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August 08, 2009 by
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The LossLast night I played poker and we started roughly at the same time as the Red Sox / Yankees game which was on in the background (the poker game in one room with the TV in the other - the losers lounge as it were). It was a $20 buy in with 8 guys and just the top two spots getting...
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August 07, 2009 by
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John SmoltzThe way the schedule and the rotation is currently set up - John Smoltz will pitch against the Tigers at Fenway on the 11th and then against the Rangers on the road on the 16th. He needs at least one quality start in one of those games or he's done in Boston.There is...
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August 07, 2009 by
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Bill SimmonsI've been meaning to post about Bill Simmons for some time now. A while back I was more than a little luke warm on his book Now I Can Die In Peace. But something has happened to change my mind.I got as far in the book as I could stomach but instead of quitting and putting...
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August 06, 2009 by
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Heh HehYup - this is exactly how I imagine pets too
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August 06, 2009 by
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Why ESPN is Putting the Kibosh on TwitterInteresting take on why ESPN is clamping down on Twitter use.I think the explanation is right on. I think ESPN is missing the boat though. Dell has leveraged Twitter to bring in more than $3 million in additional sales. ESPN would be better...
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August 06, 2009 by
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ObamacareKarl Rove on Obama Care. Very interesting read. I couldn't help but think of this Winston Churchill quote after finishing the article: "There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away."That quote seems to epitomize...
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August 06, 2009 by
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Flotsam and JetsamMiscellaneous thoughts and observations.Small sample size alert- Julio Lugo has a higher OPS (1.027) for St. Louis than any of the players on the Red Sox who were with the team when he was traded. Newcomers Josh Reddick and Victor Martinez however have better OPS...
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August 05, 2009 by
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John Quincy AdamsThis is cool - John Quincy Adams is now on Twitter.I'm pretty sure this makes JQA the first former President to Tweet on Twitter.
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August 04, 2009 by
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Flotsam and JetsamMiscellaneous thoughts and observations.Joe Montana couldn't have handled this any better... Albert Pujols is on pace for a MLB leading 373 total bases - makes you appreciate the amazing 406 total bases Jim Rice had in 1978... Selection of strange signs and bizarre...
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August 03, 2009 by
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Rumor ExpertOK - I have to mention this. I'm on Twitter (@ALargeRegular) and I think it's great. I'm following lots of people (88 and growing every day). A person has to bring something to the table for me to be interested but even a person who brings something to the table...
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August 02, 2009 by
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The Pirates are FraudsWhen you follow the money you find that the Pirates story of building for the future is all BS. They are all about cutting costs NOW. Let me explain and let me use former Pirate Adam LaRoche to illustrate the point.First off keep in mind that Adam LaRoche is making...
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August 02, 2009 by
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Flotsam and JetsamMiscellaneous thoughts and observations.Cool - check out Chipper's ride to the ballpark. Chipper Jones and Adam LaRoche seem pretty close. Maybe signing LaRoche this offseason would make up to Chipper for losing friends Smoltzy and Tommy.. Quote of the Day: "...
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August 01, 2009 by
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Flotsam and JetsamMiscellaneous thoughts and observations.It's tough to evaluate a trade involving prospects because you never can tell how a prospect will pan out. For example - Baseball America rated the Rays Reid Brignac as the 17th best MLB prospect in 2007 and the 39th best...
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August 01, 2009 by
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Tommy MakemTommy Makem was one of the great artists of the 20th century. His masterpiece is perhaps Four Green Fields.Tommy passed two years ago to this very day. I get a tear in my eye watching him sing. We lost a giant. RIP.
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July 31, 2009 by
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Slice of LifeSo I was in Minneapolis a while back and had some time to kill one night. I asked a friend from the area in my Boston accent if he knew of any poker bars because I was in the mood to play cards. He looked at me for a minute and then replied, "Try Nye's Polonaise...
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July 31, 2009 by
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Flotsam and JetsamMiscellaneous thoughts and observations.Ever noticed that nobody ever gets killed on the show Burn Notice? I think it would be a much better show if one the bad guys actually died a gruesome-had-it-coming death every once in a while... After shutting out the Rockies...
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July 31, 2009 by
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Crazy Roy Halladay Trade ProposalJust tossing this out there but if I were the Red Sox GM for today - this is a package I'd offer to Toronto for Roy Halladay. I would offer Clay Buchholtz (everyone has him in a package), Manny Delcarmen or Justin Masterson (JP Riccardi gets to...
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July 30, 2009 by
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David OrtizToday comes the news that David Ortiz flunked a drug test for performance enhancing drugs back in 2003. Is anyone really that surprised?I travel a lot and I recently had a long conversation about this very eventuality with a cabbie on the way to the airport in Dallas. The...
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July 30, 2009 by
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USS IndianapolisOn this day in 1945 a Japanese sub fired on and sank the USS Indianapolis. The sinking of the Indianapolis set up Captain Quint's memorizing soliloquy in the movie Jaws: Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the...
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July 30, 2009 by
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Jimmy Carter and Barack ObamaJust saying but you could pretty much replace the name Barack Obama in this Michael Barone piece with the name Jimmy Carter and the message and history would remain almost exactly the same.
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July 29, 2009 by
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BlogrollI'm adding a couple of links to my blogroll.First up is Jeff Pearlman. I don't always agree with his takes but he's writes in an interesting, intelligent manner that makes it worth the read whether you agree with him or not.Second is Sexy Archaeology. I think if...
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July 29, 2009 by
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Flotsam and JetsamMiscellaneous thoughts and observations.Alex Rodriguez needs one more run to pass Cal Ripken for 31st place all-time with 1648. You know that passing Ripken means something to A-Rod... My respect for Bono just dropped several notches. On Twitter he's following...
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July 28, 2009 by
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Politics as PoetryToday's poetry is brought to you by the letters, R, N and C.Sarah Palin's speech as poetry. Very good.However, Donald Rumsfeld remains the standard against which all other would be poets are measured.
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July 28, 2009 by
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Flotsam and Jetsam Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian are done. Maybe Barack Obama should invite Bush and Kardashian to the White House for a beer to help work out their differences?... Boston College's football team was picked to finish last...
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July 27, 2009 by
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Obama and GolfI don't think golfing once a week is excessive at all. Obama playing 10 times in 10 weeks is a non-story story in my eyes. Good for him I say. I disagree with the nickname of "The First Duffer" though. Given the facts that he golfs once a week, his policies...
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