This story made my day
posted by Paul Daugherty at 7:21 AM
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 Paul Daugherty has been an Enquirer sports columnist since 1994 and has been chronicling Cincinnati sports since 1988. He has covered almost every major sporting event in America, as well as five Summer Olympics. Along the way, he has been named one of the country's top-5 sports columnists four times, and Ohio columnist of the year on seven different occasions. Last year, he was voted 2nd-best sports columnist in the country, by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Previous Posts
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Friday, June 29, 2007 |
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Post a Comment*awesome....it brought a tear to my eye.
A great New York story. Underneath that sometimes gruf exterior often lies a lot of sentiment. Bravo to Don Mattingly, a native of Evansville, Indiana.
Thanks for posting that, Paul. A wonderful story of friendship.
And equally wonderful were all those companies coming through, one after the other. Starting with the Yanks.
Nice to see the Syracuse reference. Having grown up a Yankees fan there myself, I remember fondly listening to the Scooter and Bill White call the games on WHEN 620-AM. Much in the same way, I expect, Reds fans remember Marty & Joe. (Scooter Rizzuto, however, is an institution unto himself.)
Back then the Syracuse Chiefs were the Yanks' Triple-A farm club, and the big boys would come to Macarthur Stadium once per year for an exhibition game. Chambliss, Munson, the inestimable Roy White.
I am looking forward to the ESPN miniseries, "Bronx Is Burning." Saw the trailers on the web. Looks awesome.
I took the guided tour of Yankee Stadium last fall, after the season. It was incredible to say the least. Now there is a place with some history to it. They take you right into the Yankees' clubhouse. Hello, Babe Ruth anyone? Gehrig? Dimag? The Mick? Donny Baseball? Then they take you out through the dugout, onto the field, and out to the monument park in center field. Awesome stuff, the tour guide was great too. Really knew his stuff, kinda looked like Steve Balboni.
But, I digress.
No steroids, no cheating, no lying, no whinning....
Know wonder I still keep watching baseball!
Doc:
As the dad of 2 blind girls, I got a kick out of the story ... but I cringed that his friend felt he had to beg for airfare, hotel, jersey, etc. The Yanks gave him great tix, and Syracuse is 250 miles from the Bronx (about as far as Cleveland from here), so why'd he have to ask Jet Blue for two roundtrippers? And a free hotel?? Come on, just because your disabled doesn't mean you HAVE to take free handouts. Me? If it was my bud, I would have drove to NYC (4+ hours) and watched ther game. Same with Cleveland. I've asked for a few special things for my two daughters, such as going backstage to meet the Sesame Street characters so they could "feel" the costumes and get a sense of what the characters were like, but I paid for the tix. If my daughters want a pony, I pay for it like anyone else, or I don't pay for it and they don't get it. Same as any other dad. I admire the pal who did this for his buddy to get the tix up close, but the story portrays the guy who is blind as totally incapable of fending for himself. Asking for airfare, hotel, etc is a little excessive.
Live large, PDiddy ... tp
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