I suppose the key word was “had” when comedian Jon Lovitz bragged to the Radio Happy Hour earlier this month about his baseball skills, because when he had his chance to prove it throwing out the first pitch at Wrigley Field today, he delivered with Oliver Perez like control.

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Tossing the ceremonial first pitch before the Sunday afternoon match up between the visiting New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs, Lovitz missed so badly the first time, they gave him another pitch to redeem himself.  The righty’s second attempt at least reached the plate.

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The article below, discovered by Bill Francis, a research librarian at the Baseball Hall of Fame and reported by Jeffery Goldberg of Atlantic Magazine, describes what probably was the weirdest baseball game ever played.

The game, played in Washington D.C. in 1926,  pit the Ku Klux Klan against the Hebrew All Stars.

It turns out, as evidenced by the box score and recap below, the KKK beat the Jews 4-0 in a rained shortened 7-inning game.  Nowhere in the story, however, does it explain how the Klansmen were able to play while wearing white hoods and robes.

Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN’S RADIO HAPPY HOUR: (Live on Tuesday November 6th at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)

To show solidarity to the striking members of the Writers Guild, the Radio Happy Hour will once again be totally unscripted!

Political cartoonist Lloyd Dangle stops by to give us his humorous analysis of current events. We’ll find out from the creator of “Troubletown” which of the presidential candidates will give him the most material for his cartoon, how many death threats a political cartoonist can expect to receive and what its like to grow up with a last name like “Dangle”.

Also, Hollywood producer John Loar will join us. Loar, head of one year old Red Bird Cinema, a joint venture with actor Kevin Pollak and St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, will discuss the Sugar Ray Leonard biopic they has in the works. We’ll also get his opinion of the Writers Guild strike and find out if we’re in for a steady diet of reality TV for the next few months.

All that plus, Dangerous Lee co-hosts, SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE CYBERWAVES Vinny Bond drags his Big Leather Couch into the Radio Happy Hour Lounge and chats live with the listeners, and your calls at 646-652-4804.

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Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN’S RADIO HAPPY HOUR: (Live on Tuesday September 4th at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)

Dr. B and Dangerous Lee will have to regulate when legendary rapper Warren G stops by to hang out with the Radio Happy Hour.

The man who discovered Snoop Dogg and helped create the g-funk sound of West Coast rap is now mentoring actress Countess Vaughn on the new MTV series Celebrity Rap Superstar.

Also, from the O.G. to the O.Ph.? Dave Raymond was the first man to don the infamous Phillie Phanatic costume to entertain Philadelphia baseball fans. Now, he’s the president of the Mascot Hall of Fame. He’ll join us to announce this year’s inductees. Of course, the Radio Happy Hour is endorsing Mr. Met!

All that, plus an update from pop star and past Radio Happy Hour guest Samantha Falk, a forecast from Justin the Weatherman, level headed commentary from Vinny from his big leather couch and if we’re lucky, a coherent thought from Phil.

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from Matt Cerone, previous Radio Happy Hour guest and the genius behind www.metsblog.com:

12:02 PM – Vote: Put Mr. Met in Hall of Fame

Currently, Mr. Met is roughly 7500 votes behind The Coyote on this year’s ballot for the Mascot Hall of Fame.

…and that’s just sad…

…the voting process is a bit tedious, i’ll admit, but i think we owe it to Mr. Met to vote as much as possible…so, if you’ve yet to do so, go to the Mascot Hall of Fame and get to voting…

By the way, this weekend, on ESPN.com, Howard Megdal puts Mr. Met’s candidacy to Bill James’ Ken Keltner Test, “a list of subjective questions devised by the sabermetric guru.”

…as if you need extra reason, see below…

…added to by Regis Courtemanche…