  Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9488 Registered: 10-2003 |
With the barrage of negatives about pro athletes (most or all of it deserved) these days the media should be encouraged to give more credit to the athletes that can be true role models to kids. I think that things like this should get more press (unless the Inge family requested no excessive attention) http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20070705/SPORTS1 8/707050389/1048/SPORTS Inge asks kids for hospital naming help quote: Good for the Inge's in being true role models in a time when professional athletics needs positive role models. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9489 Registered: 10-2003 |
Forgot to quote this as well. Truly a great act on their behalf: quote: | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 1592 Registered: 11-2003 |
That is a really cool thing Inge has done. While I am not a fan of his as a player this certainly makes me a fan of his as person. If only more professional athletes took his lead this would be a lot better world to live in. | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 227 Registered: 05-2004 |
He sure hit a home run with that donation. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9507 Registered: 10-2003 |
Something we can agree on. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 3164 Registered: 02-2005 |
100,000 is very generous. All the more reason to like Inge. I hate doing this but the thought still creeps into my mind despite how great this news is...why not Children's Hospital in Detroit? I bring it up because there literally is competition for donations among hospitals. Mott and Children's in Detroit are both undergoing or planning expansions, and both are highly ranked already. Perhaps Children's at the DMC already has a clinic comparable to what the Inge's are donating towards? Great news in any case... | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 996 Registered: 12-2005 |
quote: Most likely because he lives here, and as we all know, that is not a suburb of Detroit. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 3168 Registered: 02-2005 |
That makes sense, but then again it doesn't. It makes sense that he would donate to his local hospital, but why the hell does he live in A2? (Because he has the means and probably loves driving his luxury SUV 80 miles round trip). Well, maybe I'll run into him on Main Street sometime. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9508 Registered: 10-2003 |
He probably lives in AA because he and his wife feel that is the best option for them. I wish Detroit were to the point were there most or even some of the local athletes felt it was their best choice for living. The truth is it isn't to that point yet. | ||
Waz Member Username: Waz Post Number: 102 Registered: 11-2006 |
I met his wife and some of her family down at a Spring Training game this year. Nice people. They're building a house even further west than Ann Arbor. I think it's great that there's a player who even wants to live in the area. I believe he's the only current player other than Nate Robertson who chose to live in the area. Today's astronomical salaries allow players to live wherever they desire. If you go back a few decades, most if not all the players lived in the vicinity. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 686 Registered: 01-2006 |
Detroit is blessed to have some very caring athletes in our major sports. Not only do we have some major superstars, we have some major caring hearts. Being in the non-profit/charity industry myself, I can attest to the hundreds of thousands of dollars being shelled out by our sports icons. Brandon Inge Rasheed Wallace Nick Lidstrom Rip Hamilton Curtis Granderson The list goes on and on. | ||
Vic_doucette Member Username: Vic_doucette Post Number: 340 Registered: 10-2003 |
Tou can add Jeremey Bonderman to the list. He's been very supportive of a group I've volunteered with for four years now, The Miracle League of Michigan. It's a baseball league for special-needs kids that has a rubberized, wheelchair-accessible field in Southfield. We've got around 200 kids in the league, plus many other players in our adult and senior-citizen divisions. Several Tigers have come out over the years to be "buddies" for our kids -- able-bodied helpers to lend a little hand when the player needs one. You'd almost have to be Satan to not "get" what we do -- but when Bondo came out I saw a look in his eyes that told me he was affected on a very deep level by what he saw. Anybody who sends Bondo an item they want autographed gets the following letter in response: http://michiganmiracle.org/doc uments/JeremyLtr.pdf I have no clue how much money this will raise for us -- but nobody made him do it -- he chose to do so on his own. And if you know of a disabled child who'd be interested in playing with us, surf thee to www.michiganmiracle.org. You can also go there to find out about volunteering -- we can always use help! | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1464 Registered: 03-2006 |
that website is stalker status | ||
Vic_doucette Member Username: Vic_doucette Post Number: 341 Registered: 10-2003 |
WTF does "stalker status" mean? | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 1000 Registered: 12-2005 |
That "website" is actually a search engine that returns basic information on individuals who most closely match your search criteria using available information from a variety of public databases and other public sources. In the past, databases containing personal public information has been freely bought and sold for purposed like targeted mailing lists. Now, this search engine makes basic personal public information available free of charge and offers more detailed information for a fee, just like the other companies who continue to collect and sell it. |
