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April 15

(probably Indian) music ID request

An Indian school recently performed a rather innovative dance using 'Hello Kitty' umbrellas to the accompaniment of this rather wonderful piece of music. Can anybody help me identify it, or identify a CD with it on? Thanks! (Clip from my video of the dance.) ╟─Treasury Tag►without portfolio─╢ 12:04, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

MLB

I am resarching 1932 World Series, GAme 3, 5th inning when Babe Ruth hit his, "CALLED SHOT."

I am looking for the exact time when this historic event happened. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.152.114 (talk) 16:23, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You mean the exact hour and minute? Well, let's start with 1932 World Series and see where it goes from there. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:29, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the batter-by-batter account of the game:[1] The "called shot" came in the top of the 5th inning, approaching the halfway point of the game in terms of innings. Game time was 131 minutes, so one might surmise that Ruth's second homer of the day might have happened about 60 or 65 minutes into the game. One question would be, What was the game's starting time? We'll see. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:33, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In this frame from the film,[2] you can see that the shadows have extended to just behind the dirt circle around the home plate area. If you knew the sunrise and sunset times for that date, you could probably estimate the time of that moment. OR, you could track down some contemporary newspapers and see what time the game was supposed to start. I was kind of assuming 1:00, which I saw somewhere is where Game 1 (in New York) was scheduled. But that doesn't prove anything about Game 3 in Chicago. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:36, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Google News Archive says it started at 1:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. Interestingly, the wire-service recap of the game I saw made no mention of Ruth calling his shot. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 23:47, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That would suggest the homer came a little after 2:30. The "called shot" was a legend that was picked up on later, so wire reports on that day probably wouldn't have said anything except that Ruth and Gehrig each homered twice. Do you have a link to that item? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:02, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go. As the article Babe Ruth's called shot says, the only game story that said Ruth called his shot was that in the New York World-Telegram. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 02:18, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. They don't write stories like that anymore. Vivid word-pictures. Interestingly, the article also makes no mention at all of the bench-jockeying that was going on, a fact which was central to the "called shot" story. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:49, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]