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  Since I am riding the high of last night’s Oscar presentation, I thought that I would hand out my nominations and winners for the Baseball Academy Awards. So, here we go…   Best Actor of the Year Curt Shilling, Their will be Blood Part 2 Jonathon Papelbon, Step Up to the Mound Barry Bonds, Fugitive: Running from the Feds Roger Clemens, Titanic 2   And the Winner is …Jonathon Papelbon for Step Up to the Mound   Step Up to the Mound is the story of a young dancer turned Red Sox’s closer, on a mission to win a National Championship one step at a time. His rendition of River Dance left audiences in awe and helped catapult his career as a pop-sensation.   Best Actress of the Year  Debbie Clemens, Behind Closed Doors Erin Andrews, There’s Something about Erin Allyson Footer, A Beautiful Mind   And the Oscar goes to… Debbie Clemens for Behind Closed Doors   The gut-wrenching story of a woman ... (link)

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