From the Notebook: Three screw-ups

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The Big Lead found this 3/20/2008 on joeposnanski.com [flag]
When I was 13 years old, I had my bicycle stolen. I went into a Revco Drug Store at Cedar Center in Cleveland for only a minute — a minute, that s why I didn t lock up my bike — and when I came out my bike was gone. I had saved up everything for that bicycle. It was my life. I m pretty sure that was the last time that I ever violently cried. I hated the world. I ve always understood how a ... [link]

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PM Roundup: Tourney Breather Edition
Published 3/20/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... (Post-Gazette) Romo and Simpson did a TV interview courtside at the Mavs/Lakers game. (KCBS) Drunk food, colleges, and the NCAA tournament. (Endless Simmer) NFL draft prospect Adarius Bowman had LASIK twice in two years. (War Room Report) Steelers WR punches girlfriend in the face, is arrested, and then released … by Pittsburgh. (Post-Gazette) On mistakes: Magic Johnson will not be appearing at Belk Saturday. (Joe Posnanski) Some New York thoughts on that little $40,000 hangup that nearly caused ...

When Joe screwed up
Published 3/20/2008 by Dave Studeman at The Hardball Times
When Joe screwed up by Dave Studeman March 20, 2008 This doesn't have much to do with baseball, but here are three great stories from everyone's favorite baseball writer , Joe Posnanski, about times he screwed up royally on the job. Which reminds me of one of my own stories... I was a disc jockey at a small radio station in the mid-70's. Back then, Ford was competing against the Japanese automakers by advertising that they had the "best-selling small car lineup in American." My job was to read that tagline live every evening around 7:00. Trouble was, I just couldn't get ...


Published 3/21/2008 by Aaron at AaronGleeman.com
... Bill James or remembering mistakes that he made as a young journalist. Regardless of topic, reading his stuff is so enjoyable that it makes me angry about Minnesota's local columnists. ...

Friday's Frosty Mug
Published 3/21/2008 by KLSnow <info@brewcrewball.com> at Brew Crew Ball
... Joe Posnanski retells his three biggest screw-ups in his life in sports. If he can do things like this and still hold a job, maybe there's hope for a long career for the rest of us after all. ...

This Week's Links (3/17-3/21)
Published 3/21/2008 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
Here's the video of the end of the WKU-Drake game. A great Posnanski post about his three favorite professional screw-ups. Live-blogging a re-reading of Moneyball. Hank Steinbrenner is ridiculous. Bob Costas called up Leitch to clarify some things. Silver details some of the additions to PECOTA. Some MLB predictions from Braves Journal: Worst token All-Star: Brian Wilson, Giants Dusty Baker throws Homer Bailey under the bus: April 17 Dusty throws Joey Votto ...