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Posted in News on Aug 3rd, 2008
To many baseball fans — particularly fans of the Chicago Cubs or long-time fans of the St. Louis Cardinals — the name “Caray” in the announcer’s booth meant Harry Caray.
Not to me.
Being a long-time Atlanta Braves fan, “Caray” has meant Skip Caray, who began announcing for the Braves in 1976.
For a Braves fan, I was [...]
Posted in Sports on Mar 30th, 2008
As much as I like baseball … and I do like baseball … I am constantly frustrated by the idiots running Major League Baseball.
Sure, baseball is a business. Despite the ruling that it’s not — the ruling that keeps MLB from having to follow anti-trust laws — it is a business.
And I certainly realize that [...]
Posted in Sports on Feb 29th, 2008
The Braves and the Dodgers opened their spring training games against other Major League teams yesterday (the Braves beat the University of Georgia on Wednesday) with the Dodgers winning 5-4.
One thing people noticed was the way the Braves bullpen couldn’t hold a 4-2 lead in the 9th.
I noticed that the Dodgers played five young players [...]
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