Congratulations to the Giants’ Buster Posey. Not only did he receive his “2010 Rookie of the Year” award Sunday, it was announced that he and his wife are expecting twins later this year. Guess this proves that, appearances to the contrary, Buster has reached puberty.
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Must have been fun for anyone texting about the Masters today. Since so many phones have “predictive spelling” can’t imagine how anyone managed to spell “Charl” without it turning into ‘Charlie.”
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(Tacky time) Tiger may not have won today. But it must have been nice to hear the conversation turning back to his performance with holes on a golf course.
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One semi-silver lining for New York Mets fans after a really rough afternoon. Rory McIlroy’s collapse was a bigger story on Sportscenter than that of the Mets’ bullpen
Of course the difference is that most people assume McIlroy will get better.
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A new biography of Steve Jobs will be out next year. And then a few months later a pocket-sized version will be available. And then one you can attach to a keychain. ((Magnifying glass presumably included.)
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While Sarah Palin won’t directly address the “birther” issue, she said of Trump’s new focus -“I appreciate that the Donald wants to spend his resources in getting to the bottom of something that so interests him and many Americans.” Wonder if Palin would say the same thing if he wanted to investigate alleged ethics violations from her time as Governor of Alaska?
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One sign that Major League Baseball is in midseason form. The Fox “Game of the Week” Saturday afternoon – Yankees-Red Sox. The Sunday night “Game of the Week” on ESPN – Yankees-Red Sox. (Note to Bud Selig – maybe viewership might be higher during the post-season if most of America had actually seen any but their local teams and the Yankees-Red Sox during the season
(As my friend Scott Brady points out, for variation there is always Red Sox-Yankees.)
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Regarding Manny being Manny, and his retiring rather than face a 100 game suspension for a second failed drug test: Is the penalty doubled for the second positive test as a stiffer punishment? Or as an additional penalty for stupidity?
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Opening week trivia question – which Major League Baseball park holds the most fans? (No fair Googling it.) And which holds the least? It used to be Fenway, but there is now one that is smaller. (And there are three parks where they close off some of the seats until and unless the team gets to the postseason, but I’m not counting those.)
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