Carew's Line Drives
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Team Mexico taking on old prejudices
Classic roster unaffected by question of who should represent country
Some rivalries are made. Some are born and some are made to be broken. The 2009 World Baseball Classic will have them all.
Proximity between countries makes for natural rivalries for teams such as Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, the United States and Canada and of course, Mexico and the United States. There's the political ... Read More
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
(PHOTO COURTESY OF LATROY HAWKINS)
Hawkins savors historic day
Astros pitcher, wife get great view of inauguration
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- Astros reliever LaTroy Hawkins waited in long lines, stood in subfreezing temperatures and nearly got lost on the Washington, D.C. Metro system, but by the end of the day Tuesday, he marveled about how lucky he was to be at the right place at the right time.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Baker visits D.C. to witness history
Reds manager brings family to the Inauguration in search of hope
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
It was in July, the Barack Obama campaign rolling full-steam ahead, that Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker made a promise to his wife and their son.
"I told Melissa and Darren that if Barack won," Baker said by phone this past weekend, "I'd take them to the Inauguration."
The Baker ... Read More
Monday, January 19, 2009
Anderson ready to witness history
Mets' top pinch-hitter travels to D.C. for Obama inauguration
By Marty Noble / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Given his druthers, Marlon Anderson would witness the inauguration of Barack Obama from a vantage point with greater proximity to history than the one he is likely to have Tuesday. He made a few runs at gaining VIP status. But an invitation was too hip a ticket even for a man with some connections. Anderson ... Read More
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Hawkins to attend Obama inauguration
Astros hurler sees new president as role model for children
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- Astros reliever LaTroy Hawkins and his wife, Anita, watched the outcome of election night in November and ******ly discussed making the trip to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.
Although Anita had a chance to score tickets through a well-connected friend, ... Read More
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Have mercy!
lol
Saturday, November 15, 2008
On a personal note, for The Show '08 (PS3), one of the styles listed is 'dreads'. Ok, the term is interchangable with LOCKS (the preferred term for those of us who sport the style). However...what you call 'dreads' are actually CORNROW styled braids. A HUGE no-no
Off the top of my head, the two ... Read More
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
11/11/08 12:56 PM EST
ATLANTA -- There was once a time when it seemed improbable to think that anybody would break Babe Ruth's career home run record. But 27 years after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier, an African-American, raised in the segregated South, battled through racial hate and established himself as the new home run king.
Now, 34 years after earning that crown, ... Read More
Posted on November 11, 2008 at 05:38 PM.
Race has always mattered in this country...maybe one day, it won't....A Victory More Important Than Baseball
11/06/08 12:10 PM EST
NEW YORK -- The crackling voice on the other end came from a home on a golf course in Port St. Lucie, Fla., the city where the Mets have staged their 21 most recent Spring Training camps. The voice and the home belonged to Al Jackson, the wonderfully happy man Bob Murphy used to call "Little Alvin Jackson." The crackling ... Read More
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