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21 May 2004

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Congratulations to my lovely (and smart!) wife, Sunny, who graduated from Moravian College last weekend. (And congratulations to all of us ...

RUN DOWN: Which team has the best fans?

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Darn. It’s too bad this question isn’t which club has the worst fans in baseball. That one’s easy: the Phillies. Say what you want a...
19 May 2004

the Big Perfect Unit

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Who says modern baseball favors hitters too much? Sunday, with all 30 MLB teams playing, 14 of them, nearly half, scored two runs or fewer, ...
14 May 2004

Selig Responds to Challenges (no, not really)

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Tongue-In-Cheek, Neb. (BS) -- MLB Commissioner Bud Selig's spoke at a sports banquet on Tuesday and miraculously managed not to mention...
11 May 2004

Who is the best sleeper of 2004 thus far?

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The baseball statistical leader boards , in April and May, are often filled with the names of relative unknowns. Who would have guessed that...
06 May 2004

Say It Ain't So, Joe...

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Would it not amaze you, if you were a business analyst, to find out that Jack Welch or Bill Gates was staunchly and stubbornly convinced tha...
05 May 2004

Apprehending An April Apparition

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Rob Neyer's latest column discusses the relative merits, and potential futures, of the reigning AL-Champion NY Yankees and the reigning...
28 April 2004

What are the Best and Worst of the New Ballparks?

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Frankly, I am not very qualified to answer this question, having visited only one of the stadiums that have opened since 2000, PNC Park. Tec...

I Want My Radio Back!

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Let me give you my impression of the phenomenon known as Sports Talk Radio for the last several weeks... Mike: ...I don't know what y...
20 April 2004

Short Attention-Span Theatre

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Yankees-RedSox Series... I got to watch (parts of) my first few Yankee games of the season this past weekend. Bad timing. Living in Pennsy...
15 April 2004

Old and In the Way...

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I went to the movies to see The Alamo on Friday night with my wife. Everybody dies. Sorry if that ruins it for you. Speaking of dyin...

What was the Biggest Surprise of the Opening Week?

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This whole first week was one series of surprises after another. What was most shocking? Was it the Mariners’ near-slide to 0-6? Was it t...
12 April 2004

What opening series are you watching most closely?

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Travis Nelson’s Run Down for this week is guest-written by Mr. Subliminal . I am a huge fan of the [hopeless] Devil Rays. I just love ...
04 April 2004

Opening Night

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Some random notes while watching the Opening Night (as opposed to Opening Day, which is tomorrow, evidently, or opening morning, which happe...
31 March 2004

The Void is Filled

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Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the other season of the year: Baseball Season . The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays officia...
26 March 2004

'Mo Money, 'Mo Money...

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Lee Sinins led off his Around the Majors report on Wednesday with this: The Yankees re-signed P Mariano Rivera to a 2 year, $21 milli...
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Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States
Blogging the Yankees and whatever else occurs to me, usually way too infrequently, since 2002.
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