PAX Centurion - September / October 2015

www.bppa.org PAX CENTURION • September/October 2015 • Page 53 Sports trivia… From Sports Trivia on page 51 Power of Attorney Health Care Proxy Protect yourself and your family by being prepared for life’s surprises Call us today to find out how these two legal documents available for less than $400 can work for you Don Green Law Office of Donald E. Green (A full service law firm) 2235 Washington Street Roxbury, MA 02119 (617) 442-0050 • toll free (877) DON-GREEN As we have over the past 30 years, we offer a discounted fee to police officers Don Green Annette Hill Green 1. Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski hit a home run in the bot- tom of the ninth inning of game 7 on October 13, 1960 against the Yankees to win theWorld Series. 2. The lastAmerican League shortstop to win the Rookie of theYear Award was Angel Berroa of the Kansas City Royals in 2003. 3. The four Cuban=born players to win a Rookie of theYear Award are Tony Oliva, Twins, 1964; Jose Canseco, Athletics, 1988; Jose Fernandez, Marlins, 2013; and JoseAbreu, White Sox, 2104. 4. The first Red Sox player to hit 30 homers in a season was Jimmy Foxx in 1936. 5. The two current Red Sox that won Rookie of theYear Awards are Hanley Ramirez with theMarlins in 2003 and Dustin Pedroia with the Sox in 2007. 6. Hall of Fame righthanderGregMadduxwon18GoldGloves during his career. 7. The last Red Sox player to have a walk-off base hit to win a post season game was Jarrod Saltalamacchia who singled in the ninth inning of game 2 of theALCS in 2013 against the Tigers. 8. The last player to win aWorld Series game with a walk off hit was Cardinals third basemanDavid Freese who homered in the bottom of the eleventh inning against the Rangers in game six of the 2011 Fall Classic. 9. The only two players to hit a home run in their first World Series at bat and be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame are Mel Ott of the New York Giants and Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles. 10. The twoHall of Fame pitcherswhowon over 300 career games and never pitched in aWorld Series are Gaylord Perry and Phil Niekro. August, and September each year with prices in the same three months from the previous year. If prices go up, benefits go up. If prices drop or stay flat, benefits stay the same. The numbers for July andAugust show that, overall, consumer prices have fallen since last year. Fuel prices are down by 23 percent from a year ago, according to theAugust inflation report. But prices for some other goods and services, such as health care and housing, are up. Advocates argue that the government’s measure of inflation doesn’t accurately reflect price increases in the goods and services that older Americans use. ‘‘The COLA is determined by the buying power of younger work- ing adults,’’ said Mary Johnson of The Senior Citizens League. Many advocates for seniors want Congress to adopt an experi- mental price index that seeks to capture the inflation experienced byAmericans 62 and older. The Social SecurityAdministration estimates it would increase the annual COLA by an average of 0.2 percentage points —which still might not be enough to generate a COLA for next year. Lee Marshall of Greenville, Calif., said the current inflation index isn’t good enough. ‘‘They have a formula that they use that doesn’t reflect the actual cost of living,’’ said Marshall, 68, a retired laborer and casino dealer. ‘‘Just because the price of gas is going down, that doesn’t mean anything.’’ (Reprinted courtesy of the Boston Globe, October 12, 2015.) Directors of the Retired Patrolmen’s Division of the BPPA: John Murphy David Mackin Joe Vannelli Joe O’Malley Billy Flippin PAX CENTURION To advertise, contact Director of Advertising Sponsorships Michael Joyce at: Cell: 617-529-9288 Office 617-989-BPPA (2772) Email: mjoyce@bppa.org Fax: 617-989-2779 Advertise in the