Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 3/30/2011

3/30/1917:
Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Buck Herzog of the New York Giants come to blows during an exhibition game in Dallas. Cobb slides into second base and slashes Herzog with his spikes, and the two exchange punches before being separated. Later this evening, they fight again in Cobb's hotel room. Cobb refuses to play the remaining exhibition games against the Giants, scheduled through April 5. After the tour, the Giants send Cobb a telegram: IT'S SAFE TO REJOIN YOUR CLUB. WE'VE LEFT.

Birthdays:
Ripper Collins b. 1904
Willie Galimore b. 1935
Jerry Lucas b. 1940
Dave Ellett b. 1964
Toby Gowin b. 1975

Packers Fact:
Antonio Freeman was just the ninth wide receiver taken in the NFL draft in 1995m, but he had three 1,000-yard pass-catching seasons in a row beginning in 1997.

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KEEP A STIFF
UPPER LIP.

—19th-century American proverb

HAPPY DAYS WILL BE HERE AGAIN

There have been a number of books on the subject of FDR’s first 100 days in office. In this one, the story is less about the president and more about the men around him who devised programs such as the Emergency Banking Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act. Adam Cohen makes the case that these were men who stepped up to extraordinarily difficult times and dealt with them, and in doing so changed the country for the better forever.

“A lucid, intelligent narrative as fast-paced as the hectic Hundred Days.”—Los Angeles Times

NOTHING TO FEAR: FDR’S INNER CIRCLE AND THE HUNDRED DAYS THAT CREATED MODERN AMERICA, by Adam Cohen (Penguin Press, 2009)