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seamheads.com - 3/29/2008
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"We-e-e-a-ah!" and likewise "Stri-i-ke tuh!" They're here today,
both of them, and so is the baseball season...
of 1908. – Chicago Tribune The reign of bat and ball is supreme.- New York Times Another interminable off-season will draw mercifully to a close today when the first true rays of the summer sun pass over ball-fields and batter's boxes across the United States.
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Opening Day: 1908
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seamheads.com - 3/3/2008
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Since writing the opening piece (no pun intended)
on puzzles, my Deadball Era opus has been framed...
and now stares at me in my office. I am struck by how these images from 1900 and earlier remind me of a family album. It is easy to forget that photography was once new, and that some of our ancestors were not schooled as kids on how to pose for the camera.
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A Baseball Family Album
feeds.feedburner.com - 3/29/2008
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"We-e-e-a-ah!" and likewise "Stri-i-ke tuh!". They're here today,
both of them, and so is the baseball season...
of 1908. – Chicago Tribune The reign of bat and ball is supreme.- New York Times Another interminable off-season will draw mercifully to a close today when the first true rays of the summer sun pass over ball-fields and batter's boxes across the United States.
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An Ode to Opening Day
dugoutcentral.com - 8/17/2008
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I'm in complete agreement. Sadaharu Oh deserves to
be in the Hall. Same with Roger Maris and...
Buck O'Neil.
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Hall of Fame is About “Fame” – And These Men Deserve ...
seamheads.com - 10/4/2008
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Charles Webb Murphy was the kind of “bad”
owner any team would love to have. When he...
owned the Chicago Cubs he brought them their greatest success, four pennants and two World Series Championships.
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The Best “Bad” Owner There Ever Was
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 11/10/2008
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November 9th - November 15th November 9th 1889
- Former Yankees P Tommy Thompson (1912) was born....
Tommy went 0-2 in 7 games for the Yankees in 1912. 1897 - Former Yankees reserve OF Harvey “Gink” Hendrick (1923-24) was born. On January 3, 1923, Harvey was traded by the Red Sox along with ...
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This Week in Yankees History (11/9-11/15)
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/18/2008
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Wasn't That 1908? In medieval Europe, when people
were interested in turning lead into gold, there was...
a saying that maintained that this was really an easy thing to accomplish. Piece o' cake . Just throughout the alchemy process you could never once ...
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The Cubs' self-fulfilling championship drought - ...
