Jackie

 
Many of you have been hearing quite a bit already about today being the anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s entrance into the league.  It’s certainly a special occasion that has special bearing on baseball, sports and American culture and history at large, so there are certainly plenty today that have tried to encapsulate the significance of Robinson [...]

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Trivial Trivia (It’s Back!)

Golly, it’s been a while since I’ve done a Trivial Trivia or a Week in Review even.  Given that I am in Philadelphia and it is baseball season, this trivia section will revolve around identifying the former or current Phillies listed below.  There are still other unanswered questions as well that you can find in [...]

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Ode to Baseball

Some people tell me baseball’s a dull game, and for the life of me I’ll never understand why.  It’s one of those steadfast principles found in most of us; the devout cannot understand the faithless, the eager cannot endure the listless.  I hear things like “nothing happens” and “it’s too slow” and “the season’s too long” and walk away confounded.  As [...]

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Tank’s Blanks; Bowl Picks

I find I like the Inky’s Stephen A. Smith more than I used to.  I like a sports journalist with a bit of fire who isn’t afraid to say what’s on his mind (and Smith can be quite humorous), though I did used to think some of the subjects he chose to write about were not all that enlightening [...]

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Barbaro (the horse); 2003-07

You know, it figures that as soon as I finish makinga comment claiming excessiveness in the coverage of Barbaro’s condition, an update comes in that the mighty steed had been euthanized earlier this morning [1].  My timing is hardly impeccable.  To set the record straight, I do believe his injuries, first seen at the 2006 [...]

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O’Neill, Radke and the Search for Heroes

For those of you who are just getting to know me, you’ll find soon enough that baseball is essentially my religion.  A Yankees fan for as long as I can remember, a Phils supporter since I came to the city that is now my home (so long as they don’t play the Yankees), I love [...]

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