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A Veterans Day Reminder

Happy Veterans Day and a Halos Heaven salute to all of our readers who have ever served our country.

Did you know that Arte Moreno is a veteran? He fought in the Army in Vietnam for two years.

Can anyone tell me if any other Major League Baseball owners are U.S. veterans?

I guess banks and post offices are closed today, so you can all mail me money tomorrow.

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Can't say this is complete, but a quick search found this:

It’s no comprehensive, necessarily, but in addition to Arte:

Mike Illitch – Detroit Tigers – Marines for four years
Carl Pohlad (deceased 1/5/09) – Minnesota Twins – Drafted and fought in WWII
George Steinbrennar – New York Yankees – Air Force Lieutenant
Ted Lerner – Washington Nationals – U.S. Army during WWII

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Nov 11, 2009 12:52 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

George Steinbrennar???

man now i have to have some respect for him

R.I.P. Nick Adenhart #34

by Vladd#27 on Nov 11, 2009 1:24 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hitler was in the army, too

Steinbrennar is a selfish, arrogant, narcissistic, evil, mean-spirited prick first, and an Air Force Lieutenant a far and distant second. Respect denied.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Nov 11, 2009 2:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Agree

in that service by itself is not enough grounds for automatic respect. While at the same time anyone that spit at our servicemen because they didn’t agree with a war can die a slow painful death for all I care.

by MH252525 on Nov 11, 2009 3:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just an urban legend

I served in the Army after high school and most of my NCOs were Vietnam vets who used to laugh about tales of veterans supposedly getting spat on after returning stateside. They would joke that they wished someone had cared enough about their service to bother spitting on them. I found that out myself when applying for jobs after I got out – people generally don’t give a damn one way or another about your service.

Now there's a hole in the sky
And if the ground's not cold
Everything is gonna burn
We'll all take turns, I'll get mine too...

This Rally Monkey's gone to Halos Heaven

by Quad Fin Rider on Nov 11, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the truth.

I’ve applied for hundreds of jobs, have a degree, working on graduate degree…nada damn thing. I know it is partly the economy, but I wish I had stayed in.

1 line siggy line because I was asked nicely. Go Angels! helpfindscottajob@gmail.com

by Slasher52 on Nov 13, 2009 4:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This.

Serving in the military doesn’t give you a free pass for being a d-bag.

What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.

by clover_black on Nov 11, 2009 7:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think

that you can seperate the two. You can respect his service to the country in the Airf Force, and at the same time be totally disgusted with the way he ran the Yankees, and the part he played in the upward and out of control spiral of players salaries during his ownership.

We're putting the band back togehter.

by billhune on Nov 11, 2009 6:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Or the whole deal about

spending money to dig up dirt on your own players so you won’t instead have to spend that money on making a donation to a charity your promised to donate to.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Nov 11, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think I read somewhere his time in the Air Force was not very inspiring

Don’t flame me if I am wrong. I am also too lazy to look.

Play Wood already. Willits sucks.

by hauldog on Nov 11, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not exactly a real glorious Chair Force career

was the supply officer for an AFB kitchen

Now there's a hole in the sky
And if the ground's not cold
Everything is gonna burn
We'll all take turns, I'll get mine too...

This Rally Monkey's gone to Halos Heaven

by Quad Fin Rider on Nov 11, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Thank you to all our vets

You did/do what I am way too much of a wuss to do. All the sacrifices you’ve made have not gone unnoticed and unappreciated.

by BruinHalo on Nov 11, 2009 9:26 AM PST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

Thank you to all of the troops!!!!

"Figgins' OBP is still over 40!" -Steve Physioc

by Figgi4life on Nov 11, 2009 10:42 AM PST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

But is she

Rally MILF material? That is the question

....

by blast21dave on Nov 11, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good, I'm not the only one who thought she looked very cougar-ish

Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch

by red floyd on Nov 11, 2009 1:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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