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The Wizard of Odds found this 5/20/2008 on www.gazetteonline.com [flag]
There was a simple elegance to sports television when I was younger. In the early 1980s, I remember watching "This Week In Baseball" voiced by Mel Allen, followed by the "NBC Game of the Week." That was my chance to see teams outside of Chicago and Atlanta. I still can remember TWIB's music leading into the game. As Allen would say, "How about that?" I rarely watched the entire game; there ... [link]

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Published 5/20/2008 by dawizofodds (noreply@blogger.com) at The Wizard of Odds
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