavyweight championship, through it's time in the NWA, its two off shoots in WCW and its appropriation by WWE. All lineages combined, all vacancies ignored, all reigns recognized and all champions holding the belt once.
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Name	Date	Location	Days
George Hackenschmidt	May 4, 1905	New York, New York	1,065
Frank Gotch	April 3, 1908	Chicago, Illinois	1,824
Americus	March 13, 1914	Kansas City, Missouri	55
Stanislaus Zbyszko	May 7, 1914	Kansas City, Missouri	176
Charlie Cutler)	January 8, 1915	N/A	178
Joe Stecher	July 5, 1915	Omaha, Nebraska	644
Johan Olin	December 11, 1916	Springfield, Massachusetts	142
Earl Caddock	April 9, 1917	Omaha, Nebraska	1,026
Ed Lewis)	May 2, 1917	Chicago, Illinois	34
Wladek Zbyszko	June 5, 1917	San Francisco, California	5844
Wayne Munn	January 8, 1925	Wichita, Kansas	1360
Gus Sonnenberg	January 4, 1929	Boston, Massachusetts	705
Ed Don George	December 10, 1930	Los Angeles, CA	1693
Danno O'Mahoney	July 30, 1935	Boston, Massachusetts	216
Dick Shikat	March 2, 1936	New York, New York	54
Ali Baba)	April 25, 1936	Detroit, Michigan	48
Dave Levin)	June 12, 1936	Newark, New Jersey	109
Dean Detton	September 29, 1936	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	273
Bronko Nagurski	June 29, 1937	Minneapolis, Minnesota	507
Jim Londos	November 18, 1938	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2628
Orville Brown	July 14, 1948	Des Moines, IA	501
Lou Thesz	November 27, 1949	Los Angeles, California	2300
Leo Nomellini	March 22, 1955	San Francisco, CA	359
Whipper Billy Watson	March 15, 1956	Toronto, ON	609
Édouard Carpentier	June 14, 1957	Chicago, IL	153
Dick Hutton	November 14, 1957	Toronto, ON	421
Pat O'Connor)	January 9, 1959	St. Louis, MO	903
Buddy Rogers)	June 30, 1961	Chicago, IL	145
Killer Kowalski	November 22, 1961	Montreal, Quebec	254
Bruno Sammartino	August 2, 1962	Toronto, ON	16
Bobo Brazil	August 18, 1962	Newark, NJ	1239
Gene Kiniski	January 7, 1966	St. Louis, MO	1131
Dory Funk Jr.	February 11, 1969	Tampa, FL	1563
Harley Race	May 24, 1973	Kansas City, KS	57
Jack Brisco	July 20, 1973	Houston, TX	500
Giant Baba	December 2, 1974	Kagoshima, Japan	373
Terry Funk	December 10, 1975	Miami Beach, FL	1350
Dusty Rhodes)	August 21, 1979	Tampa, FL	616
Tommy Rich	April 27, 1981	Augusta, GA	143
Ric Flair	September 17, 1981	Kansas City, KS	355
Jack Veneno	September 7, 1982	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	122
Carlos Colón	January 6, 1983	San Juan, Puerto Rico	487
Kerry Von Erich	May 6, 1984	Irving, TX	1238
Ron Garvin	September 25, 1987	Detroit, MI	515
Ricky Steamboat	February 20, 1989	Chicago, IL	502
Sting)	July 7, 1990	Baltimore, MD	257
Tatsumi Fujinami	March 21, 1991	Tokyo, Japan	116
Lex Luger	July 14, 1991	Baltimore, Maryland	363
Big Van Vader	July 12, 1992	Albany, Georgia	21
Ron Simmons	August 2, 1992	Baltimore, Maryland	10
Masahiro Chono	August 12, 1992	Tokyo, Japan	145
The Great Muta	January 4, 1993	Tokyo, Japan	48
Barry Windham	February 21, 1993	Asheville, NC	210
Rick Rude	September 19, 1993	Houston, Texas	178
Hiroshi Hase	March 16, 1994	Tokyo, Japan	123
Hulk Hogan	July 17, 1994	Orlando, Florida	42
Shane Douglas	August 27, 1994	Philadelphia, PA	85
Chris Candido	November 19, 1994	Cherry Hill, NJ	97
Dan Severn	February 24, 1995	Erlanger, KY	247
The Giant	October 29, 1995	Detroit, Michigan	29
Randy Savage	November 26, 1995	Norfolk, Virginia	974
Goldberg	July 6, 1998	Atlanta, Georgia	174
Kevin Nash	December 27, 1998	Washington, D.C.	78
Naoya Ogawa	March 14, 1999	Yokohama, Japan	29
Diamond Dallas Page	April 11, 1999	Tacoma, Washington	167
Gary Steele	September 25, 1999	Charlotte, NC	57
Bret Hart	November 21, 1999	Toronto, Ontario	56
Chris Benoit	January 16, 2000	Cincinnati, Ohio	8
Sid Vicious	January 25, 2000	Las Vegas, Nevada	83
Jeff Jarrett	April 16, 2000	Chicago, Illinois	9
David Arquette	April 25, 2000	Syracuse, New York	75
Booker T)	July 9, 2000	Daytona Beach, Florida	71
Mike Rapada	September 19, 2000	Tampa, FL	6
Vince Russo	September 25, 2000	Uniondale, New York	50
Sabu)	November 14, 2000	Tampa, FL	12
Scott Steiner	November 26, 2000	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	149
Steve Corino	April 24, 2001	Tampa, FL	91
Kurt Angle	July 24, 2001	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	6
The Rock	August 19, 2001	San Jose, California	26
Chris Jericho	October 21, 2001	St. Louis, Missouri	55
Shinya Hashimoto	December 15, 2001	McKeesport, PA	186
Ken Shamrock	June 19, 2002	Huntsville, AL	49
Ron Killings	August 7, 2002	Nashville, TN	26
Triple H	September 2, 2002	Milwaukee, WI	76
Shawn Michaels	November 17, 2002	New York, NY	236
A.J. Styles	June 11, 2003	Nashville, TN	401
Randy Orton	August 15, 2004	Toronto, ON, Canada	231
Ray González	April 3, 2005	San Juan, Puerto Rico	>1
Batista	April 3, 2005	Los Angeles, CA	77
Raven)	June 19, 2005	Orlando, FL	126
Rhino	October 23, 2005	Orlando, FL	112
Christian Cage	February 12, 2006	Orlando, FL	49
Rey Mysterio	April 2, 2006	Rosemont, IL	231
Abyss)	November 19, 2006	Orlando, FL	133
The Undertaker	April 1, 2007	Detroit, MI	37
Edge)	May 8, 2007	Pittsburgh, PA	70
The Great Khali	July 17, 2007	Laredo, TX	46
Adam Pearce	September 1, 2007	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	303
CM Punk	June 30, 2008	Oklahoma City, OK	33
Brent Albright	August 2, 2008	New York City, NY)	84
Blue Demon Jr.	October 25, 2008	Mexico City, Mexico	29
John Cena	November 23, 2008	Boston, MA	196
Jeff Hardy	June 7, 2009	New Orleans, LA	296
Jack Swagger	March 30, 2010	Las Vegas, NV	110
Kane)	July 18, 2010	Kansas City, MO	212
Dolph Ziggler	February 15, 2011	San Diego, CA	19
Colt Cabana	March 6, 2011	West Hollywood, CA	48
The Sheik	April 23, 2011	Jacksonville, FL	148
Mark Henry	September 18, 2011	Buffalo, NY	91
Daniel Bryan	December 18, 2011	Baltimore, MD	105
Sheamus	April 1, 2012	Miami, FL	215
Kahagas	November 2, 2012	Clayton, NJ	67
Alberto Del Rio	January 8, 2013	Miami, FL	67
Rob Conway	March 16, 2013	San Antonio, TX	294
Satoshi Kojima	January 4, 2014	Tokyo, Japan	407
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	February 14, 2015	Sendai, Japan	196
Jax Dane	August 29, 2015	San Antonio, TX	419
Tim Storm	October 21, 2016	Sherman, TX	414
Nick Aldis	December 9, 2017	Sewell, NJ	266
Cody	September 1, 2018	Hoffman Estates, IL	1093
Trevor Murdoch	August 29, 2021	St. Louis, MO	167
Matt Cardona	February 12, 2022	Oak Grove, KY	273
Tyrus)	November 12, 2022	Chalmette, LA	196
Seth "Freakin" Rollins	May 27, 2023	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	1+

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Episode 4
The train back to Cincinnati was about halfway full. Madame Tandoori had decided she would return with Ridgemont. They were not the same as they had been before they met.
“So…are you from Colorado?” Ridgemont asked Madame Tandoori.
“My whole life,” she said. “I made my way around Denver…everybody does…and then I figured there wasn’t anything for me there, so I made my way down – was planning to move to New Mexico…Santa Fe, but just didn’t…what about you? Are you from…where are we going again?”
“Cincinnati,” he answered. “No…I’m originally from a little mountain town…I ran away from home when I was 14 and went to Baltimore. I got a job as a cleaner at the National Aquarium…I slept there…I had dreams of becoming…” he paused, as if just realizing in real time, “well, I guess I don’t know what I wanted…” he said. “There’s something about being around the fish…you know. It’s peaceful. I often think about what it would have been like had I stayed that course…”
“I never knew of anyone from Baltimore,” she said.
“Have you heard of Edgar Allan Poe?” he asked.
“Yeah, he was from there?” she asked.
“Well, no…but he was there a lot and had a house…it’s a historic site now,” he replied, selling it.
“Sounds cool, can we go?” she said.
“Well, the last time I went there, I saw someone get shot right out in front of it…it was over a decade ago…a drug deal gone sour or something,” he said.
“Think of a number between one and a hundred,” she said.
“Uh…20,” he said.
“No, don’t tell me,” she corrected.
“Okay.”
“You got it?” she asked.
“Yeah.”
She closed her eyes, held her emerald and took in several deep breaths.
“81,” she said.
He looked at her, amazed. “Yes.”
Back in Cuchara, a group of hikers were out on a little trail along the mountainside through the forest. The day had started out clear and sunny, but quickly became overcast with a massive storm brewing in the distance seen from atop the mountain. The group of 7 were hurrying back to the start of the trail, seeing the oncoming storm.
The group of guys were somewhat local – from just north in Pueblo. They’d hiked around the area here and there when they could and knew the trail they were on well. As they were crossing a narrow strip of the peak with an exposed cliff ledge, thunder erupted and rumbled the ground.
The third in the straight line stepped along just where the others had and caught a loose rock along the ridge, which slid and caused a slight sink in the ground below. He lost his balance in the slide and grabbed the hiker in front of him, pulling him down with him.
The pair hit the ground and slid down the ravine, screaming for life. The other hikers atop watched in horror as their friends went down the mountain edge.
“Aban…George!” they yelled down to them.
The group atop mobilized and ran down the trail looking for ways to get down to reach their friends. One of the group, Nathan, took out his handheld and called Aban, the first one to fall.
It rang with no answer.
“Aban!” he yelled out.
They made their way down quickly, not knowing where the pair were or if they were even alive. A few minutes later, Nathan’s handheld rang. It was Aban – he was at the bottom with a broken leg and George was unconscious.
“Here, I’m sending you my location,” said Aban. He sent Nathan his pin location so they could come find them.
Aban lay there with George on the ground. George was unconscious but Aban determined he was alive. Thunder continued to rumble and the sky – now deeply dark navy blue was broken with the white-yellow switches of lightning.
He was relieved as he lay there and looking around, noticed something just beyond the tree line of the forest area he was in. It appeared to be a little clearing and in the clearing, it looked like a man standing and watching him. The man appeared to be in tattered clothing and covered in soot. As Aban tried to get a better look at the man, a bird landed on a branch next to him. The bird was yellow, but covered in filth and chirped at him.
“Aban!” he heard being called out in the distance. He looked toward the voice and called out to it. And when he looked back, the bird and the man were gone.
When the group reached the two injured they checked George, who began to come-to. They all laughed and embraced. And just then, it began to hail.
They looked around and one of them standing up noticed the clearing and saw an opening in the mountainside they could hide out in until the storm passed. So they lifted Aban up and carried him over to the entrance that was surrounded by cleared rocks. It began hailing and thundering heavily.
In the mine, the group found supplies and fire materials that were old, but still good.
“What is this place?” one asked.
“Looks like some kind of old, abandoned mine,” Nathan said. He walked up to the wall of the cavern and saw the row of oil lanterns. “They still have oil in them…”
One of the group walked up with a lighter and lit the rag in it and it burned bright, revealing drawings on the wall.
“What is that?” asked George.
“I don’t know,” said Nathan, “looks like some kind of cave drawing…a bear or something.”
“It’s the Big Dipper,” Aban said.
“Oh yeah, I see it now,” one of them said. “How old do you think this is?” They walked around and lit more of the lanterns.
There was a sound from deep within the cave. The hail and thunder outside persisted greatly.
“Look at this,” one of them said.
They walked up to a shining, gnarled surface of the wall.
“What is it?” asked an immobile and in pain Aban.
“I think it’s…gold!” Nathan said.
“How can that be? How can no one know about this place?” one of them said.
A couple of them decided to walk back into the mine and see how far it went. They lit the lanterns along the way. About 15 minutes into the mine, they saw a pickax sitting against the wall and it looked like a little void about the size of a basketball was out of the wall. As they continued, they lit the lanterns along the way. About 5 minutes later, the mine was collapsed and they couldn’t go any further, so they headed back to let the rest of the group know it was empty.
“We need to get you to a doctor,” Nathan said to Aban.
After another 30 minutes passed and the hail had let up. The group put together a makeshift stretcher to carry Aban on. Nathan walked over to the wall and took one of the rocks on the ground and chipped away and was able to chip off a section of the shiny rock.
“I think that’s fool’s gold, man,” one of them said.
“Either way, it’s fine,” he replied.
He took the nugget and sat it on the ground in the middle of the cave. He looked over at one of them, John, and said, “You got any bills on you?”
John looked at him curiously and replied, “Maybe, why?”
“Just check,” Nathan replied.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a little smaller leather pocket and pulled out 2 $20 bills.
“Let me see one,” Nathan said.
He handed him one of the bills and Nathan placed it under the nugget of fool’s gold. Then he stood up and said, “We’ll leave that here, we’ll come back in 2 weeks, and if that hasn’t moved, this place is ours.”
“Wait,” said John, “give me that one back.”
“Dude, I’ll give you $20 when we get back to town,” Nathan said.
“It’s not that,” John replied. “Take this one instead,” handing him the other of the bills. “That one’s more rare – I might keep it.”
Nathan handed him back the $20 bill and took the other one. The difference in the bills was one had a portrait of Andrew Jackson and the other, a portrait of Tecumseh. In 2030 – 200 years after Andrew Jackson pushed the passage of the Indian Removal Act – he was removed from the $20 bill and replaced with a portrait of Tecumseh. The bills with Andrew Jackson largely were phased out and removed from circulation. As such, had become exceedingly rare to come across.
“Your clumsy ass may have just found our new retreat,” George said while slapping Aban’s leg and laughing as he winced in pain.
The group hoisted the injured Aban up and headed out to get back.
It was night when Ridgemont and Madame Tandoori made it back to Ridgemont’s apartment. When they walked in, Julia was there to greet Ridgemont. She looked up at Madame Tandoori and she puffed up, hissed and growled.
“What’s wrong sweetie?” Ridgemont said, comforting her.
“Sweet cat,” Madame Tandoori said sarcastically.
“Here’s the kitchen, the bathroom, the balcony and the bedroom,” he said to her, pointing through the little apartment. They started making their way to the bedroom. Julia ran by and jumped up on the bed. The two walked in and Julia again hissed at Madame Tandoori.
She picked Julia up and she was growling loudly now and pushing away with her legs and digging her claws into her arm.
“What are you doing?” he asked.
“Oh, I’m just going to let her cool off outside a bit,” she said. And she tossed the cat outside the bedroom and closed the door. She walked back over to Ridgemont and started rubbing his cock.
The next morning, Ridgemont woke up and there was the smell of cooking in the kitchen. He walked out and Madame Tandoori was in the kitchen cooking and smiling.
“Good morning, dear,” she said.
“Good morning,” he replied.
“Would you like some breakfast?” she said.
“Uh, sure,” he said.
She put a steaming hot plate of eggs and steaks on the table in front of him.
He started eating.
“This is pretty good,” he said. “Where did you get steak?”
She sat down and started eating too.
“Let me give some to Julia,” he said.
“Julia!” he called out.
“Meow,” Madame Tandoori said.
“Julia!” he called out again.
“Meow,” Madame Tandoori repeated.
He looked at her irritated. “What, have you seen her?”
She looked at him and giggled and held up her plate and said, “Meow,”
“What?” he said.
“She’s part of us now, Allen” Madame Tandoori said.
He looked at her horrified and began to weep a little bit.
“It was quick and painless,” she said.
He turned around, lunged with his arm and clenched her throat and slammed her off her chair down to the ground.
“You sick bitch!” he said.
She gasped for air, “She didn’t die for nothing, she completed the ritual. We can have everything now.”
He lifted her torso by her neck and slammed her back down on the floor and walked away.
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Come back for Episode 5 on Tuesday

Welcome back to another Pick'Em thread!
This post can be used to discuss your picks for 05/26/2023. If you have any feedback or suggestions on improving the thread further, drop a comment below or message the moderators.
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Games for Friday, 05/26/2023:

Matchup and Team Records	Probable Pitchers (Season ERA)	Estimated Win Probability
Cincinnati Reds (21-29) @ Chicago Cubs (22-26)	Hunter Greene (4.68) / TBD (-)	40% / 60%
Los Angeles Dodgers (31-20) @ Tampa Bay Rays (37-15)	Noah Syndergaard (5.88) / Jalen Beeks (4.68)	48% / 52%
Chicago White Sox (21-30) @ Detroit Tigers (22-25)	Lance Lynn (6.28) / Joey Wentz (7.45)	51% / 49%
Texas Rangers (31-18) @ Baltimore Orioles (32-17)	Jon Gray (3.02) / Grayson Rodriguez (6.21)	49% / 51%
San Diego Padres (23-27) @ New York Yankees (30-21)	Joe Musgrove (6.75) / Randy Vasquez (-)	43% / 57%
St. Louis Cardinals (23-29) @ Cleveland Guardians (21-28)	Matthew Liberatore (3.00) / Shane Bieber (3.08)	48% / 52%
Philadelphia Phillies (23-26) @ Atlanta Braves (30-19)	Taijuan Walker (5.79) / Jared Shuster (5.49)	40% / 60%
Washington Nationals (21-29) @ Kansas City Royals (15-36)	Patrick Corbin (4.47) / Jordan Lyles (7.15)	47% / 53%
Toronto Blue Jays (26-25) @ Minnesota Twins (26-24)	Kevin Gausman (3.14) / Louie Varland (4.18)	47% / 53%
San Francisco Giants (24-25) @ Milwaukee Brewers (27-22)	Alex Wood (4.05) / Freddy Peralta (4.15)	44% / 56%
New York Mets (25-25) @ Colorado Rockies (22-29)	Max Scherzer (4.01) / Connor Seabold (5.97)	58% / 42%
Miami Marlins (25-26) @ Los Angeles Angels (28-23)	Jesus Luzardo (3.83) / Reid Detmers (4.87)	41% / 59%
Boston Red Sox (26-24) @ Arizona Diamondbacks (29-21)	Chris Sale (5.01) / Brandon Pfaadt (7.65)	50% / 50%
Houston Astros (28-21) @ Oakland Athletics (10-41)	Hunter Brown (3.20) / James Kaprielian (8.68)	68% / 32%
Pittsburgh Pirates (25-24) @ Seattle Mariners (25-24)	Mitch Keller (2.44) / George Kirby (2.62)	39% / 61%

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2. A bolded matchup means that there is a "Probability of Precipitation" greater than 50% in a non-domed stadium at the time of this post.
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Queen Elizabeth II faced a potential assassination threat during a 1983 visit to the United States, newly released FBI documents show.
The threat came on 4 February 1983 - about a month ahead of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip's visit to California.
"He was going to attempt to harm Queen Elizabeth and would do this either by dropping some object off the Golden Gate Bridge onto the Royal Yacht Britannia when it sails underneath, or would attempt to kill Queen Elizabeth when she visited Yosemite National Park," the document says.
The files show how the FBI remained vigilant to what it considered to be the real potential of threats to the late Queen.
Ahead of a personal visit by the late Queen to Kentucky in 1989, an internal FBI memo read "The possibility of threats against the British Monarchy is ever-present from the Irish Republican Army".
On a state visit in 1991, the late Queen was scheduled to see a Baltimore Orioles baseball game with President George H Bush.

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Health is our greatest treasure and with incredible specialists. We all know that there is a better chance for a healthier population.
The government has established a massive number of health institutes or health caring centers in their countries so that people should not compromise when it comes to health.
Also Read: Top 10 Countries That Produce the Most Doctors
List Of Top 10 Doctors Around The World
Here is a list of the 10 best doctors in the world:

1. Dr. William A. Abdu, M.D, M.S.

Dr. Abdu is an Associate Professor of Orthopedics and of The Dartmouth Institute Medical Director at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dr. Abdu got his accreditation in 1985 from Tufts University. He is a pioneer in the study and treatment of spine-related conditions. He hones surgery of the Spine, including Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Disorders, Disk Herniation, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Spondylotic Myelopathy, Spinal Cord Injury, and Spine Trauma. Also, he had discovered many new techniques for spine treatment.

1. Dr. Myles. B. Abbott, M.D.

Dr. Myles is also one of the best-known doctors of Pediatricians in the world. He graduated from the University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine in 1972. He treats the problems of growth and child development.
Dr. Myles currently practices at East Bay Pediatric & Medical Group and is affiliated with Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Alta Bates Campus and Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland.

1. Dr. Fouad. M. Abbas, M.D.

Dr. Abbas is a well-known Gynecologist/Oncologist. His specialization field is Oncologist of Obstetrician and Gynecology. He is also considered to be one of the best doctors of Oncology in the world. The term Oncology is the study of cancer.
Dr. Abbas graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1986. Currently, he is affiliated with Medstar Harbor Hospital and Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore.

1. Dr. Khalid Abbed, M.D.

Dr. Khalid is a famous doctor of Neuro. He is an Associate Professor and Chief of the Spine Section in the Department of Neurosurgery. His area of clinical interest is in the treatment of spinal disorders.
Dr. Khalid obtained his bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana in 1993. He continued his education in the same University and received his Doctor of Medicine degree with Honors in 1999. Currently, he is working at Yale as a Director of the Spine Surgery Department. Many consider him the best doctor in the world.

1. Dr. Naresh Trehan

Dr. Naresh is a famous Indian cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon. He was born on August 12, 1946, in Delhi, India. He obtained a medical degree from King George’s Medical College in Lucknow.
Dr. Naresh was also the founder, executive director, and chief cardiovascular surgeon of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center (EHIRC), New Delhi, India. At present, he is serving as a Chairman and Managing Director and Chief Cardiac Surgeon of MedantaTM-The Medicity, one of the largest multi-specialty hospitals at Gurgaon, Haryana.

1. Dr. Arthur Reese Abright, M.D.

Dr. Reese is also one of the best doctors of Psychiatry. She treats the problems of depressions and mind-related problems.
Dr. Reese got her accreditation from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She is also an expert on mood disorders and anxiety. Currently, she is working as a Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is also affiliated with Mount Sinai Services Elmhurst Hospital Center and New York Medical College at present.

1. Dr. Corrie T.M Anderson, M.D.

Dr. Anderson is also one of the best doctors in Pediatric Anesthesiologist around the world. He received his A.B. with Honors in Biochemistry from Harvard University and Doctor of Medicine (M.D) from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1982. He can be truly crowned as “world best doctor”.
In 2001, Dr. Anderson became the director of the program for Pediatric Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is also a professor of anesthesiology and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

1. Dr. Mark. F. Aaron, M.D.

Dr. Aaron is also one of the best doctors in cardiologists. His specialization is Cardiovascular Disease. The term Cardiology is related to the heart and its problems.
Dr. Aaron got his accreditation from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1992. Currently, he is affiliated with River Park Hospital, Saint Thomas West Hospital, and Henry County Medical Center.

1. Dr. Sudhansu Bhattacharyya, MBBS, MS, MCH

Dr. Sudhansu is also one of the best Indian Cardiovascular Surgeons. He obtained MBBS and M.S. General Surgery from Ahmedabad. He had invented, designed, and patented a few surgical instruments, the most important ones being Atrial Retractor for Mitral Valve Replacement and Internal Mammary Artery Retractor for taking down bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries.
Before entering into the practice world, Dr. Sudhansu served as a full-time Professor for Cardiothoracic surgery at Sheth G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital. At present, he is affiliated with Bombay Hospital And Medical Research Center, Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, and Lilavati Hospital & Research Center, Mumbai.
10. Dr.Mona.M.Abaza, M.D.
Dr. Abaza is a specialized doctor in ENT Otolaryngologist, Adenoidectomy, esophagoscopy, Nasal airway surgery, and tracheostomy. She is a world-famous ENT Doctor and treats problems of the ear, head, nose, throat, and neck.
Dr. Abaza graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1991. She is affiliated with Children’s Hospital Colorado At Memorial Hospital Central and the University Of Colorado Hospital.
Conclusion
Since the dawn of time, the profession of a doctor is one of the most appreciated jobs in the world. Being a doctor implies a great responsibility, as almost every day the nature of somebody’s life (or the life itself) is in their hands. Since the medical field is a vast and ever-expanding field, there is no direct answer to who is the best doctor in the world. Doctors are specialized and trained in different field