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minda33
I'm a journalism student at the U. of Nebraska who LOVES all sports, but especially baseball. And I like to blog. Web Site: Getting to First Base BallHype Member since Dec. 8, 2008 |
twolia.com - 9/25/2009
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The Royals are giving out George Brett figurines
tomorrow at Kauffman Stadium. One tiny problem - they...
got the legendary 3rd baseman's position wrong on the box. In fact, they listed him at a position where he played exactly zero games in his entire MLB career.
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George Brett: Awesome 2nd basem--What?
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twolia.com - 7/11/2009
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Jonathan Sanchez totally had a perfect game, except
for one little error by Juan Uribe. I'm guessing...
he had a hard time sleeping Friday night...and just how is he supposed to face Sanchez and deal with it?
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Juan Uribe: Winner of the "Worst Feeling in the World" ...
twolia.com - 7/6/2009
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Sometimes, the voting public picks the wrong guys
to play in the Midsummer Classic. Today, it's time...
to acknowledge what the masses got right, with the help of sabermetrics, of course.
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What the voters did right for the MLB All-Star rosters
twoliablog.com - 3/26/2009
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I used to want to be a baseball
wife - just like blogger Ash Thompson (Mrs. Rich...
Thompson) - but my job in baseball has shown me that I really don't want that anymore. I thought it would be awesome, but now...no. Read on to find out why...
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The baseball wife life: a good thing?
twoliablog.com - 3/21/2009
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In addition to a very decent bat and
a brand-new status as a US citizen, Royals minor...
league catcher Brayan Pena has an incredible story - he escaped from Cuba as a teenager and lived in hiding, all in pursuit of his baseball dream and a better life for his family.
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Brayan Pena's amazing story of defection from Cuba
mvn.com - 3/18/2009
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My reaction to the Ponson signing was very
level-headed. But that's probably because I wrote it before...
I could think about the fact that if he doesn't make the roster, he'll be eating Baconators and punching faces in MY city. AUGH!
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Sir Sidney Ponson is a (O)Royal now
mvn.com - 2/19/2009
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We know that Horsnby quote about spending the
winter staring out the window waiting for spring, right?...
A little bit more goes into the winter when you're a stud pitching prospect. The Royals' Daniel Gutierrez let me in on what it's like to be him.
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What's winter like for top KC prospect Daniel Gutierrez?
twoliablog.com - 2/17/2009
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A delightful collection of a favorite annual tradition:
Those pictures from MLB Spring Training photos that just...
look totally awkward.
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Those awkward-looking Spring Training pics
twoliablog.com - 2/6/2009
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Journalism, bongs, Michael Phelps, and YOU. Why, exactly,
is this such a huge story?...
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The Michael Phelps Weed Thing....
twoliablog.com - 1/31/2009
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The best Super Bowl coverage from around the
blogosphere, as a break from the monstrous stuffed-shirt coverage...
from ESPN, etc.
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A Super Bowl XLIII link-o-rama
twoliablog.com - 1/29/2009
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A simple trip to a Kansas/Nebraska basketball game
turns into a slightly deeper look at what sports...
mean, why we bother, and why Updike was greater than I can describe. Also includes links to other, more fitting, Updike tributes.
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John Updike, and writing, and why we do any of it
mvn.com - 1/17/2009
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Some MLB teams hire frontline sabermetricians, like when
Seattle hired Tom Tango recently. Other teams, like the...
Twins, do not have a sabermetrics department (but we suspect they have a Grit Department). Where do the Royals fall on that spectrum, and why does it matter to fans?
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How sabermetrically inclined is KC's front office?
twoliablog.com - 1/17/2009
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Why it's awesome that an athlete has an
online portal to share his honest thoughts. With a...
few dozen keystrokes, Shaq did the work of an entire PR team by refuting a story he saw about himself online.
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Shaq's Twitter feed gives us news "straight from da ...
twoliablog.com - 1/3/2009
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In light of Andruw Jones' reworking his contract
so that the Dodgers don't have to throw away...
$20MM on him next year, I found 7 random athletes from the NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB who should do the same thing. (Starbury, Larry Johnson, Javon Walker, K-Mart, Jose Guillen, Marc Bulger & Ed Jovanovski)
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7 Random Athletes who should give their paychecks back
minda33.blogspot.com - 12/8/2008
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A heartfelt goodbye to Greg Maddux, who is
officially announcing his retirement today. Knowing there may never...
be another pitcher like him (some of us had hopes that Brian Bannister could fill his very-smart shoes, but alas!) makes this an extra-sad day.
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Farewell to Mad Dog
