With the announcements that Aloha, ATA, and Skybus have ceased service, thousands of passengers find they have paid money for flights that will never get off the ground. Sort of like donors to Mitt Romney’s campaign.
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And in London, protesters who were trying to stop the Olympic torch clashed with British police. At one point the torch was put on a bus for safety reasons.
But the protesters should have just asked that the torch be shipped on British Airways. No one would ever see it again.
Okay, the San Francisco Giants may have one of the worst slogans of the year, with All Out, All Season. …but there are other contenders.
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Detroit’s “Who’s your Tiger?” Which with their 0-6 start might be better changed to “Lose, your Tigers.”
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And Baltimore’s “This is Birdland.” Presumably to differentiate themselves from Washington DC 40 miles to the south, which is “Birdbrain land.”
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And Florida’s “You gotta be here.” Is this directed at the people who bought season tickets before they dismantled the team, again?
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And the Texas Rangers – “You could use some baseball.” And as usual, we could use some pitching.
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But regarding “All Out, All Season.” Would it be too much to ask that Barry Zito has a game where he gets MOST of them out, all season?
Though with a grand total of 12 runs in 6 games, 4 of them in a 13-4 blowout loss, the offense is doing their best to live up to the slogan.
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Left Coast Sports Babe 