WHY PUERTO RICANS ARE SO COOL ?????

Estamos "j..........", pero tenemos unos cuantos puntos que nos
distinguen...

Why Puerto Ricans are so cool...
We are a mix of the best of every race.
Our legal drinking age is 18.
We can care less what other people think of us.
We are not only bilingual but we can speak "Spanglish"
Our women are the most beautiful in the world, (5 Miss Universe)
We are LATIN, and yet AMERICANS
Mofongo (that's all I have to say)
In PR, any road will take you to a beach..... or a pub.
We are the only "territory" of another country with our own Olympic
teams.
We do everything under the sun... because we CAN!
Because even though we are a territory we are still a whole NATION.
We don't need to take vacations to be in a tropical paradise.
In PR everything is really close.
I can call you sir ("USTED"), and insult you in the same sentence.
Our Spanish is completely different than any other Spanish speaking
country.
We all have cool nicknames.
We have the best athletes in the world.
We make some of the best coffee of the world.
WE CAN DANCE!!!!!!!!!
They come from around the world to hire our engineers and scientists.
We are the country with the most roads by square mile (and there is
still traffic).
We have the longest swimming pool in the world (Cerromar)
La "Calle del Cristo" (San Juan P.R.) was the first road of "The New
World" to be paved.
86% of the rum drunk in the U.S. is from Puerto Rico.
We have more female engineers than any other country. (and you still
call us machistas?)
We know how to party, without absurd curfew laws.
We are the major RUM manufacturer of the world.
The bats for the Movie Batman Forever were filmed in Las Cuevas de
Camuy, P.R.
We invented the MayoKetchup!
We kicked the DREAM TEAM's ass
Puerto Rico has one of the world's highest productivity ratios.
Salsa music was the fastest growing genre in the last 20 years.
Four Puerto Ricans received the Congress Medal of Honor: Eurípides
Rubio, Carlos Lozada, Héctor Santiago y Fernando Luis Ledesma García.
Only 4 baseball players have 2 Home Runs in the same Inning; 3 of them
are Puerto Ricans (Roberto Clemente, Roberto Alomar and Carlos Baerga)
Tito Trinidad never went to the Olympics but defeated 4 gold medal
champions.
NUMBER ONE HYUNDAI RECORD HOLDER FOR THE MOST AUTOS SOLD "IN THE WORLD"
IS FROM BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO (HYUNDAI DE BAYAMON)
A Puerto Rican, Nellie Toledo, designed the 1984 Camaro Berlinetta.
We were the 5th country in THE WORLD to have a radio station. (before
Washington D.C.)
Junior Cordero (Puerto Rican) won the Kentucky Derby 3 times.
There is only 7 fluorescent lagoons in the world; we have 4 of them.
Giovanni Hidalgo is considered the best percussionist in THE WORLD.
Jose Feliciano is in the top 3 guitar players in THE WORLD (don't forget
he is blind).
The Discovery 500; Solar car designed by the Mayaguez College won 41
awards en Sunrayace, Iowa in 1993.
We established the first lottery system in the New World.
NOT TO BAD FOR AN ISLAND THAT IS JUST 100 MILES LONG X 35 MILES WIDE...

I received this by email and just thought some of you may like to know
more about the ISLAND.

"Only 4 baseball players have 2 Home Runs in the same Inning; 3 of them
are Puerto Ricans (Roberto Clemente, Roberto Alomar and Carlos Baerga)"

This would be a little more impressive if it was anywhere near being
true....but....

from http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/56957

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How many players have hit two home runs in the same inning?

Going into the 2006 season, it has been done 45 times. 25 in the
National League, 18 in the American League, 1 time in both the American
Association and Players League.

Two Homers, One Inning
Players who homered twice in one inning with date, team and inning:

American League
Date Player Team Inning
Aug. 7, 1922 Ken Williams St. Louis Browns 6th
June 16, 1928 Bill Regan Boston Red Sox 4th
June 24, 1936 Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees 5th
April 17, 1955 Al Kaline Detroit Tigers 6th
Sept. 5, 1959 Jim Lemon Washington Senators 3rd
May 23, 1962 Joe Pepitone New York Yankees 8th
April 30, 1966 Rick Reichardt California Angels 8th
June 30, 1977 Cliff Johnson New York Yankees 8th
Aug. 27, 1990 Ellis Burks Boston Red Sox 4th
April 8, 1993 Carlos Baerga Cleveland Indians 7th
Oct. 3, 1993 Joe Carter Toronto Blue Jays 2nd
May 17, 1996 Dave Nilsson Milwaukee Brewers 6th
Sept. 22, 1996 Mark McGwire Oakland Athletics 5th
May 2, 2002 Bret Boone* Seattle Mariners 1st
May 2, 2002 Mike Cameron* Seattle Mariners 1st

National League
Date Player Team Inning
June 10, 1880 Charles Jones Boston Braves 8th
May 30, 1894 Robert Lowe Boston Braves 3rd
June 6, 1894 Jacob Stenzel Pittsburgh Pirates 3rd
July 1, 1925 Hack Wilson New York Giants 3rd
Aug. 24, 1935 Henry Leiber New York Giants 2nd
June 2, 1949 Andy Seminick Philadelphia Phillies 8th
July 31, 1949 Sid Gordon New York Giants 2nd
April 12, 1973 Willie McCovey San Francisco Giants 4th
July 6, 1973 John Boccabella Montreal Expos 6th
April 29, 1974 Lee May Houston Astros 3rd
June 27, 1977 Willie McCovey San Francisco Giants 6th
July 30, 1978 Andre Dawson Montreal Expos 3rd
May 13, 1980 Ray Knight Cincinnati Reds 5th
June 11, 1985 Von Hayes Philadelphia Phillies 1st
Sept. 24, 1985 Andre Dawson Montreal Expos 5th
July 27, 1989 Dale Murphy Atlanta Braves 6th
June 24, 1994 Jeff Bagwell Houston Astros 6th
Aug. 8, 1995 Jeff King Pittsburgh Pirates 2nd
April 30, 1996 Jeff King Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 4th
May 16, 1996 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 7th
May 7, 1997 Mike Lansing Montreal Expos 6th
July 13, 1997 Gary Sheffield Florida Marlins 4th
April 23, 1999 Fernando Tatis# St. Louis Cardinals 3rd
Aug. 22 2000 Eric Karros Los Angeles Dodgers 6th
Aug. 9, 2002 Aaron Boone Cincinnati Reds 1st
Aug. 29, 2002 Mark Bellhorn Chicago Cubs 4th
Aug. 20, 2003 Reggie Sanders Pittsburgh 5th
June 19, 2004 Juan Rivera Montreal 2nd

American Association
Date Player Team Inning
Sept. 23, 1890 Ed Cartwright St. Louis Browns 3rd

Players League
Date Player Team Inning
July 12, 1890 Lou Bierbauer Brooklyn Wonders 3rd

# Both home runs were grand slams
* Home runs were hit back-to-back

Both Carlos Baerga and Mark Bellhorn hit theirs from both sides of the
plate.

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Clemente and Alomar aren't even on the list....

JAB+BLESS yuh ISLAND...beauty and grace flows above it....and
yes...gorgeous women over there....
from:an ISLAND+BORN+RAISED

I've been to PR, it's a beautiful place with beautiful people - and yes,
the women there are drop dead gorgeous. :)