Not to take anything away from Hiroki Kuroda's masterpiece
last night, but what stuck in my mind from last night's game was not
the best pitching performance of the year by a Dodger pitcher and one
of the best in recent years, but it was the words of announcer Vin
Scully on last night's television broadcast just before the 7th inning:
"Normally on the telecast we talk about "This Day in
Baseball." I don't mean to sound grumpy or grouchy, but I can't believe
what I didn't hear. I listened to the news on the radio for
about an hour and fifteen minutes today--did not hear one word about
what this day really means. June the 6th, 1944. Do the names Omaha, or
Utah, Gold, Juno, Sword, do they mean anything? They're the beaches at
Normandy. Sure, today was D-Day, the invasion of Europe, when thousands
of soldiers gave their lives so that we could be free. I'll be darned
if I saw any real publicity about it at all. Please don't let that
happen again next year. Please? Yeah, this day."
I didn't know it was the anniversary of D-Day and it bothers me that I
didn't know. Our civilization will not last long if we neglect to
remember the heavy sacrifices that were made to secure the freedom and
protection we have - freedom and protection that allow us to enjoy
pleasant diversions such as a baseball game. Many people around the
world live in fear for their lives. We do not and there are a
number of people who made that possible.
(The transcription above was copied from www.sonsofstevegarvey.com)
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