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Watson J. Dog, outed as a juicer
If you search my house right now, you will find steroids. I’m not joking — I am currently in possession of steroids. This morning, I touched steroids for the first time. But just like any major leaguer caught with them, I have a convenient story ...
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You know how sometimes an awesome story gets told so often that it becomes kinda boring? The first time you heard it, you wondered if it could really be that great. But then, over time, as other people learned the story and it got told too many times, it just sort of lost its elasticity, like a ...
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bugsandcranks.com - 9 hours ago
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B & C would like to congratulate San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum on winning the 2009 National League Cy Young award.
The narrow victory over Chris Carpenter earned ”The Freak” back-to-back hardware, making Timmy the first NL hurler to do so since teammate Randy Johnson won ...
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Cy Young
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Tim Lincecum
Chris Carpenter
Randy Johnson
bugsandcranks.com - 33 hours ago
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My buddy Mike at Steady Burn Dot Net
can really find bargains on Ebay. In a post
about an army soldier selling the ad rights to his entire arm for fifty grand , Mike’s also found someone trying to sell an autographed pair of Alex ...
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A-Rod’s Shoes A $15,0000,000 Ebay Bargain
Tuesday. At least in that case the writer identified himself as the culprit.
The mystery today… Which BBWAA member left Jim Tracy off the MOY ballot?
Was it you, writer from Pittsburgh? Whoever you are. (Clearly not Andy Smith. But only because he doesn’t have a vote… ...
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Jim Tracy
bugsandcranks.com - 36 hours ago
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As a Pirates fan, I have surprisingly little
resentment towards the managers that have guided my team
through seventeen consecutive losing seasons. Counting Jim Leyland, who came on board well before the run of futility started, the Bucs have burned ...
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Jim Freakin’ Tracy
Admit it. You laughed a little when Jim Harbaugh’s Stanford team went for two in last week’s asskicking of Southern Cal at the Coliseum. Huge underdog Stanford led 28-21 after three quarters, then proceeded go gorillashit all over USC with four fourth quarter touchdowns. Harbaugh ...
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Florida Marlins
bugsandcranks.com - 2 days ago
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I’m in a bit of a post-World Series
malaise. I was going to write something about the
Yankees’ finances and what it meant to their World Series win… but frankly, I don’t have much to say that hasn’t been said before, and ...
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Ranking the Yankees By Best Dog Name
Free agent lefty Mike Gonzalez today announced that he has signed with superagent Scott Boras.
The former Atlanta reliever instantly became one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the game.
Hell yes! I'm gonna get paid!
“Gonzalez has consistently walked on water since his ...
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Scott Boras
Mike Gonzalez
Atlanta Braves
bugsandcranks.com - 2 days ago
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What are you talking about? I didn't even
have Morneau! Ron Gardenhire has managed Minnesota to five
division titles in eight years, or as many post-season appearances as the organization had made in 41 seasons prior to Gardenhire’s ...
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The Time Has Come
bugsandcranks.com - 2 days ago
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The Minnesota Twins unveiled two new uniforms for
the inaugural season at Target Field yesterday. Well, only
one will actually be worn at the new digs, the other is the new road jersey. Denard Span looks dashing in the throwback 1961 get-up, saying ...
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Baseball’s Best Dressed
bugsandcranks.com - 3 days ago
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Sports Illustrated isn’t announcing their Sportsman Of The
Year on December 1st , but I’ll save you
the wondering. Last year I spilled a lot of digital ink telling you who should have won (Joe Maddon , not that drug addict swimmer ). ...
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Derek Jeter Will Be Your 2009 SI Sportsman Of The Year
The New York Mets reached into their past today hiring former player Wally Backman to manage the Brooklyn Cyclones, their minor league affiliate in the New York Penn League. Backman, who won a championship with the Mets in 1986, was initially hired to manage the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2004. ...
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Andy Pettitte
New York Mets
Wally Backman
Brooklyn Cyclones
We all know the Mets were a joke this year, but there’s no humor to be found in the following. We here at Bugs & Cranks don’t spout off any political leanings, but if my understanding of this situation is correct, it’s probably not the best move by a team looking to avoid ...
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New York Mets
Citi Field
Jackie Robinson
On my recent unretirement post, James of the Angels-centric blog True Grich invoked the name of my nemesis Dave Chalk — no goddamn relation!
That Dave Chalk, nee David Lee Chalk, attended the University of Texas, and then debuted with the Angels in 1973 as an infielder and stayed ...
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Texas Rangers
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland Athletics
Kansas City Royals
Tampa Bay Rays
Andy Pettitte
Hours later I’m still trying to make sense of what I witnessed in the Patriots-Colts Sunday night spectacular.
Did I really see what I think I saw ?
Yes, that must be what I saw, because just minutes later there was New England’s creepy head coach standing at the podium in his ...
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Albert Pujols
Tonight, after an afternon spent tasting scotches and eating Middle Eastern food with friends, I took the Red Line home. I always like the part of the Red Line when we come aboveground for Charles/MGH. It’s what separates the Boston part from the Cambridge part, and I’ve always ...
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Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
bugsandcranks.com - 3 days ago
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For those who haven’t seen the Charles Barkley
paints his face white while taking shots at Sammy
Sosa yet (and even for those that have), here’s an extended look at the footage. This took place during last night’s NBA on ...
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(Extended Video) Charles Barkley Takes On Sammy Sosa
Shuttered... forever?
(This one’s only tangentially related to baseball.)
Last winter, my wife hung out with her sister across town one Saturday. Snow hit and she couldn’t get home, so she spent the night there, which was fine by me — I was around to shovel and walk the ...
