If you combine the electoral college results of the 1980 and 1984 elections, Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale 1014-62.
Related Fact: Reagan also posed for this great photo with a young Roger Clemens and Don Baylor in the Roosevelt Room in September of 1986
[See previous Numbers of the Day here.]
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I know nothing of sports, so when I saw the picture, I thought it was Carl Weathers on the left. They would have had a stew going if that was the case.
posted by Sillstaw on 9-3-2010 at 3:28 am