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Baseball and Dr. King

January 19, 2015

Didn’t want the day to go by without a mention of Martin Luther King Jr. and his baseball connections. Here’s a piece I posted on the last MLK Day. One from two years ago by The Baseball Sociologist. And another from 2008 by the popular and thoughtful Dave Zirin on King and Roberto Clemente in […]

Tagged as: Jackie Robinson, Jr., Martin Luther King, Roberto Clemente

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* Congratulations, Ken Griffey, Jr.

June 10, 2008

The future Hall of Famer hit home run #600 yesterday, joining Bonds, Aaron, Ruth, Mays, and Sosa. No doubt new books are in the offing. There are already several titles, many for kids, which is fine because Griffey seems like a good role model (comparatively speaking). You never hear his name associated with drugs, drinking, […]

Tagged as: home runs, Jr., Ken Griffey

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