Category Archives: Baseball

And There Was Much Rejoicing

ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…umhnh..huh? Wha? Baseball strike’s averted? You woke me up for that?? Bite me. Continue reading

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What’s That Sound?

Oh, I know! It’s the hissing fuse the baseball players just lit by setting an August 30 strike date. Look, guys, just because I ran away with the office football pool last year (even though I really don’t like football … Continue reading Continue reading

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Slowly Sinking Season

I’ve got a new catch phrase for the Sox (a la the 1948 Boston Braves): Pedro and Lowe…and pray for snow… Continue reading

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Ties are for hockey!

As if you needed another fine example of the clueless nature of baseball’s top man, Bud Selig added to his legend at the All-Star Game in Milwaukee. In the middle of the 11th inning, he decided to announce “if the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Compared to What?

My brother-in-law sent me an e-mail about Ted Williams and how ESPN had come up with some “bogus” number to prove that he wasn’t as good as Ruth. I love Ted Williams. How could I not? He played for my … Continue reading Continue reading

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Theodore Samuel Williams, 1918 – 2002

Ted Williams died Friday. That phrase just doesn’t sound right–even though we knew it was coming. I suspected it would be soon when I heard that his son, John Henry Williams, who had been taking care of Ted, got a … Continue reading Continue reading

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