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28.02.2011., ponedjeljak
Hall of Fame Duke Snider tot
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http://jeffreypipilas.multiply.com/ Duke Snider, center fielder Hall of Fame happy boy, the Dodgers their difficult and the World Series has helped make tracks in Brooklyn, died on Sunday. He was 84th Snider died in Valle Vista rest home in Escondido, Calif., said the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, announced the death on behalf of the family. Snider had been ill for months. His family said he died of natural causes. The Duke of Flatbush hit .295 with 407 career home runs in the World Series six times and won two titles. However, the eight-time All-Star more than statistics, was defined after all, part of the love affair between the Brooklyn and bums up to life in the neighborhoods.  Willie, Mickey and the Duke's, the popular song. Snider wore No. 4 in Dodger blue and was often the third-best center fielder in New York considered, behind the Giants Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle Yankees fans, what many consider the golden age of baseball city. balklänningar Mantle died in 1995 at the age of 63 Mays, 79, threw a fall ceremony before a playoff game in San Francisco. Snider hit at least 40 home runs in five consecutive seasons and led the Netherlands, total bases on three occasions. He never won an MVP award, but an error in vote may have cost the price in 1955. Campanella lost by a narrow margin, which proved a poor turnout Snider from voting, apparently by mistake. Snider hit .309 with 42 home runs and 136 RBI in his career, in 1955. That October, he met four home runs drove in seven points and hit .320 as the Dodgers, the Yankees lost a seven-game series. For a team that is waiting for the sermon until next year, following the loss of the World Series with the Yankees in 1953, 52, 49, 47 and 41, was in fact the following year. A generation later, long after he had grown up all the old, the Dodgers celebrated as the boys of summer on the book by Roger Kahn. Hall of Fame Willie McCovey Snider called one of his favorite player growing. The two were teammates briefly when the Giants came Snider in San Francisco in 1964, his last season. Orlando Cepeda, a Hall of Fame with the Giants, said Snider, that if one of his biggest thrills when he broke into the majors in 1958. The name stuck. Snider did the same, once he played his first game in the majors in 1947, two days after the historic debut of Jackie Robinson. A hitter with a strong arm, sustainable, good instincts on the bases and hit a royal style, the last home run Snider Ebbets Field in 1957. Swing Snider gave the Dodgers a presence in the left hand in a mainly right-handed team. Often photo has taken on the short wall in right field box Brooklyn, a lot of rewards waiting to be reunited in Bedford Avenue. Duke fans will see on the top floor of the street. Snider was a wild swing was swinging from Branch Rickey, the practice of the board be it with a stick on the back of Appeal balls and strikes, not made, but. Snider held the Dodgers, when she moved to Los Angeles in 1958 and won another World Series ring next year. Prematurely gray, silver fox returned to New York with the Mets in 1963 and awkwardly ended his career in 1964 with the Giants. Snider, the Hall of Fame was elected in 1980 in his 11 attempts. He was a broadcaster for the Montreal Expos for several seasons he played in the city as a minor leaguer in the operating system, then in Brooklyn was a spokesman for the Dodgers. In 1995, Snider asked owe federal taxes and was sentenced to two years probation and fined $ 5,000. Do not support the reports of more than $ 97,000 in cash to autograph shows, sales of cards and memorabilia. Snider was excused. He said he began appearances for autographs, because they had little savings and made several bad business decisions. The judge said Snider paid back about $ 30,000 in taxes and said he had diabetes, high blood pressure and other diseases. Originally from California, Snider was part of the fabric of Brooklyn during his playing career. The Duke, however, had some initial problems with noisy fans Brooklyn. Once, in the 1950s as calling the worst in the game he was released in the park after the event and was quoted was greeted with a chorus of boos. But he liked one of his best nights, fans and silenced forever. During his playing career was Snider, a farmer and a lawyer for many years in Fallbrook, Calif., lived He is by his wife, Beverly, whom he married survived in 1947. Room complaining other Dodger disappeared. They are all dead, he said. Not much left. |
16.02.2011., srijeda
MMQB Mailbag: Ten things I think about Titans, Bengals, labor, more
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http://www.balklanningaronline.com/undefined The NFL's silly season officially has begun. Here are 10 Things I Think I Think on matters on and off the field: 1. I think Titans fans alarmed by the hiring of Chris Palmer as offensive coordinator shouldn't be. Good football man. Trusted by Eli Manning undefinedcheap undefined when he was his position coach with the Giants. They should be much more worried about who Palmer will be coaching. There's no long-term quarterback there. 2. I think San Diego GM A.J. Smith was partially right today when he said after franchising Vincent Jackson that the Chargers very much want Jackson on their team. He should have added "at a price very favorable to the team,'' which is what, over 2010 and '11, San Diego will have gotten Jackson for. http://valstofflet.blog.comundefined 3. I think it's not over for Carson Palmer in Cincinnati. Jay Gruden's going to convince him he can be great in Gruden's West Coast offense, and I believe Marvin Lewis will do Palmer a favor and make sure neither Chad Ochocinco or Terrell Owens will be on the roster opening day -- whenever that is. 4. I think I like the brainpower Cleveland's brought in to help young coach Pat Shurmur, with Gil Haskell, Keith Gilbertson, Ray Rhodes and Mike Holmgren just down the hall to be sounding boards for Shurmur in his first head coaching job at any level. But I also fear very strong-willed coaches in the past -- Holmgren and Rhodes -- might be overbearing for Shurmur at times. They've got to make sure they're resource people and not more than that. 5. I think you shouldn't get too excited about anything in the negotiations between players and owners. History says players have gotten ticked off at pompous or overbearing owners during job actions in 1982 and 1987, the way some players are angry at Carolina owner Jerry Richardson for whatever he said in a meeting 10 days ago. None of this stuff really matters in deal-making. The two sides are going to hate each other for the entire process, and that is not too strong a word. 6. I think if I were doing an over-under for when a deal gets done, I'd set it at Sept. 13. And I personally would bet the over. 7. I think NFLPA czar DeMaurice Smith might do a lot of things in negotiations with the owners, but the one thing he won't do is be pressured into taking a deal he doesn't like. Read Jim Trotter's story in Sports Illustrated when it hits newsstands this week and you'll learn that Smith is about as resolute as they come. 8. I think there's a 10-15 percent chance a deal gets done by the March 4 "deadline'' for the end of the current CBA. That's because this deadline is not a deal deadline. It doesn't matter. 9. I think the most surprising thing in commissioner Roger Goodell's letter to newspaper editors that was released Tuesday is one of the things he said about why the current system has to change. He wrote: "The status quo means failing to recognize the many costs of financing, building, maintaining and operating stadiums. We need new stadiums in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego ... '' Very interesting that the first city mentioned is a city that doesn't have a team, a city that could well take one of the current franchises struggling to get a new stadium built. 10. I think the city of San Diego needs to take the threat of the L.A. stadium very seriously. Now for your e-mail: • AN IDEA ABOUT THE NUMBER OF REGULAR-SEASON GAMES: "My wisdom of Solomon: split the baby solution to the 18-game impasse: Go to a 17-game season with one more bye week. The league gets two more weeks of televised football. The players get another bye to help alleviate the health concerns of the extra game. The extra game on each team's schedule is a neutral site -- London, Mexico City, Los Angeles, etc. -- where the league can grow the fan base. All 32 teams split the revenue of all the neutral site games. Two or three preseason games. Can you pass that along to Roger and DeMaurice?'' -- Michael Turner, Sunnyvale, Calif. I'll do my best. In fact, they might even be reading this along with you right now. I love the neutral site idea, but remember, every time the NFL goes to a neutral, it costs the league money and takes away revenue of one more home game for a team. • MATT WANTS TO SEE THE HEADS OF LINEMEN PROTECTED. "While the NFL's attentiveness to head trauma may not be going away, is it going to address systemic issues? All that I have read indicates the issue is at least as much about repetitive low-level brain trauma (e.g. linemen hitting each other off the snap EVERY down) as it is about traumatic injury. But at least from a rules perspective, responses seem to be all about traumatic blows. What will the NFL do to protect linemen? Do they have the courage to make fundamental changes to the game (like outlawing the 3- and 4-point stance)? And what is your opinion on Joe Paterno's idea that advanced equipment may actually make players more reckless?'' -- Matt Perkins, Rockville, Md. I'm interested in seeing the long-term results of the study by the University of North Carolina, where each practice is monitored, and each helmet contact recorded. That could tell how much damage is done by the buildup of the kind of incidental contact that happens in football. As far as Paterno's idea goes, I think the better technology for helmets, the better the chances are that players and stewards of the game won't be as vigilant about individual contact plays. • THAT'S THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. "Peter, the downside -- in my opinion -- to the never-ending methods of easier communication is that all of the sourpusses who don't get what they want on every issue can now be heard from in a myriad of ways. The shameful, pathetic postings, messages and rants about your role in the HOF voting process is a painful reminder of the close-mindedness that is rampant in the world today. There are likely millions of us who believe that you and your fellow voters are doing a fantastic job and wouldn't trade places for anything.'' -- Lee Simmons, Erie, Pa. Thanks. I don't know what to do about that except answer the charges as honestly as I can. The genie's out of the bottle. We're not going back to a lower form of communication, Lee. • I AM ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUPER BOWL IN INDIANAPOLIS. "Peter, I'm already getting tired of the national media guys whining about what an awful Super Bowl it will be in Indianapolis. It'll be too cold. We won't be able to get around if it (gasp) snows. They can't play golf. There'll be nothing to do. There's only two decent restaurants. It's a small city, they can't possibly know how to host a major event. (And on and on and on.) I know you have been to Indy many times, so you know how downtown and the stadium area lay out. I assume you saw the host committee's booth in Dallas too, so you probably know a bit about their plans. It's very early, but how do you think Indy should do as a SB host city? Any words to calm the doomsayers (or conversely, make the locals worried)?'' --J.H., Indianapolis I love going to Indy every year for the Scouting Combine. The biggest reason is that it's so convenient. You don't need a rental car, or, really, transportation of any kind. Everything's right there in an eight-block-square radius. The restaurants are good, and it's a convivial atmosphere when everyone in the place is there for the same reason. So don't fret. Indy's going to do well. • WE'RE ALL JUST GUESSING ON THIS ONE, MARCUS. "I have not heard this mentioned at all, but what would be the drop dead date for a season to happen this year? And what is the minimum amount of games that need to be played for a season to actually count? I can't imagine it's less than eight games. If it's less than 16 games, then how do you make the schedule work out to be fair? What if they only play 10 games and the Eagles play six NFC East games and the Cowboys only play four? So many issues, but would love to hear your early thoughts.'' --Marcus, Charlotte Fairness is going to be out the window if the schedule is cut down to nine or 10 games. It'll be the luck of the schedule, and when you were supposed to play certain teams. As far as the drop-dead date, I'd say it'd be sometime around Nov. 1. You figure teams are going to need three weeks to get ready to play, and they'd have to play at least nine games to make the season seem even remotely legitimate. • I AM A BAD BEER MAN. "Peter! You were in Northern California and you use your Beernerdness section to mention a Peruvian beer? For goodness sakes, that's the equivalent of traveling to Wisconsin and talking about the wonderful Panamanian cheddar you sampled while there! Here, in no particular order, are some phenomenal Bay Area breweries to which you gave short shrift: Lagunitas, Russian River, Anchor, Sierra Nevada, Magnolia, 21st Amendment. That's just off the top of my head. To add insult to injury, you were there for the opening weekend of Beer Week SF and seem to have missed it. Time to pick up your game Mr. King.'' |
