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Long Time New York Giants Pitcher: Dave Koslo (1941-1942/ 1946-1953)
George Bernard Koslo was born on March 31, 1920 in Menasha, Wisconsin just outside of Milwaukee. The left hander was signed out of high school, making it to the big leagues in 1941 pitching in four games, posting a 1.90 ERA. He went 3-6 in 1942 before going off to serve in World War II from 1942 through 1945.
He returned to the Giants rotation three seasons later to win 14 games (6th most in the NL). He also lead the league in losses (19) hits (251) earned runs allowed (107) as well as starts (35) while overall posting a decent 3.63 ERA. Koslo was also a work horse pitching in 265 innings on the year, while pitching 200 plus innings in three of the next four seasons.
In 1947 he gave up Jackie Robinsons first career HR & served up 23 HRs to lead the league in that category. On the '47 season he won 15 (15-10) posting a 4.39 ERA and once again allowed the most earned runs in the National league.
Two years later he had his best season, leading the league in ERA (2.50) going 11-14 while saving four games pitching 212 innings. He would post another losing record in 1950 but would then win ten or more games for the next four seasons. In the 1951 Giants pennant season, he was used mostly as a reliever, but had some big games as a starter as well. In his first start he pitched a two hit shutout in the Polo Grounds against The Cardinals. Two months later he threw another two hit shutout in St. Louis.
He won four games during the crucial September pennant race, pitching into the 9th innings three times in four starts. His 10 victories (10-9) tied him with George Spencer for fourth best on the staff. He had three saves & posted a 3.31 ERA making 39 appearances.
Post Season: He got the surprise start in Game #1 of the 1951 World Series and pitched a one run complete game victory. He struck out three & allowed seven hits beating Allie Reynolds. He came back in Game #6 and took the loss allowing 4 runs on 5 hits in 6 innings pitched in the final game.
After going 6-12 in 1953 his contract was purchased by the Baltimore Orioles where he pitched just three games. During that season he was sent to the Braves where he finished up his career near his hometown area of Milwaukee in 1955. In his final career appearance he gave up a game winning walk off HR. In his 12 season career he was 92-107 22 saves with a 3.68 ERA making 348 appearances.
Retirement: After baseball he worked for a publishing house in Menasha Wisconsin. He passed away there from unknown causes at age 55 in 1975.
Short Time Brooklyn Born Mets Third Baseman: Ted Schreiber (1963)
Theodore Henry Schreiber was born on July 11th 1938 in Brooklyn, New York. He attended James Madison High School, & the five foot eleven infielder then attended St. Johns University.
In 1959 he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Boston Red Sox. When he first arrived to his locker, veteran Jim Piersal said to him "get every dollar you can get out of 'em kid". Schreiber had an on going feud with his minor league manager Johnny Pesky & his days were numbered.
In 1962 he was scooped up by the Mets in the Rule V draft & spent three years mostly playing at AAA Buffalo. He was not a favorite of Casey Stengel but was rather chosen by GM Johnny Murphy.
On April 14th, 1963 he got a chance in the majors, playing for manager Casey Stengel. He debuted as the tenth third baseman in Mets history, batting leadoff & wearing uniform #43. He got his first career hit that day as well, in a 1-0 ten inning ,ets loss to the Milwaukee Braves. He got three hits in the month but was sent to the minors at the end of April. He returned in late July & remained with the club for the rest of the season.
He hit just .160 (8-50) with two RBIs & no extra base hits, playing in 39 games. It was his only big league season.
In his next to last career at bat, he grounded into a double play & made the final out in the Polo Grounds. The Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 that day. Schreiber got one more at bat on the final road trip & had four appearances as a defensive replacement.
Retirement: After baseball he became a long time school teacher in Brooklyn.
Early Nineties Mets Pitcher: Cory Lidle (1997)
Cory Fulton Lidle was Born on March 22, 1972 in Hollywood, California. Lidle was a descendant of the inventor of the steamboat Robert Fulton, as reflected in his middle name. His brother Kevin, was a minor league catcher as well.
The right handed Lidle was signed by the Minnesota Twins in 1990, and then released by 1993. From there his contract was purchased by the Minnesota Twins, where he pitched in their minor leagues though 1995. During the baseball strike of 1994, Lidle crossed the picket lines to pitch, therefore he was never able to join the Players Union.
In January he was traded to the New York Mets for Kelly Stinnett. At AA Binghamton Liddle led the staff with 14 wins (14-10) 140 strike outs & a 3.38 ERA. He began 1997 at AA Norfolk going 4-2 that April before getting called up to the big league squad.
Liddle made his MLB debut on May 8th, 1997 pitching in relief of Rick Reed at the Astrodome, in a 4-2 loss to the Houston Astros. Three days later, he would earn his first career win in St. Louis pitching one scoreless inning of relief against the Cards. On May 19th he earned another win, when John Olerud hit a 9th inning walk off HR to beat the Colorado Rockies. He would start out his career at 3-0 with one save, going into early June.
In July he would earn five holds out of the bullpen, earning another win on July 11th against the Atlanta Braves. On August 5thhe came in to pitch a tenth inning tie against the St. Louis Cardinals. He earned the win after holding them down & Edgardo Alfonzo hit a game winning sac fly. The following week he earned a win in St. Louis as Butch Huskey singled in the top of the 9th driving in the game winning run. Lidle would pitch well for the Mets, going 7-1 through September 23rd, not earning another loss until his last outing of the season.
In 54 games, he was 7-2 with two saves posting a 3.53 ERA striking out 54 batters in 81 innings pitched. That November he was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the expansion draft.
He would make his way to Tampa for two seasons, before becoming a starting pitcher and going to Oakland in a huge three team deal. The deal sent Ben Grieve to Tampa, Mark Ellis & Johnny Damon to Oakland, & future Mets Roberto Hernandez & Angel Berroa to Kansas City.
Lidle quietly had the best year of his career, going 13-6 with a 3.56 ERA (10th in the league) behind the Big Three of Mark Mulder, Tim Hudson & Barry Zito for the wild card winning Oakland A's. He helped Oakland in their historic August run of 20 straight wins, going 5-0 allowing just one earned run all month in six games pitched.
Post Season: In the ALDS with Oakland leading two games to one, Lidle got roughed up taking the loss allowing six runs over 3.1 innings.
The next year he fell to 8-10 & was granted free agency. He went to Toronto going 12-15 then had another 12 win season pitching between the Cincinnati Reds & Philadelphia Phillies.
In 2005 he tied his career high 13 wins going 13-11 with a 4.53 ERA. After leaving the Phillies he criticized his team mates for not playing behind him on days he pitched.
By 2006 he signed with the A.L. New York club and went 4-3 on the season, making an appearance against the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS. After the series ended in defeat he publicly said the Tigers were more prepared than his team.
He put blame on manager Joe Torre & appeared on WFAN defending himself & his team. Then hosts of Mike & the Mad Dog show both jumped on Liddle saying he wasn't entitled to a day in New York, nor did they think much of him.
Passing: On October 11, 2006 Liddle took off in a small plane from Teterboro airport in New Jersey with a co pilot/ instructor. After circling the Statue of Liberty twice, he went up the East River past the 59th St Bridge where they lost radar contact.
While attempting to make a U-turn the small plane crashed into the Bel Aire apartments on 72nd St. overlooking the East River.
Lidle & the co pilot Tyler Stanger were both killed, shocking the baseball world, he was 34 years old.
The next night a moment of silence was held in his memory during the NLCS at Shea Stadium in a game between the Mets & Cardinals.
1954 World Champion New York Giants Relief Pitcher: Marv Grissom (1946/ 1953-1958)
Marvin Edward Grissom was born March 31, 1918 in Los Molinas, California. His older brother Lee Grissom was a left handed pitcher, mainly playing with the Cincinnati Reds (1934-1939) going 29-48 lifetime with seven saves & a 3.89 career ERA. Marv began to pitch on Sundays because his high school had no baseball team. He went off to World War II in 1941 & did four years of military service.
There he pitched against a team managed by the New York Giants star Johnny Mize. Mize was impressed the six foot three right handed Grissom, especially his wicked curve ball. When he got back from the war he was asked by the Giants if any ball players had impressed him in the service, he recommended Grissom. He was signed and began pitching with the AAA Jersey City Giants going 4-10 in 1946.
That season he got a brief call up for four games and went 0-2 before going back to the minors. He would go to the Pacific Coast League, then get drafted Rule V by the Detroit Tigers. He would appear with them in 1949 and by this time was already thirty years old. Grissom was sent once again to the Pacific Coast League as two more seasons would pass him by. He was traded to the Chicago White Sox where he went 12-10 as a starter in 1952. He was then traded to Boston, before getting put on waivers then getting picked up, returning to the Giants in 1953. That winter the Giants toured Japan & since they only had six pitchers Grissom was always willing to pitch. He later said that those innings built up his arm to have a strong 1964 campaign.
Grissom came to New York with a 3-6 record & went 3-2 the rest of the way. He saved the first game of the 1954 season against the Brooklyn Dodgers, in relief of Sal Maglie. He had a great month of June going 6-1 with four saves lowering his ERA to 1.52 by July 1st. He made the All Star team and helped the Giants win the World Series as one of the league's best relievers. He finished with a solid September going 1-0 with three saves. In that 1954 Giants Championship season he went 10-7 with 19 saves (3rd best in the league). He appeared in 56 games pitching 122 innings, striking out 54 batters while posting a 2.35 ERA.
Post Season: In the 1954 World Series Grissom had a front row seat for Willie Mays famous Game One catch which is now called the greatest catch of all time. He was warming up in the bullpen a few feet away from Mays when he made the grad in deep center field off Vic Wertz. Right after the catch Manager Leo Durocher summoned Grissom from the bull pen, to relieve pitcher Don Liddle. As Grissom arrived on the mound, Liddle gave Grissom the ball & said "I got my man".
Grissom later said while pitching in the Polo Grounds he always felt safe with Willie Mays out there in center field. He entered that Game #1 with a 2-2 tie in the 8th inning. He pitched 2.2 innings allowing no runs on one hit, striking out two & walking three Cleveland Indians. He pitched out of a few jams & earned the win on Dusty Rhodes three run pinch hit HR. It was his only Series appearance.
Over the next four years he was among the tops in the league in saves, appearances & had four straight seasons with perfect .1000 fielding percentages. In the Giants last year at the Polo Grounds he saved 14 games (second most in the league) going 4-4 with 55 appearances (4th most in the league) posting a 2.61 ERA. When the Giants moved out west he was happy to return close to his home in Red Bluff, California. In San Francisco in 1958 he saved ten more games (4th in the league) going 7-5 with a 3.99 ERA.
In October 1958 he was traded along with Ernie Broglio to the St. Louis Cardinals for future Met Hobie Landrith. By now Grissom was 40 years old & only pitched in three games that season before retiring. In his ten season playing career he was 47-45 with 58 saves, making 358 appearances posting a 3.41 ERA in 810 innings pitched.
Retirement: After his playing days he became a long time pitching coach for the Los Angeles / California Angels (1961-1966/1969) also the Chicago White Sox (1967-1968) and Chicago Cubs (1975-1976). Grissom passed away in Red Bluff, California, at the age of 87 in 2005.
Former Italian / American Mets Pitcher: Danny Boitano (1981)
Danny Jon Boitano was born March 22, 1953 in Sacramento, California. The six foot right hander was a highly touted prospect, getting drafted first round by the St. Louis Cardinals (18th pick overall) but did not sign. He was then chosen first round by the Philadelphia Phillies (17th pick overall) but again did not sign.
The next year he was being pursued by the Montreal Expos & Milwaukee Brewers but once again was chosen first round by the Phillies (11th pick overall) & this time he did sign.
Boitano went 8-2 with a 2.08 ERA in the New York / Penn. League in 1974 making his future look even brighter. But he didn't pitch as well moving through the levels of the minor leagues, going 37-43 through 1978. He still got his chance making his MLB debut, pitching just one scoreless inning on October 1st against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
In Spring Training of 1979 he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for Gary Beare. He would pitch in just 16 games of relief over the next two seasons posting an 0-1 record. In 1980 he allowed 16 earned runs in 17.2 innings of work, ballooning his ERA to 8.15.
In April of 1981 the New York Mets purchased his contract. He arrived for his promotion pictures with a thick bushy moustache as if he were auditioning for a barber shop quartet, qualifying him for one of the Mets all time best moustache's. At AAA Tidewater he went 5-6 with seven saves posting a 3.74 ERA in 40 appearances.
He made his Mets debut on August 16th, 1981 at Shea Stadium, allowing one run against the Philadelphia Phillies in the Mets 5-2 win. He earned his first win in Cincinnati after pitching a scoreless 7th inning while being down 4-1. Then Dave Kingman belted a grand slam HR leading Boitano & the Mets to a victory over the Reds.
After a blown save & a loss, he earned his second win on September 21st, when John Stearns scored on a wild pitch, to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3, in the bottom of the 13th inning. In 15 appearances he was 2-1 with a 5.51 ERA allowing ten earned runs in 1.1 innings.
The following season he was traded along with Doug Flynn to the Texas Rangers for Jim Kern. There he pitched 19 games for the Rangers, before finishing his brief five season career.
In 51 career appearances Boitano was 2-2 with a 5.56 career ERA. He struck out 52 batters walked 28 in 71 innings of work. Unfortunately the highly touted prospect never panned out.
Brooklyn Born- 1999 New York Mets Wild Card Champion Utility Player: Shawon Dunston (1999)
Shawon Donnell Dunston was born March 21, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, the same school as Danny Kaye, Shelly Winters, Riddick Bowe & Grandpa Al Lewis had all gone too.
Dunston was a slick fielding short stop with a strong throwing arm, getting drafted in the first round (the number one pick overall) for the Chicago Cubs in 1982. In the rookie league he batted .321 then moved up to A ball where he would bat .310 in the mid western league. He made the jump right through to AAA the next year & made his MLB debut in 1985.
He would spend eleven years in Chicago making two All Star teams, working as a double play partner with Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg. In his first full season he led the NL in errors at short (32) while also leading in assists (465) & put outs (320). Two seasons later he stole 30 bases for the first time in his career. He would steal a career high 32 in 1997 (9th in the league) & steal 20 or more bases five times overall.
He hit a career high 17 HRs twice (1986 & 1990) while driving in 60 or more runs four times. His batting average seemed to get better as his career moved ahead, in 1995 his last year in Chicago (the first time around) he batted .296 playing in 127 games.
In 1996 he signed with the San Francisco Giants as a free agent & batted .300 for the first time in his career playing a full season. He had batted .315 in an injury ridden 1992 season (19 games). The next year he signed back with the Cubs & was traded to the Pirates where he once again hit .300 overall on the season.
Over the next two years he would pack his bags quite often, playing for Cleveland, San Francisco, St. Louis & then the New York Mets. At this point in his career he had primarily become an outfielder, leaving the short stop position. He arrived in New York on July 31st, 1999 going to the Cardinals in exchange for Craig Paquette.
He was happy to be playing in his hometown, for the team he had rooted for while growing up in Brooklyn. He debuted the next day entering the game in the 3rd inning in Milwaukee. He got two hits & an RBI, in the Mets 7-2 win over the Brewers.
The next day he made his first start & had three hits with another RBI in the Mets 10-3 victory. Dunston hit well with the Mets playing in 22 games that August, having six multiple hit games. He raised his average to .317 at the end of the month.
On August 30th, Dunston entered the game in the 8th inning as a pinch hitter, getting a base hit to bring home a run. The next inning he doubled scoring Benny Agbayani & Edgardo Alfonzo in the Mets 17-1 win over the Astros in Houston. On September 12th he had another multi RBI game, driving in three runs in a 10-3 win in Los Angeles. He played in 42 games for the 1999 Wild Card winning Mets, batting .344 with six doubles 16 RBIs 4 stolen bases & 12 runs scored.
Post Season: In the 1999 NLDS against the Arizona Diamond Backs, he got the start in centerfield in Game #1 going 1-3 being pulled for a pinch hitter late in the game. Overall he went hitless in the next three games as a pinch hitter. In Game #1 of the NLCS against the Atlanta Braves, he reached on an error as a pinch hitter in the 9th inning scoring a run on Todd Pratt's base hit off John Rocker.
He went hitless as a pinch hitter in the next two games & then appeared in the marathon Game #5 at Shea Stadium. In the bottom of the 15th inning he lead off with a walk & scored the tying run on Todd Pratts base hit, setting the stage for Robin Ventura's grand slam single. Overall in the post season he was 2-13 with a stolen base & a run scored.
In the 2000 season he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals batting .250 & appearing in his second straight post season. In the NLCS he faced off against his old Mets team mates, going 2-6 with a double & a run scored. Dunston played out his last two season with the San Francisco Giants retiring in 2002.
In his 18 year career he batted .296 with 1597 hits 292 doubles 62 triples 150 HRs 668 RBIs 212 stolen bases & a .296 on base %.
In 1363 games at short stop he posted a .967 fielding % making 205 errors in 6223 chances. He also played 242 games in the outfield, 25 games at second, 11 games at third & 16 games at first,
Retirement: Dunston works as a special assistant for the San Francisco Giants & resides in Freemont California.
Former Mets Second Baseman: Brad Emaus (2011)
Bradley Mark Emaus was born on March 28th, 1986 in Kalamazoo Michigan. The six foot right had hitting infielder attended Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
There he was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th round of the 2007 draft. He hit .298 in 2010 at AAA Las Vegas in the Pacific Coast League & was drafted away (Rule V) by the New York Mets that winter.
As the new Terry Collins managerial era began, everyone had a chance of making the ball club. The Mets were fed up woth Luis Castillo & he was released in mid March. Emaus had a good spring surprising everyone & manager Collins named him the clubs second baseman for 2011.
He found himself as the teams Opening Day second baseman batting in the seventh position. He drew a walk that day & got his first career hit the next day against the Marlins in Florida.
On April 5th he singled off the Phillies Cole Hamels driving in the fifth run of a Mets six run third inning, in a game they went on to win 7-1. In his fourth career game he had two hits and was batting .308 but it all fell apart from there.
By April 17th his average fell to .162 with no extra base hits, and he was designated for assignment. He was sent back to Toronto soon after. Justin Turner was called up & took the position over for the remainder of the season. Emaus was traded to the Colorado Rockies for a minor leaguer & hit .313 at AAA Colorado Springs with 9 HRs & 28 RBIs in 45 games.
In January 2012 he was traded to the Boston Red Sox system but was released. He resigned with the New York Mets & batted .212 at AAA Buffalo in 73 games the rest of that year.
Retirement: Since then he has retired from playing & has opened up a hitting academey at Monroe, Louisiana.
Former Italian /American Mets Coach & Minor League Manager: Sam Perlozzo (1981-1989)
Samuel Benedict Perlozzo was born on March 4, 1951 in Cumberland, Maryland. He attended George Washington University, and was signed by the Minnesota Twins in 1972. He was one of the top defensive shortstops in the Florida State league, in the early to mid seventies.
Perlozzo spent seven seasons in the minors, with the exception of a ten game cup of coffee in 1977. He tripled in the last game of the season, and scored a run when Rod Carew drove in his 100th RBI of the season.
Perlozzo saw action at second & third base at the major league level. He was released by the Twins at the end of Spring Training 1979, and got signed by the San Diego Padres in 1980. He would play in only two more MLB games before getting signed by the New York Mets in 1981.
He spent the year at Tidewater as a player/coach, before hanging them up to concentrate on managing. He went through the Mets organization, managing in the NY Penn. League with the Little Falls Mets in 1982.
In 1983 he managed the single A Lynchburg Mets to a 96 win season. He was the Carolina league Manager of the Year, getting promoted to the AA Jackson Mets, where he was named Baseball America's Manager of the Year there. He won two straight championships with three first place finishes, getting promoted to AAA Tidewater in 1986.
In 1987 Davey Johnson brought Perlozzo in to coach third base for the big league team at Shea Stadium. He remained with the Mets through 1989, eventually moving to the Cincinnati Reds, with Lou Pinella then going with him to Seattle.
In 1996 he rejoined Davey Johnson, this time in his home state of Maryland, with Baltimore as the Orioles third base coach. He eventually moved over as the O's bench coach under Mike Hargrove and then briefly under former Met Lee Mazzilli.
When Mazzilli was fired in August of 2005, Perlozzo got the job as his successor. He somehow managed to convince his childhood Italian American friend, Leo Mazzone to leave Atlanta and join him as the Orioles new pitching coach.
Perlozzo finished fourth his only full season as manager, 2006 with the Orioles going 70-92. He was fired in June of 2007 with the team posting a 29-40 record.
After a brief stop in Seattle he moved on in 2008 to the Philadelphia Phillies as third base during their championship season. He then served as their first base coach through the 2012 season.
Former Mets Pitcher : Josh Stinson (2011)
Joshua Randall Stinson was born on March 14th, 1988 in Shreveport Louisiana. The big six foot four right hander was drafted by the New York Mets in the 37th round of the 2006 amateur draft. He struggled at Savannah in 2007 going 3-11 with a 4.86 ERA. He would bounce between there & A Ball St. Lucie the next two seasons.
In 2010 he improved to 9-3 at AA Binghamton although his 4.34 ERA was still a bit high. He got pushed up to AAA Buffalo where he was 2-2 in four games with a 2.57 ERA.
In 2011 he began the year at AA Binghamton going 4-3 with six saves in 27 games. He was moved up to AAA Buffalo back in a starting role going 3-7 with a 7.44 ERA.
Stinson got a September call up to the Mets and debuted on September 2nd against the Nationals in Washington. He pitched the final two innings of a 7-3 Mets win, giving up no runs on two hits with two strike outs. Two days later he was credited with his first of three hold on the year. On September 6th in Florida Stinson got his first career save. it came in Florida against the Marlins.
On the ten year anniversary of September 11th, the Mets had a touching ceremony remembering the tragic events in New York in a game at Citi Field. Many former players from the 2000 NL Champion Mets team were on hand that night & although the Mets came close to a comeback they could not pull of a win. Stinson came on to pitch in the 11th inning with the score tied 4-4 against the Chicago Cubs.
He allowed a walk, a single, an RBI single to Carlos Pena & another walk before being removed for Ryota Igarashi who gave up four more runs. Dale Thayer then came in & allowed another as the Mets lost it 10-6 with Stinson taking the loss. He would blow one more save & take another loss on September 20th.
In 14 appearances he posted a 66.92 ERA going 0-2 with eight strike outs & seven walks in 13 innings of work.
In April of 2012 he was placed on waivers & picked up by the Milwaukee Brewers. He appeared in six games for them in relief with no record.
At the end of Spring Training 2013, Stinson was placed on waivers. He was picked up by the Baltimore Orioles a week later. He had a terrible outing on April 24th, giving up five runs in 5.2 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays. He was back at AAA returning in September making 11 appearances posting a 3.18 ERA.
In 2014 he pitched mostly at AAA Norfolk going 5-5. He did pitch in eight games at the Major league level for the O's posting a 6.23 ERA in 13 innings pitched.
In his four year career he is 0-2 with two saves, posting a 4.41 ERA in 52 innings pitched in 39 games.
Former Italian /American Umpire: Frank Pulli (1972-1999)
Frank Victor Pulli was born on March 22, 1935 in Easton Pennsylvania. In high school he played baseball well as basket ball eventually turning to umpiring.
He began working games in the Mid West, Eastern & International Leagues in the sixties & early seventies. Pulli made it to the major leagues as a National League Umpire by 1972 using the number 14.
On April 8th, 1974 he was the first base umpire at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium in the game where Hank Aaron broke the All Time HR record. Pulli would officiate sic NLCS Series: 1975 / 1979/ 1986/ 1991 / 1993 & 1997.
In the 1986 NLCS Pulli worked home plate at Shea Stadium in Game #3 where Lenny Dykstra hit a two run walk off HR to beat the Houston Astros & put New York up two games to one. Pulli would officiate four World Series: 1978 / 1983 / 1995 & 1990 where he was the crew chief.
In the 1978 World Series blew a major call in the 6th Inning of Game #5. The A.L. New York club's Lou Pinella hit a low liner to Dodger short stop Bill Russell. He dropped the ball then flipped it to second baseman Davey Lopes.
Lopes threw to first base but base runner Reggie Jackson stuck out his hip in order to get hit by the ball. The ball caromed off Jacksons' leg & the runner scored from third base as Steve Garvey argued the call.
Dodger Manager Tommy Lasorda came out to argue as well but the call stood, as L.A. lost the game 5-4 in extra innings. Had the call been corrected, the Dodgers would have won the game & been ahead 3-2 in the Series.
Pulli also worked the 1977 & 1988 All Star games, being the crew chief in the latter game. In 1993 he was named an NL Umpire chief.
In 1989 he along with Umpire; Rich Garcia was placed on probation by Commissioner Fay Vincent, when it was learned they had placed bets on other sporting events, not baseball.
In 1999, Pulli was the first umpire to use instant replay. In a game in Florida between the Marlins & the St. Louis Cardinals, Cliff Floyd had hit a ball near the yellow line on the outfield wall. The play was first ruled a HR but then Pulli used a television monitor to review the play. He reversed the call to a double & the Cards won the game 5-2.
The play caused a lot of attention, & the NL Office ruled the umpires erred in using Instant Replay. Instant Replay would not be used in MLB again for almost ten years.
In 1999 he was one of 22 MLB umpires who resigned, because they were unable to strike due to an earlier labor agreement. MLB accepted the resignations, hiring back just 13 of the 22. Pulli was not one, but was allowed to retire. He was later hired back as an umpire supervisor.
Pulli retired at the end of the 1999 season completing 28 years of MLB umpiring. In 2000 he was named an umpire supervisor served as a liaison between the umpires & the league until 2008.
Pulli passed away at his home in Palm Harbor, Florida, from complications of Parkinson's disease in August of 2013, he was 78.
Short Time Mets Pitcher With a Perfect Winning Percentage: Don Florence (1994)
Donald Emery Florence was born on March 16, 1967 in Manchester, New Hampshire. The six foot Italian / American lefthander was signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1987.
He pitched in the Sox minor leagues for seven years going 28-39 before being granted free agency in 1994. He was signed by New York Mets and pitched in 41 games at AAA Norfolk posting a strong 0.46 ERA going 0-1.
Florence was called up that August debuting in Philadelphia on August 12th. Although he is forgotten by most fans, Don Florence posted a 3-0 record, with a perfect .1000 winning %. His three victories most amongst no losses is the best in Mets history.
In his first win, which was his second career outing; he pitched one perfect inning between Bill Pulsipher and John Franco in Philadelphia. On August 28th he finished a game at Shea Stadium, getting credit for win #2 as the Mets scored three runs in the bottom of the 9th inning. He then notched his third & final win in San Francisco in September pitching two scoreless innings.
On the season Florence appeared in 14 games going 3-0 posting a 1.50 ERA with five strikeouts & six walks in 12 innings pitched. But arm troubles would ruin his promising rookie year and the only Met ever to be born in the State of New Hampshire would fade away into obscurity.
2015 Mets Spring Training Player: Wilfredo Tovar (AA short stop)
Wilfredo Jose Tovar was born on August 11th 1991 in Santa Teresa, Venezuela. The 5' 10 right hand hitting short stop was signed out of high school by the New York Mets in 2007.
He began playing for the Mets in the Venezuelan Summer League for two years, landing with the Gulf Coast Mets in 2009. He had a busy 2009 starting out playing 18 games for the Brooklyn Cyclones where he batted .265. He was promoted to the Savannah Sand Gnats where he hit even better (.281) playing good defense. He finished out the year playing at A ball + St. Lucie for 30 more games.
In 2011 he played a full season for the Sand Gnats (131 games) batting .251 with 2 HRs & 41 RBIs.
In 2012 he was back at St. Lucie batting .284 getting promoted to AA Binghamton. In 2013 he was invited to his Mets first Spring Training playing in nine games. He then was the Binghamton Mets main short stop playing 128 games posting a .981 fielding % while hitting .263.
In late September he got a call up to the Mets squad, debuting on September 22nd in a 4-3 Mets win at Philadelphia. In the 7th inning Tovar got his first hit & MLB RBI as he singled off Cliff Lee. Juan Lagares scored to put the Mets ahead in the game & a Phillies error brought in Anthony Recker with what turned out to be the games winning run. Two days later he drove in another run in a 4-2 Mets win over the Reds in Cincinnati. In seven games he hit .200.
Tovar was invited to his second Mets Spring Training in 2014 where he went 1-3 in three games. He then played that season with the Gulf Coast Mets (2 games)St. Lucie Mets (5 games) & then back with the Binghamton Mets (78 games). He hit .282 with 2 HRs 8 doubles & 29 RBIs.
The slick fielding Tovar is back with his third Mets Spring Training in 2015.
2015 Mets Spring Training Player: Italian American Pitcher- Cory Mazzoni
Cory Mitchell Mazzoni was born October 19th 1989 in Evans City, Pennsylvania. The six foot one right hander, attended North Carolina State & was selected in the second round of the 2011 MLB amateur draft. He has a good fast ball in the mid nineties, a good slider & a great splitter if it's working as well as it did in 2014.
Mazzoni's career began in 2011 as he pitched six games for Mets A ball Brooklyn Cyclones team. He won his first game there going 1-0 with a perfect 0.00 ERA, before moving on to the St. Lucie Mets where he went 1-1 in six games.
He began 2012 at A ball St. Lucie, where some of his team mates included future Mets pitchers: Jacob deGRom, Rafael Montero & Jenry Mejia. There he was 5-1 with a 3.25 ERA, getting a promotion to AA Binghamton going 5-5. Over the course of the year he reached 104 strike outs but allowed 154 hits.
Mazzoni was invited to his first Mets Spring Training in 2013, he appeared in four games taking a win & a loss, posting a 3.38 ERA allowing three runs in eight innings. He returned to AA Binghamton but his 2013 his season was cut short due to arm issues, as he pitched in just 13 games going 5-3 with a 4.36 ERA.
In 2014 Mazzoni attended his second Spring Training, as he was getting healthy again he appeared in six games going 1-2 but allowed ten runs in 6.2 innings. Mazzoni's return to pitching started out with the Gulf Coast Mets in the Rookie League. He went back to St. Lucie for a game & then AA Binghamton where he was 2-0 although his ERA was a high at 4.50.
He was then promoted to AAA Las Vegas where he went 5-1 in nine games, most wins on the club behind Logan Verrett (11 wins) Noah Syndergaard (9 wins) & Rafael Montero (6 wins). In 52 innings he struck out 49 batters & in his four year career he has 271 strike outs in 300 innings going into the 2015 season.
In 2015 he has returned for his third Mets Spring Training. He has had health issues through out his career, and it is taking him a while to crack the Mets big league staff. He still projected to have a spot in the Mets bullpen more likely than a starting role soon.
2015 Mets Spring Training Player: Cesar Puello
Cesar David Puello was born April 9th, 1991 in La Romana Dominican Republic. The six foot two right hand hitting outfielder was signed as an 18 year old by former Mets GM Omar Minaya. Puello was highly touted as a five tool prospect.
Puello started out with the Rookie League Gulf Coast Mets in 2008 & then had a short season at Kingsport (49 games) in 2009. He was promoted to A ball Savannah in 2010 where he hit .292 & stole 45 bases.
In 2011 Puello played for the A ball St. Lucie Mets, he was second on the club with 10 HRs driving in 50 runs while batting .259. At the start of the 2011 season he was rated as the #77 prospect by Baseball America, the Mets liked his development & new GM Sandy Alderson protected his contract.
The next season was cut short due to an oblique injury & a wrist injury as well. That year he hit .260 with 4 HRs 21 RBIs & 19 steals in 66 games. He stayed busy playing in the Arizona Fall League & Dominican Winter League.
The Mets gave him an invite to Spring Training where he played in six games hitting .143. He was promoted to AA Binghamton in 2013 where after 91 games he was batting .326 with 16 HRs & 73 RBIs.
In August his career took a bad turn when he was suspended for fifty games for his relationship with the Biogenesis clinic. The Biogenesis Clinic was located in Coral Gables, Florida and provided many MLB players with performance enhancing drugs. Some players suspended & linked to the clinic are: Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta, Antonio Bastardo & Jordany Valdespin.
In 2014 Puello returned to winter ball & git another invite to Mets Spring Training. He did well hitting .364 (4-11) in ten games. Puello then got promoted to AAA Las Vegas playing for Wally Backman's 51's. He struggled in the outfield & hit just .252 with 7 HRs & 37 RBIs. He saw less playing time with the talented outfield cast in Las Vegas.
This year he was invited to his third Spring Training camp. It is assumed he will return to Las Vegas as he heads into his eighth pro season & age 24 his time is running out. He is currently ranked as the Mets #13 prospect falling off from #9 last year.
2010 NL MVP- Italian / Canadian Player: Joey Votto (2007-2012)
Joseph Daniel Votto was born on September 10, 1983 in Toronto's Little Italy section of Ontario Canada. He was a strange kid in Canada more into basketball & baseball then the local favorite sport, hockey.
He joked saying his parents broke laws by leaving him home alone as an 11 year old, after Joe Carter hit the HR winning the 1993 World Series for the hometown Blue Jays. They went downtown to celebrate with the other fans at Sky dome.
His high school didn't even have a baseball team, but Votto who was originally a catcher, got signed as a second round pick by the Cincinnati Reds in 2002. In the minor leagues his career began slowly, struggling against left handed pitching. In 2005 he played in the World Baseball classic for Team Canada. He hit .333 with 5 HRs & 16 RBIs.
In 2006 he tore up the Southern League winning the MVP Award, The Reds Minor League Player of the Year Award & was names Baseball America's #7 prospect. He was invited to Reds Spring Training in 2007 but didn't come North with the team, going to AAA Louisville and playing in the Futures Game.
After another great minor league season where he played in the IL All Star Game, he got the September call up, debuting against the New York Mets, and striking out against Guillermo Mota as a pinch hitter. The next day he hit his first career HR, coming off Mets pitcher; John Maine. In 24 games that year, Votto hit .321.
The next year (2008) he began sharing time with Scott Hattenberg at first base until Dusty Baker gave him a shot playing regularly. Votto excelled, and was the Reds regular first baseman by the end of April. He hit three HRs in a game against the Cubs in early May. Votto had a great rookie year, hitting .297 with 24 HRs 32 doubles & 84 RBIs. He made it to the Topps All Star Rookie Team & finished second in the Rookie of the Year Award. His 84 RBIs broke Frank Robinson's Red's Rookie RBI record.
In 2009 he played again in the World Baseball Classic for Team Canada. He hit a HR getting four hits against team USA in the first game. When he got back to Cincinnati in the Opening series against the Mets, he went 3-5 with a HR & three RBIs in the second game of the 2009 season.
The next day he hit another HR & drove in four runs, crushing Mets pitching.
Votto had some personal issues during the year, taking his father's death very badly, putting him into a depression. He also suffered dizziness from an ear infection, and missed almost a month of action that summer.
He still finished the year strong, winning the Player of the Week Award in late September. He out up great '09 numbers; batting .322 (5th in the league) with 25 HRs 38 doubles & 84 RBIs 70 walks and a .414 on base percentage (4th in the league).
In 2010 Votto become one of the league's best hitters, winning the National League MVP Award, leading the Reds to their first Divisional title in 15 years. He began hitting right out of the gate, and in early May had his first career grand slam. In the middle of August he was leading the league in batting, on base percentage, runs scored & slugging for his first place Reds.
He made his first All Star game thanks to winning the on line voting Final vote, he went 0-2 in the N.L victory. At the end of the game he refused to congradulate Marlon Byrd who had thrown out David Ortiz with a game saving play.
He said ""And I'm not going to pat anybody with a Cubs uniform on the back. We are Cincinnati Reds. We're taught to hate everything in the Central Division. That's just how it is."
He finished the year leading the NL in on base % (.424) with 37 HRs (3rd in the NL) 36 doubles (8th in the NL) 171 hits (6th in the NL) 91 walks (4th in the NL) & 113 RBIs (3rd in the NL). At first base he posted a .996 fielding % & led the league in assists (136). In the NLDS he was shut down going just 1-10 batting .100.
He began 2011, with a HR on Opening Day and scored the games winning run, after Jose Hernandez's walk off HR against the Milwaukee Brewers. He had a great April, with six HRs 17 RBIs batting .372. He hit a pair of HRs & drove in five runs in an interleague game at Camden Yards against the Orioles in late May.
In a four game series against the New York Mets the next month, he hit HRs in three straight games. He drove in four runs, while gathering six hits, although the Mets swept the set from the Reds.
In late August he had an eight game hit streak in which he hit four HRs with RBIs. Entering September he was in the run for the batting title, but finished the year batting .309 (5th in the NL). He led the league in walks (110) on base % (.465) & doubles (40). He hit 29 HRs with 103 RBIs & came in 6th in the MVP voting & won the Hank Aaron Award.
He was awarded the Gold Glove for his excellent defensive play at first base, posting a .996 fielding %, leading the league in put outs, assists & games played at the position.
That year he was given the longest contract in MLB history, a twelve year $251 million dollar deal. The contract included provisions for a Corporate Suite to be used by his charity at Great American Ball Park.
In 2012 he began the year with a huge day on May 12th. He hit two solo HRs, & then doubled in the 8th scoring a run. He ended the game with a grand slam , two out walk off HR off Washington's Henry Rodriguez. The day finished with three HRs & six RBIs. In July he made his third straight All Star team.
He was on pace for another great season batting when on July 15th, he went down with a knee injry that shut him down until September.
He finished up leading the league in on base % (.474%) & walks (94). He hit .337 (5th in the NL) with 14 HRs 44 doubles & 56 RBIs for the NL Central Champion Reds. In the NLDS loss to the San Francisco Giants, he went 7-18 (.389) with no extra base hits or RBIs, but did score three runs.
Votto was voted the "Face of MLB" in a February 2013 Twitter contest & played for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic.
Charity works: In the off season he helped launch a foundation to help asiist veterans, but after one year the foundation folded up.
He began the Year, getting the game winning, walk off hit in the second game of the season, a 5-4 win over the Anaheim Angels. By mid May he got hot, from May 18th through the 31st, he hit 5 HRs with ten RBIs raising his average to .340. In July he made it to his fourth straight All Star game.
His consistency continued, especially his ability to be patient & draw walks. He drew walks in ten straight games in April, then again in July. During a four game stretch in early August he drew nine walks, which also came during a nine game hit streak.
Votto had one of his healthiest seasons in 2013 playing in 162 games, coming in 6th in the MVP voting, leading the league in on base % (.435) walks (135) intentional walks (19) & plate appearances (726). He hit 24 HRs with 30 doubles 73 RBIs & a .305 average.
In 2014 he had a dissapointing injury plagued season playing in just 62 games batting .255.
In his eight year career Votto is batting .310 with 1055 hits 243 doubles 12 triples 163 HRs 553 RBIs & a .417 on base % in 952 games.
In 2015 he made his return going 1-2 in his first Spring Training game. In his contract year he & the Reds are hoping for a great comeback year.
Quotes: Joey Votto "All of it was great. All of it was fine. I think we're just about done with these sort of questions. I'm so glad to be back and play with the team and just fit in and to focus on a winning 2015 season."
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Barkley's egotism hampers team
April 1, 2015 Max Kassan 0 Comment april fool's, Dick Vitale, karl barkley, Matt Brennan, Zack Yonda
Karl Barkley '15 wins the title of prom king his senior year – the beginning of his egomania.
"When you think about player of the year candidates you gotta think Jahlil Okafor down in Durham, North Carolina. This kid's leading the Dukies. I can easily see him in the final four, baby. But hey, don't ask me. I'll see you in Indianapolis!"
If you've spoken to Karl Barkley '15 in the past few months, you've probably heard him yell that string of sentences. Just a week ago, Barkley, the men's basketball team's starting small forward, finally pulled the trigger and entered the Oberto Beef Jerky Dick Vitale impersonation contest. The fan submission that gets the most votes will win a weeklong trip with Dick Vitale. Barkley's impersonation has gone viral, amassing over 36,000 loops on Vine and garnering over 2,300 votes. With the next highest submission at 825 votes, Barkley has a commanding lead and looks like the early favorite to bring home the jerky trophy.
Although Barkley's success seems like it would be beneficial for everyone, his impressions may have caused a setback for the blossoming team. As the team's only senior, many of the players look up to Barkley and follow his lead no matter what. However, according to one teammate, the team's faith in Barkley could have negative repercussions in years to come.
"During the season Karl seemed pretty focused and then towards the end I'd walk into the locker room and I would hear him acting like he's Dick Vitale or something," point guard Matt Brennan '18 said. "He'd be in there for hours and I would say, 'Karl, you wanna shoot around?' but he wouldn't stop talking in that damn voice."
As team captain, Barkley was called upon to be a role model. Instead, his growing obsession with voices and his unwillingness to get in extra work on the court rubbed off on the younger players and contributed to an attitude that was not conducive to winning.
Now that the season has concluded, Barkley finally pinpointed the time where his focus began to wane.
"I think it was around the McDaniel game where my friend notified me that this Dickie V contest was coming up," Barkley said. "At that point I stopped caring about accurately relaying information on the court and became more [conscious of] how to work my Dick Vitale impression into [the game]."
Perhaps the pressure of being the only senior on the team got to Barkley and caused him to have a mental break. Or perhaps he just found his true calling in the impersonation business. In fact, sources can confirm that by the end of the year, Barkley made significant changes to the captain's practices. He, with the consent of Coach Landry Kosmalski, replaced rebounding and ball-handling drills with something Barkley liked to call "Big Bark Talk."
In Big Bark Talk, players would pick a name out of a hat and have to impersonate the subject. Items in the hat ranged from an eight-year-old girl at a candy store to Karl's brother Charles Barkley. Little by little, players and even Coach Kosmalski accepted Barkley's new method of practice and became keen on learning impersonations.
Brennan acknowledged, "Coach would be yelling at him and all of a sudden he would start yelling back at Coach as if he were Dick Vitale. He would start yelling stuff about 'Diaper Dandies' and what not. And Coach didn't know what to do; he had to play along with it. Karl was just turning into a whole new person."
What was most fascinating about this odd situation was that Kosmalski greeted Karl's new methods with open arms. Some members of the team even admitted that Kosmalski coached the last game of the season in character. He took on the persona of an army general, referring to his field manual any time he needed something motivational to say.
Though the team and Kosmalski plan on employing Barkley's methods for years to come, Barkley exhibited some concerns about the team's future.
"[The freshmen] definitely are going to have to come up with something, or else they're not going to be taken seriously," Barkley said. "I can definitely see Matt Brennan developing his Croatian a little more…or Serbian excuse me. And Yonda… Yonda needs to figure everything out, or else he'll never be fit to lead."
In Barkley's mind, success is clearly intertwined with alter-ego development. Yet, other members of the team, including Zach Yonda '18, didn't see it that way.
"Karl is used to losing," Yonda said. "[So,] it's really promising that we're bringing everyone back next year except for Karl."
In voicing his displeasure with how Barkley's innovative methods haven't yet yielded results, Yonda established that the team's new changes might not be here to stay. Though Barkley specifically called Yonda out for not having leadership abilities, Yonda averaged 14.3 points this season as a freshman and often provided fire to a team that focused more on emulating George Michael than Michael Jordan.
In the coming weeks, a decision will be looming about whether Karl's system will stay or a more traditional basketball system will prevail. In any case, Barkley didn't seem to care about his legacy.
"I'm going to have enough company in Dick Vitale," Barkley said about his plans for next year. "He'll make up for all those lousy teammates I had this year." Barkley went on to add, "But I know they'll miss me. When an impression like that walks out the door, it's hard to fill that gap."
Should Barkley's convoluted vision of basketball prevail, the 2015-16 Garnet would be quite entertaining to watch. Yet, if they revert back to their old system, they will have a chance to make the playoffs for the first time in almost two decades. And with a young team devoid of Barkley's bad influence, the team has a great chance at achieving their goal.
Watch the video that changed everything here: http://dickvitale.oberto.com/uqkxnty
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Samsung Galaxy S8 red display: what it is and can you fix it?
Samsung Galaxy S8 red display glitch: What is it and can you fix it?
We get to the bottom of reports about the S8's display.
After months of anticipation, Samsung's Galaxy S8 is about hit shelves here in the UK.
But ahead of its release in Albion, it has emerged that some S8 owners in South Korea are complaining of an issue with the screen.
So, what's the problem? And what should you do if you've pre–ordered a Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus?
Read on and we'll get you up to speed.
Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus owners in the company's home country of South Korea have taken to tech sites and social media sites to complain about their device's display having a red tint.
The upshot is that colour reproduction and video playback are apparently less than ideal.
Images appear to add credence to their complaints, but it's hard to tell for sure without seeing the purported glitch in the flesh.
What does Samsung have to say?
It says there's nothing for consumers to worry about.
Samsung stated: "The Galaxy S8 was built with an adaptive display that optimises the colour range, saturation, and sharpness depending on the environment.
So can it be fixed?
Samsung says that doing so is simple.
The phone-maker is advising Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus owners to go into their handset's Settings menu, choose Display, select Screen Mode and then Colour balance.
According to Samsung, that will allow users to fix the issue themselves.
According to some Korean consumers, no. Some say that playing around with colour balance has made no difference. Once again, we can't say for sure until we've seen it for ourselves.
Anecdotally, some also claim that they have taken their devices into stores and been told they can be exchanged because of the glitch.
Samsung, for its part, says this is not a 'quality issue'.
Local media in Korea says it could be down to the special 'deep red AMOLED' technology Samsung is using for the first time in the Galaxy S8.
With red-green and blue-green pixels, this may have led to green colour imbalance, hence Samsung pushing the reds up in the mix.
If that is the case, then tinkering in the settings should be all you need to do.
Is this another Galaxy Note 7-style problem in the making?
We certainly don't think so. For one, Samsung has got out ahead of this story and explained how it can easily fixed.
For another, that problem began with phones exploding just days after release.
Understandably, everyone is keeping an eye on Samsung, but for us this problem seems like nothing more than a minor blip.
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Records (main ones) • Hit the 2nd fastest T20 international 50 of just 14 balls against Sri Lanka in 2016.
• He holds the world record for hitting most number of 6's (23) in any First-Class or domestic cricket match.
Career Turning Point His performance for Auckland in 2012 HRV Cup, where he scored a century and 3 fifties.
Munro is a South African by birth.
His family migrated from South Africa to New Zealand in 2002 for better opportunities.
He came into limelight in 2016 by hitting 50 off just 14 balls, making it the fastest T20 50 by a New Zealander and the 2nd fastest of all-time.
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis was his inspiration to play cricket.


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What is More Than a Game?
Why was More than a Game created?
More Than a Game was created in 2010 as a platform to help generate and share awareness about 'The Shirt' project.
The Shirt was an initiative created by Bjørn Heidenstrøm. Bjørn set himself the seemingly impossible task of cycling from Norway to South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup...and...while doing this, he wished to collect football shirts from all over the world and - by sewing them all together - creating the world's biggest football shirt.
Bjørn used the world wide attention gained from his mammoth journey and the creation of the world's largest football shirt to generate greater awareness of the refugee crisis facing the world in 2010. This was done largely by drawing attention to the work of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
How did More Than a Game become involved with The Shirt project?
In 2009 Bjørn Heidenstrøm cycled through the Baltics as part of his incredible journey from Norway to South Africa.
More Than a Game founder Justin Walley met Bjørn in Riga, Latvia and was absolutely amazed by what the Norwegian was doing.
Justin had hoped to create his own charity project travelling from Europe to the 2010 World Cup but had failed to do so. And so when Justin met Bjørn he was excited at the prospect of helping support the Norwegian in realising his dream.
In autumn 2009, Justin began helping Bjørn Heidenstrøm create more awareness of his project, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Why did Justin Walley join Bjørn Heidenstrøm in Africa?
In 2010, Justin asked Bjørn Heidenstrøm if he could join him on his journey to South Africa. Justin was excited by the prospect of an African adventure, helping Bjørn create the world's largest football shirt, and creating greater awareness of the world's refugee crisis.
Bjørn had been alone on the road for many months and was on the final leg of his European journey in Turkey. Bjørn welcomed the idea of Justin joining him in Africa and Justin agreed to fly out to Africa and begin accompanying the Norwegian.
What happened next?
Due to logistical problems related to visas and flights, Justin was unable to join Bjørn Heidenstrøm in either Sudan or Ethiopia. Instead, Justin flew into Nairobi, Kenya in spring 2010 and began hitchbiking with his friend from Kenya to South Africa.
More Than a Game was created to help Justin tell his own story of this experience and to independently generate awareness of The Shirt project.
Did the Shirt project succeed?
Yes, it did. Bjørn Heidenstrøm completed his epic journey from Norway to South Africa in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He succeeded in creating the World's biggest football shirt, which was unveiled in front of 70,000 people at the South African Cup Final, just prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Hundreds of millions of people around the world became aware of The Shirt project and in doing so also became aware of the work of the NRC and the UNHCR.
Did More Than a Game succeed?
Justin Walley accompanied Bjørn Heidenstrøm from Kenya to South Africa. This was done by 'hitchbiking' - cycling and hitching lifts - with the Norwegian for several weeks from Mombasa to Johannesburg.
Justin's contribution to the project was featured on Match of the Day, Channel 5 News, the BBC World News and in a number of national UK newspapers, including the Daily Mirror, the Star and Metro; spreading word about The Shirt project to tens of millions of people.
Why did More Than a Game continue after 2010?
During the 2010 road trip from Kenya to South Africa, Justin discovered many small (fantastic) grassroots projects which he highlighted through the More Than a Game project. Justin decided to continue the More Than a Game project after the South Africa World Cup.
More Than a Game after 2010
More Than a Game travelled to Argentina in 2011 for the Copa America.
Grassroots projects in Buenos Aires were highlighted and a detailed blog told the story of the 2011 Copa America and of Justin Walley's road trip journey through Argentina.
More Than a Game continued to tell the story of football, rugby, travel and grassroots projects at Copa America 2011, Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand, and the 2012 European Championships in Ukraine
Volunteering in Sierra Leone
In 2013, Justin Walley joined the Craig Bellamy Foundation and the Collective by volunteering in Sierra Leone.
The More Than a Game blog was used to highlight the work of the Craig Bellamy Foundation, the Collective and other grassroots projects in Sierra Leone. A detailed blog was written about Justin's experiences in Sierra Leone and the awareness created was used to raise £1000 for 40 boys from Sektars Football Club, based in Makeni, to go to school for one year and also provide them with football coaching and matches for the same period.
South America 2015
More Than a Game returned in 2015 for the Chile Copa America and the story of Justin's road trip in Chile, Easter Island, Peru and Bolivia. The trip gained international attention when Justin, his then girlfriend Katya and a small group of foreigners were evacuated from Bolivia after they became trapped by civil unrest in the city of Potosi. The story is detailed in the 2015 blog.
Tackle Africa 2017
In 2017, Justin Walley joined Tackle Africa and that summer used the More Than a Game platform to help his team raise thousands of pounds for Tackle Africa's work using the power and popularity of football to deliver HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights information and services to young people on football pitches across the African continent.
Justin created More Than a Game Football FC, which played at the London football marathon in June 2017, playing football non stop for 12 hours.
Matabeleland 2018
In 2018, Justin became the National Team manager of Matabeleland. He took his team from Zimbabwe to the CONIFA World Football Cup in London. Due to time constraints, Justin was unable to use the More Than a Game blog, concentrating instead on using the power of social media to help raise much of the $30,000 needed to get the team to London.
One Football, No Nets 2019
One Football, No Nets is Justin's first book and was published in 2019. It tells of Justin Walley's experiences as the manager of Matabeleland, managing the team in Zimbabwe over two separate periods of time, and then taking them to the CONIFA World Football Cup in London. During this adventure, Justin experienced first hand the military coup and removal from power after four decades in power of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Justin also recruited Liverpool legend Bruce Grobbelaar as his goalkeeper coach and brand ambassador, was accused of being a Kremlin spy, and saw his team from the streets of Bulawayo beat a country at the CONIFA World Cup in London.
More Than a Game 2019
In October 2019, More Than a Game returns with blog posts and updates about Justin Walley's football and travel adventure.


Inspiration and insight can come from many different places – our friends, teachers, life experiences and words of wisdom.
Here at Power Living, we turn to books to keep igniting our souls. To celebrate International Read A Book Day, the Power Living crew are sharing some of their favourite books!
One of the most touching reads for me. The incredible power of human connection, and how it can sustain itself through the most tumultuous and testing of times. How love can be the thread that inspires us to gives our lives to another, and potentially give our life up for another. Get the tissues ready!
This book completely opened my eyes to simple ways that the philosophy of yoga can be applied to modern life. Although the philosophy is thousands of years old, this book takes huge concepts and through each SUTRA breaks it down into tiny, easy to digest chunks…in ENGLISH!!!
This book is a deep lesson on not taking life for granted and for using every breath that we have in a productive and mindful manner.
This book teaches you how to find joy in almost any situation – even traffic jams and washing up! It started to make me see how every moment of life is a chance to find peace and happiness if we just view things from a shifted perspective.
This book really helps you understand how different people give and receive love. If your love language is different to your partners, you may sometimes wonder if they love you as much as you love them. This book helps you to understand that they may just be showing love in a different way! Once you work out what your love languages are, it opens up the channels for better communication and means you can serve your partners needs in a better way and ultimately, a happier relationship.


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Facebook plans its own currency to rival Bitcoin
By Jeff HorwitzWSJ
Parmy OlsonWSJ
Tues., June 18, 2019timer5 min. read
Facebook Inc. unveiled plans to launch a cryptocurrency in a move that could diversify its business from advertising while expanding into financial services long dominated by Wall Street.
The cryptocurrency, called Libra, will be a secure blockchain-based payment system backed by hard assets and designed for ordinary users, making it among the boldest efforts yet to bring digital currencies into the mainstream.
Facing continuing scrutiny of its privacy practices, Facebook introduced Libra in a manner that seemed intended in part to head off potential regulatory concerns. It said it is creating a subsidiary, called Calibra, that would be governed with the help of external partners, to ensure "the separation between social and financial data." Calibra will offer a crypto wallet—a digital app that can be used to pay for items online and send money—using Libra.
Facebook on Tuesday named a series of corporate partners—including financial-services heavyweights Mastercard Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. and tech giants Uber Technologies Inc. and Spotify Technology SA—that it said would help it create a "secure, scalable and reliable" cryptocurrency. The Wall Street Journal reported in May that the initiative involved developing a "stablecoin"—a digital asset backed by a basket of global currencies or other investments—unlike other cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, whose values can fluctuate sharply.
Facebook, which has worked quietly on blockchain-based payments for more than a year in an effort led by former PayPal President David Marcus, said Libra would be available by 2020 on its Messenger and WhatsApp services and as a stand-alone app. The company has broad ambitions for the project and its use by the social platform's 2.4 billion monthly active users. Facebook envisions Libra being used to make everyday financial transactions like paying bills, making retail purchases and paying for public transport.
One of the Libra network's early goals would be to provide basic financial services to people around the world who lack bank accounts and to save some of the $25 billion "lost by migrants every year through remittance fees," the company said in a blog post Tuesday.
Early reactions from bank analysts covering Facebook were enthusiastic, in part because the Libra project would help the company move away from a near-complete reliance on targeted advertising. Though highly successful, that business model has drawn criticism for Facebook's privacy practices and its handling of misinformation on public platforms. The company is shifting toward more private communications, and payments could provide a way to make money in those channels, though Facebook didn't specify how it expects to generate revenue from Libra.
JPMorgan's Doug Anmuth said Libra would help Facebook diversify its revenue sources "while also empowering billions of people." In a note to clients after Facebook's Libra disclosures, Royal Bank of Canada analysts Mark Mahaney and Zachary Schwartzman described the project as the foundation for fundamental changes to the digital consumer economy.
"In terms of scale and importance, we believe this new financial infrastructure could be viewed similar to Apple's introduction of iOS to developers over a decade ago," they said.
Others questioned Libra's potential advantages over other digital-payments services.
"What makes this better than what exists?" asked Raina Haque, a professor at Wake Forest University's law school who said it is too early to say whether Facebook's plan threatens the existing global payments industry.
A significant portion of Libra's fate will rest with global policy makers.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said that Facebook is free to issue a transaction tool but that Libra shouldn't replace sovereign currencies, citing a risk that such a currency could be used to finance terrorism.
"Sovereignty must remain in the hands of states, not private companies that respond to private interests," he said on French radio Tuesday. Mr. Le Maire said he would ask the central bank governors of G-7 countries to prepare a report on what guarantees to demand from Facebook to avoid such risks ahead of a meeting of finance ministers planned for mid-July in Chantilly, north of Paris.
U.S. lawmakers called for hearings on Facebooks's cryptocurrency plans, and Democrats and Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee raised questions about the move. The panel's chairwoman, Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.), asked the social-media company to put the project on hold "until Congress and regulators have the opportunity to examine these issues and take action."
Much of Libra's future could also depend on which U.S. regulatory bodies claim authority to police it.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street's main overseer, has emerged as the most robust U.S. regulator of cryptocurrency projects, but its authority covers only assets that are deemed to be securities. That typically means investments that are made with the expectation of profits. The investment's value also has to be tied to an enterprise that backs it and sought to raise money by selling it.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission also polices cryptocurrencies, focusing on those that are deemed commodities, although that authority is limited in the spot market to going after fraud or manipulation. The CFTC has extensive regulatory authority over derivatives such as currency futures and swaps.
To the extent Facebook can persuade Washington that Libra is a new type of currency, it could be exempt from SEC supervision, whose oversight model involves elaborate disclosures to investors and collaboration with regulated market gatekeepers such as auditors, securities lawyers and broker-dealers.
Facebook employees met with SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and some of his staff members several months ago. They discussed cryptocurrencies, among other topics, but didn't address Libra specifically, according to a person familiar with the matter. Facebook executives have also sought a meeting with the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Christopher Giancarlo. The meeting hasn't happened yet, a person familiar with the matter said.
Should it act as a money transmitter, Facebook would have to comply with U.S. anti-money-laundering rules, verifying who is sending transactions through its platform and reporting suspicious transactions to the government. It also would have to form an internal anti-money-laundering program, train key personnel and conduct independent compliance reviews. The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has said those requirements extend to cryptocurrency companies.
How Libra would differ from existing digital money-transfer technologies remains unclear. At least initially, it will neither be fully decentralized nor fully anonymous, two of bitcoin's defining anarchic features.
While both bitcoin and Libra are essentially digital versions of cash designed to allow users to exchange value online, there are major differences. Facebook is looking to build a payments network around Libra by creating an online ecosystem on which users can buy things and pay each other. Bitcoin, though initially conceived as a payment mechanism, has evolved into a kind of digital gold used to store value rather than exchange it.
Libra also will be set up to avoid the wild price swings that have plagued bitcoin. It will be backed by a basket of global currencies and other stable assets, making it far less likely to experience the volatility of other cryptocurrencies that aren't pegged to anything.


Bill McSweeney was attending a family funeral in Toulouse, France, last summer when he learned a part of Charleston's history that he never had heard growing up here or teaching history at the College of Charleston.
Shepard Fairey to have major exhibition in hometown Charleston, S.C.
Organizers said it will be Fairey's first major exhibition in Charleston, where he was born in 1970. The show is scheduled to run from May 22 to July 5 at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.
The College of Charleston has renamed its diversity center to honor the school's first African-American graduate. The Post and Courier reports ( http://bit.ly/16vXqG0) the college on Saturday dedicated the Eddie Ganaway Diversity Education and Resource Center.
Bike sharing in Charleston: Can it work this time?


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As China says allegations of its 'expansionism' are baseless, here is a list of countries with whom China has territorial disputes
There are numerous countries apart from India that China has managed to antagonise with its territorial claims
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a surprise visit to Leh in Ladakh during the ongoing conflict with China. During his speech addressing soldiers, he made several not-so-subtle digs at China. Most conspicuously, he said that the Age of Expansionism is over and in the 20th Century, those who harboured expansionist ambitions had to savour the bitter taste of defeat.
China has taken umbrage with the remarks from Narendra Modi and have spoken out against it even though the Prime Minister did not name them explicitly. Ji Rong, spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in India, said the allegations were 'groundless'. "It's groundless to view China as "expansionist", exaggerate & fabricate its disputes with neighbours", the spokesperson tweeted.
#China has demarcated boundary with 12 of its 14 neighboring countries through peaceful negotiations, turning land borders into bonds of friendly cooperation. It's groundless to view China as "expansionist", exaggerate & fabricate its disputes with neighbours.
— Ji Rong (@ChinaSpox_India) July 3, 2020
Territories China claims on historical precedent
As it so happens, allegations of expansionism against China are not groundless and there is good reason why such allegations are levelled against them. There are numerous countries apart from India that China has managed to antagonise with its territorial claims. China claims large parts of Laos and Cambodia on historical precedent that date back to the 13th of 14th Century. On certain occasions, it has also claimed the entirety of South Korea and North Korea on historical precedent.
China also claims all of Mongolia and Taiwan as well, although the two countries do not consider themselves part of China at all. There are several other countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan and Tajikistan who ceded territory to China to resolve their border dispute. Among the major countries to cede territory was Russia. Even after that, border disputes of China with these countries continue.
Disputes in the South China Sea
The prominent countries with whom China is involved in severe disputes apart from India are Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Phillipines and Japan. Vietnam maintains its territorial claim over regions of the South China Sea and the Macclesfield Bank, Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands. China has also enforced a unilateral ban on fishing in these regions, much to the angst of Vietnam.
Japan's dispute with China involve the Senkaku islands in the South China Sea and Ryuku islands and the Air Defence Identification Zone and Exclusive Economic Zone in the East China Sea. In the aftermath of the clash at Galwan Valley between Indian and Chinese soldiers, Japan initiated a legal process to change the status of the Senkaku islands, angering China.
Indonesia claims territorial control over parts of the South China Sea. Three years ago, the Indonesian government renamed parts of the disputed region to North Natuna Sea to underscore its claim. China claims fishing rights near the islands in the Natuna Sea/Exclusive Economic Zone of Indonesia, a claim that the latter rejects on the basis of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
China's dispute with Malaysia also involves the South China Sea. Malaysia has a presence on three islands that China claims as its own, leading to disputes. Brunei also claims parts of the South China Sea as part of its continental shelf and Exclusive Economic Zone. Philippines, too, lays claims to parts of the Spratly islands and dragged China to the International Court of Justice, where it won the case, but China refused to adhere to the verdict.
Disputes with India's neighbours
China has claimed parts of Nepal for itself on the basis of the Sino-Nepalese War in late 18th Century. China insists that parts of Nepal belong to Tibet and hence, a part of China. There have been recent reports that China has occupied some villages in Nepal while the Communist government in the country was busy quarrelling with India.
Bhutan has also territory to slow encroachment from China. The Dragon claims Kula Kangri and mountainous areas to the west of this peak and the western Haa district of Bhutan, apart from the well-known Doklam valley. Similarly, China also claims Indian territories of Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, and was claiming Sikkim till a few years ago. Such a plethora of disputes is sufficient evidence of the fact that China wishes to extend its borders wherever it can.
Some of these claims date back to the 14th Century which are utterly preposterous. It also demonstrates that China is an extremely serious threat in the region and a genuine threat to world peace.
China's recent new claims over foreign territories
While China denies being expansionist, the country is actually inventing new territorial claim against other countries. At the recently concluded 58th meeting of the Global Environment Facility Council, China tried to oppose funding to a project for the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan claiming that it was "disputed" territory. China claimed this despite the fact that there is no history of dispute over the area, and the Wildlife Sanctuary is located far away from China-Bhutan border. In fact, areas of Arunachal Pradesh lies between the border and the forest area. Bhutan had strongly opposed this claim by China, and other countries also supported Bhutan in the matter, but China still insisted that it should be recorded that China had opposed the funding. And Indian officer has represented Bhutan in the meeting, which eventually approved the project for the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary.
Similarly, China has started a new dispute with Russia over Vladivostok, the Pacific port city in eastern Russia. Chinese officials slammed Russian embassy officials in China this week for celebrating 160th founding anniversary of the city, saying that the area originally belonged to China. Chinese diplomats, journalists, and internet users launched an online attack on Russian embassy officials on Weibo and other Chinese social media sites, just because the Russian city belonged to China centuries ago. The Primorsky Krai territory and its capital Vladivostok were part of the Qing's Manchurian homeland but was annexed by Russia during the Tsar empire in 1860 following China's defeat at the hands of Britain and France in the second opium war.
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