The finest, furriest friends to serve our country during wartime get the nod on this Memorial Day episode. Sgt. Stubby helped soldiers detect gas attacks during World War I, and Puffy, the King of All Cats in 1941,

  On this sixth episode of the second season, we bring you: Jason Statham’s lesser-known accomplishment in the field of Russian burgery and a lost, Arthur Miller-inspired mascot for midwestern roast beef slingers “Rax,” known only as Mr. Delicious.  

In 1930, “Showboat” Fisher would log an April for the ages: .462 BA, 24 hits, 6 2B, 1 HR, 17 RBI, .541 OBP, .635 SLG, 1.176 OPS, and #1 Nickname. Unfortunately for him, these would constitute about a quarter of his career numbers,

The second in our Greatest Aprils Ever series, Ken Williams hit nine homeruns in 14 April games in 1922. That lands him still 15th best all-time, despite all 14 above him playing at least 20 April games each. Also, screw Ray Schalk, he sucks.

As the baseball season has been all but cancelled this year–and will at the very least be delayed–the Forgotten Heroes Team has decided to round the bases with you once more before sliding back into home (isolation). George “High Pockets” Kelly,

Randy Johnson–no, not that one–is our personal favorite April Avenger. As part of the (similarly doomed) “No-name” Twins of 1982, he compiled 24 hits, 5 HR, 13 RBI, 7 walks, and a .393/.449/.738 slash line (1.

Trees are amazing. Can’t say enough about them. They give us oxygen, they give us wood, they’re just… we love them. In this vortex of environmental awareness (Earth Day 4/22 through Arbor Day 4/24), learn about two forgotten heroes of the dendriform wo...

and their festivals!

Jeff traces the roots of National Beer Day– April 7th–to a cadre of New York politicians who won the first battle against Prohibition by authoring a bill to legalize (3.2%) beer in 1932. The group was led by a young senator named Thomas Cullen,

This week, as we are separated by social distancing and isolation, learn about two heroes who forged through similar circumstances to make a dent in the universe. Leonid Rogozov was a Russian doctor trapped in Antarctica with acute appendicitis; Patric...