One hundred years ago today, Jackie Robinson was born. He was unquestionably one of the ten most important Americans of the 20th Century, one man who truly made us better
Peter Gammons
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Peter Gammons
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Bernie Williams and I played with Buddy Guy
Cataumet, Ma
Joined March 2009
- Barry Bonds not on Steroids won three MVPs before 1988Barry Bonds on steroids was something
00:00 - Derek Jeter went late into the night calling scouts and baseball ops people on all levels to congratulate and thank them for the Marlins makinng the playoffs. It impacted a lot of people.
- My prayers for Danny Farquar include a personal reminder, especially for his family:I suffered a similar aneurysm 12 years ago this June. You can and will be back to a normal life. I promise.
- This Gerrit Cole:When he struck out his 1st hitter working w/ Kyle Higashioka catching, he called Kyle to the mound, said "we're going to keep the ball and sign it to David Keith." He was the scout who drafted each. In a hard time, rooting for Cole is easy.
- After DeVoss interview on 60 Minutes, she should be fired tomorrow and forced to get a job doing something w/in her intellectual skill set like cleaning houses
- Eddie Vedder tribute to the final Wrigley gam of David Ross--up near the top of my 45 year list of great people--was a 2 min ban on dry eyes
- Those who call Mke Trout “boring” think the Karkrasians are celebrities. Trout cares about being the best, 3.9 or 4.0 to first, winning, being a great teammate, person, without need for celebrity or entourage.
- A third of the way through writing why Jose Fernandez is the best pitcher in the game in 2016, I got the news...God bless his grandmother...
- without a doubt.
- 60 games starting July 19 sure beats reality television
- Thankfully Angel Hernandez wasn't in on Brown v. Board of Education. It would have been overturned
- Mookie Betts and Mike Trout have been 2-1, 1-2 in AL MVP voting in 2018 and 2016. Betts took food to homeless in Copley Square at 2 am following a playoff win. Trout hasn't gone to 1B slower than 4.1 in years. After 50 years covering the game, they define why I love it.
- Hopefully we never hear from you again and maybe there’s a team in Dharah, Hungary for you to play and spout vile to your full hatred
