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66Minor leagues a refreshing throwback
Minor league ball reminds me of the way the game used to be. No millionaires. No contract haggling. No Steinbrenners. The players dream of The Bigs, and will play hard to make a good impression. They love the game. And, tickets to a game are a lot less the ten-spot. Try finding that in the major leagues. You might find it worthwhile to check out a minor league contest near you -- particularly if you wonder whatever happened to The Game.
0 comments68North Chuck's crime problem hits top 10
Maybe it's paranoia, but I usually brace myself for the bad news when I hear of my home area making the top of anyone's list. It's just something you get used to. In recent years South Carolina finished in...
0 comments71Where do these laws come from?
On Charleston's smoking law: People who move to another area tend to want a couple of things: First, they're seeking a new life. And, once that's achieved (or not), they seek to make that new town just like home.
1 comment60'Charleston Nine' becomes election issue
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley turns Fire Chief Rusty Thomas -- and the nine firefighters killed in the Sofa Superstore fire -- into a relection pitch for himself.
3 comments48We call it T.A.S.
Charleston's Navy Base was shut down as a military installation a dozen years ago, before I arrived in town, but it will forever be known as the navy base. Doesn't matter what's built there in the future; you...
0 comments65SC pipe bomb case gets more interesting
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the two guys arrested for carrying explosives in Goose Creek. It's interesting to watch, because as the case progresses it just gets deeper. The Post And Courier, which...
0 comments52CFD: It doesn't matter how good you are
Charleston's top-rated fire department has been seeing a facelift with the chief fighting for his job since the June 18 warehouse fire that killed nine of its firefighters. Several studies have been made into...
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