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Stealing Home: The death and rebirth of baseball
Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., was the next stop on my journey, and I found it impossible to not think about the departed Montreal Expos. May they rest in peace.You can read my latest column where I wax nostalgic on the Expos, ponder the Blue Jays' future, and describe my visit to Nationals Park, including my brushes with Abraham Lincoln and The Roots' Black Thought...
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April 27, 2010
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Stealing Home: Mass(hole) Appeal
Fenway Park. She remains as I left her: a fantastic place to watch a ball game. Read all about my visit to one of the Meccas of baseball, and what I have to say about the "Massholes," at GlobeSports.com.Up next on #TBRTOAL, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.
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April 26, 2010
Stealing Home: Back to Boston
Three years ago to the day, I visited Fenway Park for the first time.Read all about what happened that night, and what I'm looking forward to seeing Thursday night, at GlobeSports.com.
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April 22, 2010
Stealing Home: The Amazin' Mets
Citi Field. She was the next stop on #TBRTOAL. What I was trying to find out was: how do New Yorkers decide their baseball allegiance? Mets or Yankees; how does one choose?Read all about it at GlobeSports.com.
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April 20, 2010
Stealing Home: Fighting baseball imperialism
I journeyed to the mothership of baseball's Evil Empire Sunday afternoon: new Yankee Stadium, in the South Bronx.Read all about: how I fought, and failed, against baseball imperialism, my Mariano Rivera moment, and my brush with a "Bleacher Creature," at GlobeSports.com.If you'd like to subscribe to Stealing Home's RSS feed, you can do so here. And you can keep...
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April 19, 2010
Stealing Home: A night of firsts in Steeltown
I've crossed beautiful PNC Park in Pittsburgh off my list. You can read all about: my meeting and chat with a Pirates fan, my first ever rain delay, and one incredible sandwich at GlobeSports.com.New York, next.
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April 17, 2010
Stealing Home - History in Cleveland
What. A. Ballpark.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/stealing-home/history-in-cleveland/article1535609/
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April 15, 2010
Stealing Home - Detroit with Dad
Greetings from Cleveland.The Baseball Road Trip Of A Lifetime began in earnest yesterday, with a visit to Comerica Park. Read about it at TheGlobeAndMail.com.
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April 14, 2010
Stealing Home - Opening Night
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/stealing-home/opening-night/article1533943/"You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen."- Joe DiMaggio
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April 14, 2010
"Stealing Home"
The Baseball Road Trip Of A Lifetime (#TBRTOAL) kicks off tonight. Along with my collaboration with The Globe And Mail: "Stealing Home."
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April 12, 2010
Valuable Life Lessons
I'd tell you I'm not pitching a tremendous baseball boner excited over Toronto's 5-1 start to the season, and Vernon Wells' 1.450 OPS a week into the marathon that is the Major League Baseball season, because I learned a valuable lesson last season (27-14!!!1). But I'd be lying.Before I go any further, let's take a minute and give thanks to the baseball Gods...
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April 11, 2010
The Good Foot
"Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance."- Richard von WeizsaeckerIn two games, Vernon Wells' three home runs represent 20% of his 2009 total. We remember 2009. And 2007. It is the memory of those two utterly shitastic seasons that will make Wells' 2010 exploits that much sweeter.He's healthy. He's back...
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April 08, 2010
Why You Should Believe In Vernon Wells
I believe in Vernon Wells. You know that. Even more so after his performance yesterday in Arlington; he left me tingling with excitement. You know how I roll: I don't hop aboard the nearest lifeboat, or even reach for a life jacket. I grab an instrument, and start playing. I go down with the ship.But this isn't about me. It's about you. And why you ought to join me on...
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April 06, 2010
Opening Day
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit."- Al GallagherAs you can see, Vernon Wells is ready to start the season. His exasperated-after-another-strikeout pose is already in mid-season form.I'm ready, too, for regular season baseball that doesn...
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April 04, 2010
The Cito Effect
While you're fawning over Adam Lind's new contract extension -- and you still ought to be celebrating the deal, considering it's worth, over seven years, $45 million less than Nick Markakis' -- please do me a favour: take a minute and recall that it was "The Manager" who made it his first order of business, after he was rehired in June 2008, to assure young...
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April 04, 2010
Beautiful Struggle
My new t-shirt, courtesy of twoeightninetshirts and set to join my closet in a couple of weeks, says a lot about why I'm a fan of the Buffalo Bills:1) I'm a masochist. That list of quarterbacks, post the great Jim Kelly, proves it.2) The Bills are losers. I was born to cheer for them. They belong in Toronto, even if it means sharing them with Buffalo. After all, that city...
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March 29, 2010
Delhi Daze
My days in Delhi are numbered. For the past two weeks, I've done nothing but eat, drink, sleep, and watch cricket. Of course, I've also had a lot of time to reflect. And if I've learned anything at all over the past six months, including the past two weeks, it's that nothing ever goes according to plan. That no matter how many times you're thrown a curveball,...
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March 23, 2010
The New Deal
I've spent the past few days in Delhi thinking about Tomas Kaberle. And Tyler Bozak. (Who's not thinking about Bozak?) And Phil Kessel and Dion Phaneuf, of course. Along with Nikolai Kulemin, Viktor Stalberg, and the streaking Mikhail Grabovski. Luca Caputi and Luke Schenn, too. But mainly about Tomas Kaberle. And that shouldn't surprise you; not in the least.India is...
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March 17, 2010
The Land of Kings
I'm about set to depart Rajasthan, "The Land of Kings." My train leaves in two hours. Udaipur has been most pleasant; I prefer small-town India to the chaos of the big cities. Some sports and India related nuggets for you to chew on, before I head for the station ...1. It hasn't gone unnoticed out here, by me at least, that the Toronto Blue Jays are playing .833...
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March 09, 2010
(No)Playoffs!!!1
Greetings from chaotic Jaipur, "The City of Victory." Lord only knows Toronto will never be bestowed such a prestigious title.I'm killing time; waiting to board a 10:30 pm overnight train to Udaipur. I thought, with NHL action having returned, it would be as good a time as any to take a peak at the standings. I haven't had a look since I skipped town back on February...
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March 06, 2010
Another Lost Season
Greetings from chaotic Jaipur, "The City of Victory." Lord only knows Toronto will never be bestowed such a prestigious title.I'm killing time; waiting to board a 10:30 pm overnight train to Udaipur. I thought, with NHL action having returned, it would be as good a time as any to take a peak at the standings. I haven't had a look since I skipped town back on February...
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March 06, 2010
Message In A Bottle
I put a message in a bottle and sent it into the Lakshadweep Sea today.While enjoying a large bottle of Kingfisher at Coconut Grove restaurant at Lighthouse Beach in Kovalam, Kerala, deep in southern India, I felt the sudden urge to leave my mark; to let someone know that I had indeed been here. That I'd seen a majestically beautiful part of India I'd only heard and read...
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February 26, 2010
Sports And The City: Bangalore
I'm sitting at NASA, "Bangalore's Hi-Tech Beer Club," watching test cricket between India and Australia. It's happy hour; my beer costs less than $1. I'm eating fiery chicken tikka. "Every step you take" by Sting is playing through the bar's speakers. You thought I was kidding about the tacky music, didn't you? Anyway, if I resided in Bangalore...
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February 21, 2010
Aureate
"I love gooooooold." - GoldmemberI share a lot in common with Goldmember. As I'm sure you do, too.What I hate: missing the games of the XXI Olympiad. I'm not sure how it will be logistically possible, because I'm not sure where I'm going to be on Sunday, but I'm going to try and find a way to tune into the hockey clash between Canada and the USA. That...
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February 19, 2010
The Sea is the Soundtrack
Palolem, south Goa. I've been sitting on the beach, jotting down some of my thoughts ...1. The music out here in Goa is, for lack of a better description, TACK CITY. You can't go very far without hearing Enrique Eglasias, Savage Garden, Bryan Adams (he's Canadian, so he's cool), and, most unfortunately, Ricky Martin. Dido's "White Flag" came on a few...
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February 13, 2010
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