50 Greatest Managers of All-Time
1. Casey Stengall
2. Joe Torre
3. Cum Posey
4. Billy Martin
5. Cito Gaston
6. Sparky Anderson
7. Dick Williams
8. Tony LaRussa
9. Connie Mack
10. Walter Alston
11. John McGraw
12. Bobby Cox
13. Tommy Lasorda
14. Earl Weaver
15. Leo Durocher
16. Tom Kelly
17. Danny Murtaugh
18. Whitey Herzog
19. Terry Francona
20. Ralph Houk
21. Dick Howser
22. Johnny Keane
23. Gene Stallings
24. Felipe Alou
25. Davey Johnson
26. Joe Altobelli
27. Jack McKeon
28. Buck Showalter
29. Mike Scoscia
30. Charlie Manual
31. Pete Rose
32. Danny Ozark
33. Jim Leland
34. Mike Hargrove
35. Bruce Bochy
36. Ozzie Guillen
37. Dusty Baker
38. Chuck Tanner
39. Jim Frey
40. Ron Washington
41. Gil Hodges
42. Frank Robinson
43. Joe Girardi
44. Jimmy Collins
45. Lou Pinella
46. John Maddon
47. Ron Gardenhire
48. Don Baylor
49. Willie Randolph
50. Eric Wedge
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Wealth - by Moses
A mans' wealth can be measured in a number of different ways. First off, money is used as a barometer of what one can afford. This is an anomoly towards good health, as perhaps only the food a man can buy is tangible towards a persons' health. This analogy describes the paradigm relationship between health and wealth.
A person can have all the money in the world, yet have failing health at an early age and die young.
At 40 years of age I'm constantly broke, yet I'm still in good health and my lifespan will likely reach 77+ years of age. The concerns I have in life are to meet my soul-mate, have children, and live an average life somewhere in the Suburbs. Achievable - yes, in the here and now - no. Those that have amassed small fortunes and are raising their families may look to be wealthy. This does not, however, breed definitive wealth as we can be taken away from the earth in the snap of a finger. Should a persons' wealth outweigh their health (in perception) it skews our sensibilities. Howard Hughes was known as the wealthiest men on the planet, but did he enjoy his years as a billionaire?
One day, I may very well have parlayed 300 articles and a recording C.D to monetary wealth. It won't mean anything unless I'm around to enjoy it. Beetoven was deaf during his years as a successful musician. Did he have a high quality of life? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died young and penniless. Edgar Allen Poe was an opium addict, and likewise died young.
I'll take 77 years on this planet with a wife, a couple of kids, and a small house with a picket fence. That would make me the wealthiest man in the world.
A person can have all the money in the world, yet have failing health at an early age and die young.
At 40 years of age I'm constantly broke, yet I'm still in good health and my lifespan will likely reach 77+ years of age. The concerns I have in life are to meet my soul-mate, have children, and live an average life somewhere in the Suburbs. Achievable - yes, in the here and now - no. Those that have amassed small fortunes and are raising their families may look to be wealthy. This does not, however, breed definitive wealth as we can be taken away from the earth in the snap of a finger. Should a persons' wealth outweigh their health (in perception) it skews our sensibilities. Howard Hughes was known as the wealthiest men on the planet, but did he enjoy his years as a billionaire?
One day, I may very well have parlayed 300 articles and a recording C.D to monetary wealth. It won't mean anything unless I'm around to enjoy it. Beetoven was deaf during his years as a successful musician. Did he have a high quality of life? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died young and penniless. Edgar Allen Poe was an opium addict, and likewise died young.
I'll take 77 years on this planet with a wife, a couple of kids, and a small house with a picket fence. That would make me the wealthiest man in the world.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Employment vs Enslavement - By Moses
In 1971 a Major League Baseball Player, Curt Flood, and the head of the MLBPA - Marvin Miller challenged the MLB reserve clause. The reserve clause had been established the year that the American League was introduced into the Major Leagues, alongside the National League, in the year 1901. It stated that 'A player is bound to the team that signs him for the duration of his career, with renewable contracts each year of the players' career.'
This essentially legalized a team Owner as having power of attorney to enslave a player for the duration of his career. In many cases an outspoken player was banished to the Minors, even though he was highly coveted by other teams. On Owners' whims, this practice was common. Before the American League was introduced into the Major Leagues, the Majors consisted of one League, the National League. During this period - est. 1870-1900, Native Americans and Jewish Ballplayers were not allowed to play in the Majors. It was Jim Thorpe, in 1912, who became the first recognizable Native American to play in the Major Leagues, doing so with the New York Giants and Manager Joe McCarthy. During this period there was virtually no chance for a Ballplayer to earn a salary that would now seem to be ethical. It is commonly acknowledged that George Herman Ruth, 'The Babe', helped players to earn salaries that were more representative of Owners' profits. In 1931, Babe Ruth earned $80,000/year. When a sports writer asked Ruth if he thought that it was appropriate for a Ballplayer to earn more than President Herbert Hoover, Ruth replied 'I had a better year than him.' This still didn't prohibit a Baseball organization from owning their players by reserve clause.
Over the course of the years of 1870-1946, African Americans were not permitted to play in the Majors. This precedent was set in 1883, when a 'Black' Ballplayer by the name of Moses Fleetwood Walker was told he couldn't remain on the team that signed him. The team that wanted to break the color barrier was in Ohio and a team from Kentucky pushed the issue, negating Walker from playing because he was 'Black'. Jews likewise weren't allowed to play in the Majors until the advent of the American League, and it wasn't until the early 30's that there was a name Jewish Ballplayer in the Major Leagues, Henry Greenberg. This issue was brought up again by Cum Posey, who organized the Negro Leagues in 1922, as an act of defiance to the racism felt by all 'Blacks' during this time. It wasn't until 1947 that a Major League Owner employed (rather enslaved as evidenced by the reserve clause) a 'Black' man in the game of Baseball. Branch Rickey, Owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to play in the Dodgers Farm System with the Montreal Royals. When Rickey was asked why he signed two 'Black' Ballplayers, hence breaking the color barrier, he replied 'What was I supposed to my maker if I didn't?'
It was still common at this time in Canada and the U.S.A to see signs in front of Golf Courses reading 'No Indians, Jews, or Coloreds allowed'.
It wasn't until Marvin Miller was named head of the MLBPA est. 1969, that changes finally surfaced for good. An African-American Ballplayer by the name of Curt Flood was playing for the St. Louis Cardinals and was unhappy with his salary. He asked for a 10% raise and was denied by Cardinal brass. On Marvin Miller's' advice, Flood sat out the 1971 Baseball season to test the MLB reserve clause. Flood and Miller went before Commissioner Bowie Kuhn (who represented the Owners) and were denied Free Agency status. In Spring Training of 1975 a Caucasian Ballplayer by the name of Andy Messersmith test the waters again, following the advice again set by Marvin Miller. At the end of the 1975 season, having sat out, Miller and Messersmith went before an arbitrator that couldn't be denied the MLBPA, and this time Free-Agency status was granted to Messersmith. As a result of the arbitrators' ruling, a Collective Bargaining Agreement became paramouont as every Ballplayer in the Majors that hadn't signed for the year, could claim Free-Agency status without having to sit out a season (as evidenced by Reggie Jackson signing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1975/76). The arbitrator in the Messersmith case ruled that a Player could not be Owned by his team Owner and this resulted in the first Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Commissioner of MLB Bowie Kuhn (representing the Owner's) and the MLBPA headed by Marvin Miller.
This was essentially the end of enslavement in Canada and the U.S.A, as America's Pastime couldn't deny a Player basic human rights pertaining to ethical contracts. The irony to the end of enslavement in Canada and the U.S.A in 1975/76 is that it was to never to have occured in the first place. Moses freed the Hebrew slaves of Goshen, Egypt from 400 years of enslavement at the hands of Pharoah Pithses and Pharoah Ramses. Likewise there was another 400 years of slavery amongst 'Blacks' in America set by the 'White' American Patriots. As Abraham Lincoln supposedly ended slavery amongst African-Americans during his Presidency in America, this was essentially false as evidenced by the practices of Southern States, and Apartheid within South Africa. When Apartheid ended in South Africa in the early 90's we finally realized the dream that Curt Flood and Marvin Miller had when they challenged the reserve clause in 1971, holding MLB accountable to 'employ' rather than to 'enslave' their Players.
In Hebrew Law it states 'A man is entitled to be employed seven years to another man', not enslaved. This Law was established to ensure that there would never again be another Goshen.
This essentially legalized a team Owner as having power of attorney to enslave a player for the duration of his career. In many cases an outspoken player was banished to the Minors, even though he was highly coveted by other teams. On Owners' whims, this practice was common. Before the American League was introduced into the Major Leagues, the Majors consisted of one League, the National League. During this period - est. 1870-1900, Native Americans and Jewish Ballplayers were not allowed to play in the Majors. It was Jim Thorpe, in 1912, who became the first recognizable Native American to play in the Major Leagues, doing so with the New York Giants and Manager Joe McCarthy. During this period there was virtually no chance for a Ballplayer to earn a salary that would now seem to be ethical. It is commonly acknowledged that George Herman Ruth, 'The Babe', helped players to earn salaries that were more representative of Owners' profits. In 1931, Babe Ruth earned $80,000/year. When a sports writer asked Ruth if he thought that it was appropriate for a Ballplayer to earn more than President Herbert Hoover, Ruth replied 'I had a better year than him.' This still didn't prohibit a Baseball organization from owning their players by reserve clause.
Over the course of the years of 1870-1946, African Americans were not permitted to play in the Majors. This precedent was set in 1883, when a 'Black' Ballplayer by the name of Moses Fleetwood Walker was told he couldn't remain on the team that signed him. The team that wanted to break the color barrier was in Ohio and a team from Kentucky pushed the issue, negating Walker from playing because he was 'Black'. Jews likewise weren't allowed to play in the Majors until the advent of the American League, and it wasn't until the early 30's that there was a name Jewish Ballplayer in the Major Leagues, Henry Greenberg. This issue was brought up again by Cum Posey, who organized the Negro Leagues in 1922, as an act of defiance to the racism felt by all 'Blacks' during this time. It wasn't until 1947 that a Major League Owner employed (rather enslaved as evidenced by the reserve clause) a 'Black' man in the game of Baseball. Branch Rickey, Owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to play in the Dodgers Farm System with the Montreal Royals. When Rickey was asked why he signed two 'Black' Ballplayers, hence breaking the color barrier, he replied 'What was I supposed to my maker if I didn't?'
It was still common at this time in Canada and the U.S.A to see signs in front of Golf Courses reading 'No Indians, Jews, or Coloreds allowed'.
It wasn't until Marvin Miller was named head of the MLBPA est. 1969, that changes finally surfaced for good. An African-American Ballplayer by the name of Curt Flood was playing for the St. Louis Cardinals and was unhappy with his salary. He asked for a 10% raise and was denied by Cardinal brass. On Marvin Miller's' advice, Flood sat out the 1971 Baseball season to test the MLB reserve clause. Flood and Miller went before Commissioner Bowie Kuhn (who represented the Owners) and were denied Free Agency status. In Spring Training of 1975 a Caucasian Ballplayer by the name of Andy Messersmith test the waters again, following the advice again set by Marvin Miller. At the end of the 1975 season, having sat out, Miller and Messersmith went before an arbitrator that couldn't be denied the MLBPA, and this time Free-Agency status was granted to Messersmith. As a result of the arbitrators' ruling, a Collective Bargaining Agreement became paramouont as every Ballplayer in the Majors that hadn't signed for the year, could claim Free-Agency status without having to sit out a season (as evidenced by Reggie Jackson signing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1975/76). The arbitrator in the Messersmith case ruled that a Player could not be Owned by his team Owner and this resulted in the first Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Commissioner of MLB Bowie Kuhn (representing the Owner's) and the MLBPA headed by Marvin Miller.
This was essentially the end of enslavement in Canada and the U.S.A, as America's Pastime couldn't deny a Player basic human rights pertaining to ethical contracts. The irony to the end of enslavement in Canada and the U.S.A in 1975/76 is that it was to never to have occured in the first place. Moses freed the Hebrew slaves of Goshen, Egypt from 400 years of enslavement at the hands of Pharoah Pithses and Pharoah Ramses. Likewise there was another 400 years of slavery amongst 'Blacks' in America set by the 'White' American Patriots. As Abraham Lincoln supposedly ended slavery amongst African-Americans during his Presidency in America, this was essentially false as evidenced by the practices of Southern States, and Apartheid within South Africa. When Apartheid ended in South Africa in the early 90's we finally realized the dream that Curt Flood and Marvin Miller had when they challenged the reserve clause in 1971, holding MLB accountable to 'employ' rather than to 'enslave' their Players.
In Hebrew Law it states 'A man is entitled to be employed seven years to another man', not enslaved. This Law was established to ensure that there would never again be another Goshen.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Construction Unions Within Toronto Canada - by Moses
With the upcoming Pan-American Games being held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada there are many construction contracts being met. Today, it is grossly offensive to many that roughly 80% of the current construction unions are comprised of Portuguese Canadians and Italian Canadians. It stands to reason that this growth industry will be divided differently over time. Within the next 5 years (possibly within the next year) a 'Native' Mandate is to employ 20% 'Native' people within the breakdown of construction unions in Toronto. Likewise, a 20% share to African-Canadians, with the remaining 60% divided amongst Italian Canadian, Portuguese Canadian, English Canadian, French Canadian, and minorities not mentioned.
There is a saying in custom that 'reality is what a person sees', paramount to vision. To not realize that the current breakdown within the construction unions is prejudice is an act of denial. What does Sitting Bull, Running Deer, or anyone with beliefs in Aboriginal ancestry and descent think of their descendants being shunted from Toronto's labour force. The Mandate being put forth is necessary in order to change common sentiments of many Torontonians that; 'Natives' are lazy, 'Natives' are alcoholics and drug addicts, 'Natives' don't know or lack the necessities to be successful in a Metropolitan City. These are the same negative connotations faced by African-Canadians. The uprising against this perceived 'Native' prejudice will do wonders for the city's' psyche.
Ironically, it is a Public Educational system (Christian/or Anglo) and a Catholic School Board (Catholic/or French) that the City of Toronto employs. This affects the city in two ways;
1. A 'good' Catholic gets a job in the construction union, because he is hard working (most of the time Portuguese Canadian or Italian Canadian).
2. A good Canadian gets a job in profession (and this is a Christian Nation in many ways).
One runs the unions (Church-the home), and the other sets policy (state). This is classic division of Church and State.
Where do 'Native', 'African', 'Judaic', 'Muslim', 'Hindu', 'Buddhist', or 'Taoism' mandatory education occur?
The home.
and,
Who controls the Church (essentially the home)?
The unions.
and,
Who controls the unions?
Well I don't know about you, but isn't 80% of our construction unions in Toronto comprised of Italian Canadians and Portuguese Canadians?
What concerns this writer is this; If every Italian Canadian and Portuguese Canadian is accounted for a slice of the pension, what about 'Native' Canadians and African Canadians?
There is a saying in custom that 'reality is what a person sees', paramount to vision. To not realize that the current breakdown within the construction unions is prejudice is an act of denial. What does Sitting Bull, Running Deer, or anyone with beliefs in Aboriginal ancestry and descent think of their descendants being shunted from Toronto's labour force. The Mandate being put forth is necessary in order to change common sentiments of many Torontonians that; 'Natives' are lazy, 'Natives' are alcoholics and drug addicts, 'Natives' don't know or lack the necessities to be successful in a Metropolitan City. These are the same negative connotations faced by African-Canadians. The uprising against this perceived 'Native' prejudice will do wonders for the city's' psyche.
Ironically, it is a Public Educational system (Christian/or Anglo) and a Catholic School Board (Catholic/or French) that the City of Toronto employs. This affects the city in two ways;
1. A 'good' Catholic gets a job in the construction union, because he is hard working (most of the time Portuguese Canadian or Italian Canadian).
2. A good Canadian gets a job in profession (and this is a Christian Nation in many ways).
One runs the unions (Church-the home), and the other sets policy (state). This is classic division of Church and State.
Where do 'Native', 'African', 'Judaic', 'Muslim', 'Hindu', 'Buddhist', or 'Taoism' mandatory education occur?
The home.
and,
Who controls the Church (essentially the home)?
The unions.
and,
Who controls the unions?
Well I don't know about you, but isn't 80% of our construction unions in Toronto comprised of Italian Canadians and Portuguese Canadians?
What concerns this writer is this; If every Italian Canadian and Portuguese Canadian is accounted for a slice of the pension, what about 'Native' Canadians and African Canadians?
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