Thursday, August 25th, 2011
The Cleveland Indians claimed Minnesota Twins slugger Jim Thome off waivers on Wednesday, and now the teams are engaged in trade talks. Thome has a no-trade clause and his preference would be to land with the Philadelphia Phillies, but he began his career with the Indians and if a deal ...
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
World's Greatest Living Peorian Jim Thome (apologies to Joe Girardi) moved up in baseball's record books on Monday night by becoming the eighth player in big-league history to hit his 600th career home run. There will be no HBO special to capture the chase to this accomplishment (as far as ...
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Friday, July 15th, 2011
The Baltimore Orioles have been trying to figure out who they will be able to make available via trade this month. One piece of that puzzle appears to have been solved, as the O's and shortstop J.J. Hardy are nearing an extension.
Hardy was sent to the Orioles by the Minnesota ...
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
In case you haven't noticed, we tend to revel in the misfortunes of others around here. Tuesday night provided yet another opportunity to do just that.
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner just didn't have it Tuesday night. The 21-year-old left-hander got absolutely blasted by the Minnesota Twins. Seriously, the ...
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
This highlight packaged demonstrates what it has been like to watch the Yankees and Twins when they meet in the playoffs every damn year. Courtesy of St. Paul's own Charles Schulz.
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Diplomatic trash talk heading into USA v. England. No, I mean these are real diplomats - Deadspin
Rex Ryan: motivating the US soccer team. Go, F-cking Overlords of Death! - Kissing Suzy Kolber
Your fantasy football defense rankings for 2010 - Fantasy Knuckleheads
Did Strasburg hit 103 last night? - DC Sports Bog
Apparently ...
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
My roommate’s birthday was last week and as a supplementary gift his mom gave him two suite tickets for Monday’s Indianapolis Indians game.
It's 5:30 p.m. He walks into my room asking if I’d like to make a 7 p.m. first pitch. I figure it’s a Monday night, the tickets provide ...
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Really? Another one? Really? - Amphibious Sports Duo
Yup, season tickets are expensive as f--k - No Guts, No Glory
Is Sam Bradford really worth $50 mil? - Sparty and Friends
Caron Butler is money - Youtube
Okay, so it's time. Let's hear your worst NCAA tourney predictions - Steady Burn
Love the premise of ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
So it sounds like Joe Nathan, one of the elite closers in baseball, is heading toward the inevitable Tommy John surgery after suffering a "significant tear" in his throwing elbow.
It's never good when you lose a guy who has had no less than 36 saves and no worse than a ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
No, I don't remember Devan Downey - Strait Pinkie
Ozzie Guillen has a twitter now? I'm surprised it's legible - Sun Times
I'm linking solely for the headline: Nick Punto: Piranah or Rabid Chihuahua? - Star Trib
If that '99-'00 Michigan State backcourt had one more year together, basketball people would still pleasure ...
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