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Koufax and GREAT pitchers
Sandy Koufax is my favorite old-time pitcher — old-time, of course, referring to those gray-haired men who played before I was born. It’s all about our own reference points, isn’t it? You know what Carlin said: The ...
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ON THE DL
Jayson Stark from ESPN brings his Rumblings and Grumblings to the DL to talk (what else) BASEBALL! If you’ve ever read Stark’s work, you know that he writes like he talks and his enjoyment for the game really comes out in his columns. He’s ...

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 The Strange History of All-Star Game Starting Pitchers
The Strange History of All-Star Game Starting Pitchers
Ya know what Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver, Pedro Martinez, Nolan Ryan, Rick Reuschel and Jack Armstrong share in common? They all started exactly one All-Star Game. Contrast that with David Wells, who started two, Billy Pierce, who started three, and Lefty Gomez, who started five.
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Slide Over, Koufax: So Does Alex Rodriguez Now Qualify As a Jewish Baseball Player?
Is A-Rod the greatest Jewish baseball player ever? So one quite awesome detail about the A-Rod/Madonna story is that according to the New York Post , A-Rod has reportedly been studying Kabbalah, a "Jewish mystical practice popularized by Madonna." OK. ...
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 Statuatory thinking: Ideas for alternative baseball stadium statues
Statuatory thinking: Ideas for alternative baseball stadium statues
The Los Angeles Times had a story yesterday about statues at baseball stadiums, and a suggestion to add one of Sandy Koufax to Dodger Stadium. I think a statue of Fred Claire giving Pedro Martinez a plane ticket to Montreal would be more appropriate. It got me thinking of honest statues for other MLB stadiums. Tropicana Field needs a statue of Rocco Baldelli in an MRI machine at once!