Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 8/23/2011

8/23/1989:
Against the Expos in Montreal, Rick Dempsey of the Dodgers sets a record for the latest home run in major league history to win a 1-0 game. The game is scoreless for a tense 21 innings before Dempsey homers in the 22nd off Dennis Martinez, who is normally a starter but was pressed into service as a reliever for the first time in three years. The contest lasts 6 hours and 14 minutes. There is also a bit of levity. After complaints by Tommy Lasorda, the Montreal mascot Youppil is ejected by the umpires in the 11th inning for dancing on top of the Dodgers dugout. Permitted to return if confined to the Expos dugout, Youppil puts on pajamas in the 13th and pretends to go to sleep on the dugout roof.

Birthdays:
Sonny Jurgensen b. 1934
Nancy Richey b. 1942
Julio Franco b.1 958
Rik Smits b. 1966
Kobe Bryant b. 1978

Packers Fact:
Reggie White (who played in Green Bay from 1993 to 1998) played two seasons with USFL team the Memphis Showboats before beginning his NFL career in Philadelphia in 1985.

“Much in life cannot be affected . . . but must be borne . . . without complaint, because complaints are a bore . . . and undermine the serenity essential to endurance.”

—DEAN ACHESON, U.S. secretary of state

ON I’VE NEVER HAD MORE TENDER BRICK.
THE STONE, THOUGH . . .

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• Brick with Egg

• Brick with Tuna

• Brick with Prawns

• Salmon Paving Stone to the Sorrel

menu items, Paris, France

DREAMY DEXTER

Perhaps you’ve seen (or are addicted to) the Showtime series based on the first Dexter book. Now author Jeff Lindsay is scrambling to keep up with his lovable psychopathic creation. In the latest, Dexter is bitten by the cannibalism bug. As always, Dexter is delicious.

DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER, by Jeff Lindsay (Ballantine, 2004)

DARKLY DEVOTED DEXTER (2005)

DEXTER IN THE DARK (2007)

DEXTER BY DESIGN (2009)

DEXTER IS DELICIOUS (2011)