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Johonny

(25,554 posts) Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:19 AM 4 hrs ago

Not the first trophy given away

If one walks through the Nixo museum, besides the laughable Watergate room where the museum tries to describe away Nixon's crimes, then one will find Carl Yastrzemski's All Star game MVP.

On April 13, 1971, Carl "Yaz" Yastrzemski presented his 1970 All-Star Game MVP award to President Nixon.

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Not the first trophy given away (Original Post) Johonny 4 hrs ago OP

thanks for sharing - another reason to hate the red Sox JT45242 4 hrs ago #1

I read today snowybirdie 4 hrs ago #2

Oops!! MustLoveBeagles 4 hrs ago #3

And the Superbowl ring Putin stole from Robert Kraft. bluedigger 3 hrs ago #4

Well then it's OK that Trump got the Peace Prize as a gift. Srkdqltr 3 hrs ago #5

I think based all the evidence Johonny 2 hrs ago #6

Yep, the prize committee has to vet these winners. Give only to people who value them. Srkdqltr 2 hrs ago #7

JT45242

(3,860 posts)

1. thanks for sharing - another reason to hate the red Sox

Reply to Johonny (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:26 AM

4 hrs ago

snowybirdie

(6,575 posts)

2. I read today

Reply to Johonny (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:29 AM

4 hrs ago

A Nobel Prize in Literature was given by a recipient to Herman Goering back in the 1920s!

MustLoveBeagles

(14,895 posts)

3. Oops!!

Reply to snowybirdie (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:33 AM

4 hrs ago

bluedigger

(17,403 posts)

4. And the Superbowl ring Putin stole from Robert Kraft.

Reply to Johonny (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:09 AM

3 hrs ago

Srkdqltr

(9,410 posts)

5. Well then it's OK that Trump got the Peace Prize as a gift.

Reply to Johonny (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:46 AM

3 hrs ago

These prizes and trophies don't mean anything anyway too the recipients . Might as well not give them out at all.

Johonny

(25,554 posts)

6. I think based all the evidence

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 11:28 AM

2 hrs ago

She values being leader of Venezuela vastly more than the peace prize. She calculated giving Trump what he wants will get her that. While this is possible, it's more likely she bribed Trump, ruined her legacy, and will get nothing from it but the shame of being associated with Trump.

Srkdqltr

(9,410 posts)

7. Yep, the prize committee has to vet these winners. Give only to people who value them.

Reply to Johonny (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 11:36 AM

2 hrs ago

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