Rangers fan’s life celebrated after tragic end
- Last Thursday afternoon Shannon Stone, a firefighter in the Dallas area, took his 6-year old son to enjoy America's past time, a major league baseball game. But unlike so many other father-son bonding moments, this was turned tragic in a bizarre twist of fate.
- During the second inning, a foul ball was hit towards left field where Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton scooped up the ball and tossed it into the stands, as many players do, to a fan (Stone) who had asked him for a souvenir earlier in the game. Hamilton’s toss was a bit short of the upper deck where Stone and his son sat in the front row. Stone, wanting to get his son a keepsake, leaned over the rail to grab the ball but somehow slipped and tumbled over, falling 20 feet.
- Stone was rushed to the hospital, but not before telling the emergency responders that his son was still at their seats. Sadly too much damage had been done in the fall and Stone passed away Thursday night. The Rangers have been very involved in Stone’s family since the tragedy, and Hamilton wants to take a big part in the life of Stone’s son, who idealized Hamilton.
- The Rangers are already known as a particularly caring franchise as in this summer's MLB amateur draft, they used a selection on a partially paralyzed player who may never walk again.
Peyton Manning: The JFK of the NFL- Peyton Manning has been highly touted since he was a young boy growing up as the son of star QB Archie Manning. After leading his high school team to a 34-5 record in three years of football, he chose to attend the University of Tennessee breaking conference records in yards passing, touchdowns and wins as a quarterback. He graduated from UT in 1998 and was drafted number 1 overall in the 1998 draft by the Colts (at the time there was lots of debate as to whether Manning was good enough to select #1, which is hilarious to draft followers looking back... look at number 1 on this list.
- In the pros Manning has been named to 11 Pro Bowl (All-Star) teams, and been the Most Valuable Player 4 times. He lead the Colts to a Super Bowl victory in 2005 over the Chicago Bears and has led his Colts to an unheard of 9 straight 10-win seasons. His quick release and famous film-studying habits have lead him to a play in a record 208 (and counting) games to start a career (Yes, he has never missed a start in his 13 year career). Manning is famous for being a coach on the field, with many people joking the easiest job in the NFL is the Offensive Play-Caller of the Colts.
- Manning has also showed a great sense of humor. He has hosted SNL (leading to this hilarious spoof commercial), and has made a number of hilarious commercials for various different brands (please stick around for the last one, its probably the funniest)
National League wins All-Star Game 5-1
- Prince Fielder and home run derby runner-up Adrian Gonzalez both homered, but Fielder's shot came with 2 men on base and since his team won, Fielder was awarded the game's MVP honors.
- Probably the biggest story of this year’s MLB All-Star Game is the players NOT in the game. record number of players (16) decided to pull out of the game they were selected to due to injuries or fatigue. This list of players includes stars like Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Jose Reyes.
- The usually high scoring event, was held down for the second consecutive year. Across baseball in 2011, pitching has been fantastic and offense has been down. This pattern continued Tuesday nights with a relatively low total of 6 runs scored in the game.
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