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I ♥ NY

This is a clip from when I went to a New York Mets game.  It was pretty sweet. – Henry

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The Skinny Post: Freeway Baseball Baby – BRING IT ON

LA is on fire right now. No, not in the usual way it’s on fire. That happens too often for anyone to get excited about it (unless you’re trying to hide from the flames in your hot tub) but LA … Continue reading

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Guest Post: 2009 Baseball Playoff Primer – Part 2: National League

So, the National League… Called the Senior Circuit – cos it was the first before ‘dem upstart American Leaguers bubbled up at the turn of last century – the Nats have fallen on lean times this decade. Last year’s champs … Continue reading

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Baseball Playoff Primer 2009

It’s business time for the great American game. A season that began among the octogenarian havens of Florida and Arizona in Spring Training, spanned 2430 Major League games across 30 teams (who play 162 games per season, or about six … Continue reading

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Kenny Powers: A DeadBall Icon

When my ass was 28 years old, I lost my shit watching Eastbound & Down.*

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Perfection, Presidents & Yoga Butt

Both these men bleed for the White Sox. Sadly, only one of them can actually pitch. One of Barack Obama’s favourite phrases over the last year is “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” It’s from Voltaire and the … Continue reading

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The Skinny Post: Return Of The Show

Finally after its winter hibernation, baseball in America is back next week. Oh sure we’ve had a ton of high-profile trades, steroid drama, sort of gay self-worship drama tied to the steroid drama, spring training, the Grapefruit League and even … Continue reading

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What Came First, the Power Forward or the Power Chord?

The 80′s were a decade with little-to-no standards. Basically, if you had an idea, it was a good one, and it would probably make you a lot of money. Somewhere, at some point during the 80′s, somebody came up with … Continue reading

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A-Roid! A-Roid! A-Roid! A-Roid!

Two days ago Sports Illustrated reported that Alex Rodriguez had tested positive for steroids in 2003 (the year he won the AL MVP, a Silver Slugger and reached 300 career home runs), when Major League Baseball started testing anonymously and … Continue reading

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Yogi Berra: A Dead Ball Icon

Yogi Berra is one of the rarest combinations of things – a Major League Baseball All-Time Great and a Zen Poet/Wordsmith. Not only did Berra win 10 World Series’ with the New York Yankees, he also ‘dropped’ some of the … Continue reading

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