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Jorge Posada is not a Hall of Famer
Peter Gammons tries to make the case that Jorge Posada has Hall of Fame credentials. I think Gammons is either doing public relations for the Yankees and Posada (who may be a friend of Gammons) or that Peter is just being willfully ignorant.For example Gammons touts the fact that Posada is 6th in OPS+ among catchers since 1901. Problem is Gammons doesn't count Joe Mauer among...
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17 days ago
Discuss
Newt Didn't Support Reagan - Newt Only Supports Newt
Very interesting look at how Newt Gingrich was more prone to criticize President Ronald Reagan than support him. I am glad that finally people are calling Newt on his hyperbolic boasts. Listening to Newt you would think he was Ronald Reagan's right hand man - not a guy who was publicly questioning his policies every step of the way.
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17 days ago
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.Making sense of the Marco Scutaro trade. Shorter version - it was a salary dump.What the biggest solar storm since 2005 looked like.This female archer is wicked awesome! HT Chris LindsayRob Gronkowski's famous "I am party" ESPN Desportes interview. Interesting - the Science of Sword Swallowing
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18 days ago
Familiar Rhetoric, Failed Record
You could argue that the State of the Union was just the same old, same old but at least he wasn't hectoring anyone to "pass this jobs bill now." Hey - what ever happened to that? I thought that the Stimulus Junior Bill was the key to the jobs recovery? Do you mean that the speech in front of the joint Houses of Congress was just political theater?
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18 days ago
Diana Nyad - VIP (Very Impressive Person)
Diana Nyad is an inspiration for many reasons.Watch this video and I think you will agree.
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19 days ago
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon would have been 65 years old today. In his honor - here's The Wallflowers and Zevon's son Jordan doing a tribute version of Lawyers, Guns and Money
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19 days ago
Tim Thomas
When the Boston Bruins announced their visit to the White House - Tim Thomas said he wasn't going. Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli tried to convince him to go but Tim Thomas said he wasn't going. Yesterday the Bruins met with President Obama and Tim Thomas wasn't there.Some critics say if Thomas had something to say he should have said it to the President's face. Yeah ...
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19 days ago
King of New York
Last night I watched King of New York. It has to be about 15 years since I had seen the 1990 flick and I remembered it as a pretty cool Christopher Walken vehicle. I was correct in remembering that it was a Christopher Walken movie but I had no memory of the movie being so bad. I mean really bad. I mean mesmorizingly bad. It is billed as a stylized retelling of Robin Hood but it...
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22 days ago
Player Comparison
Take a look at these numbers and tell me who seems like the better prospect:Player A - 463 AB/ 18 HR/ 67 RBI/ .288 BA/ .348 OBP/ .814 OPSPlayer B - 264 AB/ 18 HR/ 55 RBI/ .295 BA/ .390 OBP/ 1.002 OPSPlayer A is two years younger than Player B but you cannot tell me that his numbers are better than Player B's. Both players are about the same size and both players play the same position...
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23 days ago
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.New Gingrich released his taxes last night in an attempt to redirect attention from his ex-wife's allegations that he wanted an open marriage. Pure and simple. If I was Mitt Romney I would be more than a little bit upset over that piece of politics. If I was Mitt - I'd have his wife Ann tape a spot talking about how when she was diagnosed...
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23 days ago
Romney Answer I Wish I Heard
If I was Mitt Romney - I would have said the following at some point in tonight's debate:My two favorite President's of the past 100 years are Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan. Harry Truman had on his desk a plaque that said "The Buck Stops Here". As an aside "the buck" is a poker term and poker should be legal in the United States - its an American game...
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23 days ago
Feist - The Bad In each Other
This song is really starting to grow on me. What does it say about my musical tastes that I'm more excited about finding this tune than I am about Bruce Springsteen's new single?
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24 days ago
Bill Belichick an Anarchist? Ummm - NO
Charlie Pierce can really turn a phrase which helps to make him a fun writer to read. But the problem isn't how Pierce is saying something - it is the something he tries to say. In his latest Grantland offering Charlie Pierce puts forward the idea that Bill Belichick is the NFL's last anarchist. Ummm - NO!Anarchists don't have a uniform way of doing things - the Patriot...
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24 days ago
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.Graham Yost explains the season premiere of JustifiedActing is hard (Moneyball out-take)17 of the most bizarre, obscene, or pointless entries on WikipediaAwesome Q&A w/ Teri Garr (it may be old but it was new to me)Rob Gronkowski’s Friend Bibi Jones To Perform At Stoughton Club (what a great potential Super Bowl promotion)
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24 days ago
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.Awesome - Lionel Richie's "Hello" performed by movie characters... Via Mental Floss - "According to one survey, 29% of people who call for tech support end up swearing at their customer service rep." I'd add that 100% probably end up swearing if the customer service rep is an automated voice response system... The...
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26 days ago
Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney
So Jon Huntsman Jr. has decided to drop out of the race. Meanwhile Mitt Romney is quietly running perhaps the most clinically effective campaign in history. Of the 92 Members of Congress who have endorsed any candidate - 63 endorsed Romney. Rick Perry is a distant 2nd with just 13. Romney has extensive state organizations in every state and a very healthy campaign war chest. This...
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27 days ago
MLK - Stabbed in Harlem
Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed in the chest in Harlem? By a crazed black woman? I did not know that. Why is it that this little episode of his history is never discussed? He almost died. The day was September 20, 1958. I'm fascinated by history like this.The story is worth reading even if just for some awesome MLK quotes:Hatred paralyzes life, love releases it...In the end...
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27 days ago
Tim Tebow and Tom Brady
I imagine that many people last night were checking the Bible for the appropriate Bible quote based upon the score change (guilty as charged) and I think funny enough a proper quotation was found at the end of the game. Last week Tim Tebow had 316 yards passing and everyone immediately seized on John 3:16. Last night Tebow finished with 136 yards passing and John 1:26 seems fitting...
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28 days ago
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.I have to wonder if after the debacle that was the Ryan Madson non-deal with the Phillies - if Scott Boras cannot get Prince Fielder a megadeal - will he try to use a big deal for Jacoby Ellsbury to try and restore some of his lost luster? As a Red Sox fan - I hope so... I don't care how good a Rick Reilly piece is or how highly recommended...
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January 13, 2012
Friday the 13th
The book and movie The DaVinci Code have helped make people aware the the origin of Friday the 13th as a day of bad luck dates back to 1307 when the king of France had the Knights Templar in France all rounded up and arrested on (you guessed it) Friday the 13th. Most of the captured Templars were tortured and killed while the king seized their lands and re-negged on his debts to...
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January 13, 2012
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.The Education of Jonathan Duhamel by Michael Craig - excellent poker read by one of the best poker writersESPN Broke Its Own Record By Making 160 Tim Tebow References In One Hour Of SportsCenterHeh heh - Conan O'Brien recreates the Tim Tebow play11 amusing examples of creatively defaced currencyJames Joyce’s works are now out of copyright
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January 12, 2012
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