Just Another Gated Community

March 27, 2012 by Ted Leavengood · 2 Comments

We arrived back from Spring Training last night, three games in three delightful mad dash days that left us wishing there was time for one more. When I got home there was a wonderful surprise: a copy of the new biography of Bill Veeck by Paul Dickson. I went to sleep reading it. Yes I […]

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Wounded Birds

March 11, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

While there was plenty of news from the game yesterday, the biggest discussion point probably happened before the first pitch was ever thrown. Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday were both scratched from yesterday’s game against the Nationals. Â Pujols’s back still isn’t quite right and Holliday has a strained rib cage muscle. Â A team that looks […]

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