Last but not least Glenn would really like to see Kaua'i give the county manager style of Government a chance.
Above photo of Glenn Mickens courtesy of Kauai Garden island news, used with permission...
A Baseball Phenomenon on Kaua'i
Mr. Mickens is locally known as one of Kauai county's political watchdogs and Nitpickers... Mahalos Glenn! |
I would like to bring up a phenomenon that happened here on Kauai in regards to my favorite sport(baseball) that has never happened before nor will it ever happen again.
The odds of a baseball player---youth, high school, college or minor leaguer ever getting to the big leagues are extremely low. But amazingly enough Kauai had 2 brothers, Tyler
Tyler Yates pitching for the N.Y. Mets. Check out Tyler's profile on his Wikipedia page; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Yates |
And, another "first" for me was to see the 5'11"- 175 lb Kirby Yates put a 90 mph number on my "slow" radar gun whereas his brother, 6'4"- 235 lbTyler
Kirby Yates pitching for Tampa Bay Rays. Check out Kirby's profile on his Wikipedia page; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Yates |
Check out the KHON-TV story on the Yates brothers below;
http://khon2.com/2014/06/08/kauais-kirby-tyler-yates-talk-big-league-brotherhood/
Congratulations to Gary and Jonna Yates for raising two phenomenal young men who have made Kauai proud for their accomplishments and setting the standards for other young ball players here on Kauai. But, as my friend the legendary John Wooden always said, be the best you can be not matter if it is in sports or any other avenue of life.
P.S.
Check out Glenn's Wikipedia page;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Mickens
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Kapa'a Sunrise
From my lanai
watching the Sunrise!
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2 comments:
Glenn, Mahalo for bringing this to attention to the readers of dakinetalk blog and myself. I do not follow baseball and although I read the Garden Island news daily and watch statewide news, somehow I missed this awesome human interest sports story. What a great story showing that even if you come form a small rock in the middle of the Pacific you can make into the major league baseball! ;-)
As usual, Kimo you did a great job with the Yates brothers story. You make it twice as interesting with your pictures of the boys with their big league clubs and their Wikipedia pages, far better than what the GI does when they print the story.
Much mahalo and keep up the great work.
Your pal,
Glenn
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