on January 7th, 2010 by chrisolds
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on January 7th, 2010 by chrisolds
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on January 7th, 2010 by zman40
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on January 7th, 2010 by Jeremy Roe
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on January 7th, 2010 by rosschrisman2003
This has to be one of the coolest Phillies paintings I’ve ever seen. It was painted by Jamie Cooper and is currently hanging in the Phillies Hall of Fame. This painting features a ton of Phillies from the past and present all in one shot. It looks as if they just got finished playing a [...]
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on January 7th, 2010 by zman40
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on January 7th, 2010 by Spiff
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on January 7th, 2010 by Tracy Hackler
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on January 7th, 2010 by Doc
Over my vacation, I did some thinking about the way I was making cards available for trade to others. When I started this reverse trade posting venture, I thought it would be a good way to get more trading partners and quickly reduce my inventory…
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on January 7th, 2010 by T.S.
Truth to tell, there wasn’t much that was surprising about the results of the
BBWAA vote for the 2010 Hall of Fame Class, and I am relieved that Andre Dawson got
the nod and that Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven got so close that it would seem
induction in 2011 is virtually a lock.
I haven’t heard a peep about which cap will be pictured on Dawson’s HOF
plaque; my vote would be for Montreal, if for no other reason than to get another
Expo into the Hall (Gary Carter (shown here) is by himself at the moment).
Since Dawson played more than half his career there, it would seem like
the probable choice by the Hall, but The Hawk’s MVP season did come with the Cubbies.
Dawson played a handful of games at Jarry Park (Mon dieu, excusez-moi
– Parc Jarry), which was a curious little local ball field that had been turned
into an almost major-league stadium. Which was not to be confused with Olympic Stadium,
where Dawson played most of his career, which was a monstrosity of the first order
that was built for something other than major league baseball and thus was quite fairly
cursed when it pretended to embrace same.
I have been to both parks; the former was great fun because after growing
up at Shea and Yankee Stadium, it was almost spooky to watch a major league game at
such a yahoo facility. And the latter, Olympic Stadium, was an abomination unto the
eyes of the baseball gods, and not just because the awful artificial surface helped
to ruin Dawson’s knees, among countless others.
Nope, it was just an awful joint, and it didn’t help that Montreal fans
couldn’t seem to get the hang of rooting decorum for baseball. I had been to the Montreal
Forum to watch the Canadiens, and though I wasn’t much of a hockey fan, watching that
team in that facility with those fans could have been enough to bring anybody on board.
It was a surreal experience.
And yet you plant those same butts on the plastic seats at Olympic Stadium
and all the rabid fan fervor would just disappear. Polite and reserved, which works
well at Rotary Club meetings but sucks big time at a baseball game.
Still, I lived close enough to the Canadian border for the better part
of 10 years to develop some real affection for those funny-sounding little hosers.
Since they had to endure the ignominy of having their franchise unceremoniously stripped
away from them, I figure one more little nod from our Hall of Fame would be a nice
gesture and sound international relations to booth, eh?
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on January 7th, 2010 by Tuff Stuff
New year and a new mixture of games to pick in this week’s Beat the Blogger contest.
The matchups feature several games of ranked college hoops teams along with a couple
NBA tilts and the four NFL Playoff matchups. Good luck and don’t forget to designate
a doubler.
While the Blogger’s score of 7 correct last week made many eligible to Beat the
Blogger, it was Mike Molinaro’s score of 10 that took home the prize on
a week with many tuff picks due to several teams sitting key players with the playoffs
looming. Thanks to all that played and thanks for recruiting some newcomers as well.
Let’s try and do the same this week and get a record turnout and with this week’s
winner being a first-timer, it just shows how easy it is to Beat the Blogger and
win.
With the number of weekly participants slipping a bit the last few weeks I’m making
a call to action to all of our regulars to do some recruiting. While more people
means more work for the Blogger and more people for the Blogger to go up against,
I welcome the challenge and offer this challenge to you: If each player can recruit
10 new players and we can boost the total to 200 or more, I’ll triple the weekly prize.
So spread the word about the contest to all your co-workers, family and friends
and meet that goal and boost the prize.
Copy and paste our link and send it to your friends so they can be a part of the action, http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/
This week’s winners are posted below and this week’s matchups will be posted
later today so make sure you check back and get your picks posted before the start
of the first game to be eligible to win this week’s prize. As always, good luck.
While I enjoy giving prizes to several people vs. having just one weekly winner, from
this point forward contestants will be asked to provide a tie-breaker on the week’s
last game so we narrow our winner down to one. Contestants will now b
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asked to predict the total score from the last game on the list and the closest to
the actual score will be deemed the winner). I’ll also require contestants
to post their e-mail address with their picks so I can track down the winners
easier.
For those unfamiliar with the Beat the Blogger contest, the idea is simple.
The Blogger posts 10 matchups each week and then selects his choices for the winners
of those matchups. Contestants enter the Beat the Blogger contest by clicking on
the “Comment” section below the post with the matchups and then select their
own 10 winners. You can also designate one of your picks as a “Doubler” and
you will receive an extra point if you’re correct so don’t forget to designate your
“Doubler” pick and increase your chances of winning. If you Beat The Blogger’s
total and post the high score for the week, you win. The regular weekly
prize is an authentic signed 8-by-10 color photo of stars such as LaDainian
Tomlinson, Drew Brees, Marshall Faulk, Santonio Holmes, Gale Sayers, Catfish
Hunter and many more. From time to time, the Blogger will sweeten the pot for
the weekly contest so look for special prize packages.
This week’s matchups (with Blogger’s picks in parenthesis)
Saturday Jan. 9/Sunday, Jan. 10
NCAA Mens Basketball
Purdue at Wisconsin (Purdue)
Duke at Georgia Tech (Duke)
UConn at Georgetown (UConn)
Kansas at Tennessee (Kansas)
NBA Basketball
Atlanta at Orlando (Orlando)
Indiana at Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City)
NFL Playoffs
NY Jets at Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
Philadelphia at Dallas (Dallas)
Baltimore at New England (New England)(Doubler)
Green Bay at Arizona (Arizona)
Tiebreaker: Total points in Green Bay/Arizona game (51)
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on January 7th, 2010 by Dinged Corners
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on January 7th, 2010 by Captain Canuck
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on January 7th, 2010 by Dan
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on January 7th, 2010 by PunkRockPaint
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on January 7th, 2010 by chemgod
First off I want to congratulate Andre Dawson for getting into the Hall of Fame. For years I have thought he deserved to get in and I always thought that his being left out was a shame. A player in the days that he played couldn’t dictate what team he played for. In essence he [...]
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