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Bezdek NOT Only Man to Manage MLB & Coach NFL Teams

tombenjey wrote 8 months ago: Baseball-Reference.com attributes states the following about former manager Hugo Bezdek to The Pitts … more →

Tags: Hugo Bezdek, Connie Mack, NFL, Football World Series, pirates, as, Phillies, Dave Berry, Brendan Macgranachan

In defense of Rabbit Maranville's Hall of Fame plaque1 comment

sandlapperspike wrote 11 months ago: A few weeks ago I was reading a column by Chicago-based sportswriter Rick Telander, who as a longtim … more →

Tags: Baseball, Christy Mathewson, BBWAA, Bill James, Ron Santo, Rocky Colavito, Roger Maris, Ozzie Smith, Bill Dickey

Memo to Bob Costas4 comments

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: Dear Robert, Please disregard any residual vitriol that might stain this letter, for I’m just … more →

Tags: america in crisis, Cruelty, Truth and Justice, Beijing Olympics, Bob Costas, Buzz Bissinger, General Electric, NBC, usain bolt

Seat-of-the-pants frontrunner

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: What do you cretins want, back-to-back division titles? The long-suffering, occasionally short-sight … more →

Tags: Cruelty, Baseball, Crimes Against Humanity, Jimmy Rollins, frontrunners, ten thousand losses, 10.000, "Sucker born every minute", P.T. Barnum

He ain't no pie thrower*, he's a bloody brilliant bowler

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: Jake Kilrain couldn’t stop Johnny Sullivan in 75 rounds, but how would he have fared against F … more →

Tags: america in crisis, oddball sports, damn fine writing, yorker, Cricket, bare-knuckle boxers, kilrain and sullivan, Flintoff, Kallis

The Little Engine that … Could they?

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: “I’ve been waiting four years for this moment. I’ve been waiting four years for this gold medal. It’ … more →

Tags: america in crisis, darkhorse victors, NBA, USA Basketball, gold or bust, hubris alive and well, 2008 beijing

RIP (still) George McQuillan

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: Hey there, Georgie Boy, Moulderin’ in the grave so quietly, If you were only alive and well to … more →

Tags: america in crisis, Baseball, 2102, George McQuillan, George Washington, giant killer, Mass, Phillies, pittsfield

Lest we forget

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago:    Weep the Mets, weep the Mets, On your belly and creep, you Mets! Shield the kiddies and spare the … more →

Tags: Baseball, Crimes Against Humanity, Cruelty, Counting chickens, epic choke, Mets of New York Town, Sept 2007

Step 1

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: I admit I am powerless over my addiction. My life has become unmanageable. But I will beat this down … more →

Tags: Cruelty, Baseball, Crimes Against Humanity, america in crisis, iraq, Phillies, Addiction, Step 1, brangelina

Requiem for Adam Eaton: He was the worst

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: This started out the first, and somehow ended up finishing last in a rather undistinguished Philadel … more →

Tags: Baseball, Crimes Against Humanity, Joe Blanton, Adam Eaton, debacle in progress, Mark Hendrickson, Miguel Batista, Phillies

Lock up your wives and hide your tape recorders: Brett Myers has his swagger back

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: Dateline, Miami. The Associated Press issued a chilling report Saturday that has ominous overtones f … more →

Tags: Cruelty, Baseball, Crimes Against Humanity, america in crisis, Brett Myers, SWAGGER, Joe Blanton, Adam Eaton, poor Phillies

God bless the innings eater

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: He eats innings. This is the best Phillies manager Charlie Manuel could offer when asked about the p … more →

Tags: Cruelty, Baseball, Crimes Against Humanity, innings eater, Blanton, Walter Johnson, Cárdenas, Lefty Grove, C.C. Sabathia

Ella Speed knows Rube's not fooling around when he says, "Pipe down, woman, the boys are trying to get some drinking done" 7 comments

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: Mr. Bongo Fury wants a piece of the Rube? I’ve been busy, man. Why just last night I had to br … more →

Tags: america in crisis, Drunkenness, oddball sports, Bradford Pa., Ella Speed, Heileman's Old Style, Mourning Becomes Electra, Two-ton Tony


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