Entries Tagged as 'in the news'
June 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off
If you’re not, you ought to be aware of this by now. If you turn on your TV, and all you get is snow and static, nope, you didn’t prepare. And honestly, I don’t feel sorry for you, because this has been being advertised for YEARS now.
The switchover from analog to digital TV took place [...]
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June 21st, 2009 · Comments Off
So the Sox put Dice-K on the DL, and called up catcher Dusty Brown from the PawSox. I know that the Sox were looking for any reason possible to put Dice-K on the DL, because, honestly, what else can they do with him? They can’t send him down to Pawtucket, I’m sure that is in [...]
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June 8th, 2009 · Comments Off
…at least not for a long time! Kids in Wrentham, MA, participated in a baseball game that went for 36 hours, 101 innings, and it was all for charity. One of the charities who benefited from this was Curt Schilling’s Pitch for ALS. The kids who helped raise the most money will get to sit [...]
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Tonight, Justine Siegal made her debut as the first female coach in men’s professional baseball. Story here.
Siegal is the new head coach of the Brockton Rox, part of the independent Can-Am League. Her debut was a successful one, as the Rox beat the visiting Sussex Skyhawks, 6-2.
So now I must apologize for ranting a few [...]
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May 15th, 2009 · Comments Off
Darryl Strawberry, that is. He was an awesome player who threw away a fantastic career by doing drugs, among other things. One can only imagine what his numbers would have been like had he kept his nose clean (literally!).
For a time, I was convinced that one day, Straw would be found in some sleazy motel [...]
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