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Philly To Welcome Russian National Baseball Team With, Uh, Vodka
Published 8/6/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Philly To Welcome Russian National Baseball Team With, Uh, Vodka Nizhny Novgorod?...Which, if Babelfish is to be believed, means..."A-Rod of NY is a no-goodnik Russia s national baseball team, on a U.S. tour as it preps for the Beijing Olympics, will visit Friday to play a 1 p.m. game against the Greater Philadelphia Men s Adult Baseball League Stars at La Salle University. Two players are from Philly s sister city of Nizhny Novgorod, so the International Visitors Council of Philadelphia will extend an official welcome. Golden Gate restaurant in the Northeast will host a postgame dinner, and the IVC seeks a vodka sponsor to donate 45 bottles. Tax-deductible, says the IVC s Nancy Gilboy. Need I remind you that we, America, inventors of base ball, did not qualify for the most recent Olympics, though we ve apparently qualified for 2008 in Beijing. The team attributed its success to having the right wh ...

Worse than offering nannies to a bunch of Swedes
Published 8/6/2007 by PostmanE at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
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International Pastime: Getting the Russians Some Vodka
Published 8/7/2007 by PostmanR at FanHouse
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