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The Big Lead found this 5/15/2008 on www.chron.com [flag]
Between watching every NBA playoff game on TV and watching Hillary Clinton contemplate using one of her replay challenges to obtain the Democratic presidential nomination, a curious baseball thought struck me the other day: Mariano Rivera might not give up a single run in 2008. Now, I'm usually not given to thinking about the New York Yankees, other than checking the scores daily to see if ... [link]

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Norman Chad: An Analogy, A Rift (or Two)
Published 5/15/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... The day he jinxed Mariano Rivera’s quest for a 0.00 ERA, our favorite sports humor writer offered up this brilliant analogy: ...

Tomase Moment of Truth Live Blog; Sports Guy Gets Fidgety AGAIN
Published 5/16/2008 by David at Scott's Shots
... the New Balance building with his act, y’all. • Some worthwhile Tomase follow-ups you may have missed are here and here. • One scenario already being floated from Herald Square is to send Tomase back to the Sox beat and put Jeff Horrigan full time on the Patriots beat. No matter the apology and the explanation it will be tough for Tomase to effectively do his job in Foxborough. Tough, not impossible, but certainly not easy. • Greatest Feinstein takedown ever. Send Norman Chad a dollar, Shirley. (Not my mom Shirley, ...

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Published 5/16/2008 by Brad (noreply@blogger.com) at Chuckie Hacks
Great question from Norman Chad's latest column . Q: When Cedric Benson was arrested and charged with boating while intoxicated, officers had to pepper-spray him to get him down. Wouldn't Benson have been easier to get down if officers just handed a football off to him? A: Pay the man, Shirley.

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