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Archive for July 6th, 2006

Liriano. Not AJ.

The fans made a huge mistake in the voting for the final All-Star position. And I’m not talking about Garciaparra.
Somehow AJ Pierzynski made it in over Francisco Liriano.
I don’t know how. Maybe a late push from the fans in Chicago. Maybe a conspiracy. Might even be mind control and aliens.
But Pierzynski did NOT deserve to […]

Chicks Dig the Long Ball

I was browsing around YouTube, and came across this classic commercial. It’s as good today as it was back then. Except the fact that Mark McGwire is retired and disgraced, Tom Glavine pitches for the Mets, and Greg Maddux is back with the Cubs…
Other than that, it’s pure gold.
“Hey, we got Cy Young winners over […]

State Home Run Leaders

I was watching the Cleveland - New York game on Wednesday, and one of the announcers mentioned that Travis Hafner is second on the list of career home runs by a person born in North Dakota. Darin Erstad is first, but not for long.
That got me thinking… I wonder who leads each state? (I threw […]

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