Magic Moment No. 4: The Yankees Take the Field in 1939
The Tigers ' Tommy Bridges followed Ruffing to the mound, and then some rookie named Bob Feller mopped up the final 3 innings. In the top of the third, Ruffing tired, and with runners on first and second, he allowed an RBI double to NL 2B Lonny Frey.
After 30 Years, BRS Museum Still Going Strong
For the last 30 years, The Bottomley-Ruffing-Schalk Baseball Museum in Nokomis has been an oasis for baseball fans. From its humble beginnings in the front window of the Round Table Cafe to its current 2400 square foot facility at 121 West State Street ...
Balancing the Budget, Then and Now
And for the record, earlier deficit reduction deals maintained a decent balance in this regard. My CBPP colleague Kathy Ruffing crunched the numbers based on various sources (CBO, CRS, Treasury). The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 reduced the deficit by 0.5 ...
The Danger of a Little Learning
One or two Wests, thinking a five is “always” low, switched to a club. A couple of Easts did much better, ruffing at Trick 3 and cashing the diamond ace. One East was ruffing a winner, the other was not. One West, who claimed she was saving her partner ...
Bridge column for July 12
Here their ways parted. The unsuccessful declarers cashed the ace of diamonds, ruffed a diamond in hand and returned to the table by ruffing a spade. The contract could no longer be fulfilled. South came to hand with the ace of clubs to draw the remaining ...
Obama’s Deficit Offer About as Good as They Get: Jared Bernstein
History shows that this mix was unprecedented. According to an analysis by my colleague Kathy Ruffing at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, in the past four major deficit-reduction deals, revenue increases made up a bigger part of the package than ...
Chlum: Areas baseball history lesson
Jim “Sunny” Bottomley was born April 23, 1900 in Oglesby, and Charles “Red” Ruffing was born May 3, 1904 in Granville. Bottomley, a first baseman, was a key player for the St. Louis Cardinals in the late 1920s and early 1930s as they won two World ...
Party petitions filed for county, city posts
In uncontested races, Jeffrey Gressler, D, and Ronald Petrie, R, are seeking council seats in the First Ward; Elizabeth Deming, D, in the second; Mark Ruffing, D, and Douglas Barnes, R, in the third; and Alan Leon, Sr., D, in the fourth. There are two ...