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@Yankees @StarrCompanies 6 starters are homegrown in today's lineup.

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@Keith_McPherson Agree. But when able, the best lineup (offense or defense) does not include Grisham.

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I'm supporting The NYC LGBT Community Center! https://t.co/idPmobdwJN

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@SleeperYankees No

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@fred_guttenberg The primary system has undermined the democratic process. Campaigns are now based on one word slogans. As an independent, choosing between two candidates has created "lesser of two evils" decisions. Why do I need to choose between two candidates who don't appeal to me?

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@TalkinYanks Volpe choke

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Happy Forever 14th Birthday, Jaime.

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

Dear Jaime,

Below is the last birthday photo that we have of you. It is on your 14th birthday. Today should be your 23rd birthday. Today is the 9th year that we are honoring your memory and remembering you as the always laughing, always talking, always active, always dancing, always family and dog loving, and just the most amazing daughter who is missed every second of every day.

At your funeral, I talked about how you were the energy in our house and in every room that you went into. It is a fact that those who knew you knew that you had this amazing ability to always talk and to always say important and thoughtful things. We miss your amazing and powerful voice always. We miss your constant laughter.

I wonder what you would have been like now. I miss not getting to see you growing up, hearing about times with your friends and living your best life with them, having boyfriends, and pursuing your career as a pediatric physical therapist. I wonder if you would have met your life goal of full-time work and marriage by the age of 25. Without question, we know you would have had at least one dog in your house. Without question, we know you would have been using your voice as a voice for good and for those with differing abilities.

Those who were lucky enough to know you knew that your favorite color was orange. The meaning of orange in our life did not begin because of gun violence, it was genuinely your favorite color. The idea that your favorite color was also the recognized color of the gun violence prevention movement is just a tragic reality that we live with every day. Before your funeral, your studio dance sisters got together and made thousands of orange ribbons for us to give out at the funeral. While delivering your eulogy I said “I was never a voice in the gun violence debate before, but I will be now. With you by my side, I will fight. For those of you who do not know me and what I can be like when I take on a cause, I will be relentless. This will be my life’s cause going forward. The Orange Ribbon Movement started by Jaime’s beautiful sisters in Parkland Florida has become the rallying cry for the fight against gun violence.”

Approximately two weeks after the funeral, on a visit to Home Depot while wearing my orange ribbon, I was informed by another customer that orange was the color of the gun safety movement. It was a connection that I did not know of before this. It was not lost on me that the Home Depot sign is also orange. I truly took this as a sign from you, Jaime. The movement had a color, but it did not have a symbol. You were showing me the way Jaime. On that day, I said to mom that I want to make the orange ribbon the symbol of the gun violence prevention movement and to do it in your name. That was the day that we decided to begin our foundation Orange Ribbons for Jaime. The following week, I gave out thousands of orange ribbons at the march in DC and the connection of the orange ribbon to this movement began. I hope that nobody ever forgets going forward that when they see people wearing an orange ribbon because of gun violence, that is because of you Jaime, and the work of our foundation in your name. Your name will always be remembered.

In the early years of our foundation, the focus was on educating the country on why gun violence happens, making sure that the orange ribbon was becoming the symbol of this movement, and in supporting causes important to you and what you fought for, even at the age of 14. Over the years, our foundation started to focus more heavily on causes important to you in life and on our work to support survivors and families affected by gun violence. That is the pure focus of Orange Ribbons for Jaime today.

Jaime, I will be forever moved by the reality that your name is connected to the now recognized symbol for gun violence prevention. I will be forever grateful to those who allowed us into their lives and who we were able to support. Mom and I will struggle more today because it is your birthday. However, we will find purpose and meaning. Your amazing mom made blessing bags with all sorts of goodies, and we will drive around and spend the day giving out the blessing bags to those who are unhoused and less fortunate. Simply put, Jaime, you lived your short life always helping others and that is what we will do today.

We are proud of the work that we do to honor Jaime through our foundation Orange Ribbons for Jaime. If you are so inclined, please check out our website and if possible, please make a donation.

https://t.co/qGAmrDMQRe

Happy 23rd birthday Jaime. We love and miss you every second of every day.

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@Yankees @StarrCompanies Well. Certainly not the opening day lineup.

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@TalkinYanks Let him be somebody else's project.

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@Jack_Raines B as I would stay on the Brooklyn waterfront with Manhattan views, BB park, and some good food in there. Access to Old world Manhattan, DUMBO, etc....

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@RealMichaelKay Lobster roll $45! Crazy!!

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@Acyn Yeah. His kind of European.

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@Keith_McPherson Leyritz, blank, White. Gooden, Spencer

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@stefen_rosner Brakes?

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@AnnieAgar @agar_john Love this.

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@damienwoody We know it's a bridge year. Not many options.

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@TheJetPress Is the GM/HC marriage in the NFL dead ? Only 2/10 GM dismissed

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@espn @AdamSchefter Wow. Two gigs with two teams have led to two coaching changes. Interesting pattern.

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@craigcartonlive New Tag line for Saleh. "No brakes, all gas." Boom!