I love Barry Bonds for the same reason I love Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. I love a good bad guy. I love Jack Nicholson in The Departed, Christopher Waltz in Inglorious Basterds and Barry Bonds as the all-time and single-season home run record holder. The man played the bad guy his entire career, but saved [...]
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Teaching American culture in its truest sense
Posted in Baseball, tagged Baseball, Peace Corps, thailand on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Who wants to learn how to play baseball? Every boy in the classroom raised his hand. The Peace Corps wants me to do what the community wants. If that’s what they want … I was surrounded by kids as I walked onto the soccer field. I had a plastic bag with six tennis balls, one [...]