faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 11/4/2009
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The President returned to the White House late that night to cope with history. History...would not care at all that the Cards won the World Series that day by 4 to 3.
—Theodore White, Making of the President 1964 , regarding the events of 10/15/64
On December 15, 1991, six Democratic ...
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Don't Let Bloomberg Off the Hook So Easily
New York Mets Fan Blog —
... , his Democratic challenger, for a third consecutive term in Manhattan's City Hall. Without getting too political, I was reading a post by Greg Prince over at Faith and Fear in Flushing regarding Bloomberg's post-election pandering to the Yankees fans at his victory party . Though Prince's main point deals with how Election Day shouldn't precede the end of a baseball season, he acknowledges that a Mayor allying himself with a sports team to win favor with constituents is nothing new. Greg even suggests that the behavior may be excusable: I find Bloomberg blameless for his ...
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Some Wednesday Afternoon World Series Links
mvn.com 10/28/2009 — Here are some links for you as we count down the hours until World Series Baseball:
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World Series Game 5: Phillies 8, Yankees 6
nleastchatter.com 11/3/2009 — Chase Utley made sure the Phillies would play a Game 6 in the Bronx. The slugging second baseman hit two home runs, tying Reggie Jackson for most round trippers in a single World Series (five).
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Vested Interest in the World Series
4sportboston.com 11/4/2009 —
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As a baseball fan, I spit on anything BUT a seven game series
detroit4lyfe.com 11/3/2009 —
Lots of records broken in Game 5. All for a good cause too -- more baseball.
Chase Utley tied Reggie Jackson's record of five home runs in the World Series with his second two homer game of the series. Never interrupt him .
Ryan Howard tied a 1980 record for strikeouts with 12 in the ...
World Series Ratings Way Up
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/30/2009 — First, the report on game one from The AP : The Phillies’ 6-1 victory over the Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday earned an 11.9 fast national rating and 19 share. That’s up 29 percent from the opener last year, when the Phillies-Rays Series drew record-low ratings. It was the ...
James: 23 homers for Wright in 2010 —
Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 11/4/2009
Statistician Bill James offers these projections for next season in his recently released Bill James Handbook 2010 .
David Wright 599 AB, 100 R, 23 HR, 99 RBI, 24 SB, .302 avg., .892 OPS
Carlos Beltran 522 AB, 92 R, 24 HR, 91 RBI, 17 SB, ...
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