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Daily Archive for July 17th, 2008

Making the call

Posted in News, Sports on Jul 17th, 2008

As a baseball fan, I have a slight love-hate relationship with umpires.
Like all fans, I am frustrated when a call goes the other way. Not so much if the call is correct. But when a call is obviously wrong — at least, obvious to me — I do get ticked off.
“Hate” is a strong word, [...]

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West Virginia overpowers Catfish

Posted in Sports on Jul 17th, 2008

At the end of the 2007 season, the Columbus Catfish swept the West Virginia Power (Brewers) in three games to win the South Atlantic League title. In those games, the Catfish outscored West Virginia by a combined score of 16-4
That’s ancient history.
West Virginia outscored the Catfish 14-4 Wednesday night in the first meeting of [...]

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Part 3: Looking back on a departed baseball team

Posted in News, Sports on Jul 17th, 2008

Earlier this year, the Columbus Catfish were sold. The new owner wanted a team to move to Bowling Green, KY.
He got it.
And I’m losing a baseball team.
Oh, not just me. The whole Columbus area. But don’t but a few people care. Because, if they did, they’d have been at the games and the team wouldn’t [...]

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