Thursday, October 1st, 2009
When an unprepared student gets called to go to the blackboard in a group activity and isn't sure what to do, they write anything they can to get close. Usually, the student is not very lucky, and is asked to return to their respective seat. A good teacher will not ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
What a horrible year Cleveland Sports fans have had to endure. The Cavs could have done better. The Indians started and are ending the season with disgraceful heartless performances. The Browns are lucky if they win six games this season. When will it end? Doesn't matter what team or season, ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
What a horrible weekend for the nationally covered Ohio sports teams! It's football season, but they are still playing baseball. Didn't matter which level, didn't matter which sport, all that matters is that my home state, in a 24-hour span, was 0-5 against teams from other states.
The fun started Saturday night when ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
I wanted to do a profile piece on Ben Carlson about a month and a half ago. When I asked him about it after a Scrapper game in July, he simply told me "we'll see". Today Carlson admitted to me that he was reluctant to do a profile piece back ...
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
Mark Shapiro is the Cleveland Indians general manager. Eric Wedge must be his buddy. Shapiro declared Sunday before the Oakland A's - Indians game that Wedge would remain at the controls for the rest of the season. I am not sure I understand why.
By firing Wedge and getting a new manager ...
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
I got to meet Dave Smith, the GM of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. I learned that a GM in minor league baseball worries more about what happpens outside the lines than a major league GM. Mr. Smith was gracious enough to grant me some interview time and I met a ...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
In a move that can only signify forfeiture of a season, the Indians traded away Mark DeRosa to St. Louis for a player to be named later. Anytime a player is traded away to a contender for a player to be named later, it usually signifies the team getting the player ...
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Eric Wedge relied on one of his battered bullpen converts to perhaps save his job. Speculation that Wedge will be canned soon barring a miracle turnaround took a backseat to one of the Indians best all-around showings this season as the Tribe rolled past Cincinnati, 9-2.
Cleveland scored all 9 runs ...
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