bobby thompson was the best hit ner the game when the giants came from so far behind. his average of 110 points higher than it had been in the season up to that point. he was the reason the giants were in the playoff. on deck, they had a base open. it was second and third. on deck was willie mays. hall of famer. but willie mays in 1951 was a rookie. in that same stretch, his avera average plummeted. 40 points lower in his production. runs batted in was way down. ralph blanca had been a sterling pitcher when the giants had the lead. but lost 7 of 10 decisions when the giants made their run. giving up more than two runs per game. most telling of all, of the dozens of pitchers that bobby thompson had faced during the season when he stepped up to the plate, he had 29 home runs. six of them against one man, ralph blanca. out of the dozens of pitchers he face, more than 20% of the runs came against one guy. shirley povich, who is memorialized at nationals park, his headline item the next day in writing for "the washington post," the art of fiction is dead. the theory being t

bobby thompson was the best hit ner the game when the giants came from so far behind. his average of 110 points higher than it had been in the season up to that point. he was the reason the giants were in the playoff. on deck, they had a base open. it was second and third. on deck was willie mays. hall of famer. but willie mays in 1951 was a rookie. in that same stretch, his avera average plummeted. 40 points lower in his production. runs batted in was way down. ralph blanca had been a sterling pitcher when the giants had the lead. but lost 7 of 10 decisions when the giants made their run. giving up more than two runs per game. most telling of all, of the dozens of pitchers that bobby thompson had faced during the season when he stepped up to the plate, he had 29 home runs. six of them against one man, ralph blanca. out of the dozens of pitchers he face, more than 20% of the runs came against one guy. shirley povich, who is memorialized at nationals park, his headline item the next day in writing for "the washington post," the art of fiction is dead. the theory being t

bobby flay, don thompson is someone i know well. he is the ceo of mcdonald's.you to construct a dish for him -- >> no problem. >> using the sweet-and-sour sauce at mcdonald's. >> ok. >> tom colicchio, warren buffett is someone that i have talked to quite often. he loves cherry coke. so, i want you to construct a dish using cherry coke. >> sure, i'm the coke guy, right? yeah. great. >> you signed that deal, buddy. >> rachael, i will give you a bit of a curveball. elon musk is a billionaire, founder of tesla, the electric carmaker. >> those are really cool. they are very cute. >> he is south african. so, a south african food is biltong, which is a kind of beef jerky. i want you to construct a dish using beef jerky. mario, you've had a second to think about it. what would you make lloyd blankfein? >> first of all, i would chop one of the hot dogs -- do i get more than one hot dog? i would chop one of them up and dredge it with flour and salt and pepper and some cayenne and make it nice and crispy and hot. i would take the other one, i would butterfly it open until

bobby scott, chairman of the house education and work force. er we are so excited about that. eliot engel, house foreign affairs committee. bennie thompson, committee on homeland security. john conyers, house judiciary committee. elijah cummings, house committee on oversight and government reform. eddie bernice johnson, house committee on science, space, and technology. lydia velazquez, house small business committee. peter defazio, house transportation and infrastructure committee. corrine brown, house committee on veterans' affairs. bob brady, house administration committee. linda sanchez, health ethics committee. carolyn maloney, joint economic committee. raul grijalva, new ranking member of natural resources. i always said in my own district in san francisco, california, the beauty is in the mix. the strength is in the mix. and we are so very is, very, very proud that our seats at the table of the ranking members represent not only the beautiful diversity, they not only look like america, they live like america. they understand the challenges, the aspirations of all americans who are very, very proud. i could talk for a long time abo