Mark the calendars. On June 2nd, 2010, legendary outfielder and ambassador for the game, Ken Griffey Jr. has announced his retirement from Major League Baseball.
You could not ask for a better guy to represent a game. Griffey Jr. embodied what it is to be a role model. He excelled on the field, stayed out of trouble off the field and was a genuinely nice guy. Over his 22 seasons as a Major League Baseball player, Griffey Jr. hit 630 home runs, drove in 1836 runs, had a career batting average …

Often time we take the star athletes we see on the playing field as heroes and role models–people worth looking up to.
These athletes are who our children model themselves after, because of fantastic athletic ability or crowd pleasing antics that really provide a blunted look on reality. Too often our children admire a Larry Johnson or Terrell Owens type guy…who may be great on the field, but are not really the best “people” for them to emulate.
Too often, we forget to honor those who serve our country and fight …

It is not often that you will ever read something on this blog that has mention of any political figure.
I hate politics, I don’t really follow them so I figure, why dip my toe in that water?
However, there has been a ton of hype around the performance of President Barak Obama as he threw out the ceremonial first pitch in last nights Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
The consensus is…Obama throws like a girl.
Check out this post from Sweetness-Light.com below:
“The real surprise here is that Fox seems to have purposefully positioned …