Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Forrest Gump of Baseball


On Monday, 79 year old Tampa Bay Rays coach Don Zimmer had a pacemaker installed. Get well soon, Zim. For those of you who don't know he is, well...


He was Jackie Robinson’s teammate; on the only Brooklyn Dodgers team to win a World Series; an original Met; a Red Sox coach during the incredible 1975 World Series; Red Sox manager in 1978 when the Yankees' Bucky Dent hit his legendary HR; managed the Cubs to a division title and named Manager of the Year in 1989; on the staff of the first Colorado Rockies team in 1993; and was the Yankees’ bench coach during the championship run of the late ‘90s…Damn!

Don't Kill The Messenger...And Pay Attention To The Message

In a recent piece in Vanity Fair , Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX], attracted some controversy with her accusation of many Hispanic voters h...