Desktop Alert just returned from Washington D.C. on business and while there I went down to a special shrine of a past President to commemorate the visit and reflect on America after having just returned from IRAQ.  The statue looked different this time, I can tell you that much.  The Lincoln Monument is a place I could go every day for lunch.  Its more refreshing with each subsequent visit.  Rapturing.




Later on that day I attended a Nationals baseball game and met the immortal N.Y .Met himself, Rusty Staub.  I grew up watching Rusty. I will never forget the shoulder injury.  This man played a World Series as an outfielder having to throw underhanded.  He was the fans baseball player.  Highly engaging and altruism like one has never seen.

(Wikipedia) Staub was instrumental in the Mets' upset over the  1973Cincinnati Reds in the National League Championship Series where he socked 3 home runs and drove in 5 RBIs. He was outstanding defensively, when he robbed Dan Driessen of an extra-base hit in the 11th inning. However, while making the play in right field, he crashed into the fence extremely hard and separated his right shoulder. The resulting injury to his shoulder forced him to throw underhanded and rather weakly in the World Series.



A humanitarian, he established the "Rusty Staub Foundation" to do charitable works, and in 1986, founded the New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund. During its first 15 years of existence, the Fund raised and distributed $11 million for families of policemen and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Since September 11, 2001, Staub's organization has received contributions in excess of $112 million, and has played a vital role in helping many families affected by the disaster.