too old time

you got that sam mealy nugget the first uh was cookie lava gentle

yeah cookie lava gentle replaced by sam yes but the first hint we had that It was Cookie Lava General. Yeah, Cookie Lava General. Replaced by Sam. Yes.

But the first hint we had that Calvin might be an unusual owner came in early May of the first year they were here when he gave Cookie a one week leave of absence to, you know, an unwanted

leave of absence to get his bleep together basically as the manager. He gave his manager a leave

of absence and let Sam manage him. So I'd have to look up the dates, but it was within a month of them playing their first game.

And then about a month later, well, now, right?

June 22nd.

Cookie came back and he fired him.

No, 23rd, right?

Yeah.

It was on this day in sports disappointment history.

Cookie came back and then he fired him after about a month or so.

He had the same problem, Calvin, with that team in 61 that we have now.

We're trying to, he was trying to figure, the owner was trying to figure out what was wrong with his team.

You had a bad team.

That's what, you know, just like now, we have a bad team.

So Cookie Lava Jetto was the initial twins manager here.

And, uh,

he come from Washington with him?

Yes, he came from Washington with him.

And he's famous for, what did he do?

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