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Stable Of One?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:44:49 GMT

I received an e-mail from a regular reader which suggested I put a little something into the blog regarding the overuse of pitchers.
Source: Girls Fastpitch Softball

No 2 ways about it: 4 is special

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:08:54 GMT

Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird have a lifetime full of NBA titles but never did that. Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw and Tom Brady took home boxes of Super Bowls rings but never did that.
Source: The Bucyrus Telegraph

Quoted in 'Ravens' Washington out for season'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:44:31 GMT

Deion Sanders said in Baltimore Sun:

Even Babe Ruth struck out every now and then

Even non-gearheads appreciate NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:16:25 GMT

Jimmie Johnson did something Michael Jordan, Tom Brady and Babe Ruth couldn't -- win four consecutive championships. Applause and appreciation, please, for Jimmie Johnson.
Source: USA Today

Off my chest Monday

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:14:24 GMT

Monday is gripe day, even though it’s a short work week for most people, it’s late in the day now so let’s gripe. Don’t you just love those people who bring attention to themselves and their websites by leaving Chris Carpenter off their Cy Young lists.
Source: New York Post

Vote: Should all NBA teams retire No. 23 in honor of Michael Jordan?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:48:48 GMT

Babe Ruth's number isn't retired league-wide, nor is Jim Brown's in foootball, Pele's in soccer, etc. , etc. Jordan was a great player, but there have been other great players.
Source: Orlando Sentinel

Area Events

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:20:14 GMT

Bobby Valentine's Sports Academy has begun their Fall Clinics. Clinics are being offered for ages 5 to High School age and will range in offerings from Pitching to Hitting and then also BVSA is offering "All-Purpose" Clinics.
Source: The Stamford Advocate

Quoted in 'Byrd becomes longest-serving member of Congress'

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:00 GMT

said in Beckley Register-Herald:

We honor Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron not only because they were great baseball players but because they were spectacular baseball players for a long, long time.

Marconi: Rell's grant could be better spent

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:13:09 GMT

In an open letter dated Nov. 9 to Gov. M. Jodi Rell, Rudy Marconi, Ridgefield first selectman and candidate for governor, questioned a $200,000 grant issued to his town in September.
Source: The Daily Campus

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:52:00 GMT

Delbert “Shorty” Sargent (1928-2009) Delbert “Shorty” Sargent, 81, of Ashland, Ky. , died Monday morning, Nov. 16, 2009, in King’s Daughters Medical Center.
Source: Ashland Daily Independent

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:07:25 GMT

A fan touches a Babe Ruth monument in monument park at the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York April 3, 2009. The Yankees are scheduled to play their first game in the new stadium against the Chicago Cubs.

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:46:00 GMT

Babe Ruth Plaza outside the new Yankee Stadium April 2, 2009 in New York. Yankee Stadium opened to the public for the teams first workout.

Babe Ruth vs Walter Johnson - 1942 Benefit Game Newsreel

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:55:55 GMT