Usain Bolt And Bob Marley At The Yankees Stadium Analysis
Usain Bolt and Bob Marley at the Yankees Stadium
By Zaheer E. Clarke
“Let’s go Brain! Let’s go!” was shouted repeatedly by Brian's drunk friends as they jeered him for not offering his seat to one of the ladies that were standing in the packed #4 subway train. He eventually yielded, I guess to peer pressure and adopted a gentlemanlike behaviour. His friends broke out in celebrations at his newfound nobility while the passengers in the train car erupted in laughter at the series of events. I flashed a smile while holding my four-year-old daughter, who was sleeping. That’s how my night ended as I boarded the train and left “The House That Jeter Built” (Not Babe Ruth): The (New) Yankees Stadium. How the night transpired prior was quite something …show more content…
My mother-in-law, an avid baseball fan, like myself, purchased tickets for my entire family and me to attend. Did I say I love my mother-in-law? I love my mother-in-law. I entered Gate 6, went through the punctilious security checkpoints, which I imagine is as a result of New York’s greatest tragedy, 9-11, and beheld a sea of Yankees fans, standing and seated before me, of over 43,000, from touching distance to the field in front, to the super-high upper decks above. I was in awe.
Baseball in Jamaica though is quite the opposite. No packed stadiums, storied history, cultural imprint, or structured program from a tot to the senior. That, however, is seen with track and field or in the olden days with a sport quite similar to baseball: cricket. Though West Indian dominance in world cricket has diminished from the mountainous peaks to now, beyond a speckle, cricket still has a firm foot among the popular sports in …show more content…
The first Jamaica to play in the big leagues was Chili (Charles) Davis, in 1981. He played for storied franchises such as San Francisco Giants, California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, and eerily the team I was watching this night, The New York Yankees. Davis, a three-time All-star and three-time World Series Champion, career ended in 1999, still he remains heavily involved in baseball. He was the hitting coach for Australian National Team and the Oakland Athletics, and is currently, the hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox. Hopefully one day we’ll say the Jamaican National
By Zaheer E. Clarke
“Let’s go Brain! Let’s go!” was shouted repeatedly by Brian's drunk friends as they jeered him for not offering his seat to one of the ladies that were standing in the packed #4 subway train. He eventually yielded, I guess to peer pressure and adopted a gentlemanlike behaviour. His friends broke out in celebrations at his newfound nobility while the passengers in the train car erupted in laughter at the series of events. I flashed a smile while holding my four-year-old daughter, who was sleeping. That’s how my night ended as I boarded the train and left “The House That Jeter Built” (Not Babe Ruth): The (New) Yankees Stadium. How the night transpired prior was quite something …show more content…
My mother-in-law, an avid baseball fan, like myself, purchased tickets for my entire family and me to attend. Did I say I love my mother-in-law? I love my mother-in-law. I entered Gate 6, went through the punctilious security checkpoints, which I imagine is as a result of New York’s greatest tragedy, 9-11, and beheld a sea of Yankees fans, standing and seated before me, of over 43,000, from touching distance to the field in front, to the super-high upper decks above. I was in awe.
Baseball in Jamaica though is quite the opposite. No packed stadiums, storied history, cultural imprint, or structured program from a tot to the senior. That, however, is seen with track and field or in the olden days with a sport quite similar to baseball: cricket. Though West Indian dominance in world cricket has diminished from the mountainous peaks to now, beyond a speckle, cricket still has a firm foot among the popular sports in …show more content…
The first Jamaica to play in the big leagues was Chili (Charles) Davis, in 1981. He played for storied franchises such as San Francisco Giants, California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, and eerily the team I was watching this night, The New York Yankees. Davis, a three-time All-star and three-time World Series Champion, career ended in 1999, still he remains heavily involved in baseball. He was the hitting coach for Australian National Team and the Oakland Athletics, and is currently, the hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox. Hopefully one day we’ll say the Jamaican National