Al Downing played with and against some of the greatest baseball players of all time.
While with the Yankees in the 60s he played with Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra and the 1964 most valuable player Elston Howard. In 1969 he played with a chubby catcher who would go on to have a hall of fame type career.
Month: January 2021
Al Downing and his showdown with Hank Aaron
Al Downing played with and against some of the greatest baseball players of all time.
While with the Yankees in the 60s he played with Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra and the 1964 most valuable player Elston Howard. In 1969 he played with a chubby catcher who would go on to have a hall of fame type career.
Thank you Henry Louis Aaron
Hank Aaron made me a better human being. Watching him go through his home run chase in 1973, and having the excitement of witnessing history soon after, are one of the best parts of my life. Then there are the other parts, the haters. When Mr. Aaron shared his mail with the world, it was as chilling as the penmanship.
Saturday Patrols in NYC
Early on Saturday I showed up to check in with the patrols with my son Anthony who at 17 has been a Junior Guardian Angel, trains with Super Stretch in Washington Heights and has renewed patrolling after being in lockdown at home because of the pandemic. He was amazed at the turnout on a day where it was below freezing.
Fashion at the Inauguration
While Joe Biden’s inauguration was scaled back due to the current coronavirus pandemic, the audience used the small numbers to focus on the fashion debuted at the event. During and after the ceremony, many took to social media to discuss the fashion choices.
Thurman Would’ve Loved Gio
Today I got to talk with sportscaster and radio disc jockey legend Ricky Ricardo about his interview with Gio Urshela, who has been chosen to receive a humanitarian award during the Thurman Munson award ceremony.
Ricky was given the assignment of doing the virtual thing that all these award ceremonies are doing.
Thurman Would’ve Loved Gio
Today I got to talk with sportscaster and radio disc jockey legend Ricky Ricardo about his interview with Gio Urshela, who has been chosen to receive a humanitarian award during the Thurman Munson award ceremony.
Ricky was given the assignment of doing the virtual thing that all these award ceremonies are doing.
Chicago Guardian Angels Get a Storefront Headquarters
Thomas Tut Hunt announced today on Martin Luther King Jr Day that the Chicago Guardian Angels have been given a storefront headquarters in Logan Square, Chicago. The community has decided that in the face of escalating violent crime that it will try and improve, not move.
Guardian Angels help catch the Hammer Man
NYC Guardian Angels has devised a new strategy for bringing criminals to Justice. Because the NYPD has been defunded and is now reactive when an attacker like this recent “HAMMER MAN” strikes the GA seizes the initiative. We go Into the streets and subways and swarm the area looking for the suspect.
The Guardian Angels Force the Issue and Help Close a Hotel of Crime
In the 42 year history of the Guardian Angels the closing of this 24 hour criminal hotspot hotel is one of our greatest achievements. The community was in total peril. For a year none of the existing government agencies would do anything about it. Different Guardian Angels patrols took shifts in and around the hotel, handing out fliers of the wanted suspects in the New Year’s killings & shooting in front of the hotel.
Jellybean Benitez’ Freestyle Party
2021 – We Must Be Winners
In the immortal words of the great Frank Sinatra… Here’s to the winners lift up your glasses… Here’s to the glory still to be! We as people must stand together to make 2021 a better year. A year to start our growth as a nation all over again and maintain who we are… The greatest country in the world!
