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| Unbreakable, Part 2 |
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Last time, I took a look at some of the most famous (and infamous) pitching records. Now, it’s time to look at the hitting records. Unlike many of the pitching records, a good deal of these records can be broken, perhaps even within the next few years. Perhaps this can be attributed to the way the...
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| The Jester’s Quart: Take a Bite Out of Cooperstown |
Fred McGriff closing in on 500 home runs is the best thing to ever happen to Cooperstown.
Oh, no, he won`t be enshrined in that quaint little village`s National Baseball Hall of Fame. He can visit the museum, just like me or Steve Jeltz or Oddibe McDowell can. But he isn`t good...
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| Boston Hates Bonds, But Not Because He Is Black |
![[img]](http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/vbmynews/viewthu.php?id=230604-9904) “Boston is too racist for me. I couldn’t play there.” - Barry Bonds
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| Monday Morning Regurgitation |
Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times takes a look at "The Eldrick Formerly Known as Tiger," as Mr. Woods came up empty at the U.S. Open. From the Sun-Times:
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- If he was still the indomitable champion and not The Eldrick Formerly Known as Tiger, he would...
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| The Jester's Quart: Who Needs Dodgeball? |
![[img]](http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/vbmynews/viewthu.php?id=170604-843674) "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" opens this week. It`s got Vince Vaughn and Rip...
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| Coaches Behaving Badly: Intolerance, Ignorance, and Intoxication |
![[img]](http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/vbmynews/viewthu.php?id=160604-950795) It is almost beginning to play out like a cheap Girls Gone Wild rip-off. ...
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| End of a Dynasty |
![[img]](http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/vbmynews/viewthu.php?id=160604-553601) With the addition this year of Payton and Malone, which bolstered the already...
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| MLB Ballpark Used for Bush Bash |
![[img]](http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/vbmynews/viewthu.php?id=150604-163361) Jumping out of a plane was nice, but the highlight of former President George...
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| Money |
Has money gone off the wall. Look at all professional players now, they're earning mass amounts of cash, and in some cases, take most of the salary away when there's a cap, or when you look at percentages.
And then, there are the prizes you get...
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| Unbreakable, Part 1 |
Everyone is fascinated by the records in professional sports because they represent a lifetime of work and sacrifice to become the very best there is, the king of the mountain, the all-time leader.
Major League Baseball sports more than 120 years of history, and in that time many...
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| Prepping for the NFL Preseason |
![[img]](http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/vbmynews/viewthu.php?id=130604-212429) It is like that feeling you get after Halloween. You know each day is...
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| The Jester's Quart: Sorely Missing Sore Winners |
Columnist, ‘The Jester’s Quart’
“Ser-i-ous-lay?”
There`s nothing worse than being ignorant to what someone else perceives as common knowledge. I remember back in the seventh grade there was an announcement over the loudspeaker proclaiming, due to random acts...
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| The (sports) Gospel According to Mark: Juiced by O.J. |
![[img]](http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/vbmynews/viewthu.php?id=090604-33839) The
following article, written by Mark Chalifoux, appeared in
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| Borges KO's Katz: Another Great Moment for Boston |
![[img]](http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/vbmynews/viewthu.php?id=080604-724448) Being a fan of the Red Sox, I have to find moral victories wherever possible. ...
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| Weary Sports Traveler |
![[img]](http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/vbmynews/viewthu.php?id=050604-913712) To the dozen or so people that read my columns, my absence last week must have...
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| The Myth of the Casual Fan |
The following article, written by James J. Patterson, appeared in issue 7 of SportsFan Magazine.
All sports need their Die-Hard Fans, no exceptions.
We love informal polls here at SFM, and an informal poll at our...
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| The Jester’s Quart: I Hate Hockey, the F.A.Q. |
They’re out every May, and they stick around through June You’ve seen them. You’ve heard them before. To call them negative would be an insult to cynicism.
They are American sportswriters, and they want you to know how much professional hockey pisses them right off.
I...
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| A Day in the Life of a Softball Tournament |
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Waking up Sunday morning, I felt like the ass of a fly hitting the window of a Mack truck going sixty miles per hour. One forgets that age plays a major role when someone still tries to think that they have taken that drink from the fountain of youth. Every part of my body ached, from head to...
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