Archive for August, 2009
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Bob Mainhardt has been around the sport of hockey most of his life. He now finds himself in Youngstown, Ohio, not exactly a hockey hotbed (yet). Mainhardt likes his role with the Youngstown Phantoms leading into their inaugural season and thinks the valley will enjoy the level of hockey they ...
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Saturday, August 29th, 2009
How sad is this photo to Indians fans? Cliff Lee is gone but not forgotten. He is tearing up the National League, much like CC Sabathia did when the Indians decided to play flea market last season. Lee is 6-0 and his ERA is under 1.00. I laugh at the ...
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Saturday, August 29th, 2009
The field always looks great, the announcements that rip through the PA system are crisp, and why does the umpire always look toward the press box between innings and start waiving his arms? They are, for the most part, the people you do not see when you attend a Mahoning Valley ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
This weeks YSU Football Profile Player is Kevin Smith. Smith knows pressure, he replaced Reggie Bush at Helix High School in California. Coming off of a 2008 injury in which he was redshirted, Smith wants to prove he is the playmaker everyone thinks he can be. He is one of ...
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Kyle Smith is enjoying his rookie season. Drafted 14th by the Cleveland Indians in the 2009 MLB Draft, Smith has already been selected to the NYPL All-Star team. As of this writing, he is sidelined with a shoulder injury but said he will be re-evaluated early next week and may be able to ...
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers offense showed its potency against Batavia. The Scrappers scored a season-high eight runs in the third inning and never looked back in defeating the Muckdogs.
Batavia struck first on a three-run blast from Kyle Conley. They added another run in the second inning to push the lead ...
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
This is it, the year when Saints fans can take the paper bags off of their heads. Yes, I predict New Orleans will get their first ever NFC Championship. Years of futility and what "could have been" minus injuries, suspensions, and plenty of bad luck, can all be shelved with ...
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Twenty years ago, Pete Rose did what Major League Baseball wanted him to do, step up and take responsibility for his alleged gambling habit. Rose, who has been cooperative since, followed orders and confessed his wrongdoing. Still not in the Hall of Fame, and still jumping when being told to ...
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