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Continued success in Los Angeles will give Bratton additional bragging rights and the kind of fame he clearly enjoys. After being forced out of his New York City job by what Bratton claims was then Mayor Rudy Giuliani's dislike of his high media profile, Bratton, now 56, went into the private sector, setting up his own security consulting firm, the Bratton Group, and giving speeches around the world, particularly in South America. But he missed being in the limelight in the U.S. and even explored a run for mayor of New York in 2001. Then came the 9/11 attacks...
...prove. It’s hard to be at Harvard, where the enormous pond of excellence has relegated your erstwhile big fish persona into washed-out post-superstardom and overwhelming obscurity. And it’s not like your upcoming exam performance is going to rocket you to instant fame. So, you think, I know how to handle this. I’ll take off all my clothes, run around Harvard Yard, and scream. I’ll be a bona fide celebrity by the next morning...
...surprise that 421 out of the 506 voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America named Eckersley for induction into Cooperstown on January 6. Eckersley is only the third primarily relief pitcher to be elected to the Hall of Fame, following Rollie Fingers and Hoyt Wilhelm. In a week in which Pete Rose stole the headlines in order to try to gain his own election to Cooperstown, Eckersley’s sterling character provides a wonderful contrast...
...remains humble and selfless. He should not only be recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame but also by humanity at large for what a remarkable human being he is. When Eckersley is finally enshrined in Cooperstown this summer, fifteen years after he did for me what no one ever could have predicted, I will be there to thank him and to cheer him on in his greatest honor...
...Right - Gary Peterson writes: "There is no altruism at work here. Rose isn't doing the right thing. He's doing the expedient thing. He's coming clean for a price. And he's doing it at the expense of the former players whose election to the Hall of Fame will be announced on Tuesday...