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    Jack Edwards to retire

    I think Jack was waiting/hoping until all the neuro and other tests were done (no issues found); and then if the speech therapy he was doing would help (It didn;t). (That's how I read the Glob story a few weeks ago, anyway). I feel bad for the guy. Loved his job. Was good at his job. Taken out...
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    Blake Griffin officially retires

    Blake Griffin’s NBA career limited by injuries and a blindsiding trade - The Washington Post
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    2024 Portland Sea Dogs (AA)

    Those jowls look like something else.
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    MLB suspends Trevor Bauer for 2 years with no pay

    If I had to guess, it's because those who think he's a schmuck also hope that he's a lit-up schmuck.
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    Everybody hurts sometimes: The latest injuries

    He taught us all about "back ribs" and "front ribs."
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    Carl Erskine, RIP

    Oisk (as my grandfather would say). A big part of another only-in-baseball stretch: At 18, his 1 AB for Brooklyn was the beginning of his career. (It was probably a short time after his graduation from a Brooklyn high school.) At 33, he was picked up by the Mets in 1971 as yet another in a...
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    It is high....it is far....John Sterling is gone from the Yankees broadcast booth

    My first exposure to him was his radio of the NY Raiders of the WHAs 1st season. He gave a goaile the nickname The Lone Raider, which 12yr old me thought was clever. Im pretty sure R-r-r-aider goal!!! Raider goal!!!!! Raider goal!!!!!!!!!! was the primordial soup from which "Theee Yankeees...
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    4/15 Borel's Million Dalbecs

    Ma Nishtana . . . .
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    4/15 Borel's Million Dalbecs

    Must be tough with the fez tilted at such a rakish angle:
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    4/15 Borel's Million Dalbecs

    So you're saying it's not a sprint, it's something else?
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    4/15 Borel's Million Dalbecs

    Leather!!!
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    Who are you rooting for in the Play In Games?

    Can I root for a bunch of multiple-OT games, with everyone's best players going 60 minutes or so?
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    4/15 Borel's Million Dalbecs

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    4/15 Borel's Million Dalbecs

    Gronk taking lessons from Sox parade of backup SS.
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    4/15 Borel's Million Dalbecs

    I think "getaway day" isn't always about having a game the next day
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