09/08/10 - The Day Chivalry Died

Hal LaRoux
By Hal LaRoux
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Remember that date, because last night in Houston Texas, a young man named Bo made a decision to step away from an incoming baseball and in the process kill the ideal of Chivalry dead. How ungallant of him

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"The ball was coming up and I was going to catch it and it was in the lights and I lost track of it," he said.

Other events to happen on August 8th in years past, now to be forgotten

1963 – Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.
1220 – Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
1961 – The Edge, Irish guitarist (U2) was born
2011 - Balls.ie files IPO

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