have public library opening envy. this project in particular, north beach branch library and joe dimaggio has had a special place in my heart and i have been especially an outspoken supporter of this project and, in fact when we were putting together prop b, the parks fund and we needed to make room in the for joe dimaggio, i went to the rec and park commission to have it included even though it wasn't in my district. some people have asked me scott why you do care so much about this project when it's not even in your district? we might be representing districts, but we are one city fundamentally. [ applause ] and just like your great supervisor david chiu supports things that happen in my district i want to support north beach and this part of the city. even more important, this project, this fight about the north beach branch library, about joe dimaggio, fundamentally was about whether we were going to be moving forward as a city. whether we were going to focus just on the past or also on the future of our city. whether we were going to focus on what recreation was like 25 or 50 years a

i want to start first and foremost by thanking three mothers, who helped to lead friends of joe dimaggiochristinsen, lizzy diaz and lizziehurst, thank you for all you have done. [ applause ] and i also want to take a moment and thank all of the parents who are here of all the different schools that we have. yes, franklin middle school, garflied, st. peter and paul, what am i missing? sherman, telegraph hill. thank you all for what you are doing. i also want to thank those who have been advocating for our seniors and disabled, our parks advocates, our library

dimaggio, williams and stan--no. joe. i would say who would i like to be like. because joe could do everything. he was a good base runner, good hitter, and he played in a very deep ballpark. that's why he only had about 300-something home runs. he didn't have a lot. but he was a really quiet guy that i could tell at that time. i liked joe. when i got to know them all together, they were all good guys. then i--i had to pick jacki jackie came in and i had to pick him to go with that group. i had to analyze jakieckie he got me to the majors. >> gavin: you talked about all the racism that existed as you were playing. sometimes the difficulty going out on the field and people coming after you and personalizing it. the harder they threw at you figuratively, you harder hit. >> you mean talking to me. >> gavin: the whole issue of being african-american. when i read a lot of what you said you seemed to be able to block a lot of that out. how were you able to do that. >> i don't know. let's go back to my first year. everything i used to go into pennsylvania they would cal

relationship to mickey mantle in the new york yankees center field or mickey mantle's relationship to joe dimaggio in center field. talk about anxieties of influence. no difference at all. the question is what is it about writers to think about these professions? plumbers think about joe on ninth street could really, really make that fitting, etc.. or so and so couldn't. but i wanted to begin with my touchstone hear, he was teasing me the other day, she said what is this? it is all guys talking about guys. this is a moment to repair some of that because you have two guys and dolls if we can be loose about language, writing about other women, one in the form of fiction, one in the form of biography. what is this thing about guy writers getting into the lives of other guy writers. i want to know from the ladies what is involved with ladies getting involved in ladies's live, particularly, judith fetterman mentioned before she wrote about colette and isaac nivens and it was a glorious time and who said go for it. we need some stories about these people. to get it started, i looked at two things, what

relationship to mickey mantle in the new york yankees centerfield or mickey mantle's relationship to joe dimaggio in that centerfield? talk about anxieties of influence. he said there is no difference at all. the question is simply what is it about writers to think of these other professions. plumbers too probably thinking about joe blow on ninth street could really really make that sitting etc. or so-and-so couldn't. but i wanted to begin with my touchdown phyllis rose's observation. he was teasing me after the session. she said what is this? it's all guys. it's all guys talking about guys. and i thought this is a moment to repair it partly because we had to guys and dolls writing about other women won in the form of fiction and one in the form of biography. but phyllis opened the question with what is this thing about guy writers getting into the lives of other guy writers? i want to know first of all from the ladies perhaps what about ladies getting involved in ladies lives? judith thurmond had mentioned before she wrote about call at it was gloria steinem who had said go for it. we need some

dimaggio. but for the first time in nearly two decades, no names will be added to the halls at cooperstown. no to pitcher roger clemens, the only seven-time cy young winner. no to barry bonds, who hit a record 71 home runs in one season. no to sammy sosa, the fifth player ever to hit more than 600 home runs. but all were suspected of using steroids or performance enhancing drugs. >> if there's any connection, real or imagined, to performance enhancing drugs, you are just not getting the writers' votes. >> reporter: it is the country's baseball writers who vote and one of them said today this was a message loud and clear on steroids. it follows years of trials and hearings. >> let me be clear. i have never taken steroids or hgh. >> reporter: the reaction was swift. hall of fame player mike schmidt saying, "this generation got rich. seems there was a price to pay." but the head of the player's union complained that to penalize players exonerated in legal proceedings and others never even implicat

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also wrote a great book about joe dimaggio, by the way. you should go read that, as well.yone asks me about getting into politics, i always say, go read "what it takes." pretty much the only book you should read. if you don't love it after you're done, don't get into the business. here's cramer in his own words on what it takes from 1992. >> ultimately, it takes the life that brought them to the point where they could run for president. you know, these brilliant lives that bring a man to the point where he thinks he ought to be our leader are wiped away from the system we erected. we march them around and guys in gray suits handing them things telling them where they're going. after years of this, we shove one of them into the white house and then the american people sit back and say, why does this poor guy seem so cut off? >> richard ben cramer was of 2. ! pizza! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve great rewards! awesome!!

it's been over 40 years since paul simon wrote "where have you gone joe dimaggio," but that line rings truer now than ever. we're in a world where it seems impossible to trust anyone. think of barry bonds, tiger woods, michael vick, lance armstrong who was disappointingly cold and uncontrite last night and i think made it all worse for himself. even saintly timmy tebow turned out to be a lame pulling himself out of the game plan when he didn't get the playing time he thought he deserved. we can't let ourselves love

ruth, williams, robinson, dimaggio.ime in nearly two decades, no names will be added to the halls at cooperstown. no to pitcher roger clemens. no to barry bonds. he hit a record 71 home runs in one season. no to sammy sosa, the fifth player ever to hit more than 600 home runs. but all were suspected of using steroids or performance- enhancing drugs. >> if there's any connection, real or imagined, to performance-enhancing drugs, they're just not getting the writers' votes. >> reporter: it is the country's baseball writers who vote. one of them said this was a message loud and clear on steroids. it follows years of trials and hearings. >> let me be clear, i've never taken steroids or hgh. >> reporter: the reaction was swift. hall of fame player mike schmidt said, this generation got rich. seems there was a price to pay. but the head of the players union complained that to penalize players exonerated in legal proceedings and others never implicated is simply unfair. >> cooperstown has always been to me a jubilant place ful

there a -- i don't know that people would automalt cli elevate him to that strats fear of a jodye dimaggiod williams. is there a lesson in the story of berra about how to maybe overcome obstacles to become a super achiever less natural talln't maybe, something like that? >> well everyone that we chose we -- they not only excelled in their field but they actually elevated it to an artform. and yogi definitely elevated being catcher for the yankee to an art form. >> yogi was originally an outfielder and told by the yankees that if he did become a catcher he wasn't going to make it on the team and he was not a great catcher. and he took it upon himself and found a mentor and became one of the greatest catchers if not the greatest catcher, of all times. >> by the way, guys, to clarify ted williams is still alive at a cryogenics -- >> stop it. >> one of the common traits among super achievers is happiness and you have an interesting quote from george clinton who says if you get to the top and catch up with happy you have a real problem. you will get real bored. is one of the traits that these p

it's been over 40 years since paul simon wrote "where have you gone joe dimaggio," but that line rings truer now than ever. we're in a world where it seems impossible to trust anyone. think of barry bonds, tiger woods, michael vick, lance armstrong who was disappointingly cold and uncontrite last night and i think made it all worse for himself. even saintly timmy tebow turned out to be a lame pulling himself out of the game plan when he didn't get the playing time he thought he deserved. we can't let ourselves love athletic gods the way we waonce did. nowadays sooner or later, they'll let you down. is it because media scrutiny has grown sharper? maybe. guys in the past had many misdeeds covered up by media that was complicit but then again widespread doping and covering up molestation and the systematic torturing and killing of dogs means many of the worst scandals in sports history has happened in recent years. has america changed? have the rewards grown so large that athletes have become greetier and more craven? maybe. do you really think manti wasn't aware this girlfriend story wou

. >> reporter: but alex rodriguez still gets to play for the team that boasted dimaggio and ruth andn to his $275 million contract. >> sometimes people who realize they won't be punished if they do something wrong will go ahead and do something wrong so there have to be consequences to the behavior for there to be a change in the behavior. >> reporter: ahh, consequences. yes bill clinton was impeached but got a standing "o" at the golden globes. it's no surprise mark sanford is back in the news. >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> reporter: despite his teary confession he's now running for congress. martha stewart went to jail for insider trading but she and her inmate crocheted poncho bounced back with a tv show and a successful line of products for macy's. >> go, martha. >> reporter: cheaters never prosper, watch teenhollywood.com. >> did i ever consider cheating? honestly, yes. >> yes, i would, i would most definitely consider cheating. >> yes. >> reporter: these kids inadvertently promoted a hollywood movie about cheating on your s.a.t.s. the star, scarlet johansson. >> you wa

he wrote some of the best sports profiles about ted williams and joe dimaggio. he's the most sympathetic writer you can imagine, always striving to understand the world that his characters, how they saw the world. he would say he's always trying to get behind their eyes. he didn't write in a confrontational way, trying to see the world as his characters saw the world and gave them em immense empathy very rich and rare in our business. >> coming up, new york city mayor michael bloomberg. >> well said. >> general stanley mcchrystal and former security advisor dr. brzezinski. first, bill cakarins with a loo at the forecast. >> thank you, mika. a nice warm day across much of the country. it's a little chilly. if you're traveling in the greater houston or galveston area, have showers or thunderstorms heading your way about local time 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. is when we see the worst rolling through, pretty much from now maybe until about 6:00 or 7:00. if you're flying, i think most of the airlines won't start up until after the rain is gone. then we have another round

and listen to the company he joined -- joe dimaggio, jackie robinson, ted williams, roberto clemente, hank aaron, frank robinson and the famous buck o'neill. at the white house, i stood patiently waiting for the moment to ask stan musial to sign that old baseball glove which i still have from since i was a kid. he agreed to do so. what a thrill. i was 10 years old all over again. you know, outside busch stadium in st. louis is a statue of stan the man in his playing prime. he's coiled up in a batting style that every coach said don't bat like stan "the man" musial. even though he has great numbers, if you do that, you will never hit the ball. we all tried. the coaches were right. etched into the base of that statue were words that major league baseball commissioner ford frick said when stan retired in 1963, and i quote -- "here stands' baseball's perfect warrior, here stands baseball's perfect knight. on the field and off, stan musial was always a gentleman, always a champion. he exemplified the values of sportsmanship, discipline, hard work, grace, consistency and a love of family. b