| Mets, Yankees Who? Turn to the Gals |
| Published: October 2, 2008, 4:02 pm |
| Tags: Movies |
| Penny Marshall’s 1992 film A League of Their Own depicted the start of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which included the Rockford Peaches (the fictionalized version of that team is seen above). (image courtesy of Columbia Pictures) Fellow New Yorkers probably can sympathize with my disinterest in Major League |
| Black Monday for Braves: Hudson may be done, Chipper to DL, Braves hammered at home |
| Published: July 29, 2008, 6:52 am |
| Tags: Braves Recaps, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Brian Mccann, Buddy Carlyle, Casey Kotchman, Charlie Morton, Chipper Jones, Chris Carpenter, Clint Sammons, Corky Miller, Dr James Andrews, Espn, Jeff Bennett, Jo Jo Reyes, John Smoltz, Jorge Campillo, Julian Tavarez |
| history now, boys and girls. Welcome to baseball purgatory. Be warned: it won't be pretty. On deck Braves vs. Cardinals 7:10 p.m. today, Turner Field The Skinny: Jorge Campillo (5-4, 2.78 ERA) toed the slab for the Braves Sunday in a must-win game in Philly. Then the rains came after 1 2/3 innings, and Campillo was finished. Ah, what |
| What It All Means |
| Published: May 10, 2008, 9:56 pm |
| Tags: What About, Horse Racing |
| be had for as little as $893829547255601743 a night. Shoemaker, Bill: Also, The Shoe . Bill Shoemaker was perhaps the greatest jockey in American history, entirely capable of throwing a saddle over a parakeet and getting it home in front. Silks: Lightweight outer garments worn by jockeys during a race to distinguish him from other riders. |
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| Published: April 24, 2008, 9:27 pm |
| ChaCha, you just dial 800-2chacha (800-224-2242) and state your question. In a few minutes, you’ll get an answer via text message. In one test, I asked ChaCha who was the winning pitcher in the previous night’s Red Sox victory against the Yankees. In a few minutes, I received a text message with the correct answer: Daisuke |
| moon |
| Published: March 3, 2008, 7:38 am |
| principal city, on June 28, 1989, that Slobodan Milosevic, the arsonist who lit the fuse of Yugoslavia’s wars, recast himself from a communist party hack into a great nationalist avenger. http://louis2j2sheehan.us/page.aspx http://louis2j2sheehan.us/page1.aspx http://louis1j1sheehan.us/ It was a day fraught with symbolism: the |
| What It All Means |
| Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm |
| be had for as little as $893829547255601743 a night. Shoemaker, Bill: Also, The Shoe . Bill Shoemaker was perhaps the greatest jockey in American history, entirely capable of throwing a saddle over a parakeet and getting it home in front. Silks: Lightweight outer garments worn by jockeys during a race to distinguish him from other riders. |
| Who You Got for the NL Cy? A B&C Argument |
| Published: November 11, 2008, 8:38 am |
| Tags: The Clubhouse, Brandon Webb, Cc Sabathia, Tim Lincecum |
| besides Webb was starting pitcher Dan Haren, who was generally not on the field at the same time as Webb. Also, a good pitcher adds to his team's win totals. Take away the 4 wins Webb has over Lincecum, and the D-backs barely finished over the Giants in the standings. A pitcher should not be punished because his team performed better than a |
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| On this day in History - Nov. 3 |
| Published: November 2, 2008, 7:32 pm |
| Tags: This Day In History, Efemerides |
| - St. Malachy dies. 1220 - D. Urraca dies . Queen of Portugal 1254 - John III Ducas Vatatzes dies (b. 1193). Byzantine Emperor 1324 - Petronilla de Meath burned as a witch, the first such burning in Ireland. 1394 - Charles VI expels the Jews from Paris & the Royal Domain of France. 1428 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury dies, |
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| Sunday Savings |
| Published: October 26, 2008, 4:17 pm |
| Tags: Sunday Savings |
| do whatever day. Today the girls had a birthday party to go to. We arrived at a local bowling alley a bit early and I got to looking at some of the things they had on the tables. I noticed that they have "family bowling" every Sunday. It was a really good deal. 2 hours of bowling for up to 6 people , a large pizza, and a pitcher of pop for |
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| ALCS Game Seven Live Blog: Red Sox-Rays [Red Sox Vs. Rays] |
| Published: October 19, 2008, 8:00 pm |
| Tags: Red Sox Vs Rays, Alcs, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Live Blogs, Tampa Bay Rays, Top |
| have not heard of them.) 10:26 — Garza will try and increase from Very Settled In all the way to Diamond VIP bersettled In, and Youkilis pops up. That'll help. Bottom 6th 1 2 10:22 — Crawford's fly ball ends the inning, and ratches up the "settling of in." Dick Vitale's mood has been downgraded from Cocaine Metamucil to |
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| ALCS Game One Live Blog: Red Sox Vs. Rays [Rays Vs. Red Sox] |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 8:28 pm |
| Tags: Rays Vs Red Sox, Alcs, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Live Blogs, Tampa Bay Rays, Top |
| ANYONE GET A BASE HIT. 10:26 — Remember the last pitcher to have a no-hitter through five innings in the ALCS? It was Mike Mussina, TBS reminds. AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. JINX JINX JINXITY JINX. Justin Upton pops out. Top 6th 10:23 — Nothing else is happening. 10:21 — There's quite a "Youuuuk" following even in Tampa. Are we sure |
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| The Magic Of Prom Night, And Of Being 1-0 In The NLCS [Nlcs Blogdome] |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 10:45 am |
| Tags: Nlcs Blogdome, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mlb, Philadelphia Phillies |
| if one attends an all-girls Catholic school, as does Miss Li. (Not shown: Cody's red-and-blue Phillies condom, which sadly went unopened that night). Go John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School! And go Phillies! What they're saying on the series of Intertubes about Philadelphia's 3-2 win over Los Angeles in Game 1 of the National League |
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| Morning Blogdome: Aussie Golfer Anna Rawson's Just Not That Into Women [Morning Blogdome] |
| Published: September 3, 2008, 9:45 am |
| Tags: Morning Blogdome |
| Bagels that he was the famed pitcher and accepting free food from girls working at the shop. " [The Coaster] 226; Defending Sarah Palin's sportscasting: "What we saw wasn't too bad - she didn't fumble or stumble, seemed somewhat confident, and didn't say anything terribly asinine. So she used a little schtick? We've heard and seen FAR worse, |
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| Sunday Night Baseball: Dodgers-Phillies [Live Blogs] |
| Published: August 24, 2008, 8:00 pm |
| Tags: Live Blogs, Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Top |
| The funny thing is: girls actually talk about cell phones like they are men. They get a different one every two years, yet it never seems like they are without one. 2 2 Top 11th 12:04 — Andre Ethier leaves the batter's box a sad panda. Moments later, Pablo Ozuma pops up to quickly immolates the eleventh. 12:02 — Matt Kemp |
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| I’m revoking Hunter Pence’s credibility license |
| Published: August 20, 2008, 6:30 pm |
| Tags: Houston Astros, Astros, Hunter Pence, Jeff Samardzija |
| The Astros were down 5-2. They lost 5-2. Awesome, Hunter. Just awesome. I’d be fine with this if he maybe worked Gange to a 2-3 count on 7 or 8 pitches before grounding into the double play. But that didn’t happen, so I’m not fine with it. Damnit, Hunter. Maybe if you spent less time fishing and more time working on |
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