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November 2007
Turkey Bowls
Yesterday, when I shot some pictures of some pickup football games, I got the chance to go in for about a dozen plays. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not in the best shape, but I had some fun just getting out there and playing for a bit.
I had to do something on those Thanksgiving morning games, because they were such a bit part of my Thanksgivings in the past. I haven’t played in one since college, but it made me want to get out and do it again. Maybe I can get in better shape for next year and do a little more than go out for a couple of series.
Congrats, River City Rampage
For taking home both the Midget and Pee-Wee titles at the Albemarle Youth Football League’s Super Bowl V. The Midgets beat the Ahoskie Bobcats, 22-6, and the Pee-Wees topped the Currituck Storm, 22-20, with a touchdown in the final seconds of the game.
Rounding third and heading for home …
Joe Nuxhall passed away overnight after a fight with cancer. “The Old Left-hander” will be remembered by some as the youngest player in major league history, pitching for the Cincinnati Reds two-thirds of an inning against the St. Louis Cardinals a month and a half before his 16th birthday.
To me, he will always be one-half of the Reds’ radio broadcast team with Marty Brennaman. I grew up listening to “Marty and Joe” and listened to many games as I went to sleep as a boy when the Big Red Machine was in its heyday. I continued to listen through the years, until Joe retired in 2004.
He is finally “Rounding third and heading for home.”
Rest in peace, Joe.
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Big baseball happenings
For a Thursday night with a fairly light schedule, there sure are big things happening.
Barry Bonds gets indicted. You knew it would happen sooner or later, just not when. Now Bonds can give his undivided attention to his legal situation. I just don’t know whether he will retire now because everyone is against him or if he will try to come back, padding his record as revenge against the doubters. Of course, if he is in prison come spring, it’s a moot point.
A-Rod signs with the Yankees. Joy, another Yankees story. Little Steinbrenner knows how to turn up the media machine. (Not that he needs any help.) I wish I could go a week without hearing about the Yankees and/or Red Sox, and this is the middle of FOOTBALL season.
That being said, good luck to the Bruins and Pirates tomorrow night.
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Barry stupid thing to say
Yogi Berra was famous for saying things that are on the surface very dumb, but were actually quite funny and sometimes insightful. Barry Bonds, on the other hand, is neither funny or insightful in his latest statment about asterisks in baseball.
“I don’t think you can put an asterisk in the game of baseball, and I don’t think that the Hall of Fame can accept an asterisk,” Bonds told Associated Press writer Mike Fitzpatrick. “You cannot give people the freedom, the right to alter history. You can’t do it. There’s no such thing as an asterisk in baseball.”
Apparently, Bonds has never heard of Roger Maris. Or maybe there are other reasons he doesn’t acknowledge the asterisk that hung over 61 until Mark McGwire broke the mark.
As far as history, that is for the people to judge, not you, Barry. I’m sure that Bush would like to believe certain things about his presidency that the public as a whole do not agree with. The same goes for your place in history.
The Hall of Fame has already accepted the fact that there is an asterisk branded on the ball. Now its time for Barry to accept that the asterisk has been stamped on his career.
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