Picture of the Day: An Old Baseball Card
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MVP of Yesterday (April 29, 2013): Brandon Moss
Well, there was a 19-inning thriller between the Athletics and Angels last night, and the A’s finally came out on top when Brandon Moss went deep in the 19th for a walk-out. It was his second dinger of the night and his third hit.
Interestingly, it’s the second time Moss has been the MVP of Yesterday, as you’d see below the jump.
Baseball Continuum Classic Story: The Biggest Stories That Haven’t Happened Yet (Originally published April 10, 2013)
In the wake of NBA Center Jason Collins “coming out of the closet” today, and becoming the first “Big Four” active player to do so, I was reminded of a post I did earlier this month: The Biggest Stories That Haven’t Happened Yet. If you want to read it, just click the link to the left, or go below the jump to read a reprint. With the exception of the deletion of a call to go below the jump to read after the first paragraph of the story, it is printed completely as it originally was, with no changes, updates or corrections.
Picture of the Day: Joe DiMaggio giving a kid some hitting tips
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MVP of Yesterday (April 28, 2013): Giancarlo Stanton
Giancarlo Stanton didn’t do well in the WBC, he wasn’t so hot in Spring Training either, if memory serves. And he hasn’t been doing well in the regular season either. But, well, the one guy on the Marlins you can name has come alive over the last two days, especially yesterday, where he went 3-3 with 2 homers, 4 RBIs and a walk in the Marlins’ victory over the Cubs.
MVP Standings (after jump):
Quote of the Day (April 28, 2013)
Casey Stengel on the 1962 Mets:
“Can’t anybody here play this game?”
Review of “42”
“Continuum Global News” will return next week, but better late than never, here’s my review of 42:
Jackie Robinson was, without question, the most important baseball player of the 20th century. While Babe Ruth may have been the most transcendent star, and Curt Flood proved a pivotal figure in the game’s labor history, Robinson’s effects did not simply stop at baseball. No, his effect was felt far beyond the diamond. How important was Jackie Robinson? Well, no less than Martin Luther King Jr. declared him an important member and symbol of the civil right movements. And, least we forget, Robinson was a great ballplayer as well, a career .311 hitter, a six-time All-Star, the Rookie of the Year in 1947 and MVP of 1949. Who knows what type of career he may have had (he didn’t make his MLB debut until age 28) if not for segregation and the war?
So given this, it’s sort of surprising that it’s taken this long for a modern biopic on Robinson. There was a biopic starring the man himself in 1950, and a TV movie about his court-martial in 1990 (starring Andre Braugher as Robinson), but nothing else. But, I guess good things come to those who wait, because 42, although far, far from perfect, is a fine movie that does well at honoring Robinson while also educating those who perhaps are not as familiar with the story.
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Picture of the Day: The Many Pitches of Yu Darvish
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MVP of Yesterday (April 27, 2013): Carlos Gomez
Going 3-5 with a HR and 2 RBIs that helped the Brewers to a 6-4 win over the Dodgers, Carlos Gomez is the MVP of Yesterday.
Go below the jump for the MVP Standings:
Quote of the Day (April 27, 2013)
Amazingly, I haven’t done a Yogi-Ism yet. Time to solve that:
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
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