I’ve be gone so long I have to stick my toes in the water first.
Here’s a pic from yesterday’s Salisbury Central-North Canaan Elementary game in Canaan — the last of the season for both. NCES won in a tight contest 4-3. SCS finished the season at 6-4.
At the plate (and standing a little too far [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sports'
Easing My Way Back
May 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Local, Sports
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Jason Bay Looks Pretty Good Now
May 7th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Main, Sports
One of the greatest hitters of his generation has been unmasked as a cheater.
Manny’s only getting suspended for 50 games? Why don’t they ban these guys? Pete Rose is still out of The Hall for betting on his own team to win. Is that so bad?
But using performance-enhancing drugs, especially banned substances, directly affects the [...]
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Ricky Henderson With Brains?
April 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Sports
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If Jacoby Ellsbury can find a way to get on base more consistently, then he will be a very dangerous player. Witness his steal of home during last night’s 4-1 Red Sox victory over the Yankees at Fenway.
Pettitte and Posada should be ashamed of themselves. As Joe Morgan correctly observed, there’s absolutely no [...]
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I’m Afraid They’ll Still Go Down
October 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Sports
Evidently it was a thrilla at Fenway last might. I say evidently because I went to bed a little after 10 and it was 7-0 Rays. Dice K had been hammered for 5 runs. I was set for Rays-Phillies in the World Series.
But then J.D. Drew and Big Papi prolonged the agony. As much [...]
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Olympics Update
August 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Oddball, Sports
The WaPo has a fascinating look today at what losing a gold medal at the Olympics can do to the rest of your life — to say nothing of what it does to your demeanor while they’re playing the national anthem of the winner on the medal stand:
The [researchers] found that the bronze-medal winners looked [...]
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An Olympian Summer
August 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Media, Oddball, Sports
Thoughts on the Olympics …
I’m having a great time enjoying the summer Olympics in Beijing (didn’t it used to be Peking? When did they change the name and why?). I’m particularly interested in swimming (thank you Michael Phelps) and gymnastics (the U.S. women’s team suffered pratfalls at every turn, or so it seemed).
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Breakfast of Champions?
August 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Main, National, Oddball, Sports
This is what Michael Phelps eats in one day — all 12,000 calories worth. Of course, if the nannies and the food police have their way, he won’t be able to find a Wendy’s in South L.A. to order his preferred grub.
H/T to Althouse. She’s right that the L.A. City Council’s idea to ban the [...]
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The Great Showdown
June 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Main, Oddball, Sports
Two things: I wanted to thank my readers who contributed comments on this blog for use in my story in this week’s print edition on rising fuel prices. I wasn’t able to include everyone’s words but there were some valuable quotes and words of wisdom for which I am grateful.
Clearly, something needs to be done. [...]
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Rudy’s Red Sox
October 25th, 2007 · 36 Comments · National, Sports
Now that Rudy is rooting for the Bosox, I can divulge a little secret: I am one of the only Red Sox fans on the planet who does not hate the Yankees.
It all stems from my upbringing in Texas. When I was a little boy in Dallas in the 1960s, we had no major league [...]
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Live Blogging: Sox vs. Tribe 2
October 13th, 2007 · 16 Comments · Main, Sports
As the pre-game chatter indicated, Cleveland needs to strike early and take the Fenway crowd out of it.
Not a good sign for Schilling to give up a solid hit right away. He got hit hard with a couple of doubles but got out of the 1st. Let’s see what the top of the order can [...]
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