12/31/2014
Couple of things. Starting tomorrow you are going to mentally wrestle with yourself to write down 2015 for a couple of days. And, for some of us slow learners maybe more than just a couple of days!
Last night Jeff and I watched the movie "42" which is about Jackie Robinson. Now I don't know squat about sports of any kind, but I have heard about this baseball player. I know that he eventually played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and was the first black man to play baseball for a major team.
This is a good movie. The acting is good and parts of the story will make you uncomfortable because of the harassment that Robinson had to put up with.
Facts about Robinson: At the end of his rookie season, he had
become National League Rookie of the Year with 12 homers, a
league-leading 29 steals, and a .297 average. In 1949, he was selected
as the NL's Most Valuable player of the Year and also won the batting
title with a .342 average that same year. As a result of his great
success, Jackie was eventually inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
in 1962.
I highly recommend the movie. I hadn't heard about it before, but I'm sure glad that I found it in the TV Guide and recorded it. It is truly worth watching.
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