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    Mike'd Up: The Mike Francesa Show

    Dopey Heyman was on this afternoon saying he thinks Crawford's first preference was to sign with the Angels. He apparently doesn't know the RS and Angels offered the same money. Francesa apparently didn't know either because he made no effort to correct Heyman. Lack of media accountability is...
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    Mike'd Up: The Mike Francesa Show

    During that same discussion, he ball-washed Steinbrenner's cold dead corpse with a comment about how Steinbrenner put only $160,000 in cash down to buy the franchise in 1973. Of, course, he said, that while that doesn't sound like much, people have to realize that that amount of money was the...
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    Dan Shaughnessy: Taking a dump in your mouth one column at a time

    Really? CHB said it's in the top five in "NE sports history" (according to shaunrbu's post). I'm not sure it even cracks the top 10. Off the top of my head and not in any particular order: 1946 WS game 7; '48 playoff against the Indians; games 153 and 154 of the '49 season; Aparacio falling down...
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    Dan Shaughnessy: Taking a dump in your mouth one column at a time

    I actually called Shank's editor to complain about this. I pointed out that by traditional numbers Damon and Drew were extremely close in 09 (Damon - .282, 24 HRs, 82 RBIs; Drew - .279, 24, 68) and that by OBP/Slug./OPS Drew was far superior (Damon - .365/.489/.854; Drew - .392/.522/.914.) I...