Left Coast Sports Babe

Boston University won this year’s Frozen Four.  For readers in the San
Francisco area, that’s the NCAA hockey tournament, not the last fans left at an extra innings game when the Giants played at Candlestick.

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The Cleveland Indians are off to an 0-5 start.  On the bright side, some of their game footage might be used for a remake of the movie Major League.

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According to the New York Times,  the new Yankees and Mets stadiums were partially built by companies that New York City  has blacklisted due to allegations of corruption and  ties to organized crime.   Hmm, maybe there was more than a Red Sox jersey buried in that cement at Yankee Stadium.

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Apparently one of the best baseball  hitting coaches in the world  – counting Tony Gwynn amongst his former pupils,  is Mark Wetzel, who has been legally blind due to macular degeneration. 

An AP interviewer wondered why a virtually blind man would choose to teach hitting?

Well, maybe there were no openings at umpiring schools?

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