Mids at the World Series. Too bad Army’s not playing
October 29th, 2009 | Naval Academy Sports | Posted by Phil Ewing
The Naval Academy color guard, here presenting the colors in 2005 in Philadelphia, will do its thing at game two of the World Series tonight in New York // JO1 James Pinsky/ Navy
Halloween is this weekend, the skies are turning iron and giant flocks of migrating birds are doing touch-and-goes outside on the Parking Lot of Excellence. In short, autumn is hitting its stride, and yet thanks to the greed generosity of America’s TV networks, baseball season still hasn’t ended. Wednesday night was game one of the World Series, which saw two great Cleveland pitchers taking on hitters from New York and Philadelphia, and for game two Thursday, the Navy is getting into the act.
The Naval Academy’s color guard will present the colors at Yankee Stadium before the opening pitch, the academy announced Thursday morning, although it wasn’t clear whether that would be part of the televised broadcast. Just in case you can’t catch them on TV, the midshipmen who’ll be taking part are:
Midshipman 1st Class Dan Sauer of Kirkland, Wash., carrying the Brigade of Midshipmen flag; Midshipman 1st Class Luke Leveque of Kodiak, Alaska, carrying the flag of the United States Marine Corps; Midshipman 1st Class Jason Mazzoni of Salisbury, N.C., carrying the flag of the United States Navy; Midshipman 2nd Class Bryen Roder of Little Falls, N.J; and riflemen Midshipmen 2nd Class Zishan Hameed of Norfolk, Va.; and 2nd Class Hannah Allaire of San Antonio, Texas.
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Military Sports Report - After Action – World Series game two preview Says:
October 29th, 2009 at 10:34 am[...] team of Naval Academy midshipmen will be presenting the colors at tonight’s game two of the World Series in New York, in which the New York Yankees, down a [...]
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Jon Says:
November 13th, 2009 at 8:56 pmI am a First Class Midshipman at the United States Naval Academy. On behalf of the Brigade I would like to say that everyone at my school believes this issue is irrelevent. The Naval Academy consists of men and women from every state in our country as well as many other countries. Race is not an issue in our everyday life. The fact that this has even become a news worthy story is absolutely irrelevent in and of itself in comparison to what the Naval Academy stands for and believes in. As long as the color guard is willing to stand at attention and hold the flags respectfully with pride, I as well as every other American should be honored to witness such a meaningful event, regardless of color.