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Baseball owners want to use instant replay to review Selig hiring
Serious Sports News Network | August 19th 2008 by Tom Alexander
NEW YORK, NY — As the professional baseball owners gather to consider instant replay, SSNN has learned that many of the owners are interested in using the technology to take another look at the hiring of Commissioner Bud Selig over a decade ago read more
Free Hot Dog! If You Eat It In Less Than 4 Minutes
Where the Boggs Are Always Cold | August 7th 2008 by Mitch Martin
2009 All-Star Game logo
Cardinal Nation Globe | August 5th 2008 by deaner
The Cardinals have just unveiled the logo for the 2009 All-Star Game to be hosted in St. Louis. Beautiful and simple, the logo features the Gateway Arch and a bird-on-a-bat. Also, if you haven't seen Batting Stance Guy on YouTube, check him out doing read more
5 things that could make the NHL better
Bolts Blog | August 5th 2008 by RJ
Over on Yahoo Sports, the Puck Daddy blog wants to know what five things the NHL can do to make the sport better. So I figured, why not? Here are my five things, in no particular order and off the top of my head….1. Make the nets bigger. And not by read more
All-Star Game and News Updates
B-Side Sports: The Cure for the Common Blog | July 25th 2008 by Thomas Lourdeau
Well, despite my close prediction to the final score of the All-Star game last night, I think I deserve to eat a little crow this morning. I was pleasantly surprised last night to see one of the best games of the season so far, despite the fact it read more
Marlins cancel shuttle
Serious Sports News Network | July 25th 2008 by Tom Alexander
MIAMI, FL — The Florida Marlins have announced that they are canceling the eco-friendly shuttle that the team launched a couple weeks ago, due to a general lack of interest. “It’s not worth it to cart Dan Uggla back and forth from t read more
McCarver: I almost made it
Serious Sports News Network | July 25th 2008 by Tom Alexander
NEW YORK, NY — An extensive, week-long SSNN investigation has discovered that former catcher and current FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver almost stayed awake for all 15 innings of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. “I almost made it read more
Soccer, my pre-All-Star game post
B-Side Sports: The Cure for the Common Blog | July 23rd 2008 by Thomas Lourdeau
In case you didn’t know, and I’m sure you have no idea because you probably don’t follow the MLS, the REAL All-Star game is tomorrow night. And please don’t read too far into my promotion of the game, I really hate it with a read more
MLS expansion - 24 teams by 2013?
My Soccer Blog | July 23rd 2008
Canada's sports network TSN reports that "MLS Commissioner Don Garber will lift the original ceiling of 18 franchises and announce Thursday a new expansion plan of not less than 20 and up to 24 franchises by 2013-2014."They add that, "Vancouver and M read more
More on Hall of Famers
Baseball Mud | July 22nd 2008
A post-script to yesterday's post about the low number of Hall of Famers in last week's All-Star Game...There are several HOF-bound or HOF-track players in baseball today who simply didn't get selected to this year's game:HOF-bound1. Greg Maddux2. Ke read more
All-Star Research
Baseball Mud | July 21st 2008
When I was doing the All-Star Game research, I started counting Hall of Famers. The 1970 game featured 18 Hall of Famers, which I thought was a lot, but then I discovered another one with 18 HOFers. So it got me wondering, how many HOFers play in a t read more
Does anyone still care about the All-Star game?
Baseball Mud | July 21st 2008
Sorry it's taken me a week to finally finish this post about the All-Star Game, but here goes.Last Tuesday's game ranks up there with the greatest All-Star Games of all time, but for my money, I'd choose the first All-Star game of 1961 as the greates read more
MLB Weekly Review
With Malice... | July 21st 2008 by withmalice
What a week for baseball as the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game kicked off early in the week and gave fans plenty to cheer about. There are 2 robberies to report from Monday Night as Josh Hamilton stole the stage in the first round and then Just read more
Quick hits: All-Star fixes, Ballpark Village, Lohse, and the Padr…
Rockin' the Red | July 19th 2008 by Bryan
A wild week indeed. Josh Hamilton hits 28 homers. The AL wins on a play at the plate. Nobody cares, or at least Erin Andrews, about Justin Morneau... Or is that Jason Morneau? Doesn't matter.Ken Rosenthal has some good suggestions for bettering the A read more
It Has Been A Good Week For Women
Where the Boggs Are Always Cold | July 18th 2008 by Mitch Martin
As I sit here at my desk with an office running at about a 70 percent vacancy rate, the last couple days have really turned the week around for women. Sure us guys started the week on manly notes with the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game, then finish read more
Gallery: 2008 Triple-A All-Star Game in Louisville
WordUp by Chad Gramling | July 17th 2008 by Chad Gramling
The third annual Gramling Minor League Baseball All-Star Game was last night. The 2008 edition saw is take in Triple-A action in Louisville. We also briefly stopped by the Louisville Slugger Museum, rode the trolley and walked a heck of a lot to find read more
More All-Star Game stuff
Baseball Mud | July 17th 2008
Yesterday I started a long comment about the All-Star Game, wondering if this year's was the greatest ever. In surveying the field, I didn't actually answer the question, but I'll get to that soon.First, I want to finish my survey of All-Star Games t read more
Musial not in New York
Cardinal Nation Globe | July 17th 2008 by deaner
Although I'm sure you all noticed and thought that same thing, I haven't seen this discussed very much so I just wanted to throw it out there... When watching all of the Hall-of-Famers lining up for introductions for the 2008 All-Star game in NYC, I read more
The Stuff of Legend
Perpetual Memory Loss | July 17th 2008
I realize that I’m a little late to the Josh Hamilton suck-fest, but regardless, I’m still going to write about it. First off I don’t really care about Hamilton’s past or any of that other crap. I’m not going to call read more
All-Star Game
Dirty Laundry | July 17th 2008
Nobody does ritual better than baseball. Tuesday night’s pre-game All-Star celebration gathered together the largest assemblage of Hall of Famers and All Star players in history. There were the Willies McCovey and Mays, Ozzie Smith, Whitey Ford, Yo read more
Looking forward to the 2009 All Star Game
Cardinal Nation Globe | July 17th 2008 by deaner
In 2009 the MLB All Star Game will take place in the America's best baseball city, St. Louis. The hometeam Cardinals have won more World Series championships (10) than any other team in baseball's senior circuit. The city of St. Louis will make a gre read more
Tampa Bay Rays Scott Kazmir has a message for Terry Francona
Sports Demotivation | July 16th 2008 by PQ
Photo by Jim McIsaac Caption by me read more
The M.L.B All-Star game has people snoring past 1am
Sports Demotivation | July 16th 2008 by PQ
Photo by Nick Laham Caption by me read more
Fantasy Baseball Players of the Day - All-Star Game Edition
LestersLegends.com | July 16th 2008 by LestersLegends
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All-Star Game Goes All-Night
Where the Boggs Are Always Cold | July 16th 2008 by Mitch Martin
The Mid-Summer Classic, a.k.a. baseball’s All-Star Game, was just that last night, a classic. The game extended into the 15th inning and into the wee hours of the morning on the East Coast, allowing for the immediate nickname of the “New read more
Statement From George Stienbrenner About ASG Ceremony
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog. | July 16th 2008 by Greg C.
From MLB.com:"Anyone who needed proof that Yankee Stadium is the grandest stage in baseball got it last night. "The 2008 All-Star Game was one of the greatest experiences in my life and in franchise history. Thanks to the fans who jammed our Stadium read more
Favorite Yankee Stadium Memories
Sportizo - Latest Football Soccer Highlights. Sports news an… | July 16th 2008
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Was that the greatest All-Star Game ever played?
Baseball Mud | July 16th 2008
Last night's game featured key home runs and dramatic strikeouts, top-notch defensive plays and ugly errors, great pitching and great hitting, and extra, extra innings. You probably already know how it ended. If right field had been manned by a stron read more
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