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You may have noticed a running theme here where I bemoan my state of poverty. Thanks to Jose Canseco, I now have a fresh new idea with which to refill my coffers: extortion! José Canseco, the former major league slugger and admitted steroid user who exposed other players in his 2005 best-selling book “Juiced,”…
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The Boston Red Sox will wear advertisements on their sleeves for the opening series against Oakland in Japan. Now this may sound strange coming from a soccer fan (where every player is a walking billboard), but I wonder just how much there really is to gain here. Clearly were this to become a regular…
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Getting a lot of referrals from Rob’s column at ESPN. But it appears whatever bit is with me is behind ESPN’s pay service which I can’t really afford (I can’t really afford Ramen at the moment). So your guess is as good as mine as to what it says (I’m going to go out…
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*The ‘Heathen sports’ term I first saw used by John Mosey. I haven’t heard from him in a while. You still out there John? Anyhow: As I said to my dad yesterday, the Packers may be the bad guys, but they’re our bad guys. I can’t root for the Giants and as long as…
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The Curly Haired Boyfriend is up to his old tricks, apparently anyone who doesn’t want to vote for Jim Rice for the HOF needs to “get out of the house and look at the sky one time.” This guy has been paid as a professional writer forever and that’s the best putdown he can…
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It’s not always going to be about baseball here. And when it comes to Bruce Campbell, I’m willing to take such a digression: “…before he rips my head off and shoves it in my face.” Bruce Campbell is a god. That is all.
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Friend of the site, Pete Toms, has a new column over at Baseball Digest Daily. It always amazes me how many smart people are out there directing their considerable intellect towards baseball. In my weaker moments I sometimes wonder if some of this energy wouldn’t be better directed toward our government. Then I regain…
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One of the more interesting themes being discussed this offseason is whether the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are finally getting their ship righted and headed for glory in the not too distant future. You see it here in a nice article by Joe Henderson. I did an interview with the Drays bay wesbite about…
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Dickens character and President/CEO of the Boston Red Sox, Larry Lucchino, has come out in support of the Mitchell report. Why his opinion on this matters, I couldn’t tell you. I also can’t tell you why, when I see his name, images of off-brand Macaroni & Cheese boxes and a variety of Bar-S lunchmeats…
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According to this, a member of the 2004 Red Sox used PEDs. Asking me to answer questions about whether I took PEDs will not solve the problem. If I answer ‘No I did not,’ I simply will not be believed; if I answer ‘Yes I did,’ I risk public scorn and endless government investigations.…