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Today, I am reminded of Ken Burns' baseball documentary. He interviews former Negro-leaguer Buck O'Neil, who remembers how he once heard this special crack of the bat as a youngster. He looked over at the batter, and it was Babe Ruth...
...years later, he heard that noise again, and it was Josh Gibson, perhaps the greatest Negro-leaguer ever. Then, in the late '80s, he heard it again--Bo Jackson...
...when Mattingly was later found guilty of public urination, it did not change my view of him. When I think about "the Hit Man," I remember the sweet swing that parked six grand slams into the seats in 1987. I see the pigeon-toed batting stance that every little leaguer in New York tried to imitate. I think about him reaching into a young fan's popcorn bag after chasing down a foul...
...scored on the double play to bring the Crimson within one. Junior Brett Vankoski then tied the score when he dropped a Texas Leaguer into short center field to score Ralph...
...they probably haven't bought Jackie Robinson...yet. But when I see a commercial that is praising Robinson's contributions to the game, when I hear Reggie Jackson thank Robinson for making it possible to play in October, when I hear some old Negro Leaguer praising Robinson for doing something that so many people couldn't, I want it to come from the heart, from the players, from the game of baseball itself. I do not want it to come from Nike...