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PRELUDE TO THE FIRST ROUND OF PLAYOFFS

The 2010 regular season ended on October 3, the 59th anniversary of Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard Round The World.” I remember the moment in 1951 vividly. A few minutes before 4p, I was a 9-year-old, even then a crazed baseball nut listening to the game on my parents’ Crosley floor model radio in the living room.  Read More 
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ON LOWENFISH'S LAW, WILD CARDS & OTHER BASEBALL THOUGHTS

ON LOWENFISH’S LAW, WILD CARDS AND OTHER BASEBALL THOUGHTS

On the night of Yom Kippur Friday September 17 the Yankees proved true yet again an adage that I call Lowenfish’s Law: “No four-run lead is ever safe in baseball until the last out is recorded.” The Orioles new closer Koji Uehara was one  Read More 
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