The first American Filipino to be named principal dancer at ABT, Stella Abrera’s story is more than one of a great artist. It’s a story of dedication and courage.
When I interviewed her recently, she spoke of how a bad back and calf injury nearly ended her career.
But she never gave up.
Read it here on the NBCNews.com website
And check out my latest on the AALDEF blog.
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It started strange and ended quickly for Tim Lincecum tonight.
The first inning looked auspicious initially as Lincecum got a fly out from Puig, and struck out Joc Pederson. Two out, and then things went south.
Lincecum walked Justin Turner, gave up a single to Adrian Gonzales, then threw a wild pitch to Howie Kendrick which scored Turner.
Kendrick ended up singling to left. But the Lincecum recovered, striking out Guerrero to end a strange first. 2 swinging Ks, 2 hits, 1 walk, 1 run.
You can fool people some of the hitters some of the time, but not all the time apparently.
And the 2nd inning sealed it. Grandal and Rollins started with back to back singles, followed by an Anderson sacrificed bunt. Then came the Puig at bat that did in Lincecum.
Our guy battled, but Puig did too, extending his 3-2 at bat so that Lincecum was into 40 plus pitches. On pitch 42, there was some question if Puig actually fouled a ball or missed it entirely.
That could have bailed out Lincecum a bit.
But they played on, and the next pitch, Puig softly lined a single to center and 2 runs scored.
Dodgers, 3.
Puig-haters, 0.
Pederson, who struck out early against Lincecum, adjusted and doubled in Puig. Turner singled in Pederson.
And that’s it for our guy and a horrid looking Lincecum line:
1.1 inning, 7 hits, 5 runs, 5 earned runs, 1 walk, 2 Ks, 3.85 ERA.
Lincecum really looked uncomfortable from the start.
But it’s too bad it happens under the glare of the ESPN national spotlight.
He’s been so much better this year.
On the race beat, we were all wearying of Rachel Dolezal’s tale knowing there was something more important to talk about.
But Dylann Roof’s old fashioned racism with the fresh-faced millennial look wouldn’t have been my first choice among replacement subjects.
Roof’s massacre was deplorable. And his tirade against blacks, sounded like the things said about Filipino immigrants like my Dad in one of the most racist periods in California in the 20s and 30s.
It made for an unlikely Father’s Day gift I wasn’t expecting.
Click here to read my column on the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund blog.
By now you know it’s not July 4th, the fakey Filipino American ceremonial day that mirrors Big White Brother.
Independence Day? it’s June 12th because that’s when Philippine General Emilio Aguinaldo, proclaimed independence from Spain from the balcony of his home in Cavite.
June 12, 1898.
And then, things change when Spain, as part of losing the overall Spanish American War gave the U.S. the Philippines in the Treaty of Paris.
Talk about double-cross.
And now the Filipinos had to fight the U.S.
600,000 Filipinos are estimated to have died overall. At least 5,000 U.S. soldiers.
But that’s history.
Today the “beef” is with China, which has begun building islands in the waters that are in Filipino territory.
Filipinos are taking an Alamo-like stand.
Consider showing your support today in boycotts around the country. This one in San Francisco.
