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It's relatively easy to manage when you have 2 or 3 or even 4 times as much money to spend on players compared to other teams/your competition. It's just not that difficult to win/manage when you have all-stars at virtually every position and, if one of them goes down to injury, the team ...
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slate.com — Here's the biggest reason the ABL was better: They used a men's sized ball. Therefore, it looked... more like men's basketball. The bounces were truer, and actually, the men's ball slowed the game down just enough that it looked... better. I can't ... (more) Slate Magazine
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Getting Pumped for Yankees-Phillies
No, You're a Towel — ... you can't do/ Out of New York/ These streets will make you feel brand new/ Big lights will inspire you/ Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York" The Yankees are planning for a pep rally tomorrow afternoon in Times Square, according to the New York Post Why bet on a Philadelphia cheesesteak when you can get one for free? Grub Street has all the details for those Yankees in Philadelphia Slate looks at The Overmanager, Joe Girardi (H/T Jay) I feel like this iPhone app from U.S.S. ...

What They're Saying: Umpires, The Overmanager, and ALCS Recaps
No, You're a Towel — ... says that Girardi "seemed to suffer from temporary insanity or incompetence at times in the ALCS". Slate seems to agree and calls him The Overmanager. ...

World Series Predictions Go Here
The Big Lead — ... Yankees and Phillies that should be discussed by Buck and McCarver at some point during the World Series: crazy Darren “Dutch” Daulton; broke Lenny Dykstra (at right lounging in a hotel room); Rickey Henderson. It would also be splendid if FOX broke out this old SI photo of a shirtless A-Rod and Jeter. Here’s some bad news for Yankees fans - of the 22 ESPN staffers that picked the series, 20 went with the Yankees. That, plus Girardi’s overmanaging, may spell doom for the New York. (Pause for ...

Sports Science Weekly Gym Bag - 10-28-09
Sports Are 80 Percent Mental — ... Welcome to a World Series edition of the Weekly Sports Science Gym Bag, a collection of some of the best stuff I've found in the last week.  A few more baseball stories are included, while you watch the Yankees lose in 6 games! The Overmanager: Why the New York Yankees' Joe Girardi is too smart for his own good To play in the NFL, you have to make a show of going to college. To play in the NBA, you have to get through high school. To sign a contract with a major league baseball team, all you have to do is convince someone you're 16, provided you weren't ...

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