Monthly Archives: August 2009

One From Column A; Two From Column B

August 17, 2009 – 12:21 am

Greetings from Ann Arbor, MI where I have spent three fun days playing with my grandson. Oh yeah, I enjoyed visiting #1 son and his lovely wife on this trip too. Today, I will clean up a few items on the clipboard from last week. There seems to be an awful lot of thought and [...]

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Correcting Wrongs

August 13, 2009 – 12:24 am

Yesterday, I said that the Washington Nationals were no longer in danger of beating the ’62 Mets’ record for single season futility at 40-122. That was an incorrect statement. The reader from Houston whose font of sports stats never runs dry sent along this message: “FYI – The Mets were 40-120 in 1962. Two postponed [...]

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Waving The White Flag

August 12, 2009 – 9:29 am

Back in early June, I said that the Pittsburgh Pirates were in danger of becoming a de facto farm team for the other 29 MLB clubs after they traded Nate McLouth. Last year, the Pirates cratered after dealing away Jason Bay and Xavier Nady. On the day they traded McLouth, the Pirates were 24-28. Let [...]

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Lendale White – - Role Model

August 10, 2009 – 12:33 am

As NFL training camps opened, there was a surfeit of reporters in every camp in the league. That created an explosion of meaningless stories from around the country. In addition, when there was a story that might be interesting/important, this surfeit of reporters hopped on it and put it in about three bazillion outlets. An [...]

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Arena Football

August 6, 2009 – 12:10 am

At the instant I am typing these words, the Arena Football League still exists despite the fact that myriad news sources/outlets are reporting that it will fold its tent imminently – – maybe even before I can save this document. Arena football has been around for a little more than 20 years and it enjoyed [...]

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Baseball’s Triple Crown

August 5, 2009 – 12:37 am

There had been a lot of talk about the possibility that Albert Pujols might win the Triple Crown in the NL this year. I am already on record saying that Albert Pujols is the player in the National League that I would most likely go out of my way to see play; I really like [...]

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Hypocrisy Alert!!

August 4, 2009 – 8:39 am

I have known for a long time that the NCAA is a hugely hypocritical organization when it comes to the real purpose for its existence – – MONEY. However, one of its member institutions now provides some evidence that it is not just the NCAA Front Office that is heaping with hypocrisy; it is the [...]

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So, What Did I Miss?

August 3, 2009 – 12:45 pm

I believe it was Richard Nixon who proclaimed himself “tanned, rested and ready” as he began his campaign for the Presidency in 1968. I was never a die-hard Nixonian but at the moment, I too am tanned, rested and ready to resume ranting here. Three weeks in the African sun on game drives will produce [...]

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