Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Heck of a game tonight in Heaven
Heck of a game tonight in Heaven : Back in 1972, the Giants traded Willie Mays to the Mets. He was supposedly finished as a player, but he was still Willie Mays and ticket sales reflected that.
A year later, the Mets got into the World Series and Mays got another shot…..
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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) June 19, 2024
Windy city gone with the wind
Windy city gone with the wind: Back in the late 1960s our family lived in Wisconsin and drove down to Chicago many times every year to shop at a Cuban store.
It turns out that there was a fellow Cuban who opened a store and imported stuff from Miami for people like us to ...
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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) June 19, 2024
June 19, 1972: "The reserve clause" and the story of Curt Flood
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Curt Flood was a pretty good baseball player. He was a career .293 hitter and an important piece of the St Louis power team that won 3 National League pennants in 1964, 1967 and 1968.
Flood played on a team that included Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Orlando Cepeda, Tim McCarver and quite a few others.
However, he made “labor history” many years ago:
“On June 19, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court rules against Curt Flood in Flood v. Kuhn, denying Flood free agency as a baseball player. Flood was trying to break the reserve clause that had tied baseball players to one franchise since the establishment of professional baseball.”
In other words, he was denied an opportunity to become a free agent and negotiate with several teams.
Eventually, the players’ union won the “free agency” fight in 1976 after 2 strikes and several court appeals. The net result is that “Free agency” changed the game and blew up the owners’ monopoly.
Flood never got to make the big bucks but he had a lot to do with the benefits that the players enjoy today. He was the one who challenged the system and took a bullet for the union.
Flood died in 1997.
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We remember Lou Gehrig (1903-41)
Lou died in 1941.
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The Battle of Waterloo 1815 with Barry Jacobsen
Another anniversary of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo with Barry Jacobsen....... http://t.co/4cYqwimLhJ
— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) June 18, 2015
I'd rather be called Cuban-American than Hispanic
Once upon a time, we were called "Latinos" or "Latin Americans" or "Cubans" in our case.
In the 1970s, they started calling us "Hispanics," a term that I had a lot of difficulty relating to.
I recall this conversation with my mom a long time ago:
"Mom, I just met a kid in school who said that he is hispanic".
And so we became Hispanics!
However, "hispanic' has always left something out. After all, some Hispanics are white, black or descendants of native populations. Some are the sons and daughters of the Chinese who built the railroads in Mexico.
My problem with the term Hispanic is that Americans think that we all eat "tacos". In fact, I did not eat a taco until I moved to Texas.
There is tremendous diversity in the Hispanic community. There is "salsa," "tango" and "samba" and that's just 3 of the sounds that you can hear in Latin America.
Therefore, I have always found that Cuban American describes me better. It tells you that I am Cuban and a naturalized US citizen. It identifies me a lot better.
I have nothing against the term 'hispanic" and understand the reasons behind the "little box" on the application. However, I will always tell you that I'm Cuban American because it is what I am.
P.S. You can hear my chat with Jorge Ponce of Babalu Blog about this topic.
"Mom, I just met a kid in school who said that he is hispanic".
"Really, did you practice your Spanish with him?"
"No. He does not speak Spanish."
See what I mean? I always related the term "hispanic" to someone who actually spoke Spanish. I'm not saying "fluent Spanish" but I mean more than calling the Cubs "los cachorros".
Hispanic came into the picture in the 1970s when the federal government created a "little box" for us to check on applicaions. According to Grace Flores Hughes, it was done to account for the growing Hispanic population.
See what I mean? I always related the term "hispanic" to someone who actually spoke Spanish. I'm not saying "fluent Spanish" but I mean more than calling the Cubs "los cachorros".
Hispanic came into the picture in the 1970s when the federal government created a "little box" for us to check on applicaions. According to Grace Flores Hughes, it was done to account for the growing Hispanic population.
And so we became Hispanics!
However, "hispanic' has always left something out. After all, some Hispanics are white, black or descendants of native populations. Some are the sons and daughters of the Chinese who built the railroads in Mexico.
My problem with the term Hispanic is that Americans think that we all eat "tacos". In fact, I did not eat a taco until I moved to Texas.
There is tremendous diversity in the Hispanic community. There is "salsa," "tango" and "samba" and that's just 3 of the sounds that you can hear in Latin America.
Therefore, I have always found that Cuban American describes me better. It tells you that I am Cuban and a naturalized US citizen. It identifies me a lot better.
I have nothing against the term 'hispanic" and understand the reasons behind the "little box" on the application. However, I will always tell you that I'm Cuban American because it is what I am.
P.S. You can hear my chat with Jorge Ponce of Babalu Blog about this topic.
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