Aaron Matthew Breslow's Favorite Baseball Highlights

I, Aaron Matthew Breslow, just found out that the U.S. Postal Service will be releasing a stamp recognizing the Negro League Baseball this year. The stamp will be available in June was unveiled by the Postal Service on December 30 as part of its 2010 stamp program. The stamp was painted by Kadir Nelson and features Andrew “Rube” Foster (1879-1930), the “father” of Negro League Baseball and founder of the first successful conclave of all-black professional teams.  The 44-cent stamp is intended to pay tribute to the various Black professional baseball leagues, which operated from roughly 1920-1960. I look forward to adding to my stamp collection.

Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Whitey Ford and the great Joe DiMaggio were all members of the New York Yankees going into the 1950 World Series.  The underdog Philadelphia Phillies, had an undertaker. Their pitcher was a mortician he wasn’t on their staff.  At Yankee Stadium,  the Phillies were wide-eyed. When they first saw the stadium, you could see them looking around and pointing. There were triple-decked stands, 461 feet out to the wall in left-center. They’d never seen that.

A late error hurt the Phillies in Game 3 and Jerry Coleman hit an RBI single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th for a 3-2 win. The Yankees clinched the series on October 7, with Berra homering and Brown hitting an RBI triple off Konstanty for a 5-2 victory. I, Aaron Matthew Breslow, enjoy this.

MLB’s commissioner Bud Selig, announced his plans to retire in 2012 at the end of his current term. Apparently Selig mentioned to some team owners that he is not tired, but that he has other things he would like to do in his life. I, Aaron Matthew Breslow, found the article on mlb.com. If you want to read the whole article and the brief interview with Selig, go to http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091128&content_id=7724736&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. It should be interesting to see what changes could come with a new commissioner in a few years.

Aaron Matthew Breslow’s  two favorite moments  from the World Series 2009  is Japanese national, Hideki Matsui’s at-bat which led the New York Yankees to their 27^th championship. His second favorite moment follows the first as Mr. Matsui becomes the first Japanese to win the coveted MVP title.

Many players dream of moments like these, moments when they fell that all their hard work , tranining, professionalism and sacrifices pay off  in tangible and intangible ways. Mr Matsui also earn his World Series ring, which was well deserved. Those looking to set records as notable as this his must not give up, remembering that Hideki is 35 years old, and only now after so many years of trying to attain his goals, did he reach them.

I, Aaron Matthew Breslow, came a across an article talking about San Francisco Giants pitcher, Randy Johnson and I couldn’t help but remember his freak accident of hitting a bird. Back on March 24,2001 Randy was playing a spring training game against the San Francisco Giants, and in the 7th inning he threw a 95 mph fast ball that hit and killed a dove. Umpires called in a “no pitch”, in the name of such a bizarre scene. I, Aaron Matthew Breslow,  wanted to post the video but apparently the MLB has prohibited it on you tube and other sites. You can still view the video on livevideo.com and search Randy Johnson hits bird. It is a crazy thing to watch.

Aaron Matthew Breslow lists the following baseball highlights amongst his favorites:

1. Tuesday, August 07, 2007, Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s long-standing home run record of 755.
2. Roger Clemens wins two World Series rings.
3. Nolan Ryan is the all time leader in strikeouts with 5714.
4. September 4, 2009 the Goldeyes vs. the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks marked the first triple play  in Goldeyes history