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    5-26-23 Sox in the Desert v1

    They just fixed it.
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    5-26-23 Sox in the Desert v1

    Anyone else on DirecTV channel 628 having the audio cut out every second? This has happened a few times in the past
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    "Smoky Joe Wood" baseball book wins SABR award

    The book "Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend" has been published in paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Smoky-Joe-Wood-Biography-Baseball/dp/0803278411
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    Smoky Joe & Tris & the anti-catholic myth

    Many writers have exaggerated a perceived rift between the protestant and catholic players on the 1912 Red Sox. It gave them something to write about. Smoky Joe & Tris Speaker were supposed to have disliked catholics, which was not true. They both married catholic girls and Smoky Joe was not the...
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    Smoky Joe & Tris & the anti-catholic myth

    Someone who was listening to the Red Sox on the radio today told me that the announcers brought up the 1912 anti-catholic story. Smoky Joe Wood and Tris Speaker were not anti-catholic. This myth is discussed in the book "Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend." Smoky Joe Wood and...
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    "Smoky Joe Wood" baseball book wins SABR award

    Author Gerald C. Wood accepted his 2014 Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal for "Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend," on Saturday, March 15, 2014, at the NINE Conference banquet in Tempe, Arizona...
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    Red Sox Minor League history: Joe Wood, Jr. interview on the 1940's

    I heard on the radio that Baseball Hall of Fame member Ralph Kiner died yesterday at age 91. My father, Joe Wood, Jr (son of Smoky Joe Wood) once threw a no-hitter in the Red Sox minor league system. The last batter he faced in this no-hitter was a young Ralph Kiner. I learned that when I was...
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    "Smoky Joe Wood" baseball book wins SABR award

    It was announced yesterday that "Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend" has won the Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal. Basically that means that it is judged by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) as the best book on baseball history for 2013.  see...
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    Do you want to help end the Fox Saturday blackouts?

    The class clowns showed up in force and ruined this thread. Once the thread became sophomoric there was no point in trying to use the thread to promote the fight against the blackouts, as no one would take us seriously after reading these messages.
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    Do you want to help end the Fox Saturday blackouts?

    We don't want to use a form letter. We don't want it to look professional. That's not as effective as unique letters. Handwritten letters will get more attention. Just tell them, in your own words, how angry the Saturday blackouts have made you. And because their advertising is supporting the...
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    Do you want to help end the Fox Saturday blackouts?

    The reason we have no traction with MLB is there is no way we can hurt their bottom line to effect change. Stop watching the Red Sox? No. They care about dollars more than they care about fans. But big national brands care deeply about their image and their bottom line. We can effect change by...
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    Do you want to help end the Fox Saturday blackouts?

    Can someone dig out snail mail addresses for these advertisers? Written letters get more attention. Emails will also work. Spread the word. Post to other boards. If we can get this to go viral we can stop the Fox blackouts. The only leverage we have is our collective buying or boycotting...
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    Do you want to help end the Fox Saturday blackouts?

    I have my DVR set to tape the Royals @ Angels on Saturday. It would be helpful if other folks made lists of advertisers from the other Fox games in their areas. Let's focus on the national advertisers. The local advertisers maybe later.
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    Do you want to help end the Fox Saturday blackouts?

    The first Fox Saturday game is April 7. I don't believe they will broadcast any spring training games. I'll be ready with my note pad for the first game.
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    Do you want to help end the Fox Saturday blackouts?

    Here's an idea. After we generate a list of advertisers, we gather up a bunch of the advertisers' products and hold public bonfires all over the country. We invite the press (newspapers, TV, radio) to watch baseball fans burn the Fox advertisers' goods, in protest to blackouts that don't serve...
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