Monthly Archives: August 2015

PAHLAJOHNNY ON BASEBALL

Posted on August 18, 2015 | 1 comment

To tell you the truth, I’m not really into hip-hop, heavy metal, alternative or other stuff such as “rap” but this video sort of fell into my lap last week and it  got my attention.

This one’s about Pete Rose and it’s definitely “rap”.  It’s written, performed and produced by PahlaJohnny and it has me mesmerized.   He generously contributed this work to our “Sounds of Baseball” website and it’s been getting some attention so I wanted to share it with you.

Be sure and check out his website, PahlaJohnny.com.  And it’s not just baseball he’s into ~”Hoops India” section is a good one.  Over his career, he has designed live video streaming products for companies like Red Bull and ESPN, worked with Kenzo Digital on the NYC screening of City of Godson, launched Hoops India in Delhi and Mumbai.

I have to rethink this rap stuff.  Wonder if he has anything on MadBum & Posey?

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They Deserve Better …….

Posted on August 5, 2015 | 2 comments

An interesting article in “Reflections” this week by Steve Contursi.   He’s commenting on the emotions of  baseball player Wilmer Flores on being traded from the Mets, where he began his career, to Milwaukee, and the impact of trades throughout the industry.

Troy Tulowitzki

Troy Tulowitzki

I’m reminded of this as I listened to Troy Tulowitzki’s account of how he found out about being traded last week.  Tulo had an affinity for the National League and for all intents and purposes had asked to remain there. Instead they not only sent him to the AL, but out of the country to Toronto. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but he found out about it in the 9th inning of a game he was playing in, as they escorted him out the door.  Tulo surely deserved better than that.

Just another reminder that baseball is a business.  A huge business, subject to both the good and bad aspects of such and it probably won’t be changing anytime soon.  But it doesn’t stop the rest of us from empathizing with the guys.   After all, aren’t we helping to pay their salaries?     In a small sort of way don’t they really belong to all of us?   They deserve better, in my humble opinion, of course.

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