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ETVal ETVal posted 3/19/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.com [flag]
Forget brawls and suspensions. Forget whether Alex Rodriguez should have run over a catcher Saturday, of whether he said anything interesting in Men’s Vogue. Forget the many decisions the New York Yankees have to make regarding their roster. The Yankees did a great thing Tuesday, traveling to Virginia Tech to play an exhibition game in honor of the 32 victims of last year’s shooting. [link]

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Signs point to Thursday reading
Published 3/20/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... Bugs and Cranks notes that the Yankees traveled to Virginia Tech to play a game there in memory of the 32 victims of last year’s shooting. Not to rain on anyone’s feel-good parade, but what do the Yankees have to do with Virginia? (Although I guess having the Nats come to town wouldn’t be quite as awesome.) ...

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