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15 October 2003

Curse Re-Trac-Tion

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I can’t get no satisfaction, I can’t get no urse Re-trac-tion. ’cause I try and I try and I try and I try. I can’t get no, I can’t get no...
13 October 2003

Spineless Coward

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Not long ago, an athlete with a world of talent at his beck and call, though perhaps a bit past his prime, found himself on centerstage in h...
09 October 2003

Winter of Their Discontent

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I mentioned yesterday how exciting most of the postseason has been, and despite the Yankees' loss to Boston last night, and the Cubs...
08 October 2003

Octobservations

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With apologies to Rob Neyer ... A few random notes while wondering where Carl Weathers will show up in the vast, right wing conspiracy t...
01 October 2003

Tradition

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Error n. A defensive fielding or throwing misplay by a player when a play normally should have resulted in an out or prevented an advance ...
29 September 2003

Prog-Nostradumbass

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Not that I'm really any good at this (I picked the Angels to win the World Series over the Giants last year, and by "Angels" ...
23 September 2003

CYA, Wouldn't Wanna BYA...

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It feels a little disingenuous writing a column about the American League Cy Young candidates now, since the front-runner for the award a mo...
16 September 2003

Quien Es Mas Valioso?

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There seem to be two great debates raging currently in the world of Major League Baseball. The first is who should be voted the NL MVP, wit...
09 September 2003

No Sense of History...

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This Thursday, the second anniversary of the Worst Day In American History , I plan to take a friend to Yankee Stadium. What better way to ...
04 September 2003

The Gammons People Play

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Peter Gammons' ESPN column from last week is full of the head-scratching, incoherent babbling that we've all come to know and love ...
19 August 2003

Signed, Zeiled, Delivered

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The Yankees released 15-year veteran Todd “Good Housekeeping” Zeile on Sunday. Housekeeping was about all Todd had to do of late, give...
14 August 2003

Could He be (H)Appier?

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Kevin Appier beat the Yankees last night, pitching six shutout innings on the way to an 11-0 laugher due largely to Jeff Weaver's contin...
11 August 2003

"Feature Analyst"

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I haven't felt this important since the first time a clerk at the mall called me "Sir." I add links to other baseball sites...
10 August 2003

What Goes Around Came Around for Pettitte

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The Yankees lost today. Not such an unusual occurrence that it would normally be write-worthy, but it's the way they lost today that bo...
09 August 2003

Mythological Figures...

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Myth: (n) A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illu...
06 August 2003

Updates...

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I have been made aware that a couple of my fellow bloggers have moved over to Movable Type. I don't really know what this means, but I ...
05 August 2003

Trade Analysis...

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How did this happen? I went away for a couple of lousy days, and I came back to find that my favorite team's starting right fielde...
29 July 2003

Updates...

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I have been remiss (miss, miss), not to be confused with or , in not giving appropriate props to a fellow blogger. Actually, I gave him pr...
28 July 2003

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I Wanna Comb-Over! To Hell With the Consequence!! The Hall of Fame induction ceremonies took place yesterday afternoon, in Cooperstown,...
25 July 2003

Broken Record...

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Barry Bonds, by all accounts, one of the greatest players in history, hit his MLB-leading 33rd homer of the season last night. It was his 6...
23 July 2003

The Rich Get ...Older?

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The Yankees, with their unbridled obsession to, either win the most, or make the most noise losing, have made yet another move, acquiring 30...

Wiley Coyote, Super Jeanyes Geenius Geneous...Genious

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I found this article by Baseball Ranting Mike Carminati, in response to the inarticulate grouping of words that passed for a Ralph Wiley c...
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Travis M. Nelson
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Blogging the Yankees and whatever else occurs to me, usually way too infrequently, since 2002.
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