Good morning, Bristol!

Photo | Laura Carter

Posted By: Staff January 5, 2023

Welcome to Thursday, folks. Those looking for Advance tickets to Friday will find them at the Will Call window, which is over to the right.

Everyone else stay right here.

Weather

High in the 40s. Mainly clouded with a chance of showers. Ugh.

Today’s birthdays of famous people

Robert Duvall (1931), Diane Keaton (1946), Hayao Miyazaki (1941).

Birthday for a person you never heard of

Bill Plummer (1972)

This date in music history

On Jan. 5, 1973, Bruce Springsteen released his first album, Greetings from Asbury Park.

Random Bristol American Legion Baseball factoids:

The 1976 American Legion Zone 1 Division consisted of the following teams:

Bristol, Glastonbury, New Britain, Newington, Simsbury, Unionville, West Hartford, Wethersfield

Zone 1 Bristol All stars in 1976:

Brian Labbie (pitcher), Spec Monico (second basemen), Mark Tranchida (third basemen), Mark Ziogas (shortstop), Tim Maynard (outfield).

The 1976 team

The 76 team finished 16-8.

76 American Legion Tournament

Bristol, after leaving 12 runners on base, was ousted from the state tournament on Aug. 15 with a 5-1 defeat to the Zone 4 champion, Waterbury Coyle.

Turn out the lights the party is over

That does it for today. See ya, Bristol.

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