congrats to Renteria, congrats to us all

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Bless You Boys found this 6/18/2008 on mvn.com [flag]
Edgar Renteria got his 2,000th hit today. Yay Edgah! So, nu, it was not a majestic towering home run or anysuchthing; in fact, Edgah had to hustle his tail off just to beat it back to first, since the ball never left the infield. But a single is a single is a hit, and it all looks the same in an arbitrary milestone marker like hit count! Edgah is the first Colombian ballplayer to record ... [link]

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Game 72: Tigers (33-38) at Giants (31-41)
Published 6/18/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys
... By the way, I completely overlooked Edgar Renteria getting his 2,000th hit last night (something Samela did not do), which is something that deserves its own post.  I hope to get to that later tonight.  (Meanwhile, ...

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