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Why do all of my teams (except the Lakers) suck?
ronmex.com - 9/10/2009
Why do all of my teams (except the Lakers) suck?
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My teams are the Los Angeles teams I grew up with: the Lakers, Dodgers, Kings and Raiders (who were in L.A. when I started watching football). My college football team is the Colorado Buffaloes, because I went there. All these teams, except the Lakers, suck in one form or another (or many forms).
Better Baseball Tiebreakers
baseballanalysts.com - 9/14/2009
Better Baseball Tiebreakers
— baseballanalysts.com — Major League Baseball has always been particularly inept when it comes to their tiebreaking rules. Amazingly, for... the first few years of the wild card, no rules were in place at all as to what happens when various multi-way ties occur in division and wild card races. To the outside, it seemed ... (more) Better Baseball Tiebreakers

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Giants’ Playoff Push/Hopes
giantsbaseball.gearupforsports.com - 9/9/2009
Giants’ Playoff Push/Hopes
— giantsbaseball.gearupforsports.com — Its a bitter-sweet sight here in the last weeks of the baseball season for Giants fans. Sweet... because fans get to see the Giants play well, they are 7-3 in their last ten games. Bitter because despite their good play they are still two games back from the Rockies for the wild-card. For ... (more) Giants’ Playoff Push/Hopes

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colorado.rockies.mlb.com - 9/12/2009
Rogers to make debut under fire | ColoradoRockies.com: News
— colorado.rockies.mlb.com — By Tim Powers / Special to MLB.com 09/12/09 3:00 AM ET SAN DIEGO -- In the midst... of an eight-game winning streak and a playoff chase, the Rockies will turn to a rookie making his Major League debut on Saturday in San Diego. Esmil Rogers looks to ... (more) Rogers to make debut under fire | ColoradoRockies.com: News

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