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"THE ONLY REASON TO PLAY BASEBALL IS TO KEEP WINTER AWAY"

Don’t know who first said that mouthful – it may have been Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh - but it is one of my favorite quotes of all time. Of course the first rounds of the baseball playoffs endured in early October some of the worst wintry conditions in recent memory. The Phillies  Read More 
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IF TOLSTOY HAD BEEN A SPORTSWRITER AND OTHER THOUGHTS AT THE START OF AUTUMN IN NEW YORK

What did Leo Tolstoy say about happy families all being happy in the same way and unhappy families being unhappy in different ways? Don’t think Leo ever followed a baseball team though I’ve have heard that the Russian baron Prokhorov who is buying the New Jersey Nets may rename them the Nyets. Read More 
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