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Yogi's grammar sometimes is off, but not his spelling
WatchdogA couple of loyal readers who care about language and spelling - quaint! - pointed out that I moronically quoted Yogi Berra's "forward" for Bobby Murcer's new book in my Sunday newspaper column. It would have been much less embarrassing...... -
Don Larsen's perfect game to be shown publicly July 10
WatchdogCheck out this rare video snippet from Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game, in which Duke Snider nearly ruins history, as called by Mel Allen. Pretty cool. Even cooler is that on July 10, for the first time, the only known......Tags: New Jersey, Mel Allen, Duke Snider
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Hey, kids, the All-Star Game is coming to the Bronx!
WatchdogI don't know where to begin in giving you the details of the Fox/MLB pre-All Star game extravaganza, the kickoff to what Fox says "is sure to be one of the most memorable nights in sports history." So I'm just......Tags: Eric Karros, Bob Feller, All Stars, National League, Willie Mays
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UCF, Magic have it all wrong when it comes to cheating
Running off at the typewriter. … I think it's time we explained something to our two hometown teams — the Orlando Magic and UCF Knights — about breaking the rules. Um, guys, here's a little primer in Cheating 101. The object of...
Tags: The Pope, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), Stan Van Gundy, Entertainment, Social Media
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Ronald Reagan's lead on immigration
Yes, good things still happen in this country. They just don't happen overnight. That lesson was brought home to me again on Current TV this week when I interviewed Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, about Defense Secretary...
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Justice and Rights, Lindsey O. Graham, Elections, Migration
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Martinez: Coaches can speak language that will help players succeed
The words came rushing into my mind as I read the story of the Cooper City soccer league coach ejected from the game for speaking Spanish: discrimination, common courtesy, bias, an English-Only referendum and misunderstanding. One or all of these...Tags: Miami-Dade County, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Cooper City
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Champagne tastes don't fly in baseball
Ah, baseball in the fall! Stirring, do-or-die drama! Brilliant pitching! Dazzling catches! Dramatic clouts! Grown men hopping about in locker rooms, spraying each other with carbonated fermented grape juice! It is that last part of the proceedings, it...Tags: New Year's Day, Sports, Casey Stengel, National League, World Series
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High school: Injury puts Clay's top fan 'Derb' out of action
SOUTH BEND -- Tough time for a significant injury. Clay High School’s football team will head into its Class 4-A sectional opener against New Prairie Friday night short-handed. It won’t be a quarterback, running back, receiver, or linebacker...
Tags: Football, Sports, Broken Bones, Super Bowl, Injuries and Wounds
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'Yogi-isms' just good advice
About eight months ago, we got a new email system at The Herald-Mail, a switch that put all Schurz Communications properties “on the same page,” so to speak. The change allowed us to more easily share documents, calendars and other items... -
Strange happenings involve heart attack, mysterious call
It was odd to see such a gorgeous day on the first weekend in March, and that wasn't the half of it. This past Saturday was exceedingly strange in two other ways. First, one of the Lehigh Valley's most colorful characters caught up to me as I was cycling...Tags: Sports, General Practitioners, Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network), Rick Santorum
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On deck: Clemente's life story at Orange County Regional History Center
On New Year's Eve in 1972, a plane carrying baseball star Roberto Clemente crashed about a mile off the shore of Puerto Rico. The right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates was en route to Nicaragua to deliver aid to earthquake victims. He was 38 years old....Tags: Piracy, Transportation Accidents, Orange County Regional History Center, The New York Times, Pittsburgh Pirates
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At least Bush wants to win
jgoldberg@latimescolumnists.comAMERICANS ARE torn between two irreconcilable positions on the Iraq war. Some want the war to be a success — variously defined — and some want the war to be over. Conservatives are basically, but not exclusively, in the "success" camp....Tags: Edward M. Kennedy, Disasters, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi
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