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Millions around the globe. at his first tryout in worn out shoes and a borrowed glove, mariano threw nine fastballs. it was the only pitch he knew how to throw. after a few more tryouts, the yankees offered him a contract to play on their farm team, the gulf coast yankees. do you remember that, mariano? were they a good team? not bad, right? he got on an airplane and came back to america. few months later, in august 1990, mariano threw his first no hitter. that year he had an average era of .17. that doesn't mean 1. that means like 1/17 of 1. that's not a lot. how do you lose a game? i guess y...

By getting a little something out of them, whatever that might be, how much can he get and more to his advantage to get it next year rather than this year when it's going to be then fresh in people's minds for the election. neil: maybe i'm showing my age here, ken, but there's something about august. i don't know whether you go back to august 1990 when iraq invaded kuwait or august '97 with the contagious. august with the chinese currency mess, but the noteworthy when the dow would fall close to if not well over double digits. is there something to this month? >> you know, i think there is. i ...

Your children and your spouse? these are the people you have to go to bat for every day. >> shepard: depends how you feel about your kids on that given day. >> amen. we're american. >> neil: thanks very much. still guifoile. and august is a tough month for the dow. resulting in a 3% decline, close to 4% for the nasdaq. it has a history and we'll be rifling through this. august 1990 when we dealt with iraq invading kuwait. it fell 10%. and then we had the asian contasion. there's something about august. the read from lindsey, we have bob here and jonas. lindsey, there is something about august ...

Had before, so. >> reporter: in august 1990, michelle and cal got married here beside empire lake. >> a great day. a beautiful setting and very relaxing. not very stressful. just kind of it being a big party afterwards. >> reporter: the fairy tale rolled on. kids kept coming. they built a house on empire lake and here on their private preserve they were a family in motion. fishing, swimming. skating. michelle and all of it. the kids, of course, grew older. taylor is the oldest. followed by kayla and jenna and tanner. their mom? about her, they have no real memories. >> been a long time. >> rep...

Across the street from mine, and i just saw her one day and just kind of evolved from there. >> what attracted the two of you to each other? >> she was very outgoing and very attractive and good personality. >> she was a knockout, she was funny, she was vibrant. >> his aunt mary harris was also taken by cal's new girl, michele, she said, was a woman up for anything. >> athletic, let's have a good time, you know, jump on the jet ski, jump on the four wheeler. >> wasn't a dainty wee thing as it were? >> right. >> not a shy, retiring type either. >> no. that's part of why i thought their personal...