Category Archives: Baseball

But Do They Come With Gum?

In a stroke of marketing madness and in an attempt to wed two of America’s favorite pasttimes, Upper Deck has released its “Presidential Predictors” series of baseball cards. Each card depicts one of the current candidates on a baseball card, … Continue reading →

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Pitchers and Catchers…

…report today. And so did Joshua and Jackson. Jackson is ready to go to his first Cardinal game now that Joshua has shared his old Cards cap with him.Go Cards!

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Finally….

I thought this day would never get here. Oh, and Happy Valentine’s Day.

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Joshua’s Sports Song

At the conclusion of Tennessee’s (narrow) victory over LSU today — which Joshua and I watched on TV — my son spontaneously started singing this song (to the tune of “O How I Love Jesus”). Tennessee is goodAlabama is ba-adThe … Continue reading →

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Sports Tidbits

Pretty busy tonight, so I don’t have time for a full-fledged post. Instead, just some quick thoughts from the world of sports. I’m not a big fan of the BCS Championship Game being played this late. A week after New … Continue reading →

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2008 Hall of Fame

Time for another Hall of Fame discussion. ESPN has a list of the eligible candidates for this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame class. You can vote with SportsNation by clicking here. The debate about who is and who isn’t a … Continue reading →

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Fixing the Cardinals

All this Mitchell Report talk is getting a little old, so I thought it time for a little offseason exercise involving my beloved Redbirds. The Cubs and Astros have made significant moves to improve their clubs this winter and I … Continue reading →

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Mitchell Report

Today is sure to be a historic day for the game of baseball, but not in a good way. Today at 2pm Eastern, the Mitchell Report will be released. Senator George Mitchell has been investigating the steroid scandal at the … Continue reading →

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Trades and Rumors of Trades

If you’re a baseball fan, you simply cannot live without MLB Trade Rumors. The site goes bonkers every July and December, when trade rumors run rampant. MLBTR will have covered on all things Johan, Miguel, Haren, etc. If you’re a … Continue reading →

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Asterisk?

I wonder what (if anything) this story does to the all-time home run record. Or the single-season mark, for that matter. Sounds like we might see an asterisk after all. It’s never a good time to be indicted, but during … Continue reading →

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