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68Don Larsen Perfect Game Jersey Auction
As unbelievable as it may sound, the jersey and pants Yankees pitcher Don Larsen wore when he pitched the only perfect game in World Series history have been in hiding and safe keeping all of this time. As some iconic athletes do, Don Larsen held...
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70How I Lost my Cards
My father had a saying "never bet what you can't afford to lose." As a little boy I was in love with the Brooklyn Dodgers I knew all the players names and there positions, by heart and still do. Gil Hodges at First, Jackie Robinson at Second,...
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80The 10 little things I enjoy the most about retirement (in no particular order.)
Following a lifetime of work, and after you’ve climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and sailed around the world and founded and nourished and sold off your e-commerce business, it’s the little things that matter.
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75Will the real Johnny Appleseed please sit Down
Who was he, really? Was he John Chapman, businessman,or was he our old friend Johnny Appleseed? Maybe he was both
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72A Different Yankee-Redsox rivalry
The world turned upside down; the American League standings too. 1967, the year of the Red Sox Impossible Dream. New England was ecstatic, but from where I watched, just across the lake from them and in upstate New York, it was agony and sour grapes.
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84Why I Love The Chicago Cubs
There's always more than one way to ask a question.Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily change the answer. For example ..... Which current MLB franchise hasn't won the World Series since 1908 ?? Which somehow sounds slightly better than ...
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70Remembering Moose Skowron
A cranky, ageing Yankee fan reflects on Moose Skowron and on baseball, then and now.
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68Moral Film Review: Moneyball (2011) – A Revolutionary Approach to Baseball
Anyone who enjoys watching baseball games more than watching films may be disappointed by the lack of game time on the screen. Let’s be clear from the start, this is not a baseball movie in the general sense of term. This film is about how the...
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65Great Seasons: The "Wire to Wire" 1990 Cincinnati Reds
The Oakland Athletics were the overwhelming favorite to defeat the underdog Cincinnati Reds in the 1990 World Series. Led by Eric Davis, Chris Sabo, The "Nasty Boys," et al, the Reds pulled the improbable upset, sweeping the A's in four games, to become 1990 World Series Champions.
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64Fenway Park Celebrates 100 Years of Baseball
On April 20, 2012, Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Groundbreaking for the storied ballpark took place on September 25, 1911 and the first game was played on April 20 of the following year, with the Red Sox facing their arch rival New York Highlanders (soon to be Yankees). Boston Mayor John Fitzgerald, grandfather of John F Kennedy, threw out the first pitch.
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