September 22, 20223 yr To hear the Texas playboys and Tommy Duncan sing Makes me proud to be from Texas where Bob Wills is still the king
September 22, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Hpara759 said: you know he is buried in Austin......... https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2365/rogers-hornsby Holy crap. Thanks for posting. Had no idea of the connection with the family / Hornsby Bend.
September 22, 20223 yr Wait until you find out who's buried in Grant's Tomb csb/ I won a free fancy dinner once by answering that trivia question who was buried at Hornsby's bend. Weird thing was it was a roomful of folks old enough to have played with him, but none were baseball fans. Later, one older gentlemen came up and was impressed I knew who he was and told me Rogers' whole history in Texas. Really fascinating. We had a drink together and shared some baseball trivia. i was probably 35 at the time, this guy 75. Can't remember the dinner spot but it I'd like to think that old timer is thinking of baseball right now and telling his wife how much this fucking thread sucks but we keep coming back to it!!!!! AHHHHHHHh
September 22, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Wally Pryor said: Holy crap. Thanks for posting. Had no idea of the connection with the family / Hornsby Bend. Have a family friend who was briefly married to one of the Hornsby descendants. Most boring SOB I've ever met in my life. He married a smoking hot hispanic girl, thus marrying into a big, fun hispanic family. Big get-togethers all the time, fabulous food......to which he would bring his own bag of McDonalds, because anything else "made his stomach hurt." White bread and vanilla would get together and make fun of this guy for being so bland and boring. Stunning latina unsurprisingly divorced him after a few years. Nobody was sad to see him go.
September 22, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said: I see Muleshoe still hangs its hat on being home to Lee Horsley. They've had that sign up since the early 90s, at least. They should probably replace that with Lincoln Riley.
September 23, 20223 yr Author 4 hours ago, Brisketexan said: Have a family friend who was briefly married to one of the Hornsby descendants. Most boring SOB I've ever met in my life. He married a smoking hot hispanic girl, thus marrying into a big, fun hispanic family. Big get-togethers all the time, fabulous food......to which he would bring his own bag of McDonalds, because anything else "made his stomach hurt." White bread and vanilla would get together and make fun of this guy for being so bland and boring. Stunning latina unsurprisingly divorced him after a few years. Nobody was sad to see him go. this the guy?
September 23, 20223 yr Don Williams born in Floydada. Crazy amount of music talent comes out of the Lone Star state.
September 23, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, shadow_operative said: Yep thanks for getting the big ones I was going to complain about. Freddy Fender, Earl Campbell and Audie Murphy Going old school would be nice to see Juan Seguin born in San Antonio
September 23, 20223 yr Gary P Nunn anyone? Also, you can't drive through Winters without seeing the Rogers Hornsby sign. We're talking baseball royalty...https://bleacherreport.com/articles/660485-cant-top-this-hornsbys-5-year-run-is-all-time-best ""I've always felt Rogers Hornsby was the greatest hitter for average and power in the history of baseball," - Ted WilliamsGary was born in Oklahoma, later moving to Texas. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
September 23, 20223 yr No Guinn "Big Boy" Williams? Decatur would like to have a word with you out back.
September 23, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, Steel Shank said: Gary was born in Oklahoma, later moving to Texas. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk My mistake - I thought he was from Brownfield but I guess he moved there as a kid. This is one of those rare instances where moving to Brownfield is an upgrade.
September 23, 20223 yr 11 hours ago, Lerka Lerka said: Don Williams born in Floydada. Crazy amount of music talent comes out of the Lone Star state. If you look at jazz, you've got Ornette Coleman, Scott Joplin (ragtime but still), Booker Ervin, Eddie Vinson, Arnett Cobb, David "Fathead" Newman...
September 23, 20223 yr Carrie Underwood but not Garth Brooks in the Oklahoma side of the map? This is dumb. CSB: Several years ago I was looking through one of my dad's old high school yearbooks and he went to school with Farrah Fawcett. Hadn't mentioned it, thought it was kinds cool.
September 23, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, texasdago said: My mistake - I thought he was from Brownfield but I guess he moved there as a kid. This is one of those rare instances where moving to Brownfield is an upgrade. He got there as fast as he could. They also missed out on Sonny Curtis, who was from Meadow, just up the road from Brownfield. Edited September 23, 20223 yr by Steel Shank
September 23, 20223 yr On 9/22/2022 at 1:54 PM, Pato del Muerto said: Nolan Ryan, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, was born in Refugio; his family moved to Alvin when he was six weeks old huh. My dad was born in Refugio, small world. Also, no serial killers on the list. I guess their more infamous than famous.
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