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    Monthly Archives: October 2014

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    October Heroes

    Posted on October 31, 2014 by moc
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    Is it too cliche to be Madison Bumgarner for Halloween this year? I’d like to think I could get away with it. After all, who called his Game Five performance something resembling Muhammad Ali? Well, Game Seven matched it. Remember, … Continue reading →

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    Stars shine when lights are brightest

    Posted on October 29, 2014 by moc
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    I’ve received flak from two disparate sources the last 48 hours re: Monday’s post. One, that I would compare a single baseball game to the greatest boxing match of all time. I stand by the analogy. Memorable performance with the … Continue reading →

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    Bumgarner echoes a decades-old performance

    Posted on October 27, 2014 by moc
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    Madison Bumgarner’s pitching performance in last night’s Game Five of the World Series deserves the word epic, an epithet used all too often by tweens and Tweeters in 2014, but completely apropos in its traditional meaning here. Last night’s contest wasn’t … Continue reading →

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    P.C. pandering starts already

    Posted on October 24, 2014 by moc
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    Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) will hold his annual pheasant hunt this weekend among Republican bigwigs and aspirants. Faux conservative and 2016 GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie will attend, apparently, but not hunt. Scheduling conflict. Right. Squeamishness and apologies for conservative … Continue reading →

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    Game One’s production better than Game One’s game

    Posted on October 22, 2014 by moc
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    The stage was set: two deserving teams from deserving cities, meeting at this most worthy park, denied of World Series glory for 29 years. If Tuesday’s game was any indication, it’ll be 30. Game One never really found the drama … Continue reading →

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    Fool me once…

    Posted on October 20, 2014 by moc
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    Notre Dame, Notre Dame, you’ve done it to me again. The Irish, the last 25 years in marquee match-ups like Saturday’s instant classic with Florida State, have begun to look a little like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown. … Continue reading →

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    Pitching, defense, and three-run home runs

    Posted on October 17, 2014 by moc
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    Travis Ishikawa’s walk-off home run last night capped off one of the greatest two weeks of baseball games I have ever seen. The thunderous applause at AT&T Park, though, may have drowned out the sobs of Fox studio executives, left with … Continue reading →

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    Giants win classic Game 3

    Posted on October 15, 2014 by moc
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    Fairytales begin “once upon a time,” mysteries begin with dark and stormy nights. And a ninth-inning rally begins with a lead-off walk. Classic.

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    A hundred million reasons why baseball is better than football

    Posted on October 13, 2014 by moc
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    See: last night. Case closed. … Continue reading →

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    Thank God It’s Baseball

    Posted on October 10, 2014 by moc
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    I’ve been waiting patiently the past two nights for baseball to return. Royals and Orioles players have been waiting four. This is simply unbaseball-like. Thanks, TV studio execs. Proof once again that baseball is not played on ballfields; it’s played … Continue reading →

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