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Damon's 'instinctual' double dash makes World Series history
sports.yahoo.com - 11/4/2009
Damon's 'instinctual' double dash makes World Series history
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PHILADELPHIA — Had Derek Jeter (notes) been the culprit of the double theft, it would have gone done in the history books as the all-time greatest display of "baseball smarts." But since it was a self-described Idiot doing the thieving? Well, every ensuing description of the ...
Johnny Damon had value
fenwaywest.com - 11/4/2009
Johnny Damon had value
— fenwaywest.com — As Red Sox Nation sits down on their collective couches hoping for an implosion in the Bronx,... we continue to look at Johnny Damon with wonder. Here is a 35 year old outfielder that has had a physical metamorphosis only equalled to classic rocker Jim Morrison. Finishing the regular season with ... (more) Johnny Damon had value

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keitholbermann.mlblogs.com - 11/4/2009
The Nine Smartest Plays In World Series History
— keitholbermann.mlblogs.com — Inspired by Johnny Damon's double-stolen base in Game Four on Sunday, I thought it was time to... salute a part of the game rarely acknowledged and even more rarely listed among its greatest appeals to the fan. What they once quaintly called "good ... (more) The Nine Smartest Plays In World Series History

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Life sucks at 3-1, now what?
weretheteamtobeat.com - 11/2/2009
Life sucks at 3-1, now what?
— weretheteamtobeat.com — Well that sucked. That's been about my only concrete thought for the past twelve hours since the... game ended. The series isn't over and in baseball anything can happen, but I'm undeniably in a deep state of melancholy and depression today. It's not so much the fact that we're down 3-1, it's ... (more) Life sucks at 3-1, now what?

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No, You're a Towel:  Winning It All On An Anniversary

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Winning It All On An Anniversary
No, You're a Towel — ... Jorge Posada catches, Derek Jeter hits, and Mariano Rivera closes--just like old times. The night Rivera gets over his postseason past and the Yankees start a new chapter. And the night that the Yankees win World Series #27. Let's hope that it's more than a feeling. Some linkage: Some great stuff from around the blogosphere on Johnny Damon's amazing double steal. River Avenue Blues calls it "Jeterian" (sort of). Jayson Stark calls it "historical". Big League Stew calls it "instinctual".  Keith Olbermann calls it "the smartest play ...

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