domingo, 25 de julio de 2010

Sixteen facts about Walter Johnson

  1. Walter Perry Johnson, nicknamed "The Big Train," was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball between 1907 and 1927. 
  2. Walter Johnson established several pitching records, some of which remained unbroken for nearly a century.
  3. Walter Johnson was spotted by a talent scout and signed a contract with the Washington Senators in July 1907 at the age of nineteen.
  4. In a 21-year career, Walter Johnson had twelve 20-win seasons, including ten in a row.
  5. As a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Nationals/Senators, Walter Johnson won 417 games, the second most by any pitcher in history (after Cy Young, who won 511). He and Young are the only pitchers to have won 400 games.
  6. Twice, Johnson topped thirty wins (33 in 1912 and 36 in 1913).
  7. Three times, Johnson won the triple crown for pitchers (1913, 1918 and 1924). Johnson twice won the American League Most Valuable Player Award (1913, 1924), a feat accomplished since by only two other pitchers, Carl Hubbell in 1933 and 1936 and Hal Newhouser in 1944 and 1945.
  8. Walter Johnson won 36 games in 1913, 40% of the team's total wins for the season.
  9. Johnson finished his career with 23 home runs, the ninth-highest total for a pitcher in Major League history.
  10. A baseball field in Rockville, Maryland is named after him
  11. At 11:40 PM, Tuesday, December 10, 1946 Johnson died of a brain tumor in Washington, D.C., five weeks after his 59th birthday.
  12. Johnson was the first American League pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning.
  13. The baseball field in Memorial Park, in Weiser, Idaho, is called Walter Johnson Field.
  14. In 1985, rock musician Jonathan Richman wrote and dedicated a song to Johnson entitled "Walter Johnson," performed with The Modern Lovers on the album Rockin' and Romance.A team in the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League in Bethesda is named the "Big Train" in honor of him.
  15. In 1999, The Sporting News ranked Johnson number 4 on its list of Baseball's 100 Greatest Players, the highest-ranked pitcher. Later that year, he was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
  16. In 2009, a statue of Johnson was installed inside the center field gate of Nationals Park along with ones of Frank Howard and Josh Gibson.
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sábado, 24 de julio de 2010

Interesting facts about Ashley Benson

  1. Ashley Victoria Benson is an American film and television actress and model.
  2. Ashley Benson was born on 18th December 1989 in Anaheim Hills, California, U.S.
  3. Benson is known for her role as Abigail Deveraux on Days Of Our Lives (2004–2007), Carson in Bring It On: In It to Win It, and Hanna Marin on Pretty Little Liars.
  4. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
  5. Ashley Benson started dancing ballet, jazz, hip-hop and lyrical right from the age of 3.
  6. Nickname: Ash
  7. Ashley Benson loves singing.
  8. When Ashley was 4 years old she gave auditions to sing solo at four Christmas services for her 2,500 member church.
  9. After appearing in numerous commercials Ashley Benson started acting in movies and television.
  10. Ashley Benson signed a three year contract with daytime television series Days of our Lives in 2004.
  11. In December 2009, Benson was cast as Hanna Marin in the TV series Pretty Little Liars based on the book series by Sara Shepard. In an interview she calls her character Hanna a 'Queen Bee.'
  12. Ashley Benson has acted in ABC's 2009 television series Eastwick. The series is based on John Updike's novel "The Witches of Eastwick".

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jueves, 15 de julio de 2010

7 facts about Abigail Cruttenden

  1. Abigail Cruttenden has a daughter Evie Natasha born on 6th November 1998.
  2. Abigail Cruttenden was born in 1969 in London, England.
  3. Cruttenden married Sean Bean in 1997 and separated from him 2000. She then married Jonathan Fraser in 2003.
  4. Before she married actor Sean Bean, she dated film director Ol Parker who is now married to actress Thandie Newton - Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible II (2000).
  5. 5' 6' (168 cm) height
  6. Abigail Cruttenden is the daughter of Julia Cruttenden who runs a stage make up school Greasepaint in London.
  7. Being born on May 24, Abigail is a Gemini.
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miércoles, 14 de julio de 2010

Andrea Parker

  1. Andrea Parker is best known for her role as Miss Parker in the series The Pretender.
  2. Andrea's astrological sign is Pisces.
  3. Andrea Parker has starred as Miss Parker in the movies The Pretender: Island of the Haunted, and The Pretender 2001.
  4. Andrea's nickname is Andi.
  5. Andrea Parker has starred in the following television shows Less Than Perfect, The Pretender , JAG, and ER.
  6. Andrea Parker "played" the legs of Julia Roberts's character in one of the first scenes of the movie Pretty Woman.
  7. Andrea Parker quit smoking after the last episode of the 2nd season of The Pretender; during the 3rd season, we see a non-smoking Miss Parker.
  8. Andrea landed her first speaking part on an episode of Seinfeld.
  9. Andrea Parker left home at age 15 to join the San Francisco Ballet School. 
  10. Andrea's height is 5' 10''.
  11. Andrea Parker began ballet study at age 6.
  12. Andrea began studying acting while working as a bartender.
  13. Andrea Parker was born on 8 March 1969.
  14. Andrea is the oldest of four brothers/sisters.
  15. Andrea Parker has made several guest appearances on television talk shows and celebrity events such as the various celebrity poker tournaments.


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