{"id":37305,"date":"2013-08-29T06:02:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T10:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37305"},"modified":"2013-08-29T08:06:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T12:06:57","slug":"kudos-mr-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37305","title":{"rendered":"Kudos, Mr. V"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most baseball fans – and many others as well – have heard of Justin Verlander.\u00a0 For those that don’t, he’s a seriously talented pitcher for MLB’s Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n

However, beyond his athletic skill Verlander’s heart and head are apparently also right.\u00a0 As is his wallet, which he recently opened.<\/p>\n

Verlander has pledged to donate $1 million<\/a> to a help launch new initiative by his team’s charitable foundation, called “Wins for Warriors”.\u00a0 This initiative is “designed to support mental health and emotional well-being of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan along with their families in Detroit, his hometown of Richmond, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia, where he attended Old Dominion University.”<\/p>\n

Kudos, Mr. Verlander.\u00a0 All too many sports figures these days are selfishly fixated on “I ME MINE”, and seem to care about nothing but dollar signs.\u00a0 You’re one of those who are willing to give something back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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