Brent Cross: 'Home Run Derby- Mickey Mantle vs Harmon Killebrew'

Source:Brent Cross- New York Yankees CF Mickey Mantle, in the Home Run Derby.

"Home Run Derby Mantle vs. Killebrew #1"

From Brent Cross

Back in the late 1980s or early 90s or perhaps both, ESPN had a show called Home Run Derby, well they showed the rebroadcasts of these shows that were on in the 1950s or 60s, I watched this show during the week after school around 4-5 PM. And if you like the Home Run Derby at the MLB All Star game every year, then you should watch this show or check it out on YouTube or ESPN Classic or something and you are interested this type of thing.

This show was the ultimate slugfest, because they would invite two of the top power hitters in the game every week during the season. When these guys were healthy and playing everyday, so they weren't rusty or anything. And the idea was literally to see who could hit the most home runs on each show and it was a home run or nothing. Everything else was an out even a line drive off the outfield wall or something.

I like this show so much that my friends in the neighborhood and little brother would imitate this show or try to. Someone would throw batting practice and each of us would get three outs instead of nine. We did it a little differently but there were real outs, except for the fact that all of our hits had to be home runs or they wouldn't of count. Three strikes per out that sorta thing.

This was a very exciting show unless you hate baseball or something, because it would have the top power hitters in the game competing in it. And back in the 1950s and 60s, that meant guys like Ted Williams, Willy Mays, Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Harmon Killebrew. With a guy throwing batting practice, just lofting the ball over the plate and then it's up to the hitter to hit a home run or he would be out. Unless he swings at a pitch thats called a ball by the umpire. Great show to see some of the best hitters in baseball every week.

Vovan Chel: Janet Jackson- Together Again Live

Source:Vovan Chel- Janet Jackson live and in concert from Hawaii, in 2001.

"Janet JACKSON - Together Again (live)" 

From Vovan Chel

What I get from this song is how cute Janet Jackson sounds singing this song. The voice sounds like the voice of a little girl, but she sounds real good and looks real good singing like a beautiful sexy woman instead of a little girl. I believe that is just part of her being so adorable naturally where she can still come off as a little girl even in her forties (very similar to Raquel Welch) when Janet is in her seventies, she'll still come off as a very young woman. With her face, voice and body. Assuming she stays on course and continues to do such a great job of taking care of herself. 

Janet is the cutest R&B singer of her generation. And yet she's also one of the best if not the best, because she has such a sweet voice as well as a good message and is able to be very entertaining and sexy and yet communicate a great message of love and tolerance. 

In an era where America is so divided where you have one part of the country that is use to running everything on their own, with so many other different Americana emerging and ready to take their claim and be part of America as well. With the old guard not ready to lose power even as they are. 

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MTV: Janet Jackson- 1993 MTV Music Videos Awards

Source:MTV- R&B Diva Janet Jackson performing at the 1993 MTV Awards.

"Janet Jackson performs That's The Way Love Goes and If in 1993 at an awards show. This is in MUCH HIGHER quality than the other rips on here!" 

From Janet Video 

I was a 17 year old high school senior at this point in September of 1993 and I did watch most if not the entire show. But for the life of me I couldn't tell you anything else that happened that night (at least that MTV showed) other than Janet Jackson and her crew's performance at this show. They were so beautiful and sexy, that they literally stole that show on MTV.

Source:MTV- Janet Jackson & crew, at the 1993 MTV VMA's.

Janet Jackson is a beautiful baby-faced adorable woman who have never looked more than half her age (at least according to her face) with a great body and has always been proud of that. That is what I get from this 1993 performance of her. With basically wearing nothing more than a bra, to go with her skin-tight denim jeans and wearing black leather boots as well. With dancers wearing the same thing. 

Janet's and her girls outfits are a very common look today with musical performers, especially beautiful women, but Janet doing this in the early 1990s and not only looking this way, but showing herself off on stage in front of her audience and I bet in front of a lot of young men as well. 

Janet's sexuality has always been a big part for her shows, because she's always been a very sexy woman and she loves to dance and combines those two characteristics very well. A very beautiful, sexy, woman with a great personality, to go long with a lot of talent as a performer. And is someone who always gives her fans more than their money's worth.