bugsandcranks.com - 10/16/2008
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Craig Calcaterra of Shysterball pointed me to this interesting item on The New York Times website :
Ms. Palin visited Salem, N.H. Wednesday night and said she looked forward to watching Senator John McCain debate Senator Barack Obama “right here, in the heart of Red Sox Nation.” Ms. ...
sportsbybrooks.com - 10/17/2008
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sportsbybrooks.com —
Evan Longoria is was the toast of Tampa
Bay, so it’s no surprise that he was recently...
seen at a USF football game leading cheers with one of the hottest young women Ybor City has to offer : (Click for video of E.L.’s “busty ...
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Evan Longoria’s Hottie Hookup: NFL Cheerleader?
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/16/2008
sports.yahoo.com - 10/18/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
Now that we've solved the mystery of why
baseball players are wearing all of those necklaces ,...
let's move onto another ... If you've watched a postseason game involving the surprising Tampa Bay Rays , you've probably asked yourself why the fans ...
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Postseason Puzzler: Why do Rays fans ring those cowbells?
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Political Pandering World Series Style
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... Last week, Bugs & Cranks Rays writer David Chalk noted that “Palin Is A Two-Timing Whore” for her pandering to both Red Sox and Rays fans in the heat of the ALCS. ...
VIDEO: Obama discusses getting a mohawk
Bugs & Cranks —
Our friends at Hugging Harold Reynolds insisted I post something about this to give Sen. Obama equal time with recent posts about Gov. Palin.
So here’s video of Obama’s recent appearance with our beloved American League Champion Tampa Bay Devil Rays:
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Some might see this as an inconsistency on Obama’s part — but he had only said he was supporting the Phillies because his campaign manager is from Philly. As long as you end up a Devil Rays fan, I don’t care how you got ...
More World Series Political Pandering
Hugging Harold Reynolds —
In PA today, ceasing on the Obama flip-flop on his World Series allegiance, Sen. McCain breaks the Illinois Senator's balls a little while invoking the obligatory "Joe the Plumber" reference, while failing to mention his own running mate's baseball allegiance issue. "I heard and I think you did too that Senator Obama was showing some love to the Devil Rays down in Tampa Bay yesterday. Now, I'm not dumb enough to get mixed up in a World Series between swing states, but I think I may have detected a little pattern with Senator Obama. It's pretty simple ...
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