Posts Tagged ‘ baseball ’

College Football is Not a Religion. Still, It Interests Me. (Part 1)

August 3, 2010
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College Football is Not a Religion. Still, It Interests Me. (Part 1)

The only two sports scenarios that might cause me to become completely irrational is the play of the All Blacks and the Boston Celtics. So, now that I have made the case that I am somewhat/completely unsuitable to be a sports writer, let me reiterate that I am. A sportswriter and an unsuitable sportswriter.
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2 Sentence Review: Odd Man Out by Matt McCarthy

May 27, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Odd Man Out by Matt McCarthy

If you thought Major League Baseball was scary (just ask this guy), wait until you read Odd Man Out Matt McCarthy’s autobiography about his fiery plane crash of a Minor League baseball career, which included a coach becoming so enraged he stripped naked.  This is not a success story; this is the story of...
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Survival Skills

March 19, 2010
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The mantra of the NCAA tournament is “survive and advance.”  It occurs to me that this is a bit of a strange mantra.  The notion is that, in light of the fact that it’s a once-and-done tournament, a win-and-move-on or lose-and-go-home, any loss no matter how noble is useless and any win no matter...
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Play Ball!

April 5, 2009
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Yes friends, our long national nightmare is finally over and baseball is officially back. Currently, your World (F’ing) Champion Phillies are opening the season against the Braves. Of course, no one really cares until the best team in the world opens their season against Baltimore at 4:05pm tomorrow, April 6th. In the meantime, be...
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Congratulations, Philadelphia Phillies

October 30, 2008
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Your 2008 World Champions! And take that, Rays fan!
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Thank You!!!

September 29, 2008
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Thank You!!!

Submitted by: sailingaway Sorry, but this is a big day for me so please excuse my selfishness… The Milwaukee Brewers are in the playoffs for the first time since 1982.  This is big news to me and I thought I’d be nonpretentious about it.  Favre also threw for 6 TDs and Aarond Rodgers had...
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