A hearty congratulations to our directors Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli. They are the heart of this documentary. The Lakota People and their plight, strength, and resilience are the soul of it. Please use this Election to honor Tribal Sovereignty and the recognition of all that has been lost and all the gains that have been made to make our native family’s stories seen and heard. Check out the film: https://t.co/dLpbHhoX29
Think about all the dreadful, miserable, soul-sucking baseball O's skipper Brandon Hyde had to sit through. Very few managers survive a rebuild and make it to the good days. Hyde endured, and now, with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face, he gets to live the reward.
Long Brooks Robinson story I believe I told on radio:
When the Orioles played in Memorial Stadium, the PA announcer was named Rex Barney. When a fan made a great catch of a foul ball, he'd say, "Give that fan a contract." At a game with my dad and Brooks fouls off a pitch. Dad makes a leaping catch, everyone cheers, Rex does his thing. I'm over the moon. I got a Brooks Robinson foul ball. Can't believe it.
Next day at school, I tell everyone. Obviously. After school we have to play catch with this ball. Obviously. I figure I can throw a major league curve ball with it. I can't. I throw it low, my friend can't catch it. Now is when I mention we lived at the top of a hill. Ball rolls down the street and into a sewer.
The Brooks ball is gone. I never told my dad when he was alive. I always look up to the sky at this point and say, "Sorry 'bout that, Pop."
I tell this story decades later at a charity event in Baltimore. Turns out a man at our table did some work with Brooks. A week later a box arrives at my house with this and a note:
Hope this makes up for the one that got away, Brooks.
Indeed it did, Brooks. What a man.
“(He) had arguably the best World Series ever. And he also happens to be one of the greatest human beings you’ve ever met.”
Orioles legend Brooks Robinson has passed away at 86.
An in-depth look at his lasting legacy: https://t.co/bupJLeLBBl
Feel like everyone already covered everything you could say about Brooks so I'll just add the mutual respect him and Manny had was always really wholesome