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Apr 11, 2014
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as you move sbobt 20th century, there's a great example in the book and exhibition of joe dimaggio and hank greenberg. two individuals who came into baseball almost at the same time. one a child of italian immigrants, the second a child of jewish immigrants. much later after world war ii and our immigration laws changed we knee a new influx of communities coming into the united states and into baseball. players from the caribbean, from asia. their appearances in baseball not only support, you know, the aspirations of those communities, but they also help to education our broader population about their cultures, their ideas, and the pluralism that our country represents. a number of different authors in the book be explore the significance of jackie robinson's debut not only to their lives, but to the lives of the communities they lived in. robinson's debut signified the culmination of the america that american jews aspired to live in. >> robinson was chosen to overcome the weight of centuries. my father and our cleaning lady minnie understand his struggle. orthodox jew and underprivile
as you move sbobt 20th century, there's a great example in the book and exhibition of joe dimaggio and hank greenberg. two individuals who came into baseball almost at the same time. one a child of italian immigrants, the second a child of jewish immigrants. much later after world war ii and our immigration laws changed we knee a new influx of communities coming into the united states and into baseball. players from the caribbean, from asia. their appearances in baseball not only support, you...
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Apr 23, 2014
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important ones all been at the port of san francisco. also on saturday, may 10, from 6 pm to 9, at joe dimaggiolayground, a piece of [inaudible] will be having their annual celebration and fundraiser. since the telegraph [inaudible] center is one of the oldest community nonprofit could be celebrating the 1/24 this year and 1/25 next year and they celebrate they serve the community and the telegraph hill area primarily children and youth of 18 months through 18 years of age. this year's case [inaudible] will take place on saturday, may 10 from [inaudible] will take place on saturday, may 10 from 6 to 9:00 pm jodi maceo pregnant on elegant white. they'll be a lot and silent auction and though be a lot of fun so we hope people can turn out and support both of these great organizations that san francisco heritage and [inaudible] neighborhood group. lastly, i would like to memorialize a good friend of the port, a gentleman we had here recently named bob billingham. bob was here in the fall following the success of the america's cup events. bob was a member of the america's cup event authority. he wa
important ones all been at the port of san francisco. also on saturday, may 10, from 6 pm to 9, at joe dimaggiolayground, a piece of [inaudible] will be having their annual celebration and fundraiser. since the telegraph [inaudible] center is one of the oldest community nonprofit could be celebrating the 1/24 this year and 1/25 next year and they celebrate they serve the community and the telegraph hill area primarily children and youth of 18 months through 18 years of age. this year's case...
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Apr 26, 2014
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the only other one close is joe dimaggio in his uniform. >>> a's and astros in action. top of the second. one on, josh reddick lays in a shot to the left center field gap. 1-0 oakland. reddick ends up with a triple. later, 2-0 oakland. lowry singles to right. 4-0, athletics. it was looking great, but chavez struggled in the fourth. the according to csn. a.j. griffin will join parker and the other litany of pitchers to undergo tommy johns surgery. >>> for a full half hour of sports you can watch sports net central at 10:30. >>> tonight at 11:00, changes involving military sexual assaults. we investigate after hannibal. >>> the cutest hybrid you've ever seen, but instead of four-wheels it has four legs. it's a zonkey. mama's a zebra, and that's the dad. he's an albino donkey. they apparently visit each other almost every day. the product of their cross species romance is kumba. it's rare because their chromosomes are not usually compatible. it's not every creature that can pull off striped leg warmers. she's so cute! little rendezvous by the mom and dad. >>> as we head in
the only other one close is joe dimaggio in his uniform. >>> a's and astros in action. top of the second. one on, josh reddick lays in a shot to the left center field gap. 1-0 oakland. reddick ends up with a triple. later, 2-0 oakland. lowry singles to right. 4-0, athletics. it was looking great, but chavez struggled in the fourth. the according to csn. a.j. griffin will join parker and the other litany of pitchers to undergo tommy johns surgery. >>> for a full half hour of...
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you can't trust anything anymore. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: where have you gone, joe dimaggio?f that walmart had a sense of humor, they'd hire him as a greeter, right? [ laughter ] welcome. this is an amazing story. i still have a hard time believing this is true. but yesterday a 16-year-old boy went to the airport in san jose, california, he climbed into the wheel well of a plane, which is where the wheels are inside the plane when a plane's flying, and he hitched a ride there in the wheel well all the way to maui. somehow he survived freezing temperatures. it was very hard. for 5 1/2 hours. almost no oxygen. definitely no peanuts. nothing. [ laughter ] his body went into some kind of hibernation. and they found him fine on the tarmac in maui. he said he doesn't even remember the flight. how hard does one have to celebrate 4-20 to not remember flying to hawaii -- [ applause ] -- -- on the outside of an airplane? yesterday not only was it easter, it was 4-20, the pot-smoking holiday, which the problem with having easter on 4-20 is you forget where you hide the eggs. three weeks
you can't trust anything anymore. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: where have you gone, joe dimaggio?f that walmart had a sense of humor, they'd hire him as a greeter, right? [ laughter ] welcome. this is an amazing story. i still have a hard time believing this is true. but yesterday a 16-year-old boy went to the airport in san jose, california, he climbed into the wheel well of a plane, which is where the wheels are inside the plane when a plane's flying, and he hitched a ride there in the wheel...