The City of Brotherly Love, Indeed

October 31, 2009

Alex Burman and his brother Ben are making quite a name for themselves as philanthropists.  That is quite a feat considering that they are 11 and 13 years old respectively.  With their favorite baseball team, The Philadelphia Phillies, defending their World Series title against the New York Yankees, the boys were poised to see the game from some of the best seats that Citizens Bank Park has to offer.  But instead of sitting in the Diamond Club section, the boys sold their 5 tickets on Stub Hub for $11,000 and will donate the funds to Drexel Neumann Academy in Chester, PA.   Stephen Burman, uncle to the boys, sits on the board of the Academy which the only Catholic school left in that impoverished city.  Philadelphia has long held the moniker, “The City of Brotherly Love”. click here for limerick

Haunted House

April 19, 2009

This week, the New York Yankees opened their new $1.5 billion baseball stadium.  The former stadium was affectionately referred to as, “The House That Ruth Built” in honor of Babe Ruth.  On opening day, April 18, 1923, Ruth hit a 3-run homerun against his former team, the Boston Red Sox to win the game.  On opening day in 2009, that bat was laid across home plate to bless the new stadium.  It did not help as the Yankees lost that game 10-2.  On Saturday, April 18, 2009, during the 3rd game at the new stadium, the Cleveland Indians scored 14 runs in the second inning and won the game by a score of 22-4.  In roughly 193,000 major league baseball games, a 14-run second inning has not occurred . . . until now.  click here for limerick

 

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